Keynote Speakers

17 November 2022 | Neuza Pedro


Limits and Opportunities of Distance Education Today: What Research Tells Us

18 November 2022 | Paloma Díaz


Virtual and Augmented Reality: Affordable and Useful Experiences in Education

Short CV

Neuza Pedro


Professor at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon. PhD in ICT in Education. Aggregation in E-learning in Higher Education. Postgraduate in E-teaching and Online Assessment. She is currently a member of the Scientific-Pedagogical Council for Continuing Teacher Education. She is responsible for coordinating the Masters in Education and Digital Technologies and in Informatics Teaching as well as the PhD in ICT in Education at the Institute of Education of the University of Lisbon. She coordinated, between 2010 and 2019, the e-Learning Laboratory of the University of Lisbon.

Paloma Díaz


Prof. Dr. Paloma Díaz is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) since 2003. With a Degree and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, shehas been involved in interdisciplinary research in the Interactive Systems research group (DEI LAB) that she leads since 1996. She has been visiting scholar in the Information Sciences and Technology College of PSU during two academic years, MAGIC LAB at British Columbia University and the Visualization Institute of Stuttgart University. Her main areas of research are interaction design, web engineering, mobile and ubiquitous computing, big data visualization, civic participation, ICT for learning and teaching and digital cultural heritage. Prof. Díaz has led national and international research projects and has published more than 200 papers in journals, conferences and books. She is IEEE Senior Member and ACM Senior Member and has been involved in IEEE Education Society activities. She is part of the executive committees of GEDC and ACM womENcourage. She is currently the Dean of the UC3M Engineering School, Director of the Master on Educational Innovation, and Director of the UC3M-Telefonica Chair on Women and Technology.