Professional Pathways Programme
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
12:00
Professional Pathways Programme introductory webinar
HUMANE Professional Pathways Programme team
15:45
Registration
16:00
- Introduction to the 2023-24 HUMANE Professional Pathways Programme
- Allocation of participants to their pathways team
- Briefing on team tasks to be completed over the course of the programme
- Pathways team meetings
HUMANE Professional Pathways Programme team
19:00
Informal drinks and dinner in a local restaurant
21:00
Return to hotels
09:00
Session one. Population ageing in Europe: what will be the impact on future higher education?
Professor Leo van Wissen, Professor of Economic Demography, University of Groningen, NL
10:00
Short break
10:15
Session two. Organisation design and re-structuring – the theory and the practice
Andrea Silvestri, General Director, University of Turin, IT
11:15
Short break
11:30
Session three. High impact, high risk, politically charged, technical projects and programmes – how should they be lead?
Cécile Chicoye, Consultant with the French Association of Heads of Administration (ADGS), FR
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Session four. The financial sustainability of Europe’s higher education systems: what might the future hold?
Professor Angelo Paletta, Full Professor of Business Administration and Head of the Department of Management, University of Bologna, IT
15:00
Short break
15:15
Session five. Leading and managing financial crises: art or science?
Esa Hämäläinen, Director of Administration and the Secretary General of the Board, University of Helsinki, FI
16:15
Professional pathways team meetings to begin fleshing out work programme for the next 10 months
All Participants
17:30
Old library tour
18:00
Return to hotels
19:30
Informal dinner
21:30
Return to hotels
09:00
Session six. Higher education’s new normal: how is it shaping up and what might the future hold?
Professor Claudia Loebbecke, Department of media and technology management, University of Cologne, DE
10:00
Short break
10:15
Session seven. Understanding the impact of emotions on leadership performance
Sarah Smith, Vice-Principal Leadership Development, University of Edinburgh; and Advanced Executive Coach, UK
11:15
Short break
11:30
Session eight. Implementing large scale, high impact service reform programmes: recognising and avoiding the bear traps
Stephan van Galen, Secretary-General, University of Groningen, NL
12:30
Light lunch
14:00
Team meetings on team tasks
All participants
16:30
Short campus tour
17:30
Return to hotels
19:30
Informal dinner
21:30
Return to hotels
09:00
Session nine. Higher education state of the sector. Imperatives for the post vaccine institution and resetting long-term strategy
John Workman, Managing Director, EAB, US
10:00
Short break
10:15
Session ten. People management – shaping a culture of high performance
Eric Pass, General Administrator, Hasselt University, BE
11:15
Short break
11:30
Team meetings on team tasks
All participants
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Depart for transport
- Each meeting to be used to introduce new and stimulating material by invited speakers
- To take stock, monitoring progress against each team’s work plan
- Each team, when in Action Learning Set mode, will meet independently and regularly between June 2023 and January 2024
- An additional webinar may be scheduled between December and January, if needed, to assist with the preparation of Team reports to be submitted in late January and discussed at the second residential in February 2024
12:00
When it all goes terribly wrong
Adrian Graves, former Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Salford, UK
13:00
Professional Pathways Teams – check-in
Ian Creagh, Professional Pathways Programme Facilitator, UK
12:00
Leading and Managing Risk: appetite or aversion?
Nicola Owen, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), Lancaster University, UK
13:00
Professional Pathways Teams – check-in
Ian Creagh, Professional Pathways Programme Facilitator, UK
12:00
The EdTech revolution is underway in higher education: how prepared are you to lead digital transformation?
Leo Zhadanovsky, Chief Technologist for Education, Amazon Web Services, US
13:00
Professional Pathways Teams – check-in
Ian Creagh, Professional Pathways Programme Facilitator, UK
12:00
Getting to grips with finance: the IQ and the EQ of financial stewardship
Marianna Bom, Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI
13:00
Professional Pathways Teams – check-in
Ian Creagh, Professional Pathways Programme Facilitator, UK
17:00
Teams to submit their written reports
All Participants
17:00
Teams to submit their completed presentations
All Participants
16:30
Concluding plenary of the 2023-24 Professional pathways Programme
HUMANE Professional Pathways Programme team
18:30
Drinks reception
19:30
Informal dinner
21:30
Return to hotel
09:00
Team meetings, presentations
All Participants
10:30
Short break
11:00
Team meetings, presentations
All Participants
12:30
Lunch
14:00
Team meetings, presentations
All Participants
15:30
Short break
16:00
Team meetings, presentations
All participants
17:00
Return to hotel
19:30
Informal dinner
21:30
Return to hotel
09:00
Structured feedback from panel of senior management practitioners
HUMANE Professional Pathways Team and senior management practitioners
12:00
Buffet lunch
12:30
Depart for transport
Please note that this programme outline will be subject to marginal changes regarding precise timings and the order in which speakers’ sessions take place