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Monday, 13 September 2010

Opening Plenary Session

Chair: Ian Creagh, Head of Administration and College Secretary, King’s College London, United Kingdom, Chair of the EUDIS Steering Committee

Welcome Address and Introduction to the theme

Carla Salvaterra, Rector’s Delegate to international relations, University of Bologna, Italy
Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President, European University Association (EUA)
Androulla Vassiliou (video), Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth

Setting the scene: different perspectives

Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, United States

Overview of the EUDIS findings

Thomas Estermann, Head of Unit, Governance, Autonomy & Funding, EUA

Cluster Session 1

Parallel Expert Sessions: Frameworks and conditions for diversification

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• Session 1: Public funding – the role of national & regional authorities
How can public authorities set the right framework to support universities in the development of income diversification strategies?

Speakers
• Philip Gummett, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, United Kingdom
• Michael Jansen, Policy Adviser, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands

• Session 2: Professionalisation of management and leadership
Structures and skills: building capacity for income diversification

Speaker
• Elisabeth Freismuth, Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria

Panel
    • Sheila Gupta, Director of Human Resources, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    • Adrian Graves, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Registrar and University Secretary, University of Salford, United
        Kingdom
    • Jan Andersen, President, European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA)

• Session 3: Effective stakeholder management
The importance of communication for sustainable diversification in relation to a broad array of stakeholders

Speakers
• Ulrich Marsch, Head of Corporate Communication, Technical University Munich, Germany
• Paolo Pomati, Head of Press Office, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Cluster Session 2

Parallel Expert Sessions: How to diversify funding?

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• Session 4: Philanthropic funding
Who gives? Analysis of the various sources of philanthropic funding and how to prioritise them

Speakers
• Joanna Motion, CASE Vice President for International Operations
• Miles Stevenson, Director of Development, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Panel
    • Gülsün Saglamer, former Rector, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
    • Liviu Matei, Chief Operating Officer, Central European University, Hungary
    • Theo Schuyt, Professor, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• Session 5: Partnerships with industry
Which are the ways to cooperate with the private sector?

Speakers
    • Corrado Priami, President/CEO, Microsoft Research-University of Trento Centre for Computational and Systems
      Biology, Italy
    • Stefan Bengtsson, First Vice President & Deputy Executive Officer, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
    • Mark Lammerts, Director Marketing & Communications, Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands
    • Mathias Terheggen, Head of Philanthropy Services, UBS AG, Switzerland

• Session 6: Innovative diversification strategies
Identifying opportunities and successfully exploring new ways of creating income

Speakers
    • André Oosterlinck, Honorary Rector, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
    • Kauko Hämäläinen, Director, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • Barbara Light, WBS Module Leader, Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Panel discussion: The way forward

Chair: Ian Creagh, Head of Administration and College Secretary, King’s College London, United Kingdom

Panel participants:
       • Alan Shepard, Provost and Vice President Academic, Ryerson University, Canada
       • Frances Kelly, Europe Education Councellor, Ministry of Education, New Zealand
       • Aisha Labi, Overseas Correspondent The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA