Moderator: Aida Mendes, President of ESEnfC.

Participants:

Research funding - José Paulo Esperança - Vice-President of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

Development of science in health - Amilcar Falcão, Rector of the University of Coimbra

Results of science for populations’ health and social cohesion - Isabel Ferreira, Secretary of State for the Development of Inland Regions, replacing Ana Maria Abrunhosa, Minister for Territorial Cohesion.

Moderator: João Apóstolo, Professor. Scientific Coordinator of UICISA: E, ESEnfC, Portugal.

Speaker: Patricia Davidson, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. USA.

Moderator: Adília Fernandes, Professor. Coordinator of the UICISA: E/IPB-ESS Cluster. Portugal.

Moderator: Manuela Ferreira, Professor. Coordinator of the UICISA: E/IPV-ESS Cluster. Portugal.

Participants:

Ethics, scientific dignity - Maria Filomena Botelho, President of the UICISA: E Ethics Committee, ESEnfC, Portugal.

Research in differentiated and complex nursing care - Zeliha Tulek, Professor. Member of the European Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Turkey.

Clinical research, innovation: the transformation of caring tools in nursing - Pedro Parreira, Professor. Executive coordinator of the UICISA: E TecCare axis, ESEnfC, Portugal.

Publication and dissemination of scientific knowledge: the impact of nursing scientific journals - Maria Helena Marziale, Professor. Director of the Nursing School of Ribeirao Preto of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Good practices in cross-border healthcare - Maria do Sagrario Gómez, Professor. Facultad de Enfermería Campus Toledo, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Equity and health literacy - Thilo Kroll, Professor. University College Dublin, Ireland.

João Apóstolo, Professor. Scientific Coordinator of UICISA: E, ESEnfC, Portugal.