Seminar "Cities and universities: Creating alliances for the social and economic progress of the territory"

Seminar open to the public, organized by ACUP, Barcelona City Council, CRUE, Minister for Universities of the Spanish Government and Minister of Research and Universitiesmi of the Generalitat de Catalunya, in collaboration with "la Caixa" Foundation, as part of the program of World Higher Education Week highereducationworldweek2022.org

Places are limited and will be assigned in order of registration

Programme

4.30 pm - 4.40 pm Opening of the Seminar. Welcome speech

Mr Jaume Puy, Rector of the Universitat de Lleida and president of ACUP 

Mr José M. Sanz, Vice-President of CRUE and  former Rector of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

4.40 pm – 5.40 pm Panel debate. Universities, key institutions for the social, economic and cultural advancement of the territory. How can city-university synergies be strengthened? 

(Includes open floor session)

• Mr Jordi Martí, Deputy Mayor for Culture, Education,
  
  Science and Community at Barcelona City Council
• Mrs Gemma Geis, Minister of Research and Universities
• Mr Daniel Crespo, Rector of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Mr Joan Subirats, Minister for Universities of the Spanish Government

Chair: Mr Màrius Martínez, Vice-rector for International Relations of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

5.40 pm – 6.40 pm Panel debate. Local policies on higher education, research and innovation. Assessing impacts and strengthening the knowledge society

(Includes open floor session)

• Mrs Elisabeth Lehec, Head of the interface unit
  
  City/research on transition, Direction of Climate and
  
  Ecological Transition, City of Paris
• Mr Raffaele Laudani, Deputy Mayor for Urban
  
  Planning, Universities and Research Centers, special
  
  projects “City of Knowledge” and “Democratic
  
  Memory”, Comune di Bologna
• Mr Francesc Subirada, Director of the UPF
  
  Ciutadella of Knowledge project of Universitat Pompeu
  
  Fabra
• Mrs Silvia Llach, Vice-rector for Territory
  
  and Social Commitment

Chair: Mrs Júlia Miralles, Delegate for Science and Universities of Barcelona City Council

6.40 pm – 6.45 pm Conclusions and close

Mr Josep M. Vilalta, Executive Secretary of ACUP