2nd International Conference on World-Class Universities
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31 October - 2 November, 2007
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Shanghai, China
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Wednesday, 31 October, 2007
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Whole day
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Arrival of participants
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19:00-21:00
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Welcome reception
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Thursday, 1 November, 2007
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8:30-9:00
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Opening Session: Welcome remarks and overview of meeting objectives
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Prof. Nian Cai Liu, Director, Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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Dr. Jan Sadlak, Director, UNESCO-CEPES
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9:00-10:00
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Session I: Plenary Lecture
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Chair: Dr. Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank
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Prof. Philip G. Altbach, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA
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"Empires of knowledge: the challenges of world-class research universities in developing countries"
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30-12:00
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Session II: Conceptual Aspects of World-Class Universities
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Chair: Prof. Hans Weder, President, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Prof. Monique Canto-Sperber, Director, École Normal Superieure, France
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"About evaluation of world class universities: Respect of differences between nations in the definition of evaluation criteria"
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Prof. André Siganos, Director General, CampusFrance, France
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"Rankings, governance and attractiveness: the new French context"
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Uwe Brandenburg and Prof. Detlef Mueller Boeling, Director, Center for Higher Education Development (CHE), Germany
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"Identifying the best: the CHE-ranking of excellent European graduate programmes in natural sciences"
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General discussion
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12:00-14:00
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Lunch
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14:00-15:30
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Session III: National Strategies for Building World-Class Universities – Part 1
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Chair: Prof. Monique Canto-Sperber, Director, Ecole Normale Supérieure, France
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Prof. Hans Weder, President, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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"Quality assurance and promotion of excellence in the Swiss university system"
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Prof. Vladimir Troyan, St. Petersburg University, Russia
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"Main principles of the strategy on building world-class universities in Russia"
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Prof. Bertrand Bellon, Director, ADIS, University Paris-Sud (XI), France
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"The restructuring of the national French system of research and world-class universities"
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General discussion
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15:30-16:00
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Coffee Break
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16:00-18:00
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Session IV: National Strategies for Building World-Class Universities – Part 2
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Chair: Prof. Detlef Müller-Böling, Director, Center for Higher Education Development (CHE), Germany
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Prof. Anders Flodström, Chancellor, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, Sweden
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"Swedish strategies for world-class status in the context of university rankings - metrics for academic science"
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Prof. Ivan Rozman, Rector, and Prof. Marko Marhl, Vice-Rector, University of Maribor, Slovenia
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"Improving quality of universities by world-university-ranking in Slovenia and the Danube region"
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Prof. Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, Tohoku University, Japan
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"The new direction of Japanese higher education policy: Conflicts between global and domestic logic"
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Prof. Kampechara Puriparinya, ChulalongKorn University, Thailand
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"Strategies towards the world-class universities of Thai higher education institutions"
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General discussion
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19:00-21:00
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Dinner
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Friday, 2 November, 2007
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8:30-10:00
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Session V: Institutional Practices for Building World-Class Universities – Part 1
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Chair: Prof. Bertrand Bellon, Director, ADIS, University Paris-Sud (XI), France
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Prof. Jing Huan Shi, Tsinghua University, China
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"Combining the vision, mission and actions: Tsinghua’s experience in building the world-class university"
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Prof. José-Ginés Mora, Director, Center for the Study of Higher Education, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
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"Strategies for developing a world-class university in a complex context: the case of the Valencia University of Technology"
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Associate Prof. Gil Sun Song, Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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"A step toward a world-class research university: Seoul National University"
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10:00-10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30-12:00
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Session VI: Institutional Practices for Building World-Class Universities –Part 2
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Chair: Dr. Kathryn Mohrman, Executive Director, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, and Johns Hopkins University, USA
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Dr. Tony Sheil, Senior Manager, Research Policy Office for Research, Griffith University, Australia
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"Implications of world university rankings for national and institutional research strategy of small developed nations"
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Prof. Richard Russell, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Adelaide, Australia
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"The pursuit of ‘scale and focus’ at the University of Adelaide"
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Prof. Salem Al-Agtash, Dean, School of Information & Computing, German-Jordanian University, Jordan
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"Class universities in developing countries: German-Jordanian University model"
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General discussion
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12:00-14:00
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Lunch
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14:00-15:30
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Session VII: Cooperation and Competition among Research Universities
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Chair: Associate Prof. Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, Tohoku University, Japan
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Dr. Kathryn Mohrman, Executive Director, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, and Johns Hopkins University, USA
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"Educational exchanges: What world-class universities should not adopt from U.S. higher education"
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Anatoly Oleksiyenko, Higher Education Group, University of Toronto, Canada
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"Global portfolios and strategic international partnerships of a major research university"
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Nicola Owen, Academic Registrar, University of Warwick, UK
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"Elite scientists and the global brain drain"
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General discussion
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15:30-16:00
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Coffee Break
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16:00-17:00
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Session VIII: World-Class Universities – International Perspectives
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Chair: Prof. Jie Zhang, President, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Dr. Jamil Salmi, Tertiary Education Coordinator, The World Bank
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"Creating world-class universities: a World Bank view"
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Dr. Jan Sadlak, Director, UNESCO-CEPES
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"The impact of ‘seeking world-class status’ from the point of view of internationalization/globalization"
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17:00-17:30
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Final Discussion and Closing Remarks
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Prof. Nian Cai Liu, Director, Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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Dr. Jan Sadlak, Director, UNESCO-CEPES
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