Program zasedání 5. konventu Evropské asociace univerzit ****************************************************************************************** * Program zasedání 5. konventu Evropské asociace univerzit ****************************************************************************************** Zasedání 5. konventu Evropské asociace univerzit (EUA), které se v Praze uskuteční od 19. 2009, bude pro veřejnost prezentováno tiskovou konferencí (19. 3., v 15 hodin, Riegrův sál ale vrcholní představitelé konventu se sejdou na pracovní jednání už o den dříve. a Zde na program tohoto výjimečného zasedání, které se koná pod záštitou prezidenta České republiky PRE-CONVENTION MEETINGS The pre-convention meetings are by invitation only to EUA Board, EUA Council Members and S General of National Rectors’ Conferences. Wednesday 18 March 2009 09.00 – 16.00 Registration for EUA Board, Secretaries General & Council University, Historic Building, Foyer, 1st Floor 11.15 – 13.00 EUA Board Meeting University, Historic Building, Small lecture hall, 2nd Floor 11.00 – 13.00 Secretaries General Meeting University, Historic Building, Patriotic room, 1st Floor 13.00 – 14.00 Secretaries General and Council lunch University, Historic Building, Mashaus, Ground Floor 14.00 – 15.30 Council Meeting (I) Municipal House, Sladovsky Hall 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break Municipal House, Foyer 16.00 – 18.00 Council Meeting (II) Municipal House, Sladovsky Hall 19.30 – 22.00 Council dinner University, Historic Building, Mashaus, Ground Floor CONVENTION Thursday 19 March 2009 08.00 – 18.00 Registration to the Convention Municipal House, Central cloak room 08.00 – 13.00 Registration for General Assembly Municipal House, in front of Smetana Hall 09.00 - 12.30 General Assembly PROXY LETTER Municipal House, Smetana Hall 10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break Municipal House, Foyer 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch for all participants Hosted by Ond?ej Liška, Minister of the Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Municipal House, Pilsen Restaurant and Winehouse 12.30 – 14.00 Lunch for the Convention Key Players’ Municipal House, Gregr Hall 12.30 – 14.00 EUA Board Lunch (outgoing and newly elected Board) 14.00 – 15.00 Opening Ceremony Municipal House, Smetana Hall Chair: Václav Hampl, Rector, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic • Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth • Ond?ej Liška, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic • Jean-Marc Rapp, EUA President 15.00 – 15.30 Coffee Break Municipal House, Foyer 15.30 – 17.30 Plenary Session I – European strategies for Europe’s universities Municipal House, Smetana Hall Chair: Jean-Marc Rapp, incoming EUA President Key Note Speeches and plenary debate: • André Sapir, Université libre de Bruxelles, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Belgium • Geoffrey Boulton, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom • Jo Ritzen, President, University Maastricht, the Netherlands 19.30 – 22.00 Concert and Welcome Reception Hosted by Pavel Bém, Mayor of the City of Prague Municipal House, Smetana Hall and 1st Floor Hallway Friday 20 March 2009 09.00 – 13.00 Thematic clusters: Venues: University, Historic and New buildings and Municipal House Cluster 1: The University as an inclusive and responsive institution [ URL "http://www.eua convention-2009/themes/#c1866"] University, Historic Building, Patriotic Room, 1st Floor Chair: Pam Fredman, Rector, Gothenburg University, Sweden WG 1: Enhancing employability: Access, retention and quality University, Historic Building, Small Hall, 1st Floor WG 2: Developing institutional strategies for lifelong learning and targeted portfolios of University, Historic Building, Emperor’s Room, Ground Floor WG 3: Master Degrees in Europe as a preparation for further academic study and professiona University, Historic Building, Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor Cluster 2 Universities as research institutions [ URL "http://www.eua.be/events/eua-conven #c1862"] University, New Building, Room 22 Chair: Rolf Tarrach, Rector, University of Luxemburg WG 4: Strengthening research careers in Europe’s universities University, New Building, Room 22 WG 5: University-business research collaboration University, New Building, Room 21 Cluster 3: Governing and managing complex institutions – New challenges in higher educatio institution response [ URL "http://www.eua.be/events/eua-convention-2009/themes/#c1863"] Municipal House, Sladovsky Hall Chair: Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick, United Kingdom WG 6: Financial sustainability and funding Municipal House, Riegr Hall WG 7: Adjusting governance structures Municipal House, Mayor’s Hall WG 8: Concentration measures and mergers Municipal House, Salon 1 Cluster 4: Global outreach – Europe’s interaction with the wider world [ URL "http://www.e convention-2009/themes/#c1956"] Municipal House, Gregr Hall Chair: Stefan Hormuth, Rector, University of Giessen, Germany WG 9: Doctoral education – A driver for the internationalisation of teaching, research, an Municipal House, Gregr Hall WG 10: Off-shore campuses and programmes – a main stream activity for Europe’s universitie Municipal House, Palacky Hall WG 11: A Global Forum for the European Higher Education Area Municipal House, Patisserie 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break 13.00 – 15.00 Lunch for all participants Municipal House, Pilsen Restaurant and Winehouse 13.00 – 15.00 Working lunch for cluster chairs and rapporteurs Municipal House, Patisserie 15.00 - 16.30 Plenary Session II – The challenges for the next decade Municipal House, Smetana Hall Chair: Lesley Wilson, EUA Secretary General • Presentation of cluster outcomes by the Chairs of each cluster and plenary debate (to be the Prague Declaration) • Respondent: Ligia Deca, Chairperson, ESU 16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break Municipal House, Foyer 17.00 - 18.00 Closing Ceremony Municipal House, Smetana Hall Chair: Georg Winckler, Rector, University of Vienna, Austria, and outgoing EUA President • Report from the General Rapporteur, Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University, U • Closing speech, by Jean-Marc Rapp, incoming EUA President • Invitation to EUA Autumn conference in Giessen, by Stefan Hormuth, Rector, Justus-Liebig Giessen, Germany 20.00 – 23.00 Gala Dinner Prague Castle, Spanish Hall Buses to the venue will be provided, departure at 19.30. Meeting point: Municipal House Saturday 21 March 2009 10.00 – 12.00 The EUA Open Forum – parallel sessions University, Historic Building Session1: Global Rankings - institutional responses University, Historic Building, Small Hall Chair: Rolf Tarrach, Rector, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg • Ellen Hazelkorn, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland • Sharifah Hapsah, University Kebansaang, Malaysia Session 2: Specific challenges facing universities with medical schools and hospitals University, Historic Building, Patriotic Room • Peter Suter, President, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, and Vice-Rector, University o Switzerland. • Benjamin van Camp, Pro-Rector, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Session 3: The "Sciex Code" - A Professional Toolkit for High Class Scientific Exchange in University, Historic Building, Lecture Hall • Guido Vergauwen, Rector, University of Fribourg, President of the Steering Committee of "The Scientific Exchange programme between Switzerland and the New Member States" • Jiri Malek, Rector, University of Pardubice,Main partner in pilot project "Tools enhancing high class scientific exchanges in Europe" • Mathias Stauffacher, Secretary General, CRUS, Switzerland "Agreements between Rector's Conferences on Joint Doctoral Degrees" Panel discussion (Guido Vergauwen, Vaclav Hampl, Mathias Stauffacher, Johanna Ziberi): Oth Feedback and Inspirations. 09.00 – 12.30 Meeting of new EUA Board members only University, Historic Building, Small lecture hall, 2nd Floor 12.30 Optional lunch for new EUA Board Restaurant U Supa 12.30 –14.30 Lunch for all participants University, Historic Building, Room 16a, Ground Floor 14.30 Optional guided tour of the Charles University in Prague detailed information on the 5th EUA Convention 2009 on the website [ URL "http://www.eua.b convention-2009"] Jean-Marc Rapp – prezident EUA