"The most valuable skill that anyone can have is learning how to learn"

Mark Brown, Director of the National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University

"Online education is incredibly democratizing"

Elizabeth Salmón chairs the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory Committee

"No one is illegal and no one wants to die in the Mediterranean"

Rafeef Ziadah, Palestinian poet

"Blockchain is the internet's second chance"

Marc Rocas, UOC doctoral student and chairman of the Blockchain Catalunya association

"Technological development is not an end in itself, but a means to shape the future of society"

Trine Jensen, Events and Projects Manager at the International Association of Universities (IAU)

"When I first started studying history, back in 1949, the classes were a bit on the military side"

Salvador Aldana, nonagenarian and Digital Design and Creation student

"Our public sphere has become a kind of mincing machine for our lives"

Marina Garcés

"We need to make some disgruntled Barcelona residents see that visitors to the city are not their enemies"

Estela Mariné Roig, PhD in Tourism, course instructor, and winner of the 2018 Medalla del Turisme de Catalunya (Catalonia Tourism Medal)

"The sustainability of free software is at risk; its breakdown would be disastrous because we're surrounded by things that depend upon it"

Jordi Cabot, ICREA research professor and leader of the SOM research group at the IN3

"A year from now, Airbnb will have standardized its operations and brought them more into line with local regulations"

Mayo Fuster, researcher and co-organizer of the Sharing Cities Summit at the Smart City Expo World Congres