Creativity and Diversity
Challenges for quality assurance beyond 2010
19-21 November 2009
Hosted by Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Preliminary programme as of 30 October 2009
Thursday, 19 November
14.00 – 17.00 Registration
Solbjerg Plads 3, Foyer
17.00 – 18.30 Official Opening and Plenary Session I:
Creativity and Innovation in Higher Education
BG Fonden Auditorium
Chair: Lucien Bollaert, Forum Steering Committee
• Welcome, Johan Roos, President, Copenhagen Business School
• Introduction to the Forum, Henrik Toft Jensen, Chair, Forum Steering Committee
• “Innovation, learning and quality assurance – mission impossible?”, Bjørn Stensaker, NIFU STEP, Norway
• Discussion
19.30 Welcome Reception
Under the patronage of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Development
Porcelaenshaven (CBS campus), Klin Hall
Friday, 20 November
09.00 – 10.45 Plenary Session II:
From European framework to national context
BG Fonden Auditorium
Chair: Bruno Curvale, Forum Steering Committee
The session will discuss how European dimension of Quality Assurance has developed in recent years and present a case study of how one national quality assurance system tempts to creative teaching and learning as well as to adjust to the European quality assurance framework.
• “European Commission’s Progress Report on Quality Assurance”, Robin van Ijperen, Higher Education Unit, European Commission
• “Enhancing creative teaching and learning in Scottish universities: A case study”, Bill Harvey, QAA Scotland, United Kingdom
• Respondent: Robert Santa, ESU
• Discussion
• Practical information on working groups and discussion groups
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
Solbjerg Plads, Ground and second floors
Kilen, ground floor
Participants willing to a workshop session that takes place in the Kilen building are kindly invited to have their coffee break there.
The exact location of all paper and workshop sessions can be found in the Forum booklet.
11.15 – 13.00 Working Group Session I: Workshops and papers
Participants will have a choice of a workshop, with duration of 90 minutes (plus a 15-minute break), or of two papers, with duration of 45 minutes each.
Papers will be presented during parallel sessions of 45 min each, with a 15-minute break in between to allow the participants to move around.
Please download here 
the abstracts for workshop and paper sessions.
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Solbjerg Plads, Ground floor canteen and second floor
14.30 – 15.30 Working Group Session II: Discussion Groups
The discussion groups will address the themes of the Forum.
For more information please download the background document for this session.
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
Solbjerg Plads, Ground and second floors
16.00 – 17.30 Plenary Session III:
Creative quality culture respecting institutional and education diversity
BG Fonden Auditorium
Chair: Andrea Blaettler, Forum Steering Committee
The session will discuss how quality assurance takes into account the enhancement of diversity of institutional and educational missions. Links between different sorts of quality culture and creativity will also be explored.
• “Diversity within the institution”, Heinz Lechleiter, Dublin City University, Ireland
• “Diversity of HEIs missions in institutional audits”, Riitta Pyykkö, FINHEEC, Finland
18.30 Departure from conference hotels to the Danish National Gallery
See conference booklet for further details.
19.00 – 20.00 Tour of the Danish National Gallery
Welcome reception and special opening of the Danish National Gallery
Sculpture Street, Danish National Gallery
20.00 Conference dinner
The Danish National Gallery - Sculpture Street
Saturday, 21 November
09.00 – 10.30 Plenary Session IV:
Challenges for the future quality assurance
BG Fonden Auditorium
Chair: Gemma Rauret Dalmau, ANECA, Spain
The session will discuss some of the challenges of the quality assurance in the European higher education area post 2010.
• “Reflecting on the future of QA taking into account latest developments in the European HE and the reports of yesterday’s discussion groups”, Pedro Teixeira, University of Porto, Portugal
• Observations on the forum discussions by cartoonist Patrick Sanders
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
Solbjerg Plads, Ground and second floors
Kilen, ground floor
Participants willing to attend a paper session that takes place in the Kilen building are kindly invited to have their coffee break there.
The exact location of all paper sessions can be found in the Forum booklet.
11.00 – 11.45 Working Group Session III: Papers
Please download here the abstracts for papers.
11.45 – 13.00 Plenary Session V:
Closing Session
BG Auditorium
Chair and facilitator: Martin Prchal, European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
The session will aim to draw together discussions of the previous days on the role of creativity and diversity in future quality assurance approaches through an interactive ‘question time’ during which the audience is invited to interview E4 presidents about their views on conference topics and to contribute in the discussion by the facilitator of the session.
• A panel discussion with the E4 presidents and the audience
• Wrap-up and thanks
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch and departure of participants
Solbjerg Plads, Ground floor canteen and second floor