Last Friday, 12 May the second edition of the SDG Conference: “Climate Action, Health and Social Commitment”, took place at the Sant Cugat Campus. A presentation on the reduction of plastic consumption in a laboratory presented by five Bioengineering students, won the first prize of the jury in the research project category. In the didactic proposal category, three students from Medicine won with a presentation titled: “The Werther Effect: Is Suicide Contagious?” 

In total, more than 150 students participated in the conference, with about thirty didactic proposals or research projects around the promotion of health and care of the planet, the central focal points of this second edition. Students studying Early Childhood Education, Medicine and Bioengineering participated under the watchful eye of a jury formed by sustainability experts, teaching and research staff of the University, administration and services staff and other external professionals.  

The SDG Conference is organised by the Cooperation and Sustainable Development Office and is quickly establishing itself as an annual event open to the entire university community in which interdisciplinary work  between degree programmes is promoted in favour of the Sustainable Development Goals.