The Fernando Pessoa University is organizing a session dedicated to Policies for the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence and its role in Higher Education, on the day October 12, 2026, at 14:30, in the UFP Auditorium.
The initiative includes the presentation of Responsible use policy for Artificial Intelligence at Fernando Pessoa University and brings together experts from the universities of Minho and Porto for a reflection on the challenges and opportunities that this technology presents to higher education institutions, knowledge production, and the preparation of future professionals.
The session also includes the signing of a collaboration protocol between the Order of Engineers and Fernando Pessoa University.
Program
14:30 | Opening session
Professor Dr Eugénio Campos Ferreira
President of Fernando Pessoa University
14:40 | Presentation of the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy of Fernando Pessoa University
Professor Dr Feliz Gouveia
Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and Director of the Faculty of Science and Technology of Fernando Pessoa University
15:00 | «Thinking after AI — The new role of the university in a world of abundant knowledge»
Professor Dr. Paulo Novais
Director of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Minho School of Engineering
15:30 | «Your Next Colleague Won’t Be Human! Is our University Ready?»
Professor Dr. Luis Paulo Reis
Director of the LIACC — Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
16:00 | Signature of the Protocol of Cooperation between the Order of Engineers and the Fernando Pessoa University
Free Entrance


