29 May 2026
Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication's Assembly Hall. University of Valencia

08:30 - 09:00

Attendants arrival

09:00 - 09:25

Conference Presentation

• José Maria Montiel Company, vice-Principal for Innovation and Transfer of the University of Valencia
• Vicent Ripoll Gimeno, Director General of the Institut Valencià de la Joventut (Valencian Youth Institute)
• Paz Viguer Seguí, Director of the Youth Chair of the University of Valencia
• Jordi Puig Muñoz, President of the Mancomunitat de Municipis de la Safor (Association of Municipalities of Safor)
• Marcos Garcia-Vidal, vice-President for the Colegio Oficial de Educadoras y Educadores Sociales de la Comunitat Valenciana (Official College of Social Educators of the Valencian Community).

09:30 - 11:00

Presentation and dialogue: "The changing language of youth work and accompaniment: past, present and future."

By: Graeme Tiffany (consultant and independent scholar in education, trainer, professor and researcher in informal and community education and community philosophy).

Presented by: Asun Llena (Doctor in Social Pedagogy and professor of the Department of Theory and History of Education of the University of Barcelona).

There will be simultaneous translation.

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee pause

11:30 - 13:30

Visits to experiences

There will be three segments of presentations of experiences. The participants will participate in the three segments-workshops of 40 minutes. Therefore, there will be three rounds for each segment.  

• Segment 1: The experiences of the town halls of Terrassa (Districte Jove), Santa Perpètua de la Mogoda and Zarautz. With Jose Jiménez (Ajuntament de Terrassa), Xus López-Arenas (Ajuntament de Santa Perpètua de la Mogoda) and Andrea Loinaz Maizcurrena (service coordinator for teenagers of Zarautz).
• Segment 2: Working with the public. With Vicent Artinson (educator and trainer in Yverdon and Lausanne, CH). There will be simultaneous translation.
• Segment 3: The experiences of the town halls of Lund (Sweden) and Manchester (UK). With Stina Fagen (Town hall of Lund) and a representative of the Town Hall of Manchester. There will be simultaneous translation.

13:30 - 14:00

In a large group, sharing the conclusions of the visits and debate.

Moderated by: Maria Josep Picó (journalist and professor of Language Theory and Communication Sciences of the UV)

14:00 - 14:30

Conclusions of the conference and closing

14:30 - 15:30

Lunch

Optional lunch. The lunch will be in the cafeteria of the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the University of Valencia and will cost €8.5, drink included.

Available information soon. 

4th Conference on socio-educational accompaniment for adolescents and young people (2026) poster. Click on the image to enlarge it.