Opening Ceremony

• Sunday, 31 August 2025
• 17:00-18:30
• Main Auditorium

IceBreaker

• Sunday, 31 August 2025
• 18:30-20:30 (following the Opening Ceremony)
• Atrium P – Registration & Exhibition Area
• Included in the registration fee

Join us to kick off the Joint Meeting with a glass of wine and light refreshments.

Early Career Scientist (ECS) Social Event

• Monday, 1 September 2025
• 19:00-21:00
• ISEL – Skylight Space
• Included in the registration fee – pre-registration required

Join us for the Early Career Scientists Social, jointly held by IAGA and IASPEI.

Connect with peers to share experiences and discuss challenges such as job security, career support, and roles within the associations. Come along to let IAGA and IASPEI know what you would like from them.

Light refreshments will be provided!

Movie Screening

The Best of All Worlds — IndieLisboa

by Rita Nunes

• Tuesday, 2 September 2025
• starting at 18:00
• ISEL – Main Auditoritum (building P)
• Included in the registration fee
• Reservation is not needed – first come first serve basis – the capacity is limited (300 pax)
• Movie will be screened in Portugese with English subtitles

Lisbon, 2027. Marta and Miguel are both researchers that are part of a scientific group and a couple in their private lives. Their relationship will be put to the test on one decisive night when the parameters that Marta is analyzing point to the very high probability of a major earthquake hitting Lisbon. The group splits, debating whether or not to warn the population of the possible impending tragedy.

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IAGA & IASPEI Dinner

• Wednesday, 3 September 2025
• from 19:30
• Casa do Alentejo
  Rua das Portas de Santo Antão, 58
• 45 EUR per person – Registration required
  • Those already registered can log in and add ticket(s) to their existing registration

The “Alverca Palace” “Casa Do Alentejo” (Alentejo House)

Originally built in the late 17th century just outside Lisbon’s Fernandine Wall, the building that now houses Casa do Alentejo has undergone several transformations over the centuries. The site once hosted a pigsty, a public slaughterhouse, a tannery, and stables, before becoming a high school and eventually, in 1919, the “Magestic Club” (later the “Monumental Club”).
In 1932, it was rented to the Grémio Alentejano, which later became Casa do Alentejo. The building’s most significant transformation occurred in the early 20th century, when architect Silva Júnior led an ambitious renovation to convert it into a casino. This project involved renowned artists and craftsmen of the time, including Jorge Colaço, Júlio Silva, and José Bazalisa.
Inside, the richly decorated interiors reflect a mix of styles—Moorish, neo-Doric, Louis XV and XVI, Art Nouveau, and even medieval Gothic. The Arab-inspired central courtyard, elaborate frescoes, custom furniture, and iconic tile panels make the Casa do Alentejo one of Lisbon’s most unique historical and architectural landmarks.
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Entertainment

Planície Cantada is a Portuguese choral ensemble specialising in traditional Alentejo music—cante alentejano—and Viola Campaniça performances. They perform folk songs and historical repertoires deeply rooted in Alentejo cultural heritage. Cante Alentejano has been officially recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO since 2014.
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Transportation

Nearest metro stations

• Rossio (green line)
• Restauradores (blue line)

How to get there

• Red line (Chelas) to Alameda and pick green line to Rossio
• Red line (Chelas) to São Sebastião and pick blue line to Restauradores
• Approximately 30mn from ISEL to the restaurant

Quake Museum – 50% Discount

• Valid for each registered delegate for Quake Museum tickets between 28/8 and 2/9
• Use code IAGAIASPEI25
• Booking your visit in advance is highly recommended
• Tickets can be purchased any time in advance online (step 4 – Checkout) or at the museum reception desk

Quake – Lisbon Earthquake Museum

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Quake is a thematic museum that allows us to feel the Great Lisbon Earthquake. It is an invitation, in the form of a journey through time, to discover more about Lisbon, seismic events and the Age of Enlightenment.

Lisbon’s newest immersive museum, Quake combines video-mapping, interactive technology and state-of-the-art simulators to take you back to 1755 so you can relive Lisbon’s most disruptive event, the Lisbon Earthquake.

When walking through the streets of Lisbon today, the story of the Great Erathquake is lurking in every corner: the orthogonal plan of downtown, the proximity to the water, the many references still today in popular culture. But what happened to the vibrant medievel streets? And what reconstruction plans for the city were on the table? What historical, philosophical and scientific consequences did the earthquake have for an Europe in the Age of Enlightenment?

Quake is an attraction for tourists and locals, families and groups of friends, history lovers, amateur scientists and those who seek adventure; everyone can enjoy this thematic experience, which allows one to discover more about the 1755 Earthquake, about the Age of Enlightenment, about Lisbon and about seismic events.

Travel into the past (and get back safe and sound) to discover how the earthquake forever changed the face of Lisbon and shook the old continent.

Take an incredible journey back in time to 1755 to relive Lisbon’s most dramatic and transformative event – the Lisbon Earthquake.

Jerónimos Monastery

Admission

Free for IAGA/IASPEI delegates upon badge presentation.

Be aware that the ticket office is located opposite the Monastery, on the other side of the road.

Valid between 31 August and 6 September.
The museum is closed on Monday, 1 September 2025.

Description

A masterpiece of Portuguese architecture, the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Belém, commonly known as Jerónimos Monastery as it was intended for the Order of São Jerome, was classified National Monument in 1907 and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983.

The church, with religious service and visiting hours, and the cloister, secularised in the nineteenth century, form the most visited heritage complex in the country.

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