Thursday 15 October 2026 · Faculty of Education UCM · ES/EN
International Symposium on Digital Health and Gender
Salud Digital y Género · Complutense University of Madrid
Simultaneous English–Spanish translation in the morning session.
Dr. Marianne Clark
School of Kinesiology, Acadia University · Canada
“Tracing the embodiments and affects of our daily digital encounters: methods and theories for digital health and gender research”.
Full programme
Thursday 15 October 2026 · Faculty of Education, UCM.
Welcome and institutional opening
Representative of the Women's Institute (to be confirmed).
Marta Evelia Aparicio García, Director of INSTIFEM (UCM).
Roberto Cremades-Andreu, Dean of the Faculty of Education (UCM).
Maria José Camacho-Miñano, Director of the Symposium (PI DigitalHealthEdu).
★Plenary Conference
“Tracing the embodiments and affects of our daily digital encounters: methods and theories for digital health and gender research”.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Marianne Clark. School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Canada.
Panel Discussion
“Digital health education and gender equity: new challenges and opportunities in an uncertain world”.
Speakers:
Prof. Emma Rich (Department for Health, University of Bath, UK).
Dr. Marianne Clark (School of Kinesiology, Acadia University, Canada).
Prof. Kristiina Kumpulainen (Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Canada).
Dr. Verónica Moretti (Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna, Italy).
Dr. Sarah MacIsaac (Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK).
Moderating: Dr. Shirley Gray (Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK).
Coffee break
Institutional Panel
“Envisioning the future: gender-responsive digital health policies”.
Speakers: institutional representatives (to be confirmed) from the Ministry of Youth and Children, the Ministry of Equality, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health.
Moderating: Dr. Noemí Ávila Valdés (Faculty of Education, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain).
Lunch break
Abstract session
Moderated by: Marianne Clark & Mª José Camacho-Miñano.
Panel discussion
“Gender dimension in the DigitalHealthEdu project”.
Speakers: DigitalHealthEdu Research Team.
Exhibition digital health and gender
Mediated by: young people participating in the DigitalHealthEdu project.
Closing Remarks
Maria José Camacho-Miñano & Noemí Ávila.