MAIN EVENTS
Monday morning, 13th of October:
Schedule: 9:00h to 13:30h.
Location: Industrial School Campus – Main Hall. The sessions will be broadcast live via YouTube.
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, and English.
Audience: professionals from public administrations, third sector organizations, and citizens in general.
9.00h — 9.30h: Accreditations
9.00h — 9.30h: Immersive activities to visualize what an era with the right to time would look like
9.30h — 10.15h: Institutional inauguration
Inauguration of Time Use Week 2025 with the presence of the five co-organizing institutions.
10.15h — 11.00h: Opening conversation: The right to time in the era of artificial intelligence
Conversation between experts where they will address how the use of time is changing and evolving with new technologies, as well as the impacts that this can have on the social, political and urban spheres.
11.00h — 11.30h: Coffee break
11.30h — 12.30h: Round table: The right to time in 2050. What will time use be like in the era of artificial intelligence?
12.30h — 12.40h: Documentary screening
12.40h — 13.00h: Practical experiences. Implementing AI to improve the right to time
Three cities and three inspiring experiences will show in five minutes how artificial intelligence can change our use of time.
13.00 — 13.30: Inspirational session: Time policies that improve life
13.30h — 15.00h: Lunch break
Monday afternoon, 13th of October:
Schedule: 15:00h to 18:00h.
Location: Industrial School Campus – Rooms S6 and S7
Language: Catalan or English, depending on the event.
Audience: The sessions are aimed for professionals from public administrations and third sector organizations, spots are limited.
15.00h — 16.00h: Workshops and practical sessions.
Workshop 1. How do we introduce the time factor into the digital twin?
Language: English.
This workshop will explore how the digital twin tool can be used to test and design time policies, based on the experiences of cities and regions that already have them developed.
Workshop 2. Compilation of resources for Catalan municipalities and Catalan research on time use
Language: Catalan.
This workshop will present the resources available to local authorities in Catalonia who want to promote time policies and researchers who want to monitor them, including methodological tools, funding or technical support.
16.00h — 17.00h: What’s new in time use data in Europe. What does the first post-COVID data say?
17.00 — 18.00: New time regimes in care and domestic work?
Language: Catalan.
Continuities, changes, and resistances in gender inequalities.
⚠️ More information on speakers and content will be provided soon.
HOW TO GET TO INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL CAMPUS?
Tuesday, 14th of October:
Field visits and the General Assembly of the World Network of Local and Regional Governments for Time Use.
Schedule: 9:00h to 17:30h.
Language: English.
Audience: the scheduled activities are closed to members of the Local and Regional Governments Time Network and people participating in the International Visit Plan organized in collaboration with Catalonia International.
During the day, participants will visit various programs and services of Catalan public institutions aimed at citizens and companies, in which time policies have been implemented.
In the afternoon, the general assembly of the Local and Regional Governments Time Network will be held.
Wednesday, 15th of October:
Schedule: 9:30h to 17:30h.
Ubicació: BizBarcelona (Plaza España Exhibition Centre).
Languages: Catalan.
Audience: companies, technicians and municipal economic promotion agencies.
Time Use Week moves to the BIZ fair to bring the right to time closer to the workplace. During the day, we will talk about paid working time and address the potential of artificial intelligence for companies, organizations, and administrations to manage time more efficiently, equally, and healthily, optimizing time and resources
9:30h - 17:30h: Right to time: workplace itinerary
There will be two plenary conferences open to all participants, and two training programmes with specialised workshops aimed at two different audiences:
- Companies and organizations interested in improving working time.
- Elected officials and professionals from administrations responsible for economic promotion areas, interested in fostering better time use for companies in their municipality.
⚠️ More information on speakers and content will be provided soon.
HOW TO GET TO BIZ BARCELONA?
Registration for Time Use Week activities entitles you to a code for free entry to the BIZ fair,
which will be held October 15 and 16.
