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, 2011
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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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Reception
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Monday, 31 October, 2011
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8:30-9:00
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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
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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
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Coffee Break
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10:30-12:00
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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
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Lunch
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13:30-15:30
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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
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Coffee Break
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16:00-18:00
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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
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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, 2011
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9:00-10:00
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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
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Coffee Break
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10:30-12:00
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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
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Lunch
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13:30-15:00
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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
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Coffee Break
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15:30-17:00
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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
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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
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Social Events
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Wednesday, 2 November, 2011
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Whole day
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Post-conference sightseeing
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Whole day
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Departure of participants
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