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THE SPEAKERS
2025
ALEXIS GOOSDEEL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN UNION DRUGS AGENCY (EUDA)
ARMANDA BUCHNEA
Doctoral Candidate at the University of Guelph
ANDREW TATARSKY
PSYCHOLOGIST AND AUTHOR
Henrique Joaquim
National Coordinator of the National Strategy for integration of Homeless People
JULES VAN DAM
PRESIDENT OF FEANTSA
LÍGIA TEIXEIRA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE CENTRE FOR HOMELESSNESS IMPACT
Lorraine McGrath
CEO OF SIMON COMMUNITY SCOTLAND
LUIS
NEVES
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
THE JUDICIARY POLICE
MARIAH ROONEY
board member for the Trauma Research Foundation
Mark McGreevy
CEO of Depaul UK
Melanie Redman
CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CEO OF A WAY HOME CANADA
Quinn C.
Moerike
Community organizer and human rights activist
ROBERT ROBINSON
Community organizer and human rights activist
Stephen Gaetz
Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University
JUDY CHANG
Program Manager at Open Society Foundations (OSF)
LUÍS MENDÃO
Executive Director of GAT
LISETE CORDEIRO
Executive Director of InPulsar
ANTON BASENKO
Executive Director of INPUD
JOÃO GOULÃO
MEDICAL DOCTOR – SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF DRUG ADDICTION
ali bargu
Economist/Policy Analyst in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD
JOÃO AFONSO
Former Councillor for Social Rights at the Lisbon City Council
NIAMH EASTWOOD
Executive Director of Release
Sam Rivera
Executive Director of OnPoint NYC
ROBERTA REIS
Coordinator of the Lisbon Drug Consumption Room
HÉLDER FERNANDES
Technical Coordinator of Novo Dia – Association for Social Inclusion
DANIEL BREWER
FOUNDER AND CEO OF RESONANCE
VÂNIA CAVACO
Psychologist and Technical Director at G.A.T.O.
HELENA VALENTE
Harm Reduction Specialist & Researcher at Kosmicare
ANTÓNIO MIGUEL
Founder and Managing Partner at Maze
AMÉRICO NAVE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FOUNDING PARTNER OF CRESCER
VALERIE FLORENTINUS
project manager at the Expertise Centre, HVO-Querido
ELSE ZONNEVELD
PROJECT MANAGER AT THE EXPERTISE CENTRE, HVO-QUERIDO
JOÃO MENDES COELHO
Psychiatrist
JOSÉ QUEIROZ
Cofounder and President of APDES
ÂNGELA DA COSTA MAIA
University professor and researcher in the field of Psychology
GUILHERME FOGAÇA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JUST A CHANGE
SANDRA MARCELINO
Deputy Director of the Lisbon District Centre of the Social Security Institute
julia wagner
Director of Programs at the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH)
TIAGO VIEGAS
PARTNER AT THE HOTEL
PAULO SANTOS
Coordinator of the Task Force for the Implementation of the Municipal Plan for People Experiencing Homelessness
JOANA CANÊDO
Activist and Researcher in the Field of Drug Policy and Human Rights
CÉLINE LUÍS
Coordinator of the Homeless Planning and Intervention Unit (NPISA) of Loulé
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