Speeches and presentations

 
2nd Congress on Rare Diseases
2nd Congress on Rare Diseases (in Spanish)

14/04/2015

CosmoCaixa  

"Internet, the network of networks, advocates networking, smart working. Which is what we have been doing for the last 20 years at the UOC".

 
Closure of the 11th University Debate League, Vives University Network
Closure of the 11th University Debate League, Vives University Network (in Catalan)

27/03/2015

Factoria Cultural Coma Cros; Salt  

"The new technologies have changed our world. They have transformed the way we learn – something we have known at the UOC for the last 20 years. They have changed the way we work, the way we relate with each other, entertain ourselves and consume".

 
Opening of Research Showcase UOC 2015
Opening of Research Showcase UOC 2015

11/02/2015

Antiga Fàbrica Damm, Barcelona
«Good basic science will always offer a return on investment, even if it is only as a knowledge generator».

 
Presentation of the book Universidades corporativas: diez casos de éxito
Presentation of the book Universidades corporativas: diez casos de éxito (in Catalan)

26/01/2015

Sala Josep Laporte  

"For us, the corporate universities – their success and their example – spur us to improve, to demand more from ourselves and to rethink ourselves".

 
Christmas and End-of-Year Celebration 2014
Christmas and End-of-Year Celebration 2014 (in Catalan)

17/12/2014

Dates and venue: 17 and 18 December 2014, 22@ and Tibidabo centres, respectively.  

“Let’s not fool ourselves; today’s success only proves the accomplishments and efforts of the past.”

 
UOC award ceremony in recognition of Mireia Armengol
UOC award ceremony in recognition of Mireia Armengol (in Catalan)

12/12/2014

Josep Laporte Hall, Barcelona  

“If a 'traditional' general manager was asked to envisage their worst possible scenario, the situation they would describe would doubtless be similar to the one outlined. A 'traditional' general manager would have run a mile. Fortunately for us, for the UOC and for the team that I head, Mireia Armengol wasn't that sort of person, she’s not someone who’s easily scared."

 
10th International Seminar - UNESCO CHAIR in Education and Technology for Social Change
10th International Seminar - UNESCO CHAIR in Education and Technology for Social Change

01/12/2014

Barcelona Growth Centre  

"In these last 20 years the UOC has been an active agent in pedagogical innovation."

 
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Madrid (closing ceremony speech)
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Madrid (closing ceremony speech, in Spanish)

29/11/2014

Symphonic Hall of the National Auditorium of Music, Madrid  

“Businesspeople perceive the UOC to be a university that is on a par with traditional universities in cross-disciplinary skills and that clearly surpasses them in key skills such as organization and planning.”

+ Video of speech (in Spanish)

 
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Madrid (welcome speech)
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Madrid (welcome speech, in Spanish)

29/11/2014

Symphonic Hall of the National Auditorium of Music, Madrid  

“Today we know that education is not limited to the first years of our life but that it’s part and parcel of life itself, it will accompany us throughout our entire professional and personal lives.”

 
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Barcelona (welcome speech)
Graduation ceremony for the 2013-2014 academic year in Barcelona (closing ceremony speech, in Catalan)

15/11/2014

L’Auditori, Barcelona  

“Innovation and effort that would be meaningless without you: this year, there are over 5,000 graduates who will join the 50,000 alumni who have graduated since the foundation of the UOC.”

+ Video of speech (in Catalan)