Entitled "Bridging Continents through Scientific Dialogues", the brand new EUTOPIA Talks invite the entire EUTOPIA community to connect with the NOVA campus in Cairo, where the latest approaches will be presented to local students.
The aim is to transfer knowledge and methodologies to NOVA students in Egypt and to promote EUTOPIA outside Europe. In addition, a series of dedicated webinars are planned to follow the lectures and further strengthen the links between all researchers in the Alliance.
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The first of these will be held on 11 February and will be given by Antonio Luna Garcia, Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. On the topic "Cities on the Edge. Sustainability challenges for Mediterranean cities. Tales from Barcelona", Antonio Luna García will present the challenges facing contemporary Mediterranean cities, exploring issues such as housing, mobility, governance, and urban metabolism.
Using Barcelona as a case study, Luna García will also analyse how Mediterranean cities have faced and adapted to these challenges in the past.
The second session will take place on 25 February and will focus on "Electroporation: from laboratory technique to technological platform - complexity and interdisciplinary approach", chaired by Damijan Miklavcic, Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana.
World expert Damijan Miklavcic will explain the complexities and interdisciplinary applications of this revolutionary technology. From increasing drug efficacy in the treatment of cancer to its potential in cardiac ablation, Miklavcic will explore how electroporation has evolved into a technology platform with profound implications across multiple fields.
A third talk, also scheduled for 10 March, will focus on the link between artificial intelligence and archaeology. This time the speaker will be Marcello Pelillo, Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, who will present the RePAIR project, an innovative initiative that integrates robotics, computer vision, and artificial intelligence to revolutionise archaeological research.
This project aims to speed up the process of reconstructing destroyed works of art and demonstrates the potential of intelligent robotic systems in archaeological studies.
NOVA in Cairo as in Lisbon
NOVA Cairo is the first campus of a Portuguese university abroad and is located on the outskirts of Cairo, where the new capital of Egypt is being built.
Five different courses from the Nova School of Business and Economics, the NOVA School of Technology Executives, and the NOVA Information and Management School are offered to students at this first Portuguese campus in North Africa. Courses and exams will be in English, and the same content and methodology will be followed simultaneously in Cairo and Lisbon.