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Tuesday, July15, 2008
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Inaugural
Ceremony and Welcome Reception
-
Goolam
Mohamedbhai, President,
International Association of
Universities
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Hans Stoof, Rector,
Utrecht University
- Nick
Burnett, Assistant
Director-General for Education, UNESCO
- Robert Giesberts,
Loco Mayor of
Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Eva Egron Polak, IAU Secretary-General
Introduction to the theme
- Hans
van Ginkel , Former
Rector
Utrecht University, United Nations University
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Welcome
Presentation
Chair
Goolam Mohamedbhai, President, IAU
Speaker
- Ronald H.A.
Plasterk, Dutch Minister of
Education, Culture and Science
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Opening
Dialogue
University
as Local and Global Actor
Bringing together heads of HEIs and major
intergovernmental agencies
whose policies affect higher education around the world, this Dialogue
will introduce the themes of the General Conference. In an
informal Q and A style, participants will be invited to share their
views about the expected and real roles and responsibilities of higher
education institutions, their capacities and constraints to fulfil
them. How international organizations, such as UNESCO, World Bank, and
OECD may help to create the policy environment in which strong and
responsible universities can work to address local and global needs
will also be examined.
Moderator:
- Paul Schnabel,
Director, Social Cultural Planning
Office (SCP), Netherlands
Institute for
Social Research/
Participants:
- Nick Burnett, Assistant Director-General for Education,
UNESCO
- Aart de Geus, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
- Jamil Salmi, Coordinator, Network of Tertiary Education
Professionals, World Bank
- Yvonne van
Rooy, President, Utrecht
University, The Netherlands
- Akilagpa
Sawyerr, Secretary-General,
Association of African Universities
- Juan
Alejandro Tobias, President,
Universidad del Salvador, Argentina
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Thematic
Plenary I
HIGHER
EDUCATION – SERVING AND SHAPING SOCIETY
Are HEIs adequately and effectively responding to the most important
challenges of human and social development today? How can higher
education contribute to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals
(MDG) are met? How must the three traditional missions of higher
education – teaching and learning, research, and community service, be
balanced to anchor HEIs locally, while serving humanity more globally?
These and other questions are at the core of this Plenary session. It
will explore such topics as the evolving civic role of HEIs, how to
educate for intercultural understanding, for global and local
sustainability. Recognizing that higher education is part of a whole
educational system, the Plenary will link the issues of equitable
access and successful learning, to the need for building a seamless
education system that offers all learners varied and interconnected
learning pathways for entry and exit.
Chair:
- Juan Ramon de
la Fuente, Former Rector,
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
Speakers:
- Brenda Gourley, Vice-Chancellor,
the Open University, UK
- Monte
Cassim, President,
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific
University, Japan
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Parallel Workshops – Series A
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
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Thematic
Plenary II
HIGHER EDUCATION AND INNOVATION –
THE GOOD,
THE BAD AND THE UNKNOWN
For most, innovation represents the key to progress, the sine qua non
of development and a solution to all problems. Indeed, innovation
is embedded in most products and services around us. Through
their role in research, universities and other higher education
institutions hold the key to innovation. Are they as involved in
measuring and understanding the full impact of innovation and
scientific discoveries on the daily life of citizens? As
institutions at the forefront of knowledge creation, are HEIs also
fulfilling their ethical responsibilities to assess, monitor and
explain the results of their scientific research? How and under what
conditions does research translate into innovation? What constitutes an
innovative HEI?
Chair:
- Sheikha Abdulla
Al-Misnad, President, Qatar University, Qatar
Speakers:
- Wayne
C.
Johnson, Director,
Strategic University Customer Relations Worldwide at Hewlett-Packard,
USA
- Jun Zhu, Vice-President for International Affairs,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Yitzhak Apeloig,
President, Technion - Israel Institute
of Technology, Israel
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Thematic
Plenary III
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN HIGHER
EDUCATION TO
MEET NEW GOALS
Expanding opportunities for all students, improving the match between
societal demands and what higher education offers; diversifying and
improving the quality of programmes; strengthening research; improving
leadership, governance, and management; coping with the diminishing
public funds and pressures to find new resources are just some of the
pressures experienced by higher education institutions worldwide.
The imperative to adapt and change is felt in nearly every context, and
alternative approaches are being explored and tested everywhere--
within institutions, at national level, as well as through
international networks, partnerships, and specialized projects.
This Plenary will bring together both institutional and governmental
perspectives on the reforms that are needed or taking place to meet the
multiple goals of higher education.
Chair:
- Abdul Razak
Dzulkifli, Vice-Chancellor,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Speakers:
- Atta-Ur-Rahman,
Federal Minister/Chairman, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad,
Pakistan
- António Sampaio da
Nóvoa, Rector,
University of Lisbon, Portugal
- Saleem
Badat,
Vice-Chancellor, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Ligia Deca, President, European Students’ Union,,
Brussels, Belgium
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Friday, July 18, 2008
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Special
Forum
COMPARING,
CLASSIFYING AND RANKING HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
The increasing number of HEIs and the need to differentiate between
them, coupled with fast growing competition has contributed to the
recent boom in comparisons, rankings and classifications of HEIs.
Higher education stakeholders (heads of HEIs, academic and
administrative staff, students, decision-makers and the public) are
closely monitoring these initiatives. Institutional leaders are
contesting their value, questioning their methodology, while at the
same time using results when they are positive.
This Special Forum will address areas such as the rationale and need
for comparisons, rankings and classifications and the differences
between these approaches, the players involved, criteria and
methodologies used. It will also examine the impact of such
different approaches on institutions, on public understanding of HE and
question the limitations and risks involved, including for
students.
Chair
- Molly Broad, President, American Council on Education
(ACE), USA
Speakers
- Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise, and
Dean of the Graduate School, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin,
Ireland
- Frans van Vught, Honorary Professor of Comparative Higher
Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, Enschede, The
Netherlands
- Richard Yelland, Division Head, Programme on Educational
Building,
OECD/EDU/IMHE
- Ying Cheng, Lecturer, Institute of Higher Education,
Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Closing
Plenary
Chair:
- Goolam
Mohamedbhai, IAU President,
Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius
Reflections
on the
Conference Theme
- Hans van Ginkel, Former
President, International Association of Universities, Former Rector,
UNU and Utrecht University
Remarks
- Hans Stoof, Rector, Utrecht
University
Thanks
- Eva Egron-Polak, IAU Secretary-General
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