Program

Wednesday November 20th

 

9.00 A.M. – Institutional Address

Prof. Fr. Pedro A. Barrajon, Rector of European University of Rome

Prof. F. Michael Mullaney, President of FUCE  [tbc]

 

9.30 – 11.00 A.M. – SESSION 1 – Concept building of “Hope” between Theology and Philosophy

Chair: Pedro A. Barrajon, Rector of European University of Rome

Participants:

• David Koonce LC, APRA, An apologetics of hope in the 21st century: rereading 1 Peter 3:15 in a post-modern world
• Armin M. Kummer, KU Leuven, What are we talking about? Contendings semantics of Hope
• Susana Vilas Boas, Université Catholique de Lyon (IPER), Hope or hopes? The limits and opportunities of understanding hope from the philosophies of Paul Ricoeur and Jacques Derrida
• Dario Manfellotto, UER – Hospital Gemelli-Isola, Rome, Mind and Body: key concepts in a dialectic relationship

Discussion

 

11.00 – 11.30 A.M. – Break

 

11.30 – 1.00 P.M. – SESSION 2 – Neurosciences, ICT and Ethics

Chair: Aniello Merone, UER

Participants:

• Alberto Carrara LC, UER/APRA, The AI’s impact on the future of Universities
• Claudio Bonito, UER/APRA, AI’s applications and implications: some case studies
• Mathieu Guillermin, UR CONFLUENCE: Sciences et Humanités (EA 1598), Université Catholique de Lyon, What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? A key question for AI ethics?
• Enzo Maria Le Fevre Cervini, Laboratory on Innovation and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad de Buenos Aires, AI ethics, the quintuple helix model for a responsible governance

Discussion

 

1.00 – 2.00 P.M. – Lunch break

 

2.00 – 3.30 P.M. – SESSION 3 – Contribution of Religious Traditions to European concepts of Future

Chair: Gianluca Casagrande, UER

Participants:

• Renata Salvarani, UER, Migration and religious groups in the Meditarranean: is a common vision of Future possible?
• Silvia Chiodi, CNR, Different words for different concepts of what is forthcoming
• Augusto Cosentino, SISR, Artificial Intelligence and Historical-Religious Research: Navigating New Frontiers Through Case Studies

Discussion

 

3.30 – 5.30 P.M. – SESSION 4 – Ideas of Future in EU culture and policy

Chair: Javier Fiz Perez, UER

Participants:

• Ludovica Malknecht, UER, Trust and social cohesion beyond polarisation
• Giovanni Polizzi, UER, EU diplomacy and Peace’s scenarios
• Aleksandra Syryt, UKSW, Legal instruments for the protection of cultural heritage and sustainable cultural development
• Giuseppe Pace, CNR, Sustainability, developement and EU scenarios
• Rita Occhiuto, Université de Liège, Learning from the European Landscape Convention the prospective approach for the Earth care

Discussion

 

5.30 – 7.00 P.M. – SESSION 5 – Roots of Present: History and Hope

Chair: Matilde Bini, UER

Participants:

• Patrizia Arena, UER, Fear, Hope and Aspiration for Peace in Roman political language from the death of Nero to the Flavian Principate
• Giorgia Lauri, UER, “Nunc demum redit animus” (Tacitus, Agricola, 3. 1): hopes and expectations after the end of a tyrannical government (I-II cent. AD)
• Sara Navarro Lalanda, UNIR, La Rioja, Music towars a global peace culture
• Gianluca Casagrande, UER, Witnessing the past you never lived. History, technology and narratives through virtualization
• Roberta Rodelli, UER, Historical and environmental heritage as a driver for promoting sustainability

Discussion

 

Thursday November 21st

 

9.30 – 11.00 A.M. – SESSION 6 – University and Innovation

Chair: Emilio Dogliani, COMECE

Participants:

• Mario Bara, Catholic University of Zagreb, University – innovation and intellectual property
• Matilde Bini, UER – Future Sis, Challenges for Universities in an era of Innovation
• Javier Fiz Perez, UER – Core Values.org, Humanistic innovation between values and skills. The role of Universities in developing social impact
• Barbara Segaert, University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp, Academic experiences of Education for European Solidarity

Discussion

 

11.00 – 11.30 A.M. – Break

 

11.30 A.M. – 1.00 P.M. – SESSION 7 – Inclusive Education as Education to Hope

Chair: Gianluca Amatori, UER

Participants:

• Chiara Gemma, European Parliament Member, Education and hope in European policies. What future for inclusion?
• Andrea Dessardo, UER, Some reflections about education in early 21^st century
• Maria Buccolo, UER, Hope and peace in the UNESCO recommendations 
• Francesco Palma, UER, The inclusive teacher in European perspective with the Erasmus project
• Luciano Romano, Angelo Panno UER, What drives youth to participate in climate protests? Examining the role of hope and collective self-efficacy
• Enrico Miatto – Beatrice Saltarelli, IUSVE, Hope and dialogue: Challenges for education

Discussion

 

General Conclusions:

Renata Salvarani, UER

 

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