Symposium on Constructing the European Higher Education Area
Friday, 8 April and Saturday, 9 April 2005
Grainger Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Posted: 24 Feb 05
Revised: 5 Apr 05

Friday, 8 April - Morning Session

8:45-9:00 am - Welcome and Introduction to Speakers

Kris Olds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

Susan Robertson, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

9:00-9:30 am - Talk

Eric Froment, President, European University Association, Belgium (view biography)

9:30-10:00 am - Talk

Pavel Zgaga, Director, Centre for Educational Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana; former Minister of Education and Sport, Republic of Slovenia (view biography)

10:00-10:45 am - Questions and Facilitated Discussion

10:45-11:15 am - Coffee/Tea Break

11:20-11:50 am - Talk

David Ward, President, American Council of Education, USA (view biography)

11:50-12:20 pm - Questions and Facilitated Discussion

12:20-1:20 pm - Lunch

Friday, 8 April - Afternoon Session

Constructing the European Higher Education Area:
Governance and Change at National and Institutional Scales

1:20-1:30 pm - Welcome and Introduction to Afternoon Session

David Pilsbury, CEO, Worldwide Universities Network

1:30-1:40 pm - Introduction to Speakers

Kris Olds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

Fazal Rizvi, Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

1:40-2:10 pm - Talk

Bernard Belloc, Honorary President, Université ‚ Toulouse 1 Sciences sociales, France (view biography)

2:10-2:40 pm - Talk

Alan Gilbert, President, University of Manchester, England (view biography)

2:40-3:25 pm - Questions and Facilitated Discussion

3:25-3:55 pm - Coffee/Tea Break

4:00-4:30 pm - Talk

Erhard Mielenhausen - President, Fachhochschule Osnabrück - University of Applied Sciences, and Vice-President of the Vice Chancellors' Conference "Hochschulrektorenkonferenz" (HRK), Germany (view biography)

4:30-5:00 pm - Talk

Hans van Himbergen, Vice-Rector, International Educational Affairs, Utrecht University, Netherlands (view biography)

5:00-5:45 pm - Questions and Facilitated Discussion

Dinner

Saturday, 9 April - Morning Session

Panel Discussions

8:30-8:40 am - Welcome and Introduction to Symposium

Nicholas Burbules, Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Kris Olds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Patrick Rumble, Chair, European Studies Alliance, University of Wisconsin-Madison

8:40-9:40 am - Panel Discussion 1 -- The Globalization of Higher Education: Contexts and Comparisons

Roger Dale, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol

Alan Gilbert, President, University of Manchester

Karen Mundy, Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Comparative Education, University of Toronto

Amy Stambach, Associate Professor, Departments of Educational Policy Studies and Anthropology

David Ward, President, American Council of Education (view biography)

Hans van Himbergen, Vice-Rector, International Educational Affairs, Utrecht University (view biography)

9:40-10:10 am - Coffee/Tea Break

10:15-11:20 am - Panel Discussion 2 -- Citizenship, Identity, and Higher Education Reform in Europe

Eric Froment - President, European University Association (view biography)

Tuula Gordon, Deputy Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki

Philippe Mioche, Professor, European Union History, University of Provence

Thomas Popkewitz, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Susan Robertson, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol

11:20 am-12:20 pm - Panel Discussion 3 -- The European Higher Education Area and the EU Accession Process: Perspectives and Implications

Bernard Belloc, Honorary President, Université‚ Toulouse 1 Sciences sociales, France (view biography)

Robert Kaiser, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Andreas Kazamias, Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Erhard Mielenhausen - President, Fachhochschule Osnabrück - University of Applied Sciences, and Vice-President of the Vice Chancellors' Conference "Hochschulrektorenkonferenz" (HRK) (view biography)

Pavel Zgaga - Director, Centre for Educational Policy Studies, University of Ljubljana; former Minister of Education and Sport, Republic of Slovenia (view biography)

12:20-12:35 pm - Final Comments

Kris Olds, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

Susan Robertson, Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol; Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledge Spaces

Lunch

Finit!