The Catholic University of Braga is hosting an international week dedicated to creativity and innovation as part of the European alliance Transform4Europe, which runs through Friday.
Through Friday, the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) in Braga has become the epicenter of European innovation by hosting a week entirely dedicated to creativity. The event, which kicked off yesterday, features a program that brings together contributions from experts around the world and explores the relationship between creativity and artificial intelligence, conflict resolution, and sustainability.
The event is organized as part of Transform4Europe, an alliance of European universities that includes, in addition to UCP, nine other universities from various countries and one partner university in Ukraine, the University of Mariupol.
The initiative brings together representatives from 15 European and international universities in Braga, including master’s and doctoral students, young researchers, and professors.
According to Jesuit Father Bruno Nobre, director of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences (FFCS) at UCP in Braga, the main goal of this meeting is to “strengthen the sense of belonging” to the alliance and, at the same time, use creativity as a strategic tool to “break new ground and tackle in a new way” today’s major global challenges, such as sustainability, international conflicts, and artificial intelligence.
On the sidelines of the opening session held yesterday morning in the main lecture hall at Católica de Braga, Father Bruno Nobre noted that this Creative Week features a program organized around three main themes taking place simultaneously: a Summer School “focused on sharing foundational knowledge”; a PhD Conference specifically designed for young researchers and doctoral students to present their work; and “Matchmaking for Excellence,” an activity aimed at fostering synergies, partnerships, and future collaborations of excellence among the members of this European university alliance.
In total, the three main events have about 80 confirmed registrants (including students, faculty, and staff), but overall participation exceeds 200 participants in the remaining open activities on the agenda.
The director of the FFCS highlights “the richness and diversity” of the program, which includes plenary sessions, roundtable discussions, group work sessions, and cultural and musical activities.
One of the program’s highlights will be the Science Café, which takes place tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at the dstgroup Museum. This event for discussion and socializing will focus on the theme “What Is the Power of Creativity?” and will feature Isabel Capeloa Gil, president of the Catholic University; Sergia Adamo, a professor at the University of Trieste; and musician Pedro Abrunhosa. The conversation will be moderated by Augusto Soares da Silva.
The director of the FFCS emphasizes that, through this initiative with a European scope, the Catholic University of Braga reaffirms its ambition to position itself as a leading institution both nationally and internationally, leveraging the strong global cooperation network that characterizes the institution.
