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Reinventing Higher Education 2023

This meeting, co-hosted by IE University and the University of Cape Town, celebrates its 13th edition from March 5 to 7, 2023 on the University of Cape Town campus in South Africa. Experts from around the world will come together to discuss the main trends in Higher Education on issues such as diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, as well as the need to strengthen responsible leadership in the current geopolitical context.

COP27 Panel on SDG Acceleration

During the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference in Egypt, IE University, together with the UN Joint SDG Fund, hosted the event “COP27: SDG Acceleration through Sovereign Wealth Funds.” The event gathered Sovereign Wealth Fund executives, global asset managers, and philanthropists, to find ways to accelerate investments in the SDGs, specifically through SWF commitments and partnerships with private asset managers.

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The 5th edition of enlightED

After two hybrid editions, this year enlightED, the world conference on education, technology, and innovation, consolidated as a global benchmark in educational innovation, returned in a face-to-face format, with an attendance of 2,000 people and 57 international speakers. This edition was bolstered by the support of the “la Caixa” Foundation, which joins Fundación Telefónica, IE University, and South Summit as organizers of the event.

Beyond the Museo del Prado

IE University students have been discovering artistic gems from the Museo del Prado collection thanks to the lecture series ‘Beyond the Museo del Prado: creativity, innovation and hidden treasures in the collection’ organized by the Friends of the Museo del Prado Foundation, the IE Foundation and IE University’s Division of Arts and Humanities. These conferences are being hosted at the IE Tower.

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IE University joins CIVICA

IE University has become a new member of CIVICA, which brings together ten leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences, humanities, business management, and public policy. The alliance connects more than 72,000 (post)doctoral students and researchers, and 20,000 academic and administrative staff, reflecting the diversity of higher education across the continent.

Reinventing Higher Education 2023

COP27 Panel on SDG Acceleration

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The 5th edition of enlightED

Beyond the Museo del Prado

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IE University joins CIVICA

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We fulfill our PURPOSE of fostering positive change through education, research, and innovation.

/ We live in a liquid and complex world in which physical, natural and digital environments are dynamically interconnected. / We make our impact by providing transformational educational experiences that inspire and cultivate a global community of change-makers.

**We believe that our PEOPLE are the critical foundation on which we work towards a sustainable future for all.**

/ We celebrate our global diversity in all its facets: cultural, gender, sexual orientation, world views and personal choices. / We encourage curiosity as way to spark new thinking and innovation. / We champion humanistic perspectives so that we understand our world by understanding ourselves.

We live and breathe INNOVATION, and it inspires all of our actions.

/ We nurture the entrepreneurial spirit as a way of life. / We advance education using technology in a way that humanizes learning. / We innovate in pedagogy to deliver learning experiences as liquid as our reality.

We impart and generate KNOWLEDGE as a universal source of human development.

/ We encourage our people to go beyond the boundaries of what is known by ceaselessly questioning and moving beyond accepted wisdom. / We foster research as vital process for generating knowledge and insight. / We empower our faculty to be academic entrepreneurs who seek practical impact in our world.

IE UNIVERSITY CHAIN OF CHANGE

We want to help people think and behave in ways that foster a more sustainable planet: embracing global citizenship, social responsibility, climate action, the use of renewable energy and recycling, as well as fighting against biodiversity loss.The Chain of Change starts with you!