WCU-5

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5th International Conference on World-Class Universities

(WCU-5)

3-6 November, 2013

Shanghai, China

Program

Sunday, 3 November
Whole day	Arrival of participants
19:00-21:00	Reception
Monday, 4 November
8:30-9:00	*Opening Session: Welcome Remarks and Overview of* *Meeting Objectives*
	Introduction: Nian Cai Liu, Dean, Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
	Zhongqin Lin, Executive Vice-President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
	Jan Sadlak, President, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
	Paulina González-Pose, Chief, Section for Higher Education, Education Sector, UNESCO
	Keith MacGregor, Executive Vice President, Thomson Reuters
9:00-10:00	*Session I: Keynote*
	Chair: Paulina González-Pose, Chief, Section for Higher Education, Education Sector, UNESCO
	Michel Rocard, Former Prime Minister (1988-1991), France A new push in French excellence: Could France again be capable of world-class research?
10:00-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-12:00	*Session II: National Reflections on WCU Initiatives - Part 1*
	Chair: Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, Former Chief, Higher Education Section, UNESCO
	Isak Froumin, Head of Institute of Education, Higher School of Economics, Russia and Alexander Povalko, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science, Russia Lessons from the national excellence initiatives in Russia
	Marijk van der Wende, Dean, Amsterdam University College, Netherlands On mergers and missions: implications for institutional governance and governmental steering
	Kathryn Mohrman, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, USA Competition among research universities: Work in progress
	General discussion
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:30	*Session III: National Reflections on WCU Initiatives - Part 2*
	Chair: Sahel N. Abduljauwad, Vice Rector for Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia
	Geo-Suk Suh, President, Chonbuk National University & Chairman, Korean Council for University Education, South Korea and Sang-June Park, Deputy Vice-President for Planning Korean government’s policies and strategies to foster world-class universities
	Gerard A. Postiglione, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Anchoring globalization in Hong Kong Research Universities
	Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan and Yung Chi Hou (Angela), Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Continuity and transformation: Continuous challenges for world-class status among universities in Taiwan and Japan as aging societies
	Futao Huang, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, Japan The internationalization of Japan’s Academy and university
	General discussion
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-18:00	*Session IV: Institutional Practice on Building WCU*
	Chair: Pierre de Maret, Former Rector, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
	Osama S. Tayeb, President and Adnan H. Zahed, Vice President for Graduate Studies & Scientific Research, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Towards a world-class university: The role of international advisers
	Mircea Dumitru, Rector, Magdalena Iordache Platis, Vice Rector and Paul Serban Agachi, Counselor, University of Bucharest, Romania The road to world-class status: The case of University of Bucharest
	Charles A. Goldman, Senior Economist, Rand Corporation, USA Strategic planning methods for building world-class universities
	General discussion
19:00-21:00	Conference Dinner
Tuesday, 5 November
8:30-9:30	*Session V: Plenary Speech*
	Chair: Marijk van der Wende, Dean, Amsterdam University College, Netherlands
	William G. Tierney, Former President, American Educational Research Association & Co-director, Pullias Center for Higher Education, University of Southern California, USA Privatization, the state, and the transformation of world class research universities
9:30-10:00	Coffee Break
10:00-12:00	*Session VI: Challenges to Building WCU*
	Chair: Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert, Morocco
	Philip G. Altbach, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA Maintaining world-class: American challenges
	Georg Krücken, University of Kassel, Germany The challenges of the Excellence Initiative in Germany
	Andres Bernasconi, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile Too small to succeed: Scale limits to global distinction
	Pawan Agarwal, Adviser, Higher Education Planning Commission, India Can India build world-class universities?
	General discussion
12:00-13:30	Lunch
13:30-15:30	*Session VII: Global University Rankings - Experience of Ranking Makers*
	Moderator: Jan Sadlak, President, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
	Ying Cheng, Executive Director, Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Academic Ranking of World Universities
	Ben Sowter, Head of Division, QS Intelligence Unit, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, UK QS World University Rankings
	John Morgan, Deputy News Editor, Times Higher Education, UK THE World University Rankings
	Gero Federkeil, Manager-in-charge of Rankings, Center for Higher Education, Germany and Adam Tyson, Head of Unit - Higher Education, Modernisation Agenda and Erasmus, European Commission U-Multirank Project
	General discussion
15:30-16:00	Coffee Break
16:00-17:30	*Session VIII: Global University Rankings – Impact and Applications*
	Moderator: Alex Usher, President, Higher Education Strategy Associates, Canada
	Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert, Morocco From Individual Ranking to National Benchmarking
	Ellen Hazelkorn, Vice President, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland And then there were 10+: Reflections on a decade of global rankings
	Barbara M. Kehm, Kassel, Germany Global University Rankings – Impacts and Applications
	General discussion
17:30-18:00	Closing Session
	Nian Cai Liu, Dean of Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
	Jan Sadlak, President, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
Wednesday, 6 November
Whole day	Post-conference sightseeing
Whole day	Departure of participants

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