Nova SBE is co‑organizing, with the Digital Data Design Institute (Nova SBE & Harvard) and NOVA Medical School, the Conference “Future of Universities”, that will take place on April 30th, 2026, at NOVA SBE (Jerónimo Martins Grand Auditorium), in Carcavelos.
The event brings together leading voices in education, technology, and innovation to explore concrete solutions for the future of higher education.
Pedro Oliveira, Dean of NOVA SBE and CMU Portugal long-time collaborator as founder and leader of the Patient Innovation project, will preside over the event’s opening session, alongside Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) and Cláudia Sarrico (Secretary of State for Higher Education).
Francisco Veloso, Dean of INSEAD, former CMU Portugal Scientific Director and CMU faculty, will speak on the panel “AI Won’t Wait: How Will Universities Keep Up? (09:50 am- 10:50 am), about the role of AI in education and the talent market.
Pedro Ferreira (Heinz College, CMU) will participate in the panel “The Campus as a Living Lab: Learning by Doing, Testing, and Failing” (11:20 am – 12:10 pm) about universities as real-world laboratories, and Manuela Veloso (Professor Emeritus of School of Computer Science, CMU) in the panel “From Degrees to Lifelong Platforms” (12:10 pm to 1:10 pm), about universities as lifelong learning ecosystems and AI-assisted development.
More information about the event, line-up and registration, is available here.