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From July 28 to 31, 2025


International
Campus Ciudad de la Laguna

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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42
Days of complete
inspiration
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Unique places
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Expert voices
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185

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.


Cultural program agenda

Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas "The story of war through photojournalism"

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 18:00 - 19:30
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Meeting with Alberto Hugo Rojas, War Graphic Reporter.

Conference "written in stone. The territory of Addar in Guanche era"

Friday, July 4, 2025, 18:00 - 20:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Conference "Written in stone. The territory of ADDAR in Guanche era" and guided tour of the exhibition written in stone

Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

From Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 00:00 - 00:00
La Laguna Cajacanarias Cultural Space
Exhibition The disasters of war. Photographs by Alberto Hugo Rojas

Exhibition "Written in stone"

From Friday, July 4 to 31, 2025, all day
Plaza del Adelantado
"Written in stone" provides a scientific vision of the rich indigenous archaeological heritage of the Canary Islands.

Projection of the documentary "Daughters of the Holy Land"

Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 19:30 - 21:00
Paraninfo of the University of La Laguna
An activity that invites you to reflect on two lives marked by conflicts.

Concert Los Sabandeños 60 years

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 20:00 - 21:30
Teatro Leal
The emblematic folk group Los Sabandeños will offer a concert within the cultural program of the International Ciudad de la Laguna
David Baute

David Baute

Documentary and Canarian filmmaker highlighted for his commitment to social and environmental issues.
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Verónica Galán

Tenerife journalist specialized in culture.
Carmen Espegel

Carmen Espegel Alonso

Professor of architectural projects of the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (ETSAM).
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Carmen Julia Hernández

National Radio Journalist of Spain.
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Marcel Mettelsiefen

Filmmaker, photojournalist and German documentary producer.
Alejandro de Avila

Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg

Botanist and Doctor in Anthropology.
Michael Jakob_web

Michael Jakob

Professor of History and Landscape Theory at the Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio of the University of the Italian Svizzera.
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Naira Delgado Rodríguez

Professor of the Department of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of La Laguna.
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José Farrujia de la Rosa

Doctor in History and Professor at the University of La Laguna.
Alberto Dominguez

Alberto Domínguez Martínez

Director of the University Institute of Neuroscience (IUNE) of the University of La Laguna.
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María Belén Melián Batista

Professor of the University of the Science of Computing Science and Artificial Intelligence of the University of La Laguna.
Ernesto-Peda

Ernesto Pereda de Pablo

Professor of the area of ​​Electrical Engineering at the University of La Laguna, where he develops his research work in the field of neuroengineering
María Ángeles Alonso

María Ángeles Alonso Rodríguez

Professor of Cognitive, Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of La Laguna.
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Raquel Marín Cruzado

Professor of Physiology at the University of La Laguna
Jesus Mercader

Jesús Rafael Mercader Uguina

Professor of Labor Law and Social Security of the Carlos III University of Madrid.
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Guiomar Niso Galán

CSIC head scientist, where he directs the neuroimaging group of the Cajal Institute.
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Katya Rubia

Professor of Cognitive and Deputy Director of the Department of Child Psychiatry/Pears Maudsley Center for Children and Young People in the King's College London, UK.
Yuste

Rafael Yuste

Director of the Neurotechnology Center at Columbia University of New York.
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Ángela Ruiz Martínez

Dr. Architect and Professor of Architectural Projects at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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JUAN MANUEL PALERM SALAZAR

Architect and Professor of Architecture in the area of ​​architectural projects of the School of Architecture of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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Francisco Aznar Vallejo

President of the International Center for Heritage Conservation Foundation (CICOP).
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Francesco Bandarin

Architect, former deputy director of UNESCO Culture
Jose Luis Rivero

José Luis Rivero Ceballos

Professor of Applied Economics at the University of La Laguna
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Nicolás Castellano Flores

SER chain journalist, specialized in migrations, human rights and international cooperation.
Alberto Hugo

Alberto Hugo Rojas

Graphic reporter in war areas, humanitarian crises and migration. Co -founder of the Paz in construction.
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Luis Pérez López

Journalist. Chief of the International Area of ​​TVE Information Services.
Mayrte Carrasco

Mayte Carrasco Gea

War journalist, writer and documentary director specialized in armed conflicts and human rights.
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Carlos Batallas Sordo

Member of the Center for Studies of International Humanitarian Law with the Spanish Red Cross.
Ana del Paso

Ana del Paso Gallego

Assistant Professor Doctor of the Department of Journalism and Global Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Jose Pardo Santallana

José Pardo de Santayana Gómez de Olea

Associate Professor of the Higher Center for National Defense Studies (Ceseden).