As a way to mark the 50th anniversary of the floods of November 1967 and the support of many students to the victims, Instituto Superior Técnico and former student leaders will jointly organise a conference on November 28, at 10.30 a.m., in salão nobre (Alameda campus).

Programme:

First Session – 10.30 a.m. | 12.40 p.m.
The socio-economic environment in 1967
10.45 a.m. – Professor Luísa Tiago de Oliveira – professor and researcher at ISCTE in the field of contemporary history.
11.05 a.m. – Dr José Pacheco Pereira, owner of Ephemera library, former member of Portuguese and European Parliament, author of books in the field of contemporary history.
11.25 a.m. – Debate
12.30 p.m. – Closing session by professor Luís Castro, on behalf of the President of IST
Session moderated by António Mota Redol, engineer, former AEIST leader, cultural entertainer

Second Session 2.30 p.m. | 4 p.m.
The disaster and its causes
2.35 p.m. | “Geographical perspectives of floods in Lisbon (1967)”, Professor Francisco Costa, Geography Department at University of Minho
2.55 p.m. | “The flood of 1967 in the data base of hydro-geomorphologic disasters in Portugal (DISASTER)”, Professor José Luís Zêzere, Centre of Geographical Studies at Universidade de Lisboa
3.15 p.m. | “The floods of 1967 – a meteorological characterisation”, Dr. Manuel Costa Alves, meteorologist and former student leader
3.35 p.m. | Debate
4 p.m. | Closing Session
Session moderated by Maria Leonor Castro, engineer, former AEIST leader

Third Session 4.30 p.m | 6.40 p.m.
The students’ role in supporting victims and survivor testimony
4.35 p.m. – Speech by a member of the current AEIST Board
4.40 p.m. – Armindo Fernandes, engineer, former AEIST leader
4.55 p.m. – João Cunha, engineer, former JUC leader
5.10 p.m.– Francisco George, physician, Director-General of Health until October 2017
5.25 p.m. – Maria Luísa Fajardo, president of Associação Recreativa e Cultural de Quintas, survivor of the flooding episode in November 1967
5.40 p.m.– Paula Fonseca, engineer, former AEIST leader at the time.
5.55 p.m. – Debate
6.30 p.m. – Closing session by professor Eduardo Pereira, on behalf of the Rector of Universidade de Lisboa