The cluster of European cultural institutes in Barcelona (EUNIC Barcelona) presents a day within the framework of the program Network Agora – MONDIACULT 2025 With the aim of promoting cultural dialogue and international cooperation between European and global cultural institutes. The program of the day, which will take place the September 30 at the headquarters of the Institut d’Estudis Catalansincludes two round tables.
The first is entitled New challenges in the teaching of foreign languages in the Age of AI and will address the implications of artificial intelligence technologies in language learning. Will be moderated by the director of the IRL, Pere Almedaand issues such as the lack of cultural nuances in the materials generated by AI, technological dependence, linguistic public policies, oral language and ethical concerns will be addressed. The debate will have the opening presentations of Nicky hocklyThe Director of Pedagogy of The Consultants-E (TCE), and Ares Wolf Nayalinguist and professor at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the moderation of the director of the Institut Ramon Llull, Pere Almeda.
The debate will also participate:
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Joanna GoreSenior Manager of Education of English in the British Council and specialist in AI and technology applied to learning.
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Luis García MonteroDirector of the Cervantes Institute.
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Anna Solé MenaSenior Expert in Multilingualism in the School and Multilingualism Unit of the Directorate General of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission.
The second round table, which will start at noon, will focus on The role of cultural institutes in promoting intercultural dialogue and cooperation in diverse contexts and often marked by conflict. The table, moderated by EUNIC president, Kirsten Van den Hulwill start with the presentations of Nikita DhawanProfessor of Political Theory and History of Ideas at Dresden Technical University, and Volodymyr SheikoCEO of the Ukrainian Institute.
The subsequent debate will take part:
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Johannes EbertExecutive Director of the Goethe-Institute.
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Hugues Ghenassia-de FerranCEO of the Institut Français,
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Marco Maria Cerbohead of the Unic Network (Unità degli Istititi Italiani di Cultura) abroad.
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Liviu Sebastian JicmanPresident of the Romanian Cultural Institute.
This day is an initiative of EUNIC Barcelona and is linked to the celebrations of the European Language Day, with the aim of promoting language diversity and language learning throughout Europe.
The Barcelona cluster of theEum (European National Institutes for Culture) was founded in 2021 by the Goethe-Institut, the Institut Français and the Instituto Italiano di Cultura; Its members and associates include the Institut Ramon Llull, the General Consulates of Hungary, Romania and Switzerland in Barcelona, the representation of the European Commission in Barcelona and the British Council.
