Conference Program

An education capable of going beyond technical and incomplete frameworks, focusing on the importance of the relationships it creates, is essential to building meaningful connections that foster authentic human exchange, enriching both the individual and the community. This is possible because education is not just an intellectual endeavor, it is also a social endeavor. However, if education begins with the intention of opening spaces, it sometimes ends up closing them. What brings education back onto the tracks of its natural process is an invisible thread, silently unfolding around us: empathy. Friedrich Nietzsche reminds us of this when, with his critique of the culture of passive knowledge, he warns against an education reduced to mere transmission. Because without emotion, education is reduced to a sterile exercise, incapable of truly impacting the lives of individuals and the well-being of the community.

Without emotion, there is no true understanding, nor change. If education remains limited to methodological skills alone, it loses its most profound dimension: that of forming individuals capable of thinking, feeling, and transforming the world. Emerging technologies could help in this regard, offering the potential for more responsive and differentiated teaching. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and emotional intelligence represents the real challenge for contemporary education. If AI represents the ability to process information and provide responses, emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, manage, and value one's own and others' emotions. It is not a choice between opposites, but a balance to be cultivated. Educating both intelligences: this is today's challenge to make education inclusive, a fundamental condition for a democratic society.