The teachers of the MDH-MPE, the University of Taubaté, They attended the Fifth International Congress ACINNET, held in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, last week. The roundtable presented reflections on interdisciplinarity, Education and the role of the University. The event had as its theme the academic innovation linked to the social and productive world in local and global levels and discussed the role of the university and university cooperation to face global and local challenges of today's contemporary society and what should be the actions taken, amid the adversities of everyday life, starting with the creation of innovative and creative opportunities, reaching its social function. The Congress saw the participation of academic managers, teachers and undergraduate and graduate and opened a space for dialogue and information exchange on the responsibility of the academy forward to this change scenario.