Pre-conference meetings
13.00 – 15.30 Forum Organising Committee meeting
Restaurant Muzeum - http://www.muzeumkavehaz.hu/en/
16.15 – 16.45 Meeting with key players
Ceremonial Room, Historic Building
Conference
14.00 – 17.00 Registration
Ground floor, New Building
17.00 – 18.30 Plenary Session I: Setting the Stage
Auditorium, New Building (3d floor)
Chair: Henrik Toft Jensen, Chair, Forum Organising Committee
- Welcome, Tamás Mészáros, Rector, Corvinus University
- Welcome by Károly Molnár, Minister without Portfolio in charge of Science, Research and Innovation, Hungary
- Introduction to the Forum, Henrik Toft Jensen, Chair, Forum Organising Committee
- International trends in quality assurance, Dorte Kristofferson, Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
- Discussion
20.00 Welcome Reception
Main Hall, Historic Building
09.00 – 10.30 Plenary Session II: European Developments in higher education
Auditorium, New Building (3d floor)
Chair: Achim Hopbach, Vice President, ENQA
• “Governance Reform and Change”, Christine Musselin, Director, Sociologie des organisations, Sciences Po and CNRS, France
• The future of the Bologna Process, Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, EUA
• Discussion
10.30 – 11.15 Coffee break and Knowledge Café (poster session)
Zsibongo (Student lounge), Historic Building
11.15 – 13.00 Working Group Session I: Workshops and papers
New Building
Workshops will have duration of 90 min.
Paper will be presented during parallel sessions of 45 min,
each, with a 15-minute break in between to allow the participants to move around.
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Main Hall, Historic Building
14.30 – 15.30 Working Group Session II: Discussion Groups
New Building
17.00 Bus transportation from hotels to the Hungarian Parliament
It is essential that you take the bus from your hotel in order to speed up the security process
17.30 Arrival at the Hungarian Parliament
Security procedures
18.15 – 19.15 Plenary Session III: Different forms of accountability
Hungarian Parliament, Assembly room
Chair: Lucien Bollaert, Forum Steering Committee
• Welcome, Zoltán Szabó, President, Committee on Education and Science of the National Assembly of the Hungarian Republic
• “Democratising quality”, Lee Harvey, Editor, Forum Steering Committee, United Kingdom
Respondents:
• Christoph Anz, BusinessEurope
• Bergthora Snaebjornsdóttirn, ESU
19.15 – 20.30 Optional guided tour of the Hungarian Parliament
20.30 Conference dinner
Hungarian Parliament, Gobelin Hall and Hunter Hall
http://www.budapest-tourist-guide.com/budapest-parliament.html
Bus transportation will be organised from the Parliament to the hotels after the dinner.
09.00 – 09.30 Plenary Session IV: The European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR)
Auditorium, New Building
Chair: Lesley Wilson, President, EQAR Board
· Bryan MacMahon, chair of the EQAR Register Committee
09.30 – 10.45 Plenary Session V: The impact of rankings on quality
Auditorium, New Building
The two contributors will discuss the value and impact of rankings on quality levels
Chair: Bruno Carapinha, Forum Steering Committee
• “The Emperor has No Clothes? Rankings and the Shift from Quality Assurance to the Pursuit of World-Class Excellence”, Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise, and Dean of the Graduate Research School, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Respondent: Oliver Vettori, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
Zsibongo, Historic Building
11.15 – 12.00 Working Group Session III: Papers
New Building
Participants are free to choose one paper presentation during this WGS.
12.00 – 13.30 Plenary Session VI: Closing session
Auditorium, New Building
Chair: Henrik Toft Jensen, Chair, Forum Organising Commit
• A panel discussion with the E4 Presidents:
- Bruno Curvale, ENQA President
- Ligia Deca, ESU Chairperson
- Andreas Orphanides, EURASHE Vice President
- Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President-elect, EUA Vice President
• Reflections on the Forum, Mantz Yorke, United Kingdom
• Wrap-up and thanks
13.30 – 15.00 Lunch and departure of participants
Main Hall, Historic Building