The event, organized in coordination with the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI), focuses on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Higher Education. Minister Diana Morant inaugurated the meeting this morning at the Neuroscience Institute, a joint center of the UMH and the CSIC, located in the Santiago Ramón y Cajal building. Rector Juan José Ruiz also attended the event.
During the two days of the summit, the VII Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Science, Technology, and Innovation; the IV Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities of Higher Education; and the II Joint Ministerial Ibero-American Conference on Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation will be held.
These conferences aim to strengthen the Ibero-American Knowledge Space through cooperation in public policies that favor research, innovation, and quality, inclusive, and connected higher education. The goal is to promote initiatives that facilitate shared knowledge networks among universities, research centers, and innovation systems in the region.
These Ibero-American ministerial meetings are part of the preparatory activities for the XXX Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which will take place in Madrid on November 4th and 5th, 2026.
