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
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.