Monday
Amílcar Correia + Bárbara Seco de Barros + Hugo Nicolau + Vítor Carvalho
The media, democracy and the city
Free admission
Session in portuguese
Moderation: Liliana Coutinho
European Digital Deal is a three-year investigation, co-funded by Creative Europe, into how the accelerated yet at times unconsidered adoption of new technologies – such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and algorithmic processing – can alter or undermine democratic processes. The project’s advisors, who come from the fields of engineering related to new technologies, education and journalism, will discuss the goals and possible impacts of new technologies on the shape of democracy, focusing on how the city of Braga contributes to this broader debate.
Amílcar Correia
Amílcar Correia is a senior reporter at the newspaper Público, where he was head of the digital department and creator of the P3 website. He has been a journalist in residence at UTAustin (University of Texas, Austin, USA) at the Technology and Information Policy Institute and at the Knight Centre.
Bárbara Seco de Barros
Bárbara Seco de Barros studied Journalism in London and Braga. She is now studying Crime, Difference and Inequality at the University of Minho and researching the role of school and prison in the life trajectories of young Roma. Bárbara was a municipal councillor and deputy for the Portuguese Communist Party in Braga.
Hugo Nicolau
Hugo Nicolau is a professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon and a researcher at the Interactive Technologies Institute (LARSyS), where he leads a team of researchers working on Inclusive Computing.
Vítor Carvalho
Vítor Carvalho is the Dean of the School of Technology at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (Barcelos) and a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence and Data for Education and Training.
The Conferences Programme of Biennial INDEX is supported by the European Digital Deal project.