Monday
October 19, 2026Axis I – Foundations, origins and controversies
- Registration
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Institutional opening session
Emerging Paradigm Shifts in Brazilian Science: From Foundations to Applications in the 21st Century
- Mario Moreira – Fiocruz Presidencyto be confirmed
- Alda Maria da Cruz – Vice President for Research and Biological Collections at Fiocruz
- Priscila Ferraz Soares – Vice President for Health Production and Innovation at Fiocruzto be confirmed
- Constantino Tsallis – Brazilian Center for Research in Physics
- Cecília Hedim – President of the International Symposium on Non-Additive Entropies: Foundations, Frontiers and Applications (VPPCB)
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Opening plenary
Keynote Session: From Controversy to the Consolidation of Non-Additivity
1988 and Beyond: A Journey into Non-Additive Entropy
Constantino Tsallis, CBPF, Brazil
- Open discussion
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Foundational dialogues
Keynote Session on the conceptual foundations, axioms, and interpretations of non-additive entropy
A Unified Perspective on q-Statistics as a Framework for Understanding Metastability, Nonergodicity and Complexity Across Multiple Scales
Andrea Rapisarda, University of Catania, Italy
- Open discussion
- Coffee break
- Evening
Musical Session at the Mourisco Castle
Tuesday
October 20, 2026Axis II – Mathematics, empirical evidence and consolidation
Axis III – Generalization, synthesis and applications
- Welcome coffee
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Session
The Mathematics of the q Index and experimental pillars
Emergence of Tsallis entropy and other entropic forms within Thomas-Fermi theory
Renio Mendes, UEM, Brazil
Superstatistical Framework for Turbulent Circulation Fluctuations
Luca Moriconi, IF, UFRJ
Working with Constantino on 1-Dimensional Hamiltonian Lattices
Tassos Bountis, University of Patras, Grécia
- Open discussion
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Plenary panel
The Verdict of Nature: Evidence Beyond Boltzmann–Gibbs
Moderator: Tassos Bountis, University of Patras, Greece
Speakers: Andrea Rapisarda; Ugur Tirnakli; Renio Mendes; Henrique Santos Lima; Constantino Tsallis; Luca Moriconi
- Open discussion
- Lunch break
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Interdisciplinary keynote session
Complex Networks and Precision Medicine
Joseph Loscalzo, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Open discussion
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Session
Interdisciplinary Applications I
Moderator: Luciana Garbayo, ENSP/Fiocruz
q-Statistics of Correlated Spectra
Abbas Ali Saberi, Constructor University, Bremen
Composition of entropic indexes and entropy evolution for nonlinear dynamic systems at the edge of chaos
Ernesto Pinheiro Borges, IF, UFBA
Brain criticality through nonadditive entropic analysis of electroencephalograms
Henrique Santos Lima, CBPF
Non-extensive statistics of the glioblastoma transcriptome
Sergio Assunção, ProCC, Fiocruz
- Open discussion
- Coffee break
Wednesday
October 21, 2026Axis IV – Biological frontiers, integration
- Welcome coffee
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Session
Interdisciplinary Applications II: Non-additivity, Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Moderator: Mauro Copelli, UFPE, Brasil
When Does Neural Complexity Call for Nonadditive Entropy? Foundations, Evidence, and Open Questions
Roman Pachenik, Universidade de Lund
Toward a Complexity-Based Physical Understanding of Mental Conditions
Dimitri Abramov
Critical Scaling in Microelectrode Recordings from the Basal Ganglia in a Patient with Parkinson’s Disease
Bruno Duarte Gomes, UFPA, Brazil
- Open discussion
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Keynote session
From Superstatistics to Generalizations
q-statistics in low-dimensional dynamical systems
Ugur Tirnakli
- Open discussion
- Lunch break
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Keynote and closing plenary
Keynote Session: Synthesis and Horizon
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Roman Pachenik
- Open discussion
- Coffee break
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Closing session and tribute
Tribute to Constantino Tsallis
A tribute for the entirety of his contributions to the field of entropy and complexity. Closing.