Plenary Speakers

The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field, as well as numerous parallel presentations by researchers and practitioners.

Garden Conversations

Plenary Speakers will make formal 30-minute presentations. They will also participate in 60-minute Garden Conversations – unstructured sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet the speakers and talk with them informally about the issues arising from their presentation.

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The Speakers

Roberto Feltrero

Roberto FeltreroLecturer in the Department of Logic, History and Philosophy of Science at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spanish Open University). His research interests include Cognitive Technologies, Epistemology and Technology, User Interface Design and Evaluation, Ethics and Computing, Philosophy and Free software. He has published articles on Open Access, Open Peer Review and the philosophy of “Intellectual Property”. He is also the author of books like El Software Libre y la construcción ética de la Sociedad del Conocimiento, (2007, Barcelona: Icaria)

Alfonso Unceta

Mr. Alfonso Unceta has a PhD in Political Science and Sociology, and he is also Head Professor of Sociology at the University of the Basque Country. He has participated in over thirty research projects and external contracts. He has authored more than forty publications (books, collective books and articles in magazines). His main lines of work are Innovation, Education and Governance. Since 2007 he has been the Director of the Master Course in Management of Innovation and Knowledge. Today he is also Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication. He was the Director of Universities and Deputy Councilor for Education of the Basque Government.