Reunião de Alto Nível sobre a Modernização das Universidades na Europa

Esta reunião considera as principais tendências de reforma das universidades com o objectivo de clarificar a diversidade de desafios e oportunidades que enfrentam, especialmente como atraírem e manterem novos talentos na Europa e como podem responder aos desafios globais de investigação e concorrência internacional por recursos humanos altamente qualificados.

A reunião conta com a participação do Ministro e do Secretário de Estado da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior de Portugal e dos Comissários Europeus para a Ciência e Investigação e para a Educação, Formação, Cultura e Juventude, bem como de reitores e outros responsáveis de topo de destacadas universidades europeias como: Karlsruhe University, RWTH Aachen University, Technical University of Darmstadt e Technical University of Munich da Alemanha, Paris Tech de Paris eUniversity Cergy-Pontoise da França, Delft University of Technology da Holanda, Politecnico di Milano da Itália, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge e University of Oxford do Reino Unido, Chalmers University of Technology e Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) da Suécia, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) e ETH Zürich da Suiça.

PROGRAMME:

09:30:   Plenary 1 – A vision for the modernisation of universities in Europe

Welcome Remarks:
António Rendas, Rector, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Chairman:
José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

Janez Potocnik, EU Commissioner for Science and Research
Ján Figel, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth

Horst Hippler, Rector, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Ralph Eichler, President, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
Ewan McKendrick, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Axel Horstmann, Volkswagen Stiftung , Germany
Diogo Lucena, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal

11:15:   Coffee Break – Press Conference

11:45:   Plenary 2 – Funding and Steering

How to modernise funding mechanisms and ensure a better balance between institutional and competitive funding for universities to meet the global challenges of research and international competition?

Chairmen:
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
Fernando Seabra Santos, President of the Portuguese Council of Rectors (CRUP), Portugal

Invited Speaker:
Paul David, University of Oxford, UK, and University of Stanford, United States of America

Discussion:
Ian Leslie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Rolf Rossaint, Deputy Rector and Chairperson of the Presidency Committee of the Board for Finances, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Cyrille Van Effenterre, President, Paris Tech, France
Gunnar Landgren, Vice-President, Royal Institute of Technology, (KTH), Sweden

Debate

13:00:   Lunch

14:30:   Parallel Session 3A – Autonomy and Accountability

Promoting dynamic and responsive universities: How best to widen the scope of institutional autonomy while ensuring effective accountability?

Chairmen:
Jose Encarnação, Technical University of Darmstadt & INI Graphics net Foundation, Germany
Alberto Amaral, Director - Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES), and University of Porto, Portugal

Invited Speakers:
Paulo Santiago OECD Education Department
António Camara, CEO- Y-DREAMS, and Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Discussion:
Karin Markides, President, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Thierry Coulhon, President, University Cergy-Pontoise, Paris, France
Hannemor Keidel, Vice President, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Winfried Heinzel, Director for International & External Affairs, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Jean François Ricci, Advisor to the President, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),
Switzerland

Debate

14:30:   Parallel Session 3B – Research and Internationalisation

Fostering the internationalisation of universities: How to promote European university networks able to foster attractive and competitive research and learning environments and to attract and train highly qualified human resources?

Chairmen:
Jean-Pierre Contzen, Chairman, Von Karman Institute, Belgium
João Sentieiro, President, Science and Technology Foundation, Portugal

Invited Speakers:
Dagmar Meyer, Irish Universities Association (former President, Marie Curie Fellowship Association)
Francisco Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America

Discussion:
Mary Ritter, Pro-Rector, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Martin Vetterli, Vice-President for International Relations, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Giancarlo Spinelli , Rector’s Delegate for International Relations, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Hans Beunderman, Director, Strategic & Management Support, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Inge Knudsen, Director, Coimbra Group Office

Debate

16:00:   Coffee Break

16:30:   Plenary 4 – Closing Session

António Morão Dias, Director General for Higher Education, Portugal
Koen Geven, President, European Student´s Union (ESU)
Georg Winckler, President, European University Association (EUA)
Ian Halliday, President, European Science Foundation (ESF)

Conference Overview:
Abrar Hasan (UNESCO)

Closing Remarks:
Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

Short biographical notes of Speakers