Global Partnership Forum 2026

The Global Partnership Forum 2026 will take place as a dedicated platform for dialogue between academia and society, on May 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., during the T4EU Week “Community, Communities”, in Lisbon.

Hosted by Universidade Católica Portuguesa, the Forum “A Choreography for Transformative Knowledge” will focus on the role of global partnerships in addressing contemporary challenges, bringing together international stakeholders through thematic roundtables on Inclusion, Digital Transformation, Environmental Sustainability, and Societal Engagement.

As part of this Forum, we will be holding a session entitled “The New European University: Transformation and Legacy”, to discuss teaching, science and universities in Europe.

Preliminary Programme:

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Opening Session - Isabel Capeloa Gil, President of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and Francisco Mendes-Palma, Institutional Coordinator T4EU at Católica 
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Keynote Speakers Pedro and Miguel Ferreira Pinto, Iron Brothers
10:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | The new European Unieversity: Transformation and Legacy in Teaching and Research
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | “Communities” Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Designing Sustainable Futures
4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | AI-Enabled Global Academic Collaboration
5:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Closing Session – Knowledge as the unlocker to growth in a changing world,
Veronica Frisancho, Director of Knowledge Management, Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean – CAF