On 17 November at 12.00, UIC Barcelona’s Aula Magna will host the investiture of Dr Janne Haaland Matlary, a former Norwegian minister and global benchmark in humanist feminism, and Dr Aldo Boccaccini, nuclear engineer and one of the world’s leading authorities in the development of biomaterials, as honorary doctors.

Programme

• Reading of the decision to name Dr Janne Haaland Matlary and Dr Aldo Boccaccini honorary doctors by Belén Castro, secretary-general at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
• Laudatio for Dr Janne Haaland Matlary by Dr Montserrat Nebrera, director of the Carlemany Institute of European Studies.
• Laudatio for Dr Aldo Boccaccini by Dr Roman Pérez, director of the Bioengineering Institute of Technology.
• Investiture ceremony
• Honorary doctorate acceptance speech
• Words of welcome to the University’s academic body from Dr Alfonso Méndiz, rector at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
• Closing session
• Refreshments

We ask that you please confirm attendance before 7 November.