Dear Congressists
In the year of its thirty-fifth anniversary, the School of Allied Health Technologies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ESTSP/IPP) took up the challenge of organizing the II International Health Congress Gaia-Porto, under the designation “From diagnosis to Intervention”.
The manifest success of the first Congress was the proof of the pertinence of this initiative and of the need to continue.
Comprising all the academic community, we aim to promote moments of discussion, reflection and exchange of experiences, enriching the knowledge on relevant themes to the practice of several health professions and involving practitioners, students, professors and researchers, seeking to meet the expectations of all the participants and creating synergies between them.
The programme focuses on five major topics: Paradigms and Challenges in Health Technologies, Ageing and Sustainability, New Challenges in Bioethics, Neurosciences – from Research to Clinical Practice, Different Approaches to Chronic Disease and Paradigms and Challenges in Health Technologies.
The international range of this event is the result of a network of partnerships held by the School. In this edition, we count with the participation of guest speakers from Ireland and Spain.
I would like to congratulate and thank all of those who agreed to participate, in some way, in this event, saving some of their scarce time in their busy schedule.
I conclude expressing my wish that this event might meet your highest expectations, and making sure that we will do our best to welcome you.
Agostinho Cruz,
President of Congress