Free online professional development programs
The Alliance of Guangzhou International Sister-City Universities (GISU) offers 20 new two-hour online non-credit professional development programs in 2024 through its Digital and Entrepreneurship Academy.
These Academy programs are offered free of charge for the students and faculty of Alliance members, industry representatives, area officials and alumni each member university invites.
Please note:
- Registration is free, but mandatory, until 5 p.m. of the day prior to each program: registration form
- All programs will be held in English.
- Zoom access info will be sent on the eve of the sessions, to the email inserted in the registration form.
- No certificate will be issued for these short online programs.
Contacts for inquires: asl @ uc . pt or +351 239 247 319.
Program Calendar for 2023
Mainland Portugal's time zone
12 March | 07:00 – 09:00 | Digital Globalization of Gaming and Extended Reality Industries
19 March | 07:00 – 09:00 | Institutional Transformations of Regional Systems in the Conditions of the Formation of a Circular Economy for the Purpose of Post-War Recovery
20 March | 07:00 – 09:00 | Recent Developments in the Mathematical Sciences and Sustainable Development Goals: Selected Case Studies
26 March | 07:00 – 09:00 | Innovative Technologies for High-Grade Recycled Concrete Production from Construction and Demolition Waste
[extra program]
9 April | 08:00 – 10:00 | Energy Innovations for Sustainable Development of the Economy
16 April | 08:00 – 10:00 | Binaural Bone-Conduction Sound Reproduction and Space Perception
24 April | 08:00 – 10:00 | Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Sustainability Education: Think, Care, Do
7 May | 08:00 – 10:00 | Turning Ideas into Business | Professor Jorge Figueira from the University of Coimbra
11 September | 08:00 – 10:00 | Towards the Development of IoT Management in Human-in-the-Loop and Artificial Intelligence Systems | Professor Jorge Sá Silva from the University of Coimbra
12 September | 08:00 – 10:00 | Training for Volunteer Mental Health Promotion Agents at Work
18 September | 08:00 – 10:00 | Traditional Chinese Art in Spain: Collecting, Dissemination and Influence
24 September | 08:00 – 10:00 | Synergetic Collaboration on Identifying the Stability Bottlenecks of Organic Solar Cells as an Alternative Energy Source
25 September | 08:00 – 10:00 | Study on the Impact of Molecular Weight of Polymer Acceptor on All Polymer Solar Cells with Transient Absorption (TA) Spectroscopy
8 October | 08:00 – 10:00 | Nutrition and Stability Enhancement of Yoghurt Fortified with Encapsulated Algae Oil through Vortex Fluidic Device
10 October | 08:00 – 10:00 | Humans in the Future Internet | Professor Jorge Sá Silva from the University of Coimbra
15 October | 08:00 – 10:00 | Smart Cities: Past, Present, Future
23 October | 08:00 – 10:00 | Towards the Development of IoT Management in Intelligent Industry | Professor Jorge Sá Silva from the University of Coimbra
24 October | 08:00 – 10:00 | National Prerequisites for the Implementation of Eco-Industrial Parks Policy
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To be rescheduled: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Impact: A Masterclass on THE Impact Rankings with Western Sydney University
To be rescheduled: Enterprise Sustainability: An Important Priority for Modern Supply Chains