The largest congress of Higher Education at a distance in Brazil and one of the main events of Distance Education in the world has a date set to happen: from October 19 to 22, 2021. This year, the Laboratory of Technological Innovation in Health (LAIS / UFRN), the Secretariat of Distance Education (SEDIS / UFRN) and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) will receive the XVIII Brazilian Congress of Higher Distance Education (ESUD) and the VII International Congress of Higher Distance Education ( CIESUD).

For those who want to stay on top of all the news, the ESUD 2021 / CIESUD 2021 website is already on the air and will bring the main information about registrations, work submissions, programming, speakers, with a prominent space for the central theme of the event: “Education, Technology and Social Resilience: what we learned from the pandemic”. This theme has been part of the daily activities of UFRN, LAIS / UFRN and SEDIS / UFRN in times of pandemic, mainly in the joint production of solutions to face the covid-19.

To those who do not remember, in 2018, UFRN, through SEDIS and with the support of LAIS, received the face-to-face edition of the simultaneous events promoted by the Associação Universidad em Rede (UniRede). Now, considering the context of the covid-19 pandemic, Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte, will be the geographic center of the discussions, but the format in which they will take place will be different. The entire program will be carried out in a hybrid manner, with the presence of a limited number of guests and with a reduced staff in the organization.

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Bruno Cássio – SEDIS / UFRN Media Sector