Space to reflect, discuss and expand the look of the challenges of the future in a world in transformation


Academic program


War disasters
This course represents an opportunity to better understand the complexities of modern war conflicts and their impact on humanity.

July 28 and 29, 2025
in-person and online

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Reason for being of heritage in the 21st century
The challenges of preserving heritage will be addressed and the revitalization of historical spaces will be discussed, giving them new lives and purposes.

July 29 and 30, 2025
in-person and online

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Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
This course raises a deep reflection on scientific, ethical, legal, and social challenges that emerge from these advances.

July 30 and 31, 2025
in-person and online

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Academic
and cultural activities
Inaugural Conference
July 28, 9:00 a.m. / Teatro Leal

Josep
Borrell

Closing Conference
July 31, 11: 45h / Teatro Leal

Rafael
Yuste


Academic program agenda

War disasters
Reason for being of heritage in the 21st century
Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights

Inaugural Conference. The European Union between wars and elections

War disasters
Monday, July 28, 2025 |
09:00 - 10:15
Teatro Leal
Josep Borrell Fontelles. Former High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policies.

Conference. The phenomenon of war in today's world

War disasters
Monday, July 28, 2025 |
10:45 - 12:00
Teatro Leal
José Pardo de Santayana Gómez de Olea. Retired Colonel of the Spanish Army. Associate Professor of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (Ceseden). Member of the Number of the Academy of Sciences and Military Arts.

Conference. Armed conflicts as a political tool and communication projection

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter Sala
Ana del Paso Gallego. International Relations Professor at the Department of Global Journalism and Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid, specialized in armed conflicts, author among other books, "Spanish reporters, war witnesses: from the pioneers to the current ones."

Conference. Voices from war: the human side of humanitarian action

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter Sala
Carlos Batallas Sordo. Member of the International Humanitarian Law Center of the Spanish Red Cross and Professor of International Law at IE University.

Dialogue table. War narratives

War disasters
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
Santo Domingo Convent
Outstanding journalists linked to the war moderated by Nicolás Castellano, a journalist of the SER chain.

Conference. Renew the focus on heritage conservation: the role of civil society

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Francesco Bandarin. He is an architect, former deputy director of UNESCO culture.

Conference. Reinvent the built assets

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Carmen Espegel. He is a professor in architectural projects of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM).

Guided tour: "La Laguna Casa, Huerta, Patio, Garden"

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 |
17:00 - 19:00
Cultural tour of some of the most representative courtyards of the lagoon aimed at the participants of the reasoning course of the 21st century heritage.

Conference. Biocultural heritage and daily life in a Spanish -American city

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg. He is botanist and doctor in anthropology.

Conference. The "invention" of heritage: contradictions and possibilities

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Michael Jakob. He is a professor of history and landscape theory at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio of the University of the Italian Svizzera.

Seminar Reason for being of heritage in the 21st century

Reason for being the heritage of the 21st century
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
This seminar brings together a set of international reference specialists who will address the heritage as a cultural, economic and social engine, from the perspective of conservation, protection and innovation.

Conference. Neuroimagen and Neurotherapies in the Attention and Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder (ADHD)

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter Sala
Katya Rubia. She is a professor of cognitive and deputy director of the Department of Child Psychiatry/Pears Maudsley Center for Young People in the King's College London, UK.

Conference. Neurotechnology: all power entails a great responsibility

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter Sala
Guiomar Niso Galán. She is director of the Neuroimaging Group of the CSIC Cajal Institute.

Labor Neuro-Rights: Neurotechnology Reaches the Workplace

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 |
13:00 - 14:15
Santo Domingo Convent, Chapter Sala
Jesús Rafael Mercader Uguina. Professor of Labor Law and Social Security of the Carlos III University of Madrid.

Neuroscience seminar for everyday life

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
10:00 - 11:15
Teatro Leal
Seminar on cerebral health and cognitive processes, with the participation of researchers of the ULL and moderation of Ernesto Pereda.

Closing Conference: "The new neurotechnologies: implications for science, medicine and society" 

Neuroscience, neurotechnology and neurorights
Thursday, July 31, 2025 |
11:45 - 13:00
Teatro Leal
Rafael Yuste closes the campus with a conference on the new neurotecnologies and their implications.


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