Programme
Monday, 09 June 2014 | |
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Reception |
Tuesday,10 June 2014 | ||
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08:30-09:00
09:00-10:00 10:00-10:30 |
Registration Opening Ceremony
• Issa Batarseh, President,
• Sultan Abu Orabi, Secretary
General, Association of Arab Universities (AArU) • Helena Nazaré, President, European University Association (EUA) • Joanna Wronecka, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jordan
• HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan
Coffee Break
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10:30-11:30 |
Keynotes: EU-Arab Relations and the Critical Role of Higher Education and Research Cooperation Speakers
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Essam Sharaf, Former
• Robert Quinn, Executive Director,
Scholars at Risk / Council of the Magna Charta Observatory |
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11:30-13:00 |
Panel 1:
Internationalizing through Mobility Programmes
Chair: Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, EUA Panelists
1.
Christian Thomsen, President, Technische Universität Berlin 2. Wail Benjelloun,
President, 3. Jean-Luc Nahel, Advisor for Foreign Affairs, Conference of French University Presidents (CPU), France 4. Nathir Abu Obaid,
President, |
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13:00-14:30 | Lunch |
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14:30-17: |
Panel 2: Educating Global Citizens and Preparing for a Global Workforce: the Role of EU-Arab Higher Education Student and Staff Exchange
Chair: Antonio Rendas, Rector, University Nova Lisboa/President, Portuguese Rectors'
Conference, Portugal
Panelists
1. Mansoor
Al-Awar, Chancellor, HBMsU-Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, UAE
2.
Carla Salvaterra, Vicerector International Affairs,
3.
Erin Nordal, Executive Committee, European Students’
Union (ESU),
4.
Noura Al-Zoubi, Tafila Technical University, Jordan
Panelists
1.
Alaa Alkashwan, President,
2.
Franco Vigliotti, Dean, EPFL Middle East,
Switzerland 3. Hameed Aklan, President, University of Science and Technology, Yemen
4.
Mazen Omar Hasna, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Qatar University, Qatar Coffee Break Special
Roundtable:
University Autonomy and
Academic Freedom
·Discussion
facilitated by Sijbolt Noorda, President of the
Magna Charta Observatory |
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Tour to Downtown Amman and National Museum |
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Conference Gala Dinner at National Museum |
Wednesday, 11 June 2014 | |
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Panel 3: Specific Issues on the
Institutional Framework of Mobility |
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09:00-09:15 |
Introduction to Panel 3
•
Issa Batarseh, President, |
09:15-10:15 |
Panel 3.1- Embedding Mobility into Institutional Partnership: The Example of Joint Study Programmes
1.
Mary Bownes, Senior Vice Principal, External Engagement,
2.
Jean-Marc Bonnisseau, Vice-President International Relations, Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
3.
Inam Bioud, High Arab Institute of Translation, Algeria
Open Discussion |
10:15-11:15
11:15-11:30 |
1.
Juan J.Casares, President of the Commission for International Relations of the Spanish Rectors’ Conference,
3.
Marwan Awartani, President, Palestine Technical University, Palestine.
4.
Yasser Elshayeb, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria Embassies of Knowledge, Egypt
Open Discussion
Short Presentation of the Arab-Europe Leadership Network in Higher Education (ARELEN) • AbouBakr Fathalla, ARELEN Council Member, MENA Regional Manager, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK |
11:30-12:00 |
Coffee Break |
12:00-13:00 |
Panel 4: Towards an Arab
Mobility Programme and Reinforced EU-Arab Partnership
1.
Abdallah Al-Zoubi,
3. |
13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
14:30-15:00 |
Invited Speaker: European Policy Perspectives on Regional and bi-Regional Mobility • Jordi Curell, Director, Directorate General Education and Culture, European Commission |
15:00-15:30 |
Closing Keynote Speech
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15:30-16:00 |
Closing Session
1.
Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, EUA
2. Sultan Abu Orabi, Secretary General, AArU |
Thursday, 12 June 2014 | |
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07:00-21:00 |
Trip to Petra |