Frederic Marimon, the OIANT director, opened the session by presenting the main findings from REMOTE, a European project involving UIC Barcelona, the University of Girona, the Polytechnic University of Turin and the University of Minho. The project is supported by the quality assurance agencies AQU Catalunya, the Portuguese Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) and the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR).

The first round table was moderated by Dr Marta Mas, dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, and included contributions from Ana Freire, vice-dean for Social Impact and Academic Innovation at UPF-BSM, and Juan Marín, director of Teaching Transformation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

The experts discussed how AI is transforming university teaching through tools that personalise learning, automate assessment and enhance research. Freire highlighted the potential of AI to analyse large volumes of data, while Marín emphasised how these technologies can relieve lecturers of administrative tasks.

The second round table, moderated by Tetiana Klymchuk, lecturer in Business Administration at UIC Barcelona, featured contributions from Laia Garriga of Eurecat and Omar Puertas of Cuatrecasas, who reviewed some of the AI-related skills most in demand among employers.

Garriga stressed the need for training in machine learning and AI ethics, while Puertas highlighted the importance of adapting academic programmes to meet the new legal and technical requirements of the labour market.

The REMOTE project is co-funded by the EU and promotes excellence in STEM education through disruptive technologies. The Observatory on Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies (OIANT) seeks to equip new generations of students with expertise in artificial intelligence and to raise awareness throughout society of this and other technologies that significantly impact people’s lives, whether at work, at home or in wider society.