12.30 - 14.00 Registration and lunch
14.00 - 16.30 Opening Plenary Session
Chair: Michael Yuille, Finance Director University of Liverpool
14.00 – 14.30 Welcome Address and Introduction to the theme
Christina Ullenius, EUA Vice president
Ján Figel', Commissioner Education, Training, Culture and Youth (video message)
14.30 – 15.40 Setting the scene
Sir Howard Newby, Vice Chancellor designate University of Liverpool
Tadeusz Luty, Rector, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland and President,
Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland
Gunnar Hökmark, Member of the European Parliament
15.40 -16.00 First Findings of the University Funding project
Thomas Estermann, Senior Programme Manager, EUA
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.30 Expert Sessions
Session 1: Autonomy, Funding and accountability
Franz Strehl, Head of Institute of Strategic Management, University Linz
Discussant 1: Eero Vuorio, Chancellor, University of Turku
Discussant 2: Karl-Heinz Leitner, Senior Researcher, Austrian Research Centers
This group will explore:
The effects that funding systems have on higher education systems with special respect to financial strategies.
The relationship between an increase of financial autonomy (autonomous financial management of budget, including estates and staff) and accountability in HEIs.
The relationship between diverse modes of governance with a view to determining the ones which engender optimal financial management.
Chair: Mats Ola Ottosson, University Director, Uppsala University
Rapporteurs: Thomas Estermann, Senior Programme Manager, EUA
Lidia Borrell-Damian, Senior Programme Manager, EUA
Session 2: Drivers, benefits and barriers of change
Kåre Bremer, Vice-Chancellor University of Stockholm
Discussant 1: Stephen Trueman, Managing Director Sapienza Innovazione, University of Rome
Discussant 2: Margarida Mano, Head of Administration, University of Coimbra
This group will identify the essential elements which enable a university to become financially
sustainable and analyse the potential benefits and barriers in this process.
Chair: Michael Yuille, Finance Director, University of Liverpool
Rapporteur: John Smith, Deputy Secretary General, EUA
Session 3: Accounting comparisons and assessing performance
Pieter–Jan Aartsen, Corporate Controller, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Discussant 1: Staska Mrak Jamnik, Office for European Projects, University of Ljubljana
Discussant 2: Raymond Werlen, Deputy Secretary General, Swiss Rectors' Conference
This group will examine the fundamental conditions and factors which enable universities to
implement costing systems. It will provide a comparative perspective on the first findings of the
EUA funding project in the light of other findings from a wider perspective.
Chair: Thomas A. Schöck, Chancellor, Kanzler University of Erlangen Nuremberg
Rapporteurs: Sandra Bitusikova, Programme Manager, EUA
Hanna Kanep, Estonian Rectors' Conference
18.30 - 20.00 Wine Reception
09.00 - 10.30 Plenary Session II
Chair: John Smith, Deputy Secretary General EUA
Hans-Ulrich Küpper, Head of Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research
and Planning
Giuseppe SIlvestri, Rector University of Palermo and Conference of Rectors Italy (CRUI)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45 Reports from chairs from expert sessions
11.45 – 12.45 Panel Discussion
Chair: Christina Ullenius, EUA Vice president
Kåre Bremer, Vice-Chancellor, University of Stockholm
Tadeusz Luty, President, CRASP and Rector Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Howard Newby, Vice Chancellor designate University of Liverpool
Giuseppe Silvestri, Rector University of Palermo and Conference of Rectors Italy (CRUI)
12.45 – 13.00 Closing Session
Chair: Christina, EUA Vice President
Conclusions
Michael Yuille, Finance Director, University of Liverpool
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch