The pre-conference meetings are by invitation only to EUA Board, EUA Council Members, Secretaries General of National Rectors' Conferences and, in the evening, CUIB members.
Wednesday 26 March 2008
9.00 - 11.15 EUA Board meeting
Historic building, Room Ramon y Cajal, 1st floor
9.00 - 11.15 Meeting of the Secretaries General
Historic building, Sala de Juntes, 1st floor
11.15 - 11.30 Coffee break
Historic building, Aula Magna Corridor
11.30 - 14.00 Council meeting (I)
Historic building, Aula Magna, 1st floor
14.00 - 15.00 Tapa Lunch
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
15.00 - 16.15 Council meeting (II)
Historic building, Aula Magna, 1st floor
16.15 - 16.45 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
16.45 - 18.00 Council meeting (III)
Historic building, Aula Magna, 1st floor
19.30 CUIB and Council Dinner
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
Thursday 27 March 2008
9.00 - 10.30 CUIB and Council meeting (I)
Historic building, Aula Magna, 1st floor
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
11.00 - 12.30 CUIB and Council meeting (II)
Historic building, Aula Magna, 1st floor
CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9.00 – 12.30 Registration
Historic building, Ground floor Hall
12.30 – 13.30 Opening Ceremony
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
Welcome addresses and introduction to the theme.
- Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz, Rector of University of Barcelona
- Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain
- Georg Winckler, EUA President and Rector, University of Vienna, Austria
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch for all participants
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, Restaurant
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch for the speakers, chairs and rapporteurs
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, Sala Flors
15.00 – 16.30 Plenary Session I: Higher education and post-industrial societies
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
The purpose of Plenary I is to set the stage by describing how changes in the world economy and local demands affect higher education.
Chair: Christina Ullenius, EUA Vice President
Speakers:
- James Duderstadt, Former President, University of Michigan, United States
- Peter Scott, Vice Chancellor, Kingston University, United Kingdom
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
17.00 – 18.30 Plenary Session II: Institutional governance in a changing policy context
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
The purpose of this session is to discuss how institutional governance is adapting to a changing policy context: The views of a researcher on institutional governance and the chair of a university governing board.
Chair: Jens Oddershede, Rector, University of Southern Denmark and President, Universities Denmark
Speakers:
- Christine Musselin, Director, Sciences Po and CNRS, France
- Andrew Cubie, Chair of the Governing Board, Napier University, United Kingdom
20.30 Welcome Dinner hosted by the Mayor of Barcelona
The Royal Palace of Pedralbes
A bus transfer from the hotels to the venue will be provided
09.00 – 11.30 General Assembly - PROXY LETTER
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
12.00 – 13.30 Work Group Sessions (I): Institutional mission and profile
Josep Carner building
WG Session I concentrates on ways in which institutions are developing specific missions and profiles to address the needs of the knowledge society
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch for all participants
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, Restaurant
13.30 – 15.00 Session on the EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, Sala Flors
13.30 - 15.00 Session on the EUA Council for Doctoral Education
Hotel Catalonia Ramblas, Sala Estudis
15.00 – 16.30 Plenary Session III: Knowledge strategies at European, national and regional level
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
The purpose of plenary III is to explore how the European, national and regional policies and instruments can be used together in order to combine the goals of increasing European competitiveness and social cohesion.
Chair: Frans van Vught, EUA Board member
Panel:
- A European perspective: Jacques, Evrard, President, EURADA
- A national perspective: Krista Varantola, Chair, Finnish Council of University Rectors, Finland
- A regional perspective: Rafal Dutkiewicz, Mayor, City of Wroclaw, Poland
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
17.00 – 18.30 Work Group Sessions (II): Institutional effectiveness and efficiency
Josep Carner building
WG Sessions II concentrates on some the strategic choices that universities are making in order to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.
19.30 - 20.30 Concert “Clásica por Castañuelas”, performed by ‘Ànima Nua”
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
21.00 – 23.00 Gala Dinner hosted by the Government of Catalonia
Casa Llotja de Mar
A bus transfer from the university to the venue will be provided
10.00 – 11.30 Plenary Session IV: How to enhance the strategic positioning of universities –
The perspective of different actors and general conclusions by Georg Winckler
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
Chair: Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA Vice President
Speakers:
- Christine Scholz, ESU representative
- David Livesey, League of European Research Universities
- Bertil Andersson, Provost, Nanyang University, Singapore
- General conclusions by Georg Winckler, EUA President
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee Break
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
12.00 – 14.00 Closing Ceremony
Historic building, Paranimf Hall
Chair: Màrius Rubiralta Alcañiz, Rector of University of Barcelona
- Minister of Education and Research, Spain TBC
- José Montilla Aguilera, President, Generalitat de Catalunya
- Angel Gabilondo, President of CRUE
- Georg Winckler, EUA President and Rector, University of Vienna, Austria
Invitation to the next EUA Autumn Conference 2008
S.W.J. Lamberts, Rector, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch for all participants
Historic building, Paranimf Corridor
15.00 - Optional Social Programme