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Events EUA Autumn Conference 2007

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Welcome Addresses

  • Georg Winckler, EUA President; Rector, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Tadeusz Luty, President, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland; Rector, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Michal Seweryński, Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland

Plenary Session I: The policy context - The changing relationship between the university and the state

Plenary Session II: Institutional governance in a changing policy context

  • Luc Weber, EUA Founding Board Member, former Rector, Unversity of Geneva and Director, Glion Colloquim

Plenary Session III: Round Table

  • Simone Bonnafous, President, University Paris 12- Val de Marne, France
  • Davide Bassi, Rector, University of Trento, Italy
  • Vaclav Hampl, Rector, Charles University and CRC Vice-President for public relations and foreign affairs, Czech Republic
  • Koen Geven, President of ESU (formerly ESIB)

Working Group Session I: Autonomy and institutional governance

WG 1: Autonomy in relation to internal governance

  • Hans Weder, Rector, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • Timothy O'Shea, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

WG 2: Autonomy in relation to the development of an academic profile

  • Marianne Aarø-Hansen, Director of International Affairs, Roskilde University, Denmark (who spoke in the place of Pool Holm, Rector of Roskilde University)
  • Sascha Spoun, President, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany

WG 3: Autonomy in relation to staff recruitment and management

  • Ioan Panzaru, Rector, University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Sijbolt Noorda, President, Association of Universities in the Netherlands

WG 4: Financial and legal autonomy

  • Mats Ola Ottosson, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • Jim van Leemput, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Plenary Session IV: Accountability in Higher Education

  • Jeroen Huisman, Director, International Centre for Higher Education Management, University of Bath, UK
  • Antonio Loprieno, Rector, University of Basel, Switzerland

Working Group Session II: Accountability and leadership

WG 5: Social accountability and new institutional governance models - The establishment of university boards

  • David J. Drewry, Vice Chancellor, University of Hull, UK
  • Jens Oddershede, Rector, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

WG 6: Accountability and financial management - The move towards more transparency and full costing of activities

  • Pat Briggs, Executive Director - Planning and Resources, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • Willem Mattens, Director of Resources and Operations and Head of the Central Office of Maastricht University, The Netherlands

WG 7: Accountability and institutional leadership - Embedding internal quality processes

  • Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA Board member, Former Rector, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Màrius Rubiralta i Alcañiz, Rector, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

WG 8: Accountability and Competitiveness - Rankings and institutional strategies

  • Ellingsrud Geir, Rector, University of Oslo, Norway
  • Farid Ouabdesselam, President, University Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1, France

Plenary Session V: The challenges of governing increasingly diverse higher education systems

  • Karol Musiol, Rector, Jagiellonian University and Vice-President, Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools, Poland
  • Gunnar Stave (presentation - speech), Former Rector of the University College of Volda and Former President of the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR), Norway;

Conclusions

  • Georg Winckler, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna, Austria

    Closing Ceremony

    • Jerzy Buzek, Member of the European Parliament and former Prime Minister of Poland
    * Due to technical problems Andrew Cubie could not attend the conference.