Open Event in Seville

Open Event in Seville

On 2-3 December 2020 representatives of the six universities of Ulysseus gathered in Seville in person. At this event, dedicated to the Conference on the Future of Europe, 50 students enjoyed the opportunity to create a position paper for this European event and participate in co-creation sessions to design the first Ulysseus Joint Master Degree in Energy, Transport, Mobility and Smart Cities. 

Open Event

On December 2-3 2021, Ulysseus held its second Open Event since the start of the project. This was a face-to-face event and took place only one month after the first anniversary of the start of Ulysseus. This gathering was dedicated to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), a unique and timely opportunity for European citizens to voice their opinions on Europe’s challenges and priorities.

Participants included students and university representatives, academics, researchers and staff members from the partner universities of the Ulysseus alliance: University of Seville in Spain, Université Cote D’Azur in France, University of Genoa in Italy, Technical University of Košice in Slovakia, MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® in Austria and the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland.

Welcome session

Welcome session by authorities

Miguel Ángel Castro, Rector of the University of Seville; Mª del Carmen Gallardo, Vice-rector of Students Affairs of the University of Seville
and Carmen Vargas, Ulysseus General Coordinator.

What is Ulysseus European University and what it can offer to students

Carmen Vargas, Ulysseus General Coordinator.

Ulysseus Partner Universities presentations by students

Lida Tervo from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences;  Nicolas Soehlemann by MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®; Adam Valiska by Technical University of Kosice; Carlo Raggi by University of Genoa; Sirine Ben Hadj Khalifa by Université Cote D’Azur;  Enrique Díaz Montaña by University of Seville.

Conclusions from the co-creation sessions

Welcome words by Carmen Vargas, Ulysseus General Coordinator.

Reading of the conclusions of the co-creation session on the Ulysseus Joint Master Degree

Presentation of the Manifesto & Conference of Europe conclusions from students by Carmen Vargas, Ulysseus General Coordinator.

Reading of the Ulysseus students position paper for the Conference on the Future of Europe

Presidential table statements by Kitte Marttinen from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences; Siegfried Walch, from MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®; Frantisek Jakab from Technical University of Kosice and Alessio Tei from University of Genoa.

Closing speech by Carmen Vargas, Ulysseus General Coordinator.

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