Next planned event: 15/17 October 2025

Venue: Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Granada

Granada Convention Program (draft)

CALESA DIGITAL Convention, organized under the auspices of the AECID Project on Cooperation for Legal, Social, Academic, and Digital Advancement in the Philippines. 

Conference on Creating a Digital Legal Framework for the Social Progress of the Philippines, will be held at the University of Granada from October 15 to 17.

Provisional Program

Wednesday, October 15

Theme: Digitalization of the Administration of Justice

Session Leader: Prof. Fernando Esteban de la Rosa, Full Professor of International Private Law, University of Granada

• Plenary Speakers:
  • Prof. Fernando Esteban de la Rosa
  • Alejandro Fernández Muñoz, Official at the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Courts
  • Prof. Emerson Bañez, University of the Philippines Law Faculty, representing the Department of Justice
• Lecturers:
  • Ozana Olariu (UGR)
  • Begoña Fernández Rodríguez (UGR) (pending further confirmations)

16:00–18:00 | Open Forum, Debate

Thursday, October 16

Theme: Application of AI in the Administration of Justice

Session Leader: Prof. Pablo Fernández Carballo, Full Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad de Vigo

• 10:00–14:00 | Opening Session & Plenary
  • Speakers:
    • Prof. Pablo Fernández Carballo
    • Antonio Paredes, Head of the Innovation Laboratory, Ministry of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Courts of Spain
    • Annette Guevara Langman, InformationTechnology Consultant. Representative from the Supreme Court of the Philippines
  • Lecturers:
    • Eugenio Olmedo Peralta (UMA)
    • Garazi Romero Sánchez (DEUSTO)
    • Pablo Sánchez Molina (UMA)
    • Sharon Milan (USA) (pending further confirmations)
• 16:00–18:00 | Open Forum & Debate

Friday, October 17

Theme: Sustainable Data Economy

Session Leader: Dr. José Antonio Castillo Parrilla, Santiago y Cajal Researcher, University of Granada

16:00–18:00 | Open Forum, Debate & Closing Session

Plenary Speakers:

Dr. José Antonio Castillo Parrilla

Hon. Raquel Vicente Andrés, Judge at the Supreme Court (TS), Doctor in Law, Associate Professor at UNED, and Collaborating Professor of the Judicial School in Gender Perspective

Prof. Jesus M. Disini Jr. (JJ), University of the Philippines Law Faculty, representing the Institute for Government and Law Reform (UP)

Lecturers:

Estela Brión Berdote (DEUSTO)

Irene Sánchez Frías (UMA)

Gonzalo Campos Rivera (UGR) (pending further confirmations)