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The University of Aveiro hosted the international conference “WEB3: Tokenization, Technology and Culture” on April 11, bringing together 50 participants to discuss the digital future in light of emerging Web3 technologies.
Promoted by DigiMedia in partnership with the Value for Health CoLAB (V4H), the event featured scientific presentations and demonstrations of innovative industry-partnered projects focused on tokenization, NFTs, and decentralization. The conference highlighted the convergence of technology and culture, with a focus on applications in areas such as digital games, health, the environment, and online identity.
Organized within the scope of the BLOCKCHAIN.PT – PRR Agenda, the conference reinforced the University of Aveiro’s role as a space for interdisciplinary dialogue, bridging academic research with the practices and challenges of the tech industry.
Learn more about the event at web3.web.ua.pt.
Francisca Rocha Lourenço, student of the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education and DigiMedia researcher, was nominated for the Best Student Paper Award at the 11th edition of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE 2024), which took place between April 6 and 8 in the city of Porto, Portugal.
The nomination follows the presentation of the scientific Paper entitled “Social media as a tool for promoting inclusion: an analysis of the Facebook and Instagram pages of inclusive spaces”, presented on April 6th. The Paper critically analyzes the role of social media in promoting inclusion, focusing on the communication strategies used by inclusive spaces on the Facebook and Instagram platforms.
The nomination for this international award represents an important recognition of the quality of the work carried out, reinforcing the relevance of the research conducted within DigiMedia.
On March 24, 25 and 26, Francisca Rocha Lourenço, a student on the Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education and researcher at DigiMedia, attended the National Meeting of Multimedia Students, held at the School of Communication, Administration and Tourism of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, in Mirandela.
During the event, the researcher took part in two round tables. The first focused on research in the area of Multimedia, where she shared her experience as a researcher and fellowship holder. The second was dedicated to the perspectives of the alumni, in which they discussed their academic and professional career after graduating.
Her presence at this event also had a personal significance, since Francisca is an alumni student of School of Communication, Administration and Tourism of the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and, as a student, was a member of the organizing committee of the 2nd ENEM. Her return, now as a guest speaker, has allowed her not only to revisit a remarkable space in her career, but also to contribute knowledge and inspiration to current students in the field.
This Friday, April 11, 2025, the University of Aveiro will host an international event that aims to position itself at the forefront of discussions about the digital future: the conference “WEB3: Tokenization, Technology and Culture,” held within the scope of BLOCKCHAIN.PT – PRR Agenda “Decentralize Portugal with Blockchain.”
At a time when decentralization, NFTs, and tokenization are gaining increasing relevance, this event represents a unique opportunity to explore the paths these technologies are opening across different fields of activity and expression.
Web3 is not just a technological evolution, it is a cultural transformation. The conference aims to explore precisely this intersection between innovation, creativity, and impact. Organized by experts from the University of Aveiro, with the support of several academic and industry partners, the event will open space for dialogue around the uses and meanings of tokenization and NFTs in areas as diverse as digital games, health, environment, governance, entertainment, and online identity.
Promoted by DigiMedia and Value for Health CoLAB (V4H), the event will feature scientific presentations, demonstrations of innovative projects, and workshops designed to bring academia closer to the realities of the industry. The bridge between knowledge and practice will be one of the key pillars of the conference, fostering an environment aimed at inspiring new ideas, partnerships, and research.
More than just a conference, it is an invitation to explore the true meaning of tokenization — not only as a technological trend, but also as a cultural phenomenon with transformative potential.
DigiMedia members, Nelson Zagalo, Ana Patrícia Oliveira, Liliana Costa and Gusatvo Ferrara, are part of the organization of this conference.
The digital future starts here! Learn more about the event at web3.web.ua.pt.
Around 50 students from the 1st and 2nd year of the Degree in Digital Educational Technologies at ISCTE, Sintra campus, visited DigiMedia on March 11th.
The students, accompanied by some teachers, visited the facilities and different laboratories of DigiMedia, with the aim of providing students with a broader perspective on the research and practical application of educational technologies, as well as exploring possible future synergies and collaborations.
The Game Jam: Fab Games Final took place at the Escola Secundária Sá da Bandeira, in Santarém, on 27th and 28th February. Over two days and one night, 14 teams developed a game on the theme – Across the 7 Seas: Camões, Vasco da Gama and the Future of the Oceans. Dalila Martins and Maria Ferreira, DigiMedia PhD students in New Media and Multimedia in Education, were invited by ANPRI (National Association of Computer Science Teachers) to be part of the jury of this competition. They accompanied the students during the game developement and at the end, they shared their opinion in terms of creativity, coherence with the theme, and design of the game. The winning team was “DevJogadores” from the Amadora Oeste Schools group.
Deadline for submission: May 2, 2025
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Call for Papers:
Storytelling: The power of stories and narratives in business communication and media discourses
Deadline for submission: July 15, 2025
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Deadline: 4 Maio
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Vanessa Pinto, a visiting researcher from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) at DigiMedia, organized an activity about Artificial Intelligence for senior citizens, carried out at the Aging Laboratory on February 19, 2025.
The 2-hour session, with conceptualization and practical laboratory was the last initiative of Vanessa Pinto in Portugal, and was part of Vanessa Pinto’s PhD Sandwich Internship (PDSE-CAPES) at the UA, in the Doctoral Program in New Media, under the supervision of Prof. Maria João Antunes, from the University of Aveiro (UA), and Prof. Tania Valente, from the UNIRIO.
More information here.
The DigiMedia PhD student, Renata Frade, interviewed Dr. Carlos Scolari about transmedia and Immersive Worlds to Dr. Henry Jenkins website. Carlos A. Scolari is a media theorist focused on digital interfaces, media ecology /evolution and interactive communication ”
In this interview, Dr. Carlos A. Scolari talked about his thinking on current challenges in communication and technology, referring to some of the world’s leading experts on engagement studies, fandom, and communication systems, such as Dr. Henry Jenkins. This was an opportunity to discuss the present and future of transmedia, new paradigms in storytelling strategies, new contexts for interactions and communication literacy with artificial intelligence, as well as some case studies of projects he has developed.
This interview helps to understand how “transmedia” might be going the way of “multimedia,” how contemporary media is evolving, and to learn more about major research projects on teenage media engagement and platform labor in Spain.
About Carlos A. Scolari:
Carlos A. Scolari has a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Communication Languages (Catholic University of Milan, Italy) and a Degree in Social Communication (University of Rosario, Argentina). He is Full Professor at the Department of Communication of the University Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona, where he coordinated the PhD Program of Communication between 2018-23. He’s lectured about digital interfaces, media ecology /evolution and interactive communication in more than 30 European, Asian and American countries. He’s been the Principal Investigator of H2020 TRANSLITERACY (2015-18) and the Spanish projects TRANSALFABETISMOS (2015-18), PLATCOM (2020-23) and LITERAC_IA (2024-27). His most important publications are: Hacer Clic (2004), Hipermediaciones (2008), El fin de los medios masivos (with M. Carlón, 2009/2019), Crossmedia Innovations (with I. Ibrus, 2012), Narrativas Transmedia (2013), Transmedia Archaeology (with P. Bertetti and M. Freeman), Ecología de los medios (2015), Las leyes de la interfaz (2018), Media Evolution (with F. Rapa, 2019), Cultura Snack (2020), La guerra de las plataformas (2022) and On the Evolution of Media (2023).
A call is open for the award of a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship under the project ‘Measuring User Engagement in Technology-Enhanced Learning Scenarios – the METELS scale’.
Deadline for application: March 14, 2025
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