10/07/2015
Castelldefels
"In my mind, risk, originality and persistence are three enviable traits not only for guiding an artistic or scientific career but also for guiding a research project, a faculty, a university or a network like ours".
18/06/2015
Antiga Fàbrica Damm, Barcelona
"Let's say it out loud: the traditional university model – generalist in its offering and modest in its research results – will find it very hard to survive".
+ Video of speech (in Catalan)
09/06/2015
Expanding Learning Scenarios
9-12 June 2015, Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza
"20 years ago, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, our university, was created. The first university, conceived and created specifically to leverage the – at that time – incipient new technologies and, especially, Internet".
+ Speech at the Gala dinner (in Catalan)