Our researcher Susana Sargento was one of the guests at the 17th Conference on Digital Literacy: Why it matters for representative democracy took place at the Portuguese Parliament?

The first edition of the conference focused on the theme of Digital Technologies and the Stakes for Representative Democracy and took place in Athens and Napflion, having been an initiative of the Hellenic Parliament Foundation, with co-organization of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, among others. Also present was Alexandre Quintanilha, chair of the Committee on Education and Science.

The second edition of this Conference took place in the Assembleia da República, and brought together participants from the Parliaments of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the European Parliament, as well as representatives from other European institutions, industry, and academia. The President of the Portuguese Parliament, Augusto Santos Silva, was present during the opening of the Conference.

Susana Sargento gave a presentation on the potential of the digital world and the mobility of the future, a topic that she has been exploring in terms of her applied research, which can be viewed at the video link below.

Photo credits: Assembleia da República Portuguesa