Programme
Last version of a detailed preliminary programme of the conference you will find here
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
| Thursday, 24 June, 2010 | |
| Arrival of participants | |
| 14:30 | Registration opens
Mykolas Romeris University |
| 16:00-17:00 | Solemn Award of the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University to Professor Juan Ramon de la Fuente, President IAU
Mykolas Romeris University |
| 18:00 | Welcome reception
Mykolas Romeris University |
| Friday, 25 June, 2010 | |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00
10.00 |
Inaugural Ceremony
Presentation on Lithuanian Higher Education |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Plenary Session I
Ethics and Values: Distinct and related Challenges of the Social Sciences, the Humanities and Technology |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Parallel Sessions 1
What Place for Enduring Higher Education Values in the Era of Globalisation 1.a. Survival or Revival? – Higher education values across time and culture 1.b. Values as Defining Features of the ‘Modern’ University 1.c. Ethics and Values: Roles and Responsibilities of HEIs and their stakeholders in promoting a Sustainable Future |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 | Parallel Sessions 2
Human Needs, Rights and the Dilemmas of Choice 2.a. Increasing accessibility in educational opportunities in a competitive world 2.b. Risks and threats to Academic Freedom and Institutional Autonomy 2.c. The ethical dimensions of international student recruitment and international research cooperation |
| 19:30 | Gala Dinner Reval Hotel Lietuva |
| 21:30 | City tour: Vilnius by night. |
| Saturday, 26 June, 2010 | |
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Plenary Session II
Safeguarding Values and Ethics in Higher Education: a Shared Responsibility |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Parallel Sessions 3
Serving New Students: Diversity, Technology and other Challenges 3.a. The Changing Higher Education Classroom 3.b. Interdisciplinary Networks, Focus on learning outcomes, Problem solving approaches to learning |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Update on IAU |
| 14:30-16:00 | Closing Plenary
Roundtable Towards an Interdisciplinary Global Code of Ethics for Higher Education? Closing Remarks |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:30-18:00 | Special Session Re-Inventing Rankings: in Search of Alternative Performance Assessments |
| 20:00 | Closing Dinner with a Cultural Event Trakai Island Castle |