This year, the speakers discussed education in times of millennials. The event featured international speakers and university professors who work on topics related to the social sciences and the arts.
Conferences and Exhibitors Day 1 (7/27)
- Welcome address by Eduardo Hipogrosso, Ph.D., dean of the school.
- “Avant Premiere: A Guide to Creative Writing,” presented by Andrea Runga and Mauricio Aldecosea, teachers at Juan Zorrilla School in San Martín.
- “Figures of the 20th Century: A Multidisciplinary Experience,” presented by Prof. Enrique Cederbaum, a teacher at The British Schools.
- “Creativity, Design, and Fashion: Breaking with Tradition,” presented by Prof. Hugo Millán, a professor at the Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design.
- “Helping Students with Dyslexia Become More Independent,” presented by Prof. María José Galleno, a faculty member at the Uruguayan Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts and St. Brendan’s School, British Council.
- “Bullying and Cyberbullying,” presented by Robert Orguet and Julio Porcile, teachers at the Scuola Italiana di Montevideo.
- “Rewriting in a Transmedia Context,” presented by Prof. Gustavo García, a teacher at the Logosophical High School.
- “History, Technology, and Human Rights: A Multidisciplinary Project” by Prof. Cecilia Cicero, a teacher at The British Schools.
Matchday 2 (7/28)
- Welcome remarks by Virginia Silva, the faculty’s academic coordinator for Communication.
- “Projects, Interdisciplinarity, and ICTs: Application in the Classroom,” presented by Carolina Bastida and Guillermo Medina, teachers at Crandon High School.
- “Teaching, Learning, and Assessing with Technology: The Jubilar Case Study,” presented by Prof. Yoan Mora, a teacher at the Jubilar Juan Pablo II High School.
- “What’s Your Story? Digital Narratives,” led by teachers Lucía Saldombide, Levinson Torena, and Ana Laura Pérez, who teach at Queen’s School, Instituto Arnold Gesell, and Colegio Salesiano de la Costa, respectively.
- “When Sharing Becomes Learning,” by Prof. Iris Caramés, an instructor with the Uruguay Educa Portal of the Secondary Education Council.
- “Imagination in the Digital Age,” presented by Prof. Solange Crocker, a teacher at High Schools Nos. 24, 61, and 65 and El Clemente School.
- “Students as Creative Designers of Learning,” presented by Juan Pablo Castro, a teacher at Liceo No. 15 Ibiray.
- “What does pledging allegiance to the flag mean for today’s teenagers?” presented by Lucía Etcheverry and Gabriela Ordóñe, teachers at Juan Zorrilla School in San Martín.
- “Generating knowledge and developing classroom resources,” presented by Daniel Mazzone, M.A., academic coordinator of the Journalism program at the School of Communication and Design.