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Thursday, 24 May
11:00 – 13:45 Welcome, registration of participants at lunch time
13:45 – 14:00 Welcome by Jan Madey, EUNIS President
14:00 – 16:00 Panel discussion
The future of Higher Education
Discussion: Expectations and priorities for the future of Higher Education. European policies for HE and the importance of finding new organization and cooperation models in a globalized word. Has IT a role to play?
Chair: Jan Madey, EUNIS President
Ana Costa Freitas, Bureau of European Policy Advisers, European Commission
Zbigniew Marciniak, Vice-Minister for Science and Higher Education (Poland)
Jean Charles Pomerol, Conférence des Présidents d'Université (France)
J. Marques dos Santos, Rector of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Ivo Vondrák, Rector of TUO (Czech Republic)
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00 Session I
Leveraging Investments in IT
Theme: The key enabling role that the use of IT will have to play to cope with the demanding expectations of the HEI in terms of agility, low fixed costs, service orientation and user satisfaction, in the context of today's competitive markets. New types of investment and service delivery models such as cloud computing-based services, will be examined at this session.
Chair: Jean-François Desnos, EUNIS Executive Secretary
Josef Hynek, Rector of UHK (Czech Republic)
Jeff Haywood, Chief Information Officer of the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) - http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/bestpractice/surveys/statistics.aspx
Roman Cabálek, General Director of Microsoft Czech Republic (Czech Republic)
19:00 – ... Welcome reception in the Malostransky Palace
Friday, 25 May
09:00 – 10:30 Session II
Addressing the Challenges of Technology-enhanced Learning
Theme: The provision of flexible learning paths and the support of student-centred learning, as called by the Bologna reforms, together with the economic and financial constraints and the demographic changes in Europe are driving new models and approaches for lifelong learning and, in particular, e-learning. At this session different strategies for applying technology to enhance both efficiency and the learning experience will be addressed as well as related issues namely quality assurance and academic integrity.
Chair: Lígia Ribeiro, EUNIS
Paul Ruehl, Managing Director of Bavarian Virtual University (Germany)
Grzegorz Jarzembski, Former Vice-Rector at Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Leo Plugge, Executive Secretary Scientific Technical Council, SURF (Netherlands)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Session III
Processes and Tools for Higher Education Management
Theme: Universities are seen as key for the EU's growth strategy and knowledge is recognized as the critical factor for global competitiveness. It is not surprising, thus, finding universities under strong pressure to achieve increasing levels of excellence both in education and research, plus the ability of being more efficient with their finances and human resources. The benefits of combining operational data and analytical tools to make better decisions and drive value as well as to diminish the overhead of assessment exercises are to be discussed in this session.
Chair: Ivan Vrana, EUNIS-CZ President
Anita Lehikoinen, Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland)
Jordi Masias Muntada, Director of Universities in Catalonia (Spain)
Emilio Ferrari, CINECA President (Italy)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 Social programme
19:30 – ... Gala dinner in Kaiserstein Palace
Saturday, 26 May
08:30 – 10:00 Birds of a Feather Breakfast
Participants are organized by table and discuss the key take away ideas of the conference, identifying strategies and actions with strong potential where EUNIS can bring added value to Higher Education Institutions in Europe.
10:00 – 12:00 Debrief and Closing
Jan Madey, EUNIS President
Ivan Vrana, EUNIS-CZ President
Lígia Ribeiro, EUNIS
12:00 - ... Lunch