Opening keynote by Kristina Ishmael, EdTech strategic advisor and former Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology

A conversation between Belén Gopegui, writer and screenwriter, and César Rendueles, Tenured Scientist at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Moderation: Judith Jacovski, PhD in Sociology and Professor in the Department of Didactics and Educational Organisation at the University of Barcelona.

Educational technology showrooms
Visits to the immersive classroom

Discover technological solutions at the Discovery Stage

Mariana Ferrarelli, Director of AI at the University of San Andrés (Argentina)
Lecturer of the Seminar Postdigital Literacies and Education in the Master’s Degree in Education at the University of San Andrés, where she leads the Artificial Intelligence in Education Program.

Juan Guerrero, degree in Economics and Business Administration and educational consultant, and Dácil González, educational consultant at Grupo Trébol Educación.

Moderation: (To be determined)

Sian Bayne, Director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education and Professor of Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, co-author of the Manifesto for Teaching Online.

Javier Tejera, Associate at the Centre for Research in Digital Education and Senior Learning Technology & Design Advisor at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.

Moderation: Pau Plana, Director and Co Founder of 3ipunt

Use cases led by the Directorate General for Vocational Education and Training of the Department of Education.

Session opening by Miriam Milan, Deputy Director for the Organisation and Integration of Vocational Education and Training.

Participants:

• Alberto Vila | Director of the Barcelona Institute of Technology

• Josep Maria Pallarés Serres | Director of the Pere Martell Institute of Tarragona

• David Saura | Head of Communication and Promotion at the Escola del Treball of Lleida

• Gemma Olmo | Director of the Escola del Treball of Barcelona

• Silvia Subirats Benet | Director of the Comte Rius Institute of Tarragona

• Juan Cañete | Director of the Illa dels Banyols Institute (he will not participate in the session, as the centre became a Centre of Excellence one month ago, but he will attend)

Moderation: Vicente Pastor, Technical Education Advisor.

Joaquín Goyache, Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid and Montserrat Guarda, President of the Social Council of UPC.

Moderation: Alfonso González Hermoso de Mendoza, President of Spaces for Higher Education

Participants:

• Mr. Jon Labaka | Vice Minister for Vocational Training

• Mr. Antoni Vera Alemany | Minister of Education of the Balearic Islands

Moderation: Montserrat Rigall, journalist and Artificial Intelligence researcher at RTVE

From problem to challenge – Teams start from a real situation and, through tools from CoboiLab’s 4/17 method, define the challenge to be addressed. In this session, we focus on identifying needs, specifying the issue we want to solve, identifying the users for whom we want to solve it, and considering what the ideal scenario would be if the problem were resolved.

To access this session, please register here

Visits to the immersive classroom
Discover technological solutions at the Discovery Stage

Esteve López, EdTech strategy consultant

Clara Hawking, Co-founder and Executive Director of Kompass Education

Núria Ferré, Vocational Education and Training (VET) teacher in the fields of Chemistry, Safety and Environment, and Emiliano Sobe, Advisor of the InnovaFP Network.

Moderation: Òscar Secorún, Education Lead at Google for Education.

Faraón Llorens, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Alicante and Baptista Borrell, Director of Education at Seidor.

Moderation: Pablo Rivarola, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Universidad Siglo 21 (Argentina).

Participants:

• Àxel Broch | Student Representative, UPF

• Marina Arcas | Art History Alumni, UAB

• Pablo Magno | 2nd Vice President, CEUNE

• Marta Camprodón | Campus Life Manager at IQS Barcelona

Moderation: Alex Torras, CEO of UNIFIT

Participants:

• Azucena Vázquez | CEO of Ecosistema 21

• Donatella Solda | EdTech Italia

• Albena Spasova | EdTech Bulgaria

• Yuliana Topazly | Director, Head of Partnerships at DOHE

Moderation: Sara Fernándes, Chief Revenue Officer at Wiris.

Participants:

• Ms. Sonia Fernández Cuenca | Director General for Curriculum and Professional Development (Catalonia)

• Ms. Judith Fernández | Director General for Educational Planning and Innovation (Galicia)

• Mr. Xavier Campuzano | Director for Higher Education, Research and Technological Innovation (Andorra)

• Mr. Julio Albalad | Director of the National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (INTEF)

• Mr. Juan Carlos Palomino | Director of the Regional Teacher Training Centre

• Ms. Tere Vida | Director of Innovation at Educaria

Moderation: Baptista Borrell, Director of Education at Seidor.

*Access to this session is by invitation only

Panel discussion with leading figures from the Vocational Education and Training sector and the technology industry to address the main challenges educational centres face in connecting their students with companies that demand talent, starting with the compulsory company placements required to obtain their qualification.

Speakers:

• María Barragán Castillo | Organizational Change Management at SIRT

• Paula Andrea Zanetti | Director of the IT Area – VET and Master’s Lecturer at Monlau Centre d’Estudis

• Daniela Nivollet | Director of the Barcelona Campus at iFP – Grupo Planeta

• Representative of the Government of Catalonia

Moderation: Javier Domínguez, CEO of PUE

From challenge to solution – Through creativity and design techniques, participants ideate and develop possible solutions to the problem defined in the first activity.

To access this session, please register here

Karina Gibert, Professor and co-founder of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research center (UPC). Dean of the College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia.

A shared cultural experience

Awards Ceremony: Use Case Experiences & ObservaIA

Dinner and networking

*Attendance at The EdTech Night is by invitation only.