Preliminary Programme as of 23 September 2009
PRE-CONFERENCE MEETINGS
The pre-conference meetings are by invitation only to EUA Board, EUA Council Members and Secretaries General of National Rectors’ Conferences.
14.00 – 18.00 Registration for EUA Board and Secretaries General
Main building, Foyer, Ground Floor
15.00 – 17.00 EUA Board Meeting
Main building, Gustav-Krüger-Saal, 1st Floor
14.15 – 17.00 Secretaries General Meeting
Main building, Senate room, 1st Floor
18.30 Bus shuttle pick-up to the Castle
19.30 – 22.00 EUA Board and Secretaries General Dinner
Castle Rauischholzhausen
19.30 - 22.00 Briefing dinner for pre-conference workshop key players
Castle Rauischholzhausen
08.00 – 17.00 Registration to the Conference
Main building, Foyer, Ground Floor
09.30 – 16.45 Pre-conference workshop: Europe and transnational higher education
Old Library building
10.30 – 13.00 Council meeting (I)
Main building, Aula, Level 0
13.00 – 14.00 Secretaries General and Council Lunch
Main building, Foyer
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch for pre-conference workshop participants
Old Library building, Foyer
14.00 – 16.45 Council meeting (II)
Main building, Aula, level 0
CONFERENCE
17.00 – 19.30 Opening Ceremony and Reception
Stadttheater
Stefan Hormuth, President, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Gerd Krämer, Vice Minister, Hessen State Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Arts, Germany
Harald Scherer, Councillor, Giessen City Council, Germany
Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President
19.30 – 22.30 Opera - The Magic Flute
Stadttheater
9.00 – 9.45 Opening Session
Main building, Aula, level 0
Chair: Stefan Hormuth, President, Justus Liebig University,Giessen, Germany
Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President
9.45 – 11.00 Plenary Session I: The European university in a global context – Internationalisation as both a strategic objective and a response to global developments
Main building, Aula, level 0
Chair: Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President
Dieter Lenzen, Vice President of German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), President of the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice Chancellor, Unversiti Sains Malaysia, Vice-president, International Association of Universities (IAU)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
Main building, Foyer and Entrance Hall, level 0
11.30 – 13.00 Plenary Session II: Panel discussion: Institutional responses to internationalisation
Main building, Aula, level 0
Chair: Jan-Martin Wiarda, Reporter-Editor, Die Zeit, Germany
Federico Gutierrez-Solana Salcedo, Rector, University of Cantabria, Spain
Ligia Deca, Chairperson, European Students' Union (ESU)
Francesco Profumo, Rector, University of Turin, Italy
Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, EUA Board member, Vice-Chancellor, University of Aarhus, Denmark
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch for all participants
Main building, Foyer and Entrance Hall
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch information session on the Institutional Evaluation
Programme (IEP)
Main building, Seminar Room, level 4
14.00 – 15.30 Breakout Session I: Institutional policies and strategies for internationalisation
WG 1a: What does it mean to be international?
WG 2a: The crucial role of mobility
WG 3a: International research cooperation
WG 4a: Joint degrees - a vehicle for internationalization
WG 5a: Building an international profile - promotion and visibility
WG 6a: Internationalisation and language policy
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
Old Library Building and Zoology Hall
16.00 - 17.30 Breakout Session II: Making internationalisation work – funding, partnerships and policy processes
WG 1b: Universities contribution to development cooperation
WG 2b: Mobility policy developments: setting benchmarks for the EHEA & ERA
WG 3b: Open access - sharing knowledge
WG 4b: New forms of interaction - the role of networks
WG 5b: Enhancing the international visibility of European universities: an interplay of institutional, national and European approaches
WG 6b: The language of internationalization: Operating in an English-speaking world
18.00 – 19.00 Cocktail - Main building, Foyer
18.00 – 19.00 Information session: University cooperation between Europe and Latin America
Main building, Biology Lecture Hall, level 3
Panel:
Maria Helena Nazaré, EUA Board Member, Rector, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Ramon Torrent Macau, Executive Secretary, The Observatory of the Relationships European Union – Latin America (OBREAL)
Francesco Profumo, Rector, University of Turin, Italy
Lauritz Holm-Nielsen, EUA Board Member, Rector, Aarhus University, Denmark
19.15 Bus shuttle to Mensa
19.30 – 22.00 Dinner
Mensa
9.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session III– Europe in interregional dialogue
Discussion Panel
Main building, Aula, level 0
Chair: Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, EUA
Maria Helena Nazaré, EUA Vice President, Rector, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Goolam Mohamedbhai, Secretary General, African Association of Universities
Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary General and Executive Director, International Association of Universities (IAU)
Juan Pablo Suarez Chacon, Director of Research and Technology Transfer, University of Loja, Ecuador, Advisor to president of the Inter-American Organisation for Higher Education (IOHE)
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Vice-President, International Association of Universities (IAU)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
Main building, Foyer and Entrance Hall
11.30 – 12.30 Plenary Session IV – Emerging issues
Main building, Aula, level 0
Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President
12.30 – 13.00 Closing Ceremony
Main building, Aula
Stefan Hormuth, President, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Germany
Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President
Invitation to TRENDS 2010: the European Higher Education Area - achievements and future challenges, University of Vienna, March 2010
Invitation to EUA Autumn Conference in Palermo by Giuseppe Silvestri, EUA Board member, former Rector, University of Palermo, Italy
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch for all participants
Main building, Foyer and Entrance Hall