October 2026

Program

The program of the XVIII Conference is structured around six thematic tracks, distributed across three days of keynote lectures, panels and selected paper sessions.

Conference tracks

  • The articulation between freedom of expression and the dignity of the human person in the context of global digital platforms. The track examines the philosophical foundations of protected speech and the legitimate limits to expression when it erodes basic human goods.

Daily agenda

The preliminary program will be published once the invited speakers have been confirmed.

  1. 09:00

    Break

    Registration and welcome coffee

  2. 10:00

    Ceremony

    Opening ceremony

    Dean of the Faculty of Law UC

  3. 10:30

    Keynote

    Opening keynote: freedom of expression, human dignity and natural law

    To be announced

  4. 12:00

    Panel

    Panel: philosophical foundations of protected speech

  5. 13:30

    Break

    Lunch

  6. 15:00

    Paper session

    Selected papers session · Track 1

  7. 17:00

    Break

    Coffee break

  8. 17:30

    Keynote

    Keynote: the digital public sphere and the common good

    To be announced

Speakers

Invited scholars and authors of selected papers will gather in Santiago in October 2026.

  • Paolo G. Carozza

    Paolo G. Carozza

    University of Notre Dame

    United States

  • Lee Strang

    Lee Strang

    Ohio State University

    United States

  • Pedro Anguita

    Pedro Anguita

    Universidad de los Andes

    Chile

  • Brian Scarnecchia

    Brian Scarnecchia

    Ave Maria University

    United States

  • Joel Alicea

    Joel Alicea

    Catholic University of America

    United States

  • Raúl Madrid

    Raúl Madrid

    Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

    Chile