Health Portugal Brokerage Event 2024

14–18 Oct 2024 | Porto, Portugal

Carlos Figueiredo

CEO & Founder

Flainar

Viseu, Portugal

19 profile visitsFull Conference - General (non-commercial/government/startups)

CEO and founder of Flainar, making arts and culture accessible as therapeutic and preventive tools for mental health through cultural prescription

My organisation

Flainar

Flainar

SME/ Start-up

viseu, Portugal

Flainar is a technological platform that improves the quality of life of mental health patients by complementing pharmacological and therapeutic treatment with cultural prescription through personalized content and activities via an app, while also helping healthcare professionals in patient monitoring and spacing of return appointments. We make organized and scientific use of culture, arts and physical exercise as an instrument of therapeutic support and prevention for mental health and well-being. Our health intervention model reduces doctor time and creates new therapeutic paths that intervene in the environment in which people are inserted. Promote engagement in patient treatment and provide data that benefits the doctor's action (generally limited to the hospital/institution's operating radius). Our method is based on self-assessment of the user's emotional state and therapeutic objectives, aiming to (re)signify the development of their emotions, thoughts and behaviour.
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About me

Carlos Figueiredo is the CEO and founder of Flainar. He holds a degree in Physics Engineering (University of Coimbra) and a PhD in Digital Media (University of Porto & UT Austin), with over 20 years of experience in ICT and innovation.

He co-founded Edit on Web (2003–2010), a science and culture publishing platform, and has lived and worked in Italy, Morocco, Ireland, Germany, the USA, and Spain. These experiences shaped his belief that diversity and collaboration are fertile grounds for creativity, that trees teach us resilience, and that meaningful collisions fuel entrepreneurship.

From 2021 to 2023, Carlos was a European project manager at UPTEC (Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto), focusing on Cultural and Creative Industries, business acceleration, and innovation ecosystems. Passionate about human-centered innovation, he is a strong advocate for creativity, culture, and social impact as engines of human progress.

My organisation

Flainar is a deeptech startup that helps patients, healthcare providers and companies with cultural prescription as a therapeutic tool for mental health and well-being.

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Skills

  • Cultural prescription
  • project management
  • R&D+i
  • digital media
  • Business
  • Culture and Arts
  • Culture and Creative Industries

Interests

  • Mental Health
  • innovation
  • Cultural and Social prescription
  • eHealth
  • well-being
  • technology
  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Museums