Speakers
A working list. Additions through January 2026 — we add speakers as tracks lock.
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Neuro-Optimization Lead, NeuralPath
"Closed-loop neuromodulation in clinical practice"
Clinician-researcher developing closed-loop neurostimulation protocols for treatment-resistant depression. Previously Stanford, now leading the Lisbon neurotech clinic.
Founder, Wearable Ethics Council
"Continuous biomarkers and the right to know"
Building governance frameworks for consumer health hardware. Co-author of the EU Wearable Data Charter.
Longevity AI, Tally Health
"Biological age as a treatment endpoint"
Machine learning lead translating multi-omic signatures into clinical longevity programmes.
Cellular Recovery, Karolinska
"Mitochondrial recovery protocols at scale"
Twenty years on cellular bioenergetics. Currently piloting recovery protocols with elite tennis and football clubs.
Clinical AI, Hospital da Luz
"AI diagnostics inside a Portuguese hospital system"
Leads the AI integration programme across Portugal's largest private hospital network.
Founder, Loóna Sleep
"Sleep architecture and consumer trust"
Building the next generation of clinically-validated sleep products. Tokyo via Lisbon.
Behavioural Scientist, Stanford
"Movement is a creativity intervention"
Stanford researcher whose walking-and-thinking studies showed treadmill walking roughly doubles novel idea generation. Speaking on embodied cognition as a product principle for wellness tech.
Neuroscientist, USC Brain & Creativity Institute
"Feeling, homeostasis and machines that care"
Portuguese neuroscientist behind the somatic-marker hypothesis. Speaking on what interoception and homeostasis require of any credible mental-health or wellbeing technology.
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern
"Constructed emotion and consumer wearables"
Author of How Emotions Are Made. Speaking on why affect labels from wearables and chatbots require radical re-engineering to be clinically useful.
Health Cluster Portugal
"Portugal as the EU HealthAI proving ground"
Portugal is the first EU state to join the HealthAI network. The Cluster co-ordinates hospitals, universities and industry — speaking on how founders and clinics actually plug in.
United Nations Office of the Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth
"Prevention and shared responsibility"
From the #RealPeopleRealTalk youth mental health campaign. Speaking on why clinician-only care cannot scale, and where digital tools honestly fit in an ecosystem approach.