Monday 15 November

Welcome and Introduction  : Dr. Flemming G. Andersen, DEAN Chair

Keynote address; Out of the crisis into sustainable recovery , Mr Hans Martens

International policy – Sustaining excellence for Europe’s competitiveness and growth in difficult times: The challenges and the opportunities

Mr. Paulo Santiago, Senior Analyst, Education and Training Division Policy, OECD

The sciences contributions to interdisciplinary research, EPL and the European Physics Society

Prof. Dr. Michael Schreiber, Physics Institute, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany   

Theme 1: Dealing with the crisis: national examples and institutional responses from the sector 

Plenary session:

• Latvia : Prof. Dr. Marcis Auzinsh, Rector, University of Latvia
• Ireland : Dr. Ellen Hazelkorn, Director of Research and Enterprise and Dean of the Graduate Research School, Dublin Institute of Technology
• Greece : Prof. Peter Soldatos, Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Professor of Mathematics and Finance, Agricultural University of Athens

Parallel sessions – Case studie from:
• University of Stavanger  (Norway): Prof. Tor Hauken, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Education

Tuesday 16 November

THEME 2 – Taking up the challenge: Maintaining quality at a time of constrained resources

Keynote presentation: Prof. Matti Pursula, Executive Dean, School of Science and Technology, Aalto University, Finland

Panel Presentations:

• Internal Governance : Prof. David Gordon, President of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), former dean medical faculty Manchester
• Sustaining a strong human capital   – The challenges and the tools: Dr. Jutta Fedrowitz, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE)
• Financial sustainability : Know your costs, diversify your income, and boost academic productivity, Dr. Ben Jongbloed, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)

Parallel sessions – Examples from the disciplines

• Social Sciences and Economics , Prof. Troels Østergaard Sørensen, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Copenhagen University
• Medicine and healthcare : Dr. Valentine Collington, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health & Social Care Sciences, Kingston University/St George's University of London
• Engineering : Mr. Dirk Bochar, Secretary-General, European Federation of National Engineering Associations Brussels (FEANI)

THEME 3: Responding to the needs of society

Plenary session:

• Reaching out to the labour needs  – Degree programmes relevant to the demands of working life, Mr. Gernot Klotz, Executive Director Research and Innovation, European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)
• Taking up the Lifelong Learning Agenda : Mr. Patricio Montesinos, Director Lifelong Learning centre, Universidad Politècnica de Valencia
• Addressing societal needs with relevant strategic research and innovation : “strategic partnerships”: Dr. Helmut Thamer, Managing Director, TuTech Innovation, Hamburg, Germany

Closing presentation:

The way forward  , Prof. John Goddard, Newcastle University