The 6th Barcelona Conference on Education (BCE2025) and The 6th Barcelona Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (BAMC2025) took place in Barcelona, Spain, from September 30 to October 4. Hosted at the Toulouse Business School (TBS) and the Hotel Barcelona Condal Mar, the conference gathered 277 delegates from 63 countries to discuss issues around the future of education and media in an era of increasing polarisation, geopolitical tension, and disruption caused by AI.
Keynote and panel presentations explored questions on the relevance of education at a time when AI can outperform humans; the role of the university; what and how we teach students; the role of the media in politics; how we justify funding for education at a time of geopolitical turmoil and increasing spending on defense; how we deal with extremism; and how we can disagree well with each other.
