European University Association, Annual Conference 2012 - Presentations

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Annual Conference, 22 March 2012

Opening Ceremony

• Welcome by Jean-Marc Rapp, former EUA President
• Welcome by Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Warwick (welcome speech and presentation) 
• Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England

Plenary Session I

Dialogue

• Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission
• Sir Richard Lambert, Chancellor of the University of Warwick

Plenary Session II

The different dimensions of sustainability

• Rt Hon David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science
• Lord Bhattacharyya, Chairman of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
• Maria Helena Nazaré, University of Aveiro and EUA President

 

Working Group Session (I)

TRACK 1: European funding

• Marcin Palys, University of Warsaw
• Thomas Estermann, European University Association  

TRACK 2: Innovative campus management

• Alexandra den Heijer and Hans Beunderman, Delft University of Technology

TRACK 3: Collaborative research

Best practice illustrated by case studies from the EUIMA-Collaborative Research project

• Enrico Macii, Politecnico di Torino
• John Goddard, Newcastle University, EUIMA Steering Committee member

TRACK 4: The impact of technological & social change on higher education learning

• Anette Kolmos and Milan Vestergaard, Aalborg University

 

Working Group Sessions (II)

TRACK 1: Tuition fees in higher education

• International panel moderated by Dirk Jan Van den Berg, Delft University of Technology
• Christoph Badelt, Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Hannu Seristö, Aalto University
• Steve Smith, University of Exeter

TRACK 2: Sustainable campuses

• Pam Fredman, University of Gothenburg
• Sylvie Faucheux, University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

TRACK 3: Research tackling societal challenges

• Mary Ritter, Imperial College London
• Torbjørn Digernes, Norwegian University of Science and Technology  

TRACK 4: Universities engaging in shared learning initiatives with the community

• Maria Slowey, Dublin City University  
• Andrée Sursock, Senior Adviser, European University Association  
• Sabine Remdisch, Leuphana University of Lüneburg  (unable to participate) 

 

Final Plenary Session

Report

• Jon Baldwin, Murdoch University, Australia

Reflections

• Tony Chan, President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Allan Päll, Chairperson of the European Students’ Union

EUA’s activities for sustainable universities

• EUA President Maria Helena Nazaré