Moderator: Isilda Sanches
Speakers: Orfeu Bertolami, Wandson Lisboa, Luísa Semedo
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In the global age, Europe may be a geographically and politically defined space, but it is above all a reality under construction and, as such, represents various hypothetical utopias. More than ever, Europe is a melting pot of cultures fermenting new ideas and possibilities, an effervescent test tube mixing past and future, people, thoughts, religions, music, films, identities and dreams. In this Call To Action, personal experiences and ideas are shared, looking through the disparities for unity and evolution opportunities.

Event held in Portuguese only.

ISILDA SANCHES
Isilda Sanches is a journalist and music promoter who has been closely following, and helping to document, Portugal's cultural dynamics since the late 80s. She has written for publications such as Capital, Blitz, Se7e, Já, Independente, Diário de Notícias, Elle and Observador, and has worked for radio stations such as XFM, Marginal and Oxigénio (which she founded). She has been part of the Antena 3 team since 2015, where she hosts ‘Pontos de Luz’ and ‘Muitos Mundos’ radio shows and is the creator of the ‘Fricção Científica’ program. At Antena 1, she hosts the show ‘À Volta do Groove’.

ORFEU BERTOLAMI
Orfeu Bertolami holds a degree in Physics from the University of São Paulo, an MSc from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, an Advanced Degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, respectively. He has carried out research at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, the European Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and New York University. He was a professor in the Physics Department of the Instituto Superior Técnico, and is a full professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department of the School of Sciences of the University of Porto. He has published more than 430 scientific articles. He is the author of books of poems and short stories. He was awarded the third prize of the United States’ Gravity Research Foundation, the Latin Union Prize for Science, the Technical University of Lisbon/Santander Totta Prize for scientific excellence in the areas of Biophysics and Physics, and named Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society.

WANDSON LISBOA
Wandson is a designer and illustrator. He lives in Porto, but his heart is also in Maranhão, where he was born. He has a degree in Social Communication, Publicity and Advertising - Centro Universitário do Maranhão and a postgraduate degree in Graphic Design - UFMA. He arrived in Portugal in 2010 to pursue a master's degree at the University of Porto. He starred in the RTP Play series IMLOVE, was a reporter at the Festival da Canção, presented the RTP stage at NOS Alive and was one of the contestants on TASKMASTER on RTP. Today he's an inescapable figure in Portugal. His Instagram account was named one of the ten most creative Instagram accounts in the world by The Huffington Post. Since then, he has done projects in a wide variety of visual communication formats and worked with major brands.

LUÍSA SEMEDO
Luísa Semedo was born in Lisbon to a Portuguese mother and a Cape Verdean father. She has a PhD in Philosophy (specialising in Politics and Ethics) from the University of Paris-Sorbonne. She taught Creation and Management of Associations and NGOs at Clermont-Auvergne University and is a high-school philosophy teacher. She has led several organisations, including the Coordination of Portuguese Collectivities in France (CCPF) and chairs the MigraCult association. She was a counsellor on the Council of Portuguese Communities and president of the CCP's Europe Regional Council. She has collaborated in several short story anthologies and authored the novel ‘O Canto da Moreia’ in 2019. She translated Valter Hugo Mãe’s book ‘O paraíso são os outros’ into French. She took part in the collective book ‘Boubaker Adjali l'africain’. She was a columnist for Rádio Alfa and collaborated with Lusojornal and CapMag magazine. She has lectured and published several texts on feminism, racism, migration, postcolonialism and LGBTI+ issues. She is currently a columnist for Público newspaper and a postdoctoral researcher at CRIMIC (Sorbonne University) on AfroQueer issues.