The International Conference “Shaping Knowledge in Higher Education”, part of the fourth edition of the ISCAL International Days event, will take place on April 15, 2026.
A Conferência Internacional ‘Shaping Knowledge in Higher Education’ integrante da Quarta Edição do evento ISCAL International Days realiza-se no dia 15 de abril de 2026.
PROGRAM
09h00
Conference registration and welcome
09h30
Keynote Speaker
Maria João Centeno
10h00 | 1st Panel
The moderating power in the Brazilian Imperial Constitution
José L. Cardoso, ISCAL
Beyond the body. The EU regulation on Substances of Human Origin
Elena di Carpegna Brivio, University of Milan-Bicocca
If the Future of International Law is Domestic…? The Phenomenon of Shielding under Article 17 of the Rome Statute
Clare Frances Moran, University of Aberdeen, School of Law
The UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Olaf Meyer, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences - Faculty 3: Business and Law
10h00 | 2nd Panel
- Cooperative Enforcement - Examination of One Stop Shop Decisions
Renee Flasher, Penn State Harrisburg, School of Business Administration
- A critical analysis of Polish law for MBA studies
Kamil Dobosz, Cracow University of Economics, Department of Regulatory Policies
- Thailand’s Mistreatment of Cryptocurrency under Value Added Tax
Napattamon Kaikaew, Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Law
- Thailand’s March to Regulate the Digital Market
Ploykaew Porananond, Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Law
11h30 | Coffee break
11h45 | 3rd Panel
Artificial Intelligence and the future of quantitative skills: rethinking Mathematics education
Carla Martinho | Sandra Gaspar Couto, ISCAL
The Future of Judicial Discourse: Challenges of Artificial Intelligence to the Dialogical Structure of Legal Argumentation
André Lupi, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Faculty of Law
Smart personal protective equipment: a legal perspective
Marlene Mendes, ISCAL
The Effects of Digital Innovation on the Performance of Hospitality Companies and Consumer Experience
Marina Antunes | Maria do Rosário Justino, ISCAL; Pedro Mucharreira, University of Lisbon; Joaquín Quirós, Authonomous University of Lisbon
11h45 | 4th Panel
Gamification in Finance: Using Game-Based Learning to Teach Complex Financial Concepts
Michał Mijal | Małgorzata Jóźwiak-Mijal, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management
Shaping business knowledge through language: A cross-lingual perspective in Higher Education
Maria João Ferro | Ana Sofia Carvalho | Alberto Gómez Bautista, ISCAL
Using the potential of writing and teaching with cases
Joachim Sandt, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Business and Law
Shaping Knowledge in Higher Education Institutions: The Role of Creativity Assessment
Margarida Piteira, ISCAL
13h00 | Lunch break
14h30 | 5th Panel
LLM-based Personalities and Economic Behavior
Orlando Gomes | Michelle Lins de Moraes, ISCAL
Floating Charges and Insolvency Law: Comparative Perspectives
João de Sousa Assis, ISCAL
Economics Under Command: Dogma, Reform, and the Restructuring of Czech Economic Thought (1945–1960)
Zdeňka Johnson, Prague University of Economics and Business
GAI as a Stress Test for Business and Legal Education: What Do We Actually Measure as Knowledge?
Jaka Cepec, University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business
14h30 | 6th Panel
Shaping Knowledge in Higher Education: the construction of DiSHE-PT+ Barometer
Pedro Pinheiro, Maria Luísa Silva, Ricardo Emanuel Correia, João Geraldes, ISCAL
Paulo Neto, University of ÉvoraProcess and Systems Observatory
Fernando Rodrigues, ISCAL
Bureaucratization of Czech Universities and Academic Workload
Jan Kozák, Prague University of Economics and Business
Innovation Clusters and Knowledge Governance in Smart City Ecosystems: A Cross‑Regional Analysis
Natalia Ribberink, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
15h30 | Roundtable discussion
16h00
Closing of the conference and Port of Honour
Contamos com a presença de todos/as os/as interessados/as e esperamos que esta experiência enriquecedora represente uma aprendizagem e um desenvolvimento de competências, assim como a criação de memórias a todos/as os/as participantes.
