Yesterday, the round-table “RETOMadrID: Innovation that connects and transforms rural lives” took place within the framework “Science and Innovation Week” by @comunidadmadrid at @etsimeupm.
The round table focused on explaining the digital literacy project in municipalities with fewer than 20,000 residents in the Community of Madrid and brought together important stakeholders for its development, including @comunidadmadrid team and @somosupm, responsible for the municipalities we are already working with as facilitators, as well as, needless to say, our course alumni.
It was an awesome meeting in which we heard participants’ voices expressing their interest in making dissappear the digital gap in the population, especially among vulnerable groups such as our older adults and immigrants with little or no access to technology. The closing ceremony featured the presence of @javi.carazo, General Director for Territorial Rebalance in the Community of Madrid.
Gracias a D. Juan Garbajosa, Director de Área para Mecenazgo y Relaciones con Empresas de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y D. Francisco Javier Elorza, Director de Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energía por acoger el evento y darnos la bienvenida.
Thanks to all the participants in the round table:
- Ms. Eva Barrios Reyes (@eva.barrios.reyes), Head of the Strategic Coordination Division and coordinator of the RETOMadrID team at the Community of Madrid
- Mr. Jesús Manuel Romero Martín, Mayor of Gascones
- Ms. Yolanda Calles Martínez, Councillor for Culture, Employment, Health and Social Affairs, and First Deputy Mayor of @actualidadventurada
- Ms. Susana Muñoz Hernández (@susanatedeco), Director of TEDECO and Principal Investigator of RETOMadrID
- Mr. Sergio López Lorente, Local Coordinator of RETOMadrID
- Mr. José Cercadillo, Librarian at @bibliotecavelilla in @aytovelilla
- Ms. Julia Martín (@juliamartinjimenez), Manager at the Rural Open Centre in @horcajuelo_de_la_sierra
- Ms. Irene Álvarez Martín, student who completed the RETOMadrID course in @horcajuelo_de_la_sierra
Moderated by: Ms. Clara Benac Earle (@cbenac_upm), Professor and researcher in RETOMadrID.
The full video of the event is available here:
