International Digital Week 2025: over 250 participants from 35 countries gather at Université Côte d'Azur
Published on July 18, 2025–Updated on July 18, 2025
Dates
on the June 23, 2025
Location
Campus Saint Jean d'Angely
Digital Week
The Department of International Development and Europe (DDIE) organized International Digital Week, an unmissable event dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and collaboration around digital transformation and technological innovation. The program included conferences, workshops and networking events bringing together experts, academic and administrative staff from a wide range of partner universities.
From June 16 to 20, 2025, Université Côte d'Azur welcomed around 250 participants from 35 nationalities and 65 partner universities for the 4ᵉ edition of International Digital Week. This annual event had become a key platform for exchanging knowledge and promoting collaboration around digital transformation and technological innovation in organizations around the world.
The week offered a rich program of conferences, workshops and networking sessions, enabling experts and researchers to address the major challenges and opportunities of digital culture.
As part of this 2025 edition, Université Côte d'Azur organized three Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), part of the Ulysseus European University's educational activities for its community:
Digital transformation in higher education
Pedagogical skills for teachers in a digitized environment
Enhancing internationalization through digitization
These BIPs, aimed at academic and administrative staff, provided a unique forum for international exchange on the digital challenges facing higher education establishments. Their aim was to support university staff in adopting and implementing digital innovations within their establishments, by combining theoretical contributions, exchanges of best practices and collaborative work.
Participants were given the opportunity to explore the major trends and technologies impacting higher education, and to share concrete strategies and solutions for supporting digital change in the higher education sector.to support digital change in pedagogy, administration and governance, helping to prepare institutions for a digital and sustainable future.
The event's dynamic program and the diversity of its participants testified to the growing importance of digital transformation in higher education and beyond.
About Ulysseus
Ulysseus is one of 64 European university alliances selected by the European Commission to become the universities of the future. Led by the University of Seville, the Alliance brings together seven other European universities: University of Genoa (Italy), Université Côte d'Azur (France), Technical University of Košice (Slovakia), MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® (Austria), Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), University of Münster (Germany) and University of Montenegro (Montenegro).
