{"id":119,"date":"2026-04-13T11:05:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T11:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:14:38","slug":"keynote-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/keynote-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"119\" class=\"elementor elementor-119\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3c60f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b3c60f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a33c91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a33c91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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He has a teacher with a keen interest in pedagogy, and evolving \/ adapting pedagogy with diverse learning characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title<\/strong><br \/><em>Beyond digital native: envisioning Civil Engineering programmes for Gen Alpha<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br \/>The current generation of &#8220;digital native&#8221; students will soon be phasing out, as the new Generation Alpha arrives at our universities. Born into a world of smart devices, touch screens, ubiquitous connectivity, raised with immersive tech, streaming, and AI-augmented schooling, they come with unprecedented digital fluencies alongside distinct pedagogical needs. This talk will outline how we might re-construct our Civil Engineering programmes to best serve this incoming generation of student engineers. By exploring how to equip them as both inheritors and innovators, we can prepare Gen Alpha to proudly carry the torch of our discipline as they go on to tackle the new and increasing demands of our rapidly changing infrastructural world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Institutional or personal webpage<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/kwan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/profiles.cardiff.ac.uk\/staff\/kwan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e17de4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e17de4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8537c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8537c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alfonso Rodr\u00edguez Dono is an associate professor at UPC BarcelonaTech and a researcher at CIMNE. He holds a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering (University of Vigo, 2011) and an International Master&#8217;s in Sustainable Exploitation of Mineral Resources (Technical University of Madrid). His research combines rock mechanics and numerical modelling \u2014 including the post-failure behaviour of rock masses, tunnelling and underground-excavation design, and slope stability \u2014 with a strong interest in sustainability, ecodesign and the circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>He is the winner of the 2025 EUCEET Award for Excellence in Teaching in Civil Engineering for his initiative \u201cEngineering Education for a Sustainable Future: Confronting Environmental Challenges\u201d, which integrates structured classroom debates, interdisciplinary teaching and large-scale public engagement (such as the \u201cBeyond Growth\u201d conference). His teaching has also been recognised with the UPC Award for Quality in University Teaching and the Jaume Vicens Vives Distinction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provisional keynote theme (to be confirmed)<\/strong><br \/>Educating civil engineers for the green transition \u2014 pedagogy for sustainability and critical thinking<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89ca3b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89ca3b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90fc139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"90fc139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a15b819 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a15b819\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cda2065 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cda2065\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Presenters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f48e2bb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f48e2bb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bde94c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bde94c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Damir Lazarevi\u0107, University of Zagreb, Croatia<br \/>Mladen Vukomanovi\u0107, University of Zagreb, Croatia<br \/>Petra Gidak, University of Zagreb, Croatia<br \/>Zvonko Sigmund, University of Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65d565 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e65d565\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a239452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a239452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynotes Alan Kwan Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Alan Kwan Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Interim Head of School (Engineering) Alfonso Rodr\u00edguez Dono Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain Alfonso Rodr\u00edguez Dono Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain Associate Professor, Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya \u00b7 BarcelonaTech (UPC), Spain Researcher, International Centre for Numerical &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/keynote-speakers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Speakers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"inspiro_hide_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fe.up.pt\/AECEF-EUCEET\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}