NEW DATES
Preliminary Programme as of 09 September 2010
Università di Bologna, Facoltà di Agraria, viale G. Fanin 50, Bologna 40127
12.30 – 14.00 Registration
14.00 – 16.30 Opening Plenary Session
Plenary room
Chair: Ian Creagh, Head of Administration and College Secretary, King’s College London, United Kingdom, Chair of the EUDIS Steering Committee
14.00 – 14.30 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, Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
14.30 – 15.30 Setting the scene: different perspectives
- Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
- Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, United States
Speakers will elaborate on their perspectives for the higher education sector in the short and medium-term, in the light of a number of perceived common threats such as public funding cuts, demographic trends and the depth of the global economic downturn, and how these factors impact on the universities’ activities and institutional strategies.
15.30 – 16.00 Overview of the EUDIS findings
- Thomas Estermann, Head of Unit, Governance, Autonomy & Funding, EUA
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.30 Cluster Session 1
Parallel Expert Sessions: Frameworks and conditions for diversification
For more details about the speakers and panellists, please click on the above link.
• 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?
• Session 2: Professionalisation of management and leadership
Structures and skills: building capacity for income diversification
• Session 3: Effective stakeholder management
The importance of communication for sustainable diversification in relation to a broad array of stakeholders
18.30 - 20.00 Buffet dinner
09.00 – 11.00 Cluster Session 2
For more details about the speakers and panellists, please click on the above link.
• Session 4: Philanthropic funding
Who gives? Analysis of the various sources of philanthropic funding and how to prioritise them
• Session 5: Partnerships with industry
Which are the ways to cooperate with the private sector?
• Session 6: Innovative diversification strategies
Identifying opportunities and successfully exploring new ways of creating income
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00 Panel discussion: The way forward
Plenary room
Panelists selected for the experience in higher education outside Europe will be invited to reflect upon the EUDIS findings, evaluate and compare systems, identify common issues and elaborate on action taken to tackle these.
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
General rapporteur: Ian Creagh, Head of Administration and College Secretary, King’s College, London, United Kingdom
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch