Invited Speakers

INVITED SPEAKERS

Hierarchy and heterarchy of circuit mechanisms for behavioral control

Joseph Paton

Principal Investigator - Learning Lab
Director of the Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Research
Champalimaud Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal

Joseph Paton research focuses on the neural mechanisms and computational principles of learning, decision-making, action selection and timing. In the course of trying to understand how the brain combines these functions to produce intelligent behavior, he has increasingly moved into areas that overlap with modern AI research. During his mandate as CNP Director, Paton has also spearheaded the development of a new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at CF, as well as representing CF as a member of the recently announced Centre for Responsible AI.

Smarter, Faster, Healthier: The AI Revolution in Medicine

Sofia Couto da Rocha

Head of Innovation & Head of Virtual Client at Lusíadas Saúde

Expert in exponential technologies (mainly AI, Data, and X-realities) applied to real-world challenges; clinically dedicated to longevity, with over 10 years of driving innovation and creating lasting impact as both an entrepreneur and a corporate leader—two arenas for disruption and future creation.

Computational design of the temperature dependence of enzyme reactions

Johan Åqvist

Professor at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala RNA Research Centre - URRC, Sweden
Nobel Prize Committee Member

Johan Åqvist is Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden. He has worked since the 1990’s with molecular dynamics simulations of enzyme reactions and free energy calculations. The main areas of application have been computational drug design, ion channels, ribosomes and enzyme adaptation and evolution. His current work involves computational and experimental studies of enzyme adaptation to extreme environments and computational enzyme design in this context.