14:00 – 17:00 – Registration (Desk Open)

14:30 – 16:30 – Parallel Technical Sessions

16:30 – 18:00 – Opening Plenary Session

• Welcome by the Conference Chair
• Institutional Opening – Prof. Artur Silva, Rector of the University of Aveiro
• António Coelho dos Santos, President of the Board of the College of Engineering and Industrial Management, of the Portuguese Engineers Order Association 
• Opening Keynote Address – Prof. Rui Soucasaux Sousa, Católica Porto Business School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

18:00 – 19:00 – Welcome Cocktail

09:00 – 10:30 – Parallel Technical Sessions

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30 – Keynote Address – Sustainability and the Transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

• Prof. Otávio José de Oliveira – Full Professor, São Paulo State University & Editor-in-Chief of Environment Systems and Decisions

11:30 – 12:30 – Round Table Plenary – Research Excellence, Scientific Publishing & Academic Leadership

• Prof. Vikas Kumar – Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research & Innovation, University of Portsmouth
• Prof. Marina Dabić – Full Professor, University of Dubrovnik & Editor-in-Chief of Technology in Society
• Prof. Otávio José de Oliveira – São Paulo State University

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 – Plenary Session II – Academia–Industry Collaboration for Innovation and Digital Transformation

• Liliana Ferreira – Director, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS & Invited Full Professor, University of Porto
• Pedro Marques Tavares – Partner at Deloitte Portugal, Head of Cyber & Telecom Networks and TMT Industry Leader
• Arlindo Marques – Head of Research & Development at Sinuta, S.A. & Invited Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro

15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:30 – Parallel Technical Sessions

20:00  –  Social Dinner

09:00 – 10:30 – Plenary Session III – Future Skills, Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in Engineering Education

• Sandra Soares – Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Life, University of Aveiro
• Nelson Zagalo – Full Professor of Digital Media & Scientific Coordinator of DigiMedia Research Centre, University of Aveiro
• Giovanni Mummolo – Polytechnic University of Bari (tbc) 
• Representative of ESTIEM 
• Representative of EPIEM 

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 – Parallel Technical Sessions

12:45 – Closing Session & Announcement of IJCIEOM 2027