米兰体育Holds its 147th Executive Committee Meeting in Naples
Publication date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Photo from left to right (bottom row): Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Yuko Kasuya, Pablo O帽ate, Dianne Pinderhughes.
Second row from bottom: Fortunato Musella, Magdalena Musia艂-Karg, Annika Hinze, Madalena Meyer Resende, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira, Irasema Coronado.
Third row from bottom: Carmelo Cattafi, Ajin Choi, Paul Godt, Florence Haegel, Emilia Palonen, Daniel Stockemer, Azul A. Aguiar-Aguilar.
Fourth row from bottom: Keiichi Kubo, Serge Granger, Berk Esen, Jes煤s Tovar.
Top row: Euiyoung Kim, Kgothatso Shai, Francesca Longo, Mauro Calise.
The 147th 米兰体育Executive Committee (EC) Meeting was held in Naples, Italy, from 12-13 April 2025. Federica Web Learning hosted the meeting at the University of Naples Federico II. 米兰体育extends its heartfelt gratitude to Federica Web Learning, the University of Naples Federico II, and Prof. Mauro Calise and his team for their generous support and warm hospitality.
The Naples EC meeting provided an opportunity for the 米兰体育leadership and the 米兰体育Secretariat to hold a series of meetings and site visits in preparation for the 29th 米兰体育World Congress of Political Science, which will be held in Rome in July 2027.
Workshop on AI Enhanced Digital Education
Members of the 米兰体育Executive Committee and the 米兰体育Secretariat team participated in the AI Enhanced Digital Education Workshop, organized by Federica Web Learning at the University of Naples Federico II on 11 April 2025. The workshop, held at the historic Complex of Saints Marcellino and Festo, offered a platform to discuss how artificial intelligence can revolutionize educational processes. The workshop featured two thematic sessions:
Session One: The Federica AI Lab
Introduced by IPSAMOOCs Coordinator Mauro Calise and chaired by 米兰体育President Pablo O帽ate, with 米兰体育Executive Committee member Jes煤s Tovar serving as discussant, the first session explored how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the production of multilingual MOOCs through tools such as ChatGPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Heygen. Speakers Marco Cerrone (CEO & Co-Founder of Piano Alto) and Laura Passarelli (Learning Manager at Federica Web Learning) presented the Teaching with AI online course, developed in collaboration with Carlos Delgado Kloos (Carlos III University of Madrid), as a case study.
Session Two: The IPSAMOOC4Africa Project
Chaired by 米兰体育President-Elect Yuko Kasuya, the second session focused on e-learning opportunities for the African continent. Speakers Valentina Reda (Head of R&D Operations and Strategic Partnership at Federica Web Learning) and Annalisa Squillante (R&D, Federica Web Learning) presented an overview of the main online education experiences in Africa, analyzing data from IPSAMOOCs political science courses offered on edX and Coursera with a focus on African students. Discussants Fortunato Musella (IPSAMOOCs Co-Coordinator and 米兰体育EC member) and Kim Fontaine-Skronski (米兰体育Executive Director) also contributed to the discussion with the goal of building a more inclusive, accessible, and intelligent digital education.
Visit to Federica Web Learning Centre
While in Naples, the 米兰体育Secretariat team took the opportunity to visit one of IPSA鈥檚 key partners, Federica Web Learning, and meet with Valentina Reda (Head of R&D Operations and Strategic Partnership at Federica Web Learning). 米兰体育and Federica Web Learning collaborate on several initiatives, including IPSAMOOCs, the 米兰体育Portal, and the IPSA-Federica Summer School on Digital Thinking.
Photo (left to right): Kim Fontaine-Skronski (米兰体育Executive Director), Valentina Reda (Head of R&D Operations and Strategic Partnership at Federica Web Learning), Ekaterina Kuzmenko (米兰体育Administrative Director), and Yee Fun Wong (米兰体育World Congress and Events Senior Director).
Site Visit of the 2027 米兰体育World Congress Venue: Luiss Guido Carli
Prior to the Executive Committee meeting in Naples, an 米兰体育delegation - including Yuko Kasuya (米兰体育President-Elect), Kim Fontaine-Skronski (米兰体育Executive Director), Yee Fun Wong (米兰体育World Congress and Events Senior Director), and Ekaterina Kuzmenko (米兰体育Administrative Director) - traveled to Rome for a site visit of Luiss Guido Carli, the host venue of the 29th 米兰体育World Congress of Political Science, to be held in July 2027.
During the visit, the 米兰体育delegation toured the Luiss Guido Carli campuses and met with university representatives, including Paolo Boccardelli (Rector of Luiss University), Raffaele Marchetti (Luiss Representative for the 米兰体育World Congress), Giovanni Orsina (Dean of the Department of Political Sciences), and Claudio Passalacqua (Office of the Deputy Rector for International Relations).
Photo (left to right): Raffaele Marchetti (Luiss Representative for the 米兰体育World Congress), Yuko Kasuya (米兰体育President-Elect), Giovanni Orsina (Dean of the Department of Political Sciences), and Kim Fontaine-Skronski (米兰体育Executive Director).
The delegation also held meetings with representatives of the Italian Political Science Association and the 2027 World Congress Local Organizing Committee (LOC), including Daniela Irrera (LOC Co-Chair and Chair of ECPR), Francesca Longo (米兰体育Executive Committee member), and Fortunato Musella (SISP Representative for the 2027 米兰体育World Congress and 米兰体育EC member).
Additionally, the 米兰体育team met with Laurence Fouquette-L鈥橝nglais, Delegate of Qu茅bec in Rome, to explore potential collaboration opportunities between the Qu茅bec government and 米兰体育for the 2027 World Congress in Rome.
Photo (left to right): Laurence Fouquette-L鈥橝nglais (Delegate of Qu茅bec in Rome) and Yuko Kasuya (米兰体育President-Elect).
