CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Monday, 29 October

Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS),
University of Zagreb
Don Frana Bulića 4

Arrival of Participants - CAAS, Lobby
15:00 – 19:00

 
Registration
16:00 – 17:30
  
Guided City Tour
19:00 – 20:30
  
Welcome Reception

All sessions will be in the Centre for Advanced Academic Studies (CAAS)

Tuesday, 30 October

Introductory, Plenary and Panel Sessions

09:15 – 10:00   Welcome and Opening Addresses - Conference Hall
   

Welcome Addresses:

     

Aleksa BJELIS, General co-Chair, University of Zagreb
     

Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator, Stability Pact for SEE
     

Katia DOLGOVA-DREYER, Secretary, CDESR, Council of Europe
     

David CROSIER, Programme Development Director, EUA
     

Radovan FUCHS, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia
     

Radmila MARINKOVIC-NEDUCIN, Rector, University of Novi Sad
   

Opening Address:

     

Ladislav NOVAK, General co-Chair, University of Novi Sad
10:00 – 11:15  

Introductory Session - Conference Hall
Higher Education Reform as a Vehicle for Regional Cooperation: View from International Organisations

   

Chair
     Aleksa BJELIS, Rector, University of Zagreb

   

Introductory Speeches:
    1. 

Higher Education Institutional Reform as an Advance Guard for the Cooperation within Regional Cooperation Council/South Eastern Europe
Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator, Stability Pact for SEE

    2. Role of the Legislative Changes in Advancing Higher Education Institutional Reform
Katia DOLGOVA-DREYER, Secretary, CDESR, Council of Europe
    3. Higher Education Institutional Reforms with Student Eyes
Koen GEVEN, Chairperson, Executive Committee, ESU
    4. Bologna Process and Higher Education Institutional Reform: Do they Relate?
Per NYBORG, Former CD-ESR Chair, Council of Europe
    5.

Higher Education Institutional Reforms – an Emergency Bridge between the Societies in Conflict
Michel R. RICHTER, Co-Director, SPARK

    6.

Response to the Conference Questionnaire
Mike DAWNEY, Director, British Isles Region, Middlesex University , London

11:15 – 11:45   Refreshments - CAAS, Lobby
11:45 – 13:00  

Plenary Session 1 - Conference Hall
Institutional Reform/Amending Higher Education Legislation: View from National Higher Education Authorities
    Chairs
     Erhard BUSEK, Special Coordinator, Stability Pact for SEE
     Katia DOLGOVA-DREYER, Secretary, CDESR, Council of Europe
     Per NYBORG, Former CD-ESR Chair, Council of Europe
    Plenary Speeches:
    1.

Sigurd HÖLLINGER, Former Director-General, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria

    2.

Lennart STÅHLE, Head of the University Chancellor's Office, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education Head, Sweden

    3.

Radovan FUCHS, Assistant Minister for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Croatia

13:00 – 14:30  

Lunch - Rooms No. 1 & 2

14:30 – 15:45   Plenary Session 2 - Conference Hall
Higher Education Institutional Reform Process: View from Universities
   

Chairs
     Marijana GRANDITS, Director, WT I, Stability Pact for SEE
     Michael DAXNER, President, Magna Charta Observatory Collegium
     Koen GEVEN, Chairperson, Executive Committee, ESU
   

Plenary Speeches:

    1.

Jerzy WOZNICKI, President, Polish Rectors Foundation, Poland

    2. Vincas LAURUTIS, Rector, Siauliai University, Vilniaus, Lithuania
    3. Radmila MARINKOVIC-NEDUCIN, Rector, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
15:45 – 16:15   Refreshments - CAAS, Lobby
 

Participants are invited to choose one of the following two parallel panel sessions:

 
16:15 – 18:00   Panel Session 1 - Room No. 4
The Higher Education System
   

Chair
     Tom BOLAND, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland

   

Keynote Speeches:
    1.

Autonomy and accountability of universities: the role of buffer bodies
Tom BOLAND, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland

    2.

Foundation Universities: A Model for Reputable, Financially Autonomous and non-Profit Higher Education Institutions
Aybar ERTEPINAR, Vice-President, Turkish Council of Higher Education

    3.

Challenges of Higher Education Systems in South-Eastern Europe: A View from the World Bank
Nina ARNHOLD, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank

    Moderators:
   

     Tom BOLAND, Chief Executive, Higher Education Authority of Ireland
     Aybar ERTEPINAR, Vice President, Turkish Council of Higher Education
     Nina ARNHOLD, Senior Education Specialist, World Bank

    Rapporteur:
         Bahram BEKHRADNIA, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute, Oxford, UK
16:15 – 18:00  

Panel Session 2 - Room No. 5
The Integrated University

   

Chair
     Georg WINCKLER, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna

   

Keynote Speeches:

    1.

University Autonomy: Definition, Scope and the Austrian example
Georg WINCKLER, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna

    2. Institutional Governance and Structures: Coping with Uncertainties
Lazar VLASCEANU, Deputy Director, UNESCO-CEPES
    3. Student organizing within an integrated university
Milica POPOVIC, Executive Committee Member, ESU
    Moderators:
   

     Georg WINCKLER, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna
     Lazar VLASCEANU, Deputy Director, UNESCO-CEPES
     Milica POPOVIC, Executive Committee Member, ESU

   

Rapporteur:

         David CROSIER, Programme Development Director, EUA
19:30 – 21:30   Dinner - Restaurant Atlas Club Nautika, Brsalje 3

Wednesday, 31 October

Drafting of the Final Document and Closing Session

09:30– 10:45   Feedback from Panel Sessions and Agreement of the Communiqué - Conference Hall
   

Chairs
     David CROSIER, Programme Development Director, EUA
     Bahram BEKHRADNIA, Director, Education Policy Institute, AHRC
     Barbara WEITGRUBER , Advisor, Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research, Austria

10:45 – 11:15   Refreshments - CAAS, Lobby
11:15 – 12:30
  Closing Session - Conference Hall
   

Chair
     Georg WINCKLER, EUA President, Rector, University of Vienna

12:30 – 14:00   Lunch - Rooms No. 1 & 2
 

Departure of Participants