In the fall of 2021 Universidade Católica Portuguesa will open its new Medical School in Lisbon. Católica is the foremost university in Portugal and the new school will be the first private Medical School accredited in the country. The School’s vision is to drive Values-driven Medical Innovation – offering a transformative learning system for 21st century medicine anchored in global service.  To launch the School – and in the context of the critical issues and opportunities facing society as the world emerges from a devastating pandemic – Católica will host a major conference on Values & Technology in Medical Innovation on 20 May 2021.

The conference’s opening speaker will be the Chairman of GAVI and former President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso. Three one-hour panels will then cover:

• Access to Medicine
• How are the Digital Age and Technology Influencing Medicine
• How can public/private partnerships meet the growing healthcare challenge

Other speakers will include senior officials from the European Commission, the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization; CEOs and leaders of international pharmaceutical and technology companies and hospital groups; leading academics and Medical School Deans. The Conference will take place in a hybrid online and in-person format (the latter on the premises of Universidade Católica Portuguesa) on the afternoon of May 20.