Plenaries, Working Groups and Discussion Presentations

Plenary Session I: Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education

• Bjørn Stensaker, NIFU STEP, Norway

Plenary Session II: From European framework to national context

• Robin van Ijperen, Higher Education Unit, European Commission

• Norman Sharp, QAA Scotland, United Kingdom

Plenary Session III: Creative quality culture respecting institutional and education diversity

• Heinz Lechleiter, Dublin City University, Ireland

• Riitta Pyykkö, FINHEEC, Finland

Plenary Session IV: Challenges for the future quality assurance

• Pedro Teixeira, University of Porto, Portugal

• Observations on the forum discussions by cartoonist Patrick Sanders

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Working Group Session I - Workshops abstracts

• WG I.1 - Gerrie J. Jacobs, Karine de Bruin and Melanie Jacobs, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

• WG I.2 - Claire Carney and Christine Macpherson, QAA Scotland, United Kingdom

• WG I.3 - Diana Stammers, Martina Wilson and Michael Ward, Open University, United Kingdom

• WG I.4 - Alexander Kohler, Austrian Agency for Quality Assurance (AQA), Austria and Sirpa Moitus, Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC), Finland

• WG I.5 - Fiona Crozier and Janet Bohrer, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), United Kingdom and Ole Helmersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

• WG I.6 - Oliver Vettori, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria and Andreas Raggautz, University of Graz, Austria

• WG I.7 - Bengt-Ove Boström and Malin Östling, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

• WG I.8 - Tina Harrison, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• WG I.9 - Colin Tück, European Register for Quality Assurance (EQAR), Dorit Gerkens, Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN), Germany and Nicole Schaad, Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology, Switzerland 

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Working Group Session I - Paper abstracts

Working Group Session Ia

• WG Ia.1 - Jacques Lanarès, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

• WG Ia.2 - Karin Riegler, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria

• WG Ia.3 - Luan Ahma and Mimoza Ibrani, University of Prishtina, Kosovo UN 1244

• WG Ia.4 - Josep Grifoll, Albert Basart and Concepción Herruzo, AQU Catalunya, Spain

• WG Ia.5 - Kim Bender, Colorado State University, United States

• WG Ia.6 - Andrejs Rauhvargers, Latvian Rectors’ Conference, Latvia

• WG Ia.7 - Josep M. Vilalta, Héctor Pifarré and Alícia Betts, Association of Public Universities of Catalonia (ACUP), Spain

• WG Ia.8 - Kari Kurkela, Sibelius Academy, Finland, Marja-Liisa Saarilammi, Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC), Finland

• WG Ia.9 - Evelyn Knoors, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Working Group Session Ib

• WG Ib.1 - Jon Haakstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT), Norway

• WG Ib.2 - Enes Dedic, University of Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 • WG Ib.3 - Liviu Ilies, Codruta Osoian, Monica Zaharie and Gelu Gherghin, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

• WG Ib.4 - Gabriele Diewald, Helga Gotzmann and Susanne Jaudzims, Leipniz University Hannover, Germany

• WG Ib.5 - Pedro Lourtie, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

• WG Ib.6 - Robert Carmichael, Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), Australia

• WG Ib.7 - Stephan van Galen and Mirjam Woutersen, Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), Netherlands/Belgium, Toon Martens, Leuven University College, Belgium and Hans de Jonge, Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), Netherlands

• WG Ib.8 - Martin Prchal and Linda Messas, European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)

• WG Ib.9 - Eduardo García and Agustín Martínez, Spanish National Agency for Quality  Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), Spain

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Working Group Session III - Papers

•  WG III.2 -   Maria João Rosa, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES) and University of Aveiro, Portugal , Cristina Santos, CIPES, Portugal , Sónia Cardoso, CIPES and  Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), Portugal  and Alberto Amaral, CIPES, A3ES and University of Porto, Portugal

• WG III.3 - Dorit Gerkens, Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute (ACQUIN), Germany

• WG III.4 - Bernhard Kernegger, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria

• WG III.6 -  Sandra Marcos, Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León (ACSUCyL), Spain, Luis Velón, Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG), Spain and Núria Comet, AQU Catalunya, Spain

• WG III.7 - Dries Berings, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

• WG III.8 - Yuri Rubin, Aleksey Belokopytov and Eva Gorlacheva, Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development (AQA), Russian Federation

• WG III.9 - Ann Craven, University of London – Goldsmiths College, United Kingdom

• WG III.10 - Antigoni Papadimitriou, CHEPS/University of Twente, Netherlands, and Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece and Don Westerheijden, CHEPS/University of Twente, Netherlands

• WG III.11 - Hector Vazquez, Technological University of Queretaro, Mexico

• WG III.12 - Sandrine Canter and Laurence Rosier, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

• WG III.13 - Katie Akerman, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom

• WG III.14 - Johan Falk, Stockholm University, Sweden

• WG III.15 - Muzio Gola, Politecnico de Torino, Italy

• WG III.16 - Bartley Rock, European Students’ Union (ESU)

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