Invited Speakers

  • Cláudia Quaresma

    NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal

    Cláudia Quaresma holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and is an Assistant Professor at the NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA FCT). She is a member of the LIBPhy Research Center and currently serves on the Scientific Council of NOVA FCT. Additionally, she is the President of the 3DP4Health - 3D Printing Center for Health Association, an external member of the Evaluation and Quality Council of IPBeja, and an invited member of the Scientific Council of Escola Superior de Saúde. She also serves as a Guest Editor for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health's Special Issue on Frontiers in Patient Rehabilitation and Technology. Professor C. Quaresma has authored numerous scientific articles and book chapters, holds patents, and has served as a member of editorial boards and/or reviewers for renowned international scientific journals. She has also participated in several scientific conference committees. Over the past five years, she has coordinated approximately 20 projects in collaboration with hospitals and companies and has received 12 scientific and innovation awards. Her research areas are focused on biomechanics and the development of new technologies, with particular emphasis on rehabilitation.

  • Rodrigo Resende

    University of Araraquara, Brazil

    Professor and Researcher of the Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology (PPGB) of the University of Araraquara (UNIARA), São Paulo, Brazil. External Collaborating Researcher of the CTI Renato Archer. Post-Doctorate at the CTI Renato Archer funded by FAPESP in the area of ​​Information Technology applied to Biofabrication. PhD and Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Graduated in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Computing from the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU). Coordinator of the Center for Three-Dimensional Technologies (NUT3D) of the University of Araraquara (UNIARA). Creator and president of the 1st and 2nd International Digital Congress on Biofabrication and 3D Bioprinting (3DBB). He was General Coordinator of Institutional Competencies of the Renato Archer Information Technology Center (CTI). Researcher at the Center for Three-Dimensional Technologies (NT3D) of the CTI. Member of the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Araraquara. Project Coordinator of the Biofabrication Team of the Three-Dimensional Technologies Center of the CTI. He was Coordinator of the Project funded by the Ministry of Health at the CTI for the construction of 3D models for complex surgeries for the SUS. He was an associate researcher at CERTBIO-UFCG. Researcher member of the National Institute of Biofabrication (INCT-BIOFABRIS). He developed research work in Additive Manufacturing with Biomaterials, at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, funded by the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) of Portugal, as part of the Sandwich Doctorate. He has experience in Information Technology as an enabling technology for the bioprinting of human tissues and organs, in biofabrication, in additive manufacturing processes and computational simulation. Co-responsible for the creation of the BIOFAB network (Ibero-American Network of Biofabrication: Materials, Processes and Simulation) funded by CYTED (Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development). Associate Editor of the journal Frontiers in Biomaterials Science.