The second TECNOEDU Conference will bring together specialists on November 23 and 24 to discuss children's rights, the use of mobile phones in schools, and digital well-being in the Canary Islands. Attendance is free but requires prior registration.

How can children's rights be protected in digital environments? What role should schools and families play in the use of mobile devices? These questions will be the focus of the II TECNOEDU Conference 2026. Children, Technologies and Education: Challenges in the Canary Islands, which will be held on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Education of the University of La Laguna.

The event is organized by the MAPFRE Canarias Foundation Chair of Technology and Education (TECNOEDU) and the ULL Institutional Chair of Childhood and Adolescence. Over two afternoons, the sessions will offer a space to share evidence and discuss how to promote a critical, ethical, and healthy use of digital technologies from legal, educational, family, and social perspectives.

The first session will address the relationship between technology and rights and education. Following the opening remarks, Leonor Moral Soriano, from the University of Granada, She will deliver the lecture "The Digital School and the Right to Education: A Dialogue Between Technology and Rights." Following this, a round table discussion will analyze the regulation of mobile devices in schools, mediation, and school practices.

The second afternoon will focus on digital citizenship and well-being. Cristina Alonso, from the University of Barcelona, will offer the conference "Minors, mobile phones and digital sovereignty. The absurdity of prohibition versus the possibility of educating and accompanying", which will place at the center of the debate the educational responses to the use of mobile phones by minors.

The program will also include a presentation of findings on childhood, adolescence and digital environments in the Canary Islands, by Juan José Sosa Alonso and Anabel Bethencourt Aguilar. This section will lead into a debate on the diagnosis and educational challenges facing the archipelago. The conclusions and closing remarks will conclude the meeting.

The sessions will be held in person at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Education of the ULL (Module A). Participation is free, with limited spaces available and prior registration required. The program and registration form are available at [website/link]. website of the conference.