Welcome Addresses
- António Sampaio da Nóvoa, Rector, University of Lisbon, Portugal
- António Carmona Rodrigues, Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal
- Georg Winckler, EUA President
- José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Plenary Session I
Key Note Speeches - the Future of Higher Education beyond 2010
- Ján Figel', European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
- David Ward, President of the American Council on Education
- Zhang Xinsheng, Deputy Minister of Education, People's Republic of China
Plenary Session II
Trends in Higher Education from the Perspective of Institutions: Key Messages from Trends V
- David Crosier and Lewis Purser, EUA
Plenary Session III
ERC: Strengthening Frontier Research in Europe's Universities
- Fotis Kafatos, President of the European Research Council (ERC); Chair of the Scientific Council of the ERC
Working Group Session
Theme 1: Implementing Bologna and creating the European Higher Education Area
- Bruno Carapinha, ESIB
- Ivan Ostrovsky, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Volker Gehmlich, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Nina Gustafsson Ǻberg, ESIB
Theme 2: Policies for enhancing research and innovation
- Sybille Reichert, Reichert Consulting, Switzerland
- Martin Kropff, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Tatjana Volkova, Banking Institutions of Higher Education, Latvia
- Petr Fiala, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
- Stephen Hagen, University of West of England, United Kingdom
Theme 3: The responsibility of Europe's universities in a global environment
- Eva Egron-Polak, International Association of Universities
- Sharifa, Hapsah, University of Kebangsaan, Malaysia
- Pascal Level, University of Valenciennes, France
- Luc Weber, Council of Europe
Theme 4: Enhancing quality and creativity
- Johannes Johansson, Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden
- Jacques Lanarès, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Karin Riegler, EUA
- Lee Harvey, Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom
Theme 5: Funding European universities: diversification, transparency and good governance
- Jaak Aaviksoo, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Lothar Zechlin, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- Freddy Coignoul, University of Liège, Belgium
- Robin Farquhar, Carleton University, Canada
Session on EUA Institutional Development Activities
Plenary Session IV
Future Directions for Higher Education and Research - Institutional Perspectives: a Debate
- Yehuda Elkana, President and Rector, Central European University, Hungary
- John Brooks, Vice-Chancellor, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- Koen Geven, ESIB President
- Rodrigo Costa, Vice-President, Portugal Telecom
Plenary Session V
Main Results and Recommendations from the Working Groups
- Theme 1: Patricia Pol, University Paris 12 Val de Marne, France
- Theme 2: Giuseppe Silvestri, University of Palermo, Italy
- Theme 3: Stefan Hormuth, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
- Theme 4: Maria Helena Nazaré, University of Alveiro, Portugal
- Theme 5 (funding): Sijbolt Noorda, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Theme 5 (governance): Lothar Zechlin, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Plenary Session VI
EUA Convention 2007 - Preliminary Conclusions
- Sir Roderick Floud, EUA Vice-President
Closing Ceremony
- Closing address by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
- Concluding remarks by Prof. Georg Winckler, EUA President