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4th International Conference on World-Class Universities |
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October 30 - November 2, 2011 |
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Shanghai, China |
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Sunday,30 October |
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Whole day |
Arrival of participants |
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19:00-21:00 |
Reception |
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Monday, 31 October |
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8:30-9:00 |
Opening Session: Welcoming and Opening Address |
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Prof. Nian Cai Liu, Dean, Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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Prof. Jan Sadlak, President, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence |
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Mr. Mark Garlinghouse, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Thomson Reuters
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9:00-10:00 |
Session I: Keynote Lecture |
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Chair: Prof. Nian Cai Liu, Dean, Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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Dr. Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank |
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The road to academic excellence: Lessons of experience |
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10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Session II: National Policies on Building WCU – Part 1 |
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Chair: Prof. Marijk van der Wende, Dean, Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands |
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Sir Alan Langlands, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England, United Kingdom |
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Promoting excellence for the 21st century |
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Prof. Nikolay Skvortsov, Vice-Rector for Research, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia |
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World-class universities: Experience and practice of Russian universities |
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Prof. Simon Marginson, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia |
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Different approaches to a shared goal: How variations in state traditions and strategies are differentiating the approach to building WCUs |
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General discussion
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:30 |
Session III: National Policies on Building WCU – Part 2 |
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Chair: Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Director of Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA |
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Dr. Luiz Cláudio Costa, Secretary of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Brazil |
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The benefits of quality and excellence for Brazilian higher education |
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Prof. Shou-Hsuan Stephen Huang, Department of Computer Science, The University of Houston, USA |
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Developing tier one universities: The Texas approach |
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Prof. Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, and Ms. Mariko Watanabe, University of Tokyo, Japan |
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The changing roles of world class universities during the national crisis in Japan |
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Prof. Yung-Chi Hou (Angela), Fu Jen Catholic University and Dean of the Office of Research & Development, Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan, Taiwan |
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A reassessment of the Asian excellence programs in higher education - the Taiwan experience |
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General discussion
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15:30-16:00 |
Coffee Break |
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16:00-18:00 |
Session IV: Institutional Practices of Building WCU – Part 1 |
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Chair: Prof. Pierre de Maret, Former Rector, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
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Prof. Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen, Rector, Aarhus University, Denmark |
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Making a strong university stronger: Change without a burning platform |
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Prof. Vaclav Havlicek, Rector, and Prof. Vojtech Petracek, Vice Rector for Science and Research, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic |
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Strategy and global priorities of technical university |
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Dr. Enrique Zepeda Bustos, Vice-President of International Affairs and Prof. Adriana Rojas Martínez, Director for Strategic Projects, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico |
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Monterrey Institute of Technology and the case of international liaison offices |
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Prof. Sadiq M. Sait, Director of Information Technology Center, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia |
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Policies on building world-class universities in Saudi Arabia: An impact study with KFUPM's example |
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General discussion
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19:00-21:00 |
Conference Dinner |
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Dinner Speech by Prof. Jie Zhang, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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Tuesday, 1 November |
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9:00-10:00 |
Session V: Keynote Lecture |
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Chair: Prof. Simon Marginson, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia |
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Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA |
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World-class research universities in the BRICs: Potential and challenges in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
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10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
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10:30-12:00 |
Session VI: Institutional Practices of Building WCU – Part 2 |
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Chair: Mr. Pawan Agarwal, Adviser for Higher Education, Government Planning Commission, India |
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Prof. Francis-Luc Perret, Vice-President for Planning and Logistics, and Dr. Michel Bourquin, Deputy Vice-President & Logistics Project Manager, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Private Public Partnership (PPP): A way of boosting the dynamics of the EPFL campus |
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Prof. Marijk van der Wende, Dean, Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands |
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Trends towards global excellence in undergraduate education: Taking the liberal arts experience into the 21st century |
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Prof. Gerard Postiglione, and Dr. Jisun Jung, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Patterns of productivity among Asia's top tier researchers |
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General discussion
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-15:00 |
Session VII: Use of Rankings in Building WCU |
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Chair: Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Former Chief of Higher Education Section, UNESCO |
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Dr. Freya Mearns, Policy Officer for Research Excellence and Mr.Tony Sheil, Deputy Director of Research Policy & Strategy, Griffith University, Australia |
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Global benchmarking and partner selection using world university rankings and classifications |
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Prof. Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
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Global rankings narrow the influence gap between universities in developed nations and emerging nations |
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Prof. Danie Visser, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Dr. Marilet Sienaert, Director of Research Office, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
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Rational and constructive use of rankings: A challenge for universities in the global South |
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General discussion
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15:00-15:30 |
Coffee Break
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15:30-17:00 |
Session VIII: Indicators of WCU |
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Chair: Dr. Ghislaine Filliatreau, Director, Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, France |
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Prof. Ying Cheng, Executive Director of Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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The statistical analysis of world-class universities |
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Mr. Simon Pratt, Project Manager for Institutional Research, Thomson Reuters |
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Thomson Reuters Institutional Profiles: A new approach to evaluating academic institutions |
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Dr. Isidro F. Aguillo, Head of Cybermetrics Lab, National Research Council (CSIC), and Mr. Enrique Orduña-Malea, Research Fellow, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain |
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World-class universities and the Webometrics Ranking: Designing and implementing G-factor and new web indicators
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17:00-17:30 |
Closing Session |
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Prof. Nian Cai Liu, Dean of Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
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Prof. Jan Sadlak, President, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
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19:00-21:30 |
Social Events |
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Wednesday, 2 November |
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Whole day |
Post-conference sightseeing |
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Whole day |
Departure of participants |
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