The SACRU is hosting an international scientific colloquium on the role of universities in the age of artificial intelligence, which will also be attended by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonza, Director General of the Vatican’s Ministry of Culture and Education.
From Vatican News
Sacro Cuore University will host “The Future of Catholic Universities in the Age of AI” on Thursday, July 13th and Friday, 14th, to explore the challenges and opportunities new technologies bring to universities and how they can be applied in an inclusive society. The purpose is to analyze how it can be used. and a human-centered approach.
On the first day, Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonza, Director General of the Vatican’s Ministry of Culture and Education, will deliver the keynote address.
The Colloquium of Science is organized by the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities (SACRU), a network of eight Catholic Universities on five continents, and coordinated by Universidad Catolica del Sacro Cuore.
Australian Catholic University, Boston College, Ramon Llull University, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Universidad Catolica Rio de Janeiro, Sophia University, Universidad Catolica Portugal and of course Sacro Cuore University. Eight universities work together to promote global education and excellent interdisciplinary research for the common good.
On Thursday 13 July, the Colloquium will be opened by Professor Franco Anelli, Rector of the University of Cattolica and Vice-President of the SACRU, followed by a keynote address by Cardinal Mendonza and an introduction by Professor Zlatko Škurbis, President of the SACRU.
Speakers at the plenary session include Marcelo Gattas, Pontifical Vice-Rector for Innovation, Rio de Janeiro; Andrea Vicini, Dean of Theology, Boston University; and Alvaro Soto, Professor of Computer Science, Pontifical University. William Hasselberger, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Chile, Santiago; Xavier Villacis, Professor of Engineering, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona; The plenary session will be chaired by Ms. Antonella Charone Aribrandi, Undersecretary for Culture and Education at the Vatican, and reported by Mr. Marco Carlo Passarotti, Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Cattolica.
Discussions continued in the plenary on Friday 14 July, with contributions from Andrea Gajoli, Professor of Psychology, University of Cattolica, Samuel Baron, Professor of Philosophy, Catholic University of Australia, and Tad Gonzalves, Professor of Computer Science, Sophia University. be. .
A scientific colloquium will be organized at the plenary session, including keynote speeches by eight speakers. keynote speaker, one from each partner university. There will also be two parallel sessions of his, one on teaching and research, and one focused on the broader social function of the university. The first will be chaired by Giovanni Marceguera, Professor of Political Economy and Professional Rector of Coordination of Educational Delivery at the University of Cattolica, and rapporteur will be Mickey Schindler, Social Psychologist at Ramon Llull University.
The second session will be chaired by Marilia dos Santos López, Lecturer in Human Sciences, Universidad Católica, Portugal, and Federico Manzi, Rapporteur, Researcher in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Universidad Católica, Portugal.
Presidents from all eight universities will participate, and at the end of the event, a preliminary document will be prepared for the publication of an academic paper. position paper It describes SACRU’s vision on the impact of artificial intelligence and the role of universities, especially Catholic Universities. The conclusions will be announced by the President and Secretary General of the SACRU. The Science Colloquium will be conducted in a hybrid format of face-to-face and remote via his website at his SACRU.
