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MODERN CONFERENCE "GOVERNANCE"
9 June 2009 in Brussels, Belgium
The first MODERN conference took place in Brussels on Tuesday 9 June 2009.
Download the programme as PDF file.
Download the MODERN report on Higher Education Governance Reforms across Europe
Download below the PPT presentations of the speakers (click on the speech titles).
Conference Programme
Monday 8 June
| 19:30 |
Networking dinner |
| Opening speech Mr. Peter van der Hijden, Unit C4 (Universities and Researchers), DG Research, European Commission |
Tuesday 9 June
Conference Chair: Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President; MODERN project leader
Please note that the registration will take place at 8:30.
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome address and introduction: The MODERN platform - A key instrument for the modernisation of higher education management Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President |
| 9:15 - 9:45 | Presentation of key points from the MODERN report on governance Mr. Jon File, CHEPS |
| 9:45 - 10:30 | The EU Modernisation Agenda: University Governance - need for new approaches Mr. Robin van IJperen, Unit B3 (Higher Education), DG Education and Culture, European Commission |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Reforming university governance: The key challenges in Europe Prof. Peter Gaehtgens, Former President, Freie Universität Berlin, and former President, German Rectors' Conference |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Universities and business cooperating: Governance challenges Dr. Horst Soboll, Advisor European Commission and former Director of Research Policy and Communications, Daimler AG |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Buffet Lunch |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Workshops I. Institutional autonomy, Mr. Richard Yelland, OECD-IMHE II. Stakeholders' involvement, Mr. Jon File, CHEPS III. Academic leadership, Mr. Peter West, ECIU, University of Strathclyde |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Workshop Highlights and The Way Forward Prof. Frans van Vught, ESMU President |