Inaugural lectures

Educating the future

The UOC hosts the opening ceremony for the Catalan university system’s academic year 2024/2025. Macip and Hernández will talk about the challenges for education, the transformative power of universities, and people’s lives in the future.

Reinterpreting intelligence to reinterpret what we are

The sudden rise of generative AI gives us the chance to reinterpret and reassess what defines us a species.

Universities Without Walls – Adapting to Change in Europe

President of the European University Association (EUA).

A digital green deal for Europe’s technological sovereignty

Francesca Bria, digital policy and IT expert and advisor.

What is the Future of Education?

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Vice President for Open Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 

Universities must spearhead the 2030 Agenda

Cristina Gallach, High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda.

The Image as a Form of Knowledge

Cristina de Middel, documentary photographer and artist. 

University in the age of information

Dr Manuel Castells, professor of Sociology at the UOC. 

The keys to being an entrepreneur

A dialogue between Israel Ruiz, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of MIT, and Josep Prieto, Dean of the UOC's Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications. 

Art and knowledge for the common good

A dialogue between Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), and Joan Fuster-Sobrepere, Dean of the UOC's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. 

Lessons we have learned from the crisis

A dialogue between Jordi Galí, Director of the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional, and Àngels Fitó, Dean of the UOC's Faculty of Economics and Business.