
Summer School Programme
Sunday 4 September 2022 | ||
14:30 – 15:00 | Registration and coffee (next to room L115) | |
15:00 – 15:20 |
Welcome and pre-programme briefing on the Summer School (Room L115) Welcome to the Summer School and introduction to the Freie Universität Berlin |
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15:20 – 17:00 | Workshop session: Acquiring and leveraging intercultural competence • Nannette Ripmeester, Founder and CEO of Expertise Labour Mobility, NL |
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17:00 – 17:30 | Q&A session on Summer School tasks • Ian Creagh, Summer School Chair, UK • Nadine Burquel, Summer School Director, BE |
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17:30 – 18:30 19:00 |
Welcome reception Welcome dinner |
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Monday 5 September 2022 | ||
Theme: | Contemporary practice in the transformation of professional support services in higher education institutions and systems: Lessons from the trenches | |
09:00 – 10:00 | Hidden enemies of strategy execution (Room L115) • Gary Guadagnolo, Director, EAB Washington DC, US • John McMillian, Managing Director, EAB Global, US |
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10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee break | |
10:15 – 11:15 | Transformation at University College Ghent (Room L115) • Koen Goethals, President, University College Ghent, BE |
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11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
11:30 – 12:30 | Transformation at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Room L115) • Oriol Amat, Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES |
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12:30 – 13:00 | Plenary panel session: Lessons learned and lessons to learn over the course of the programme • Koen Goethals, President, University College Ghent, BE • Oriol Amat, Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES • Gary Guadagnolo, Director, EAB Washington DC, US • John McMillian, Managing Director, EAB Global, US |
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13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch | |
14:30 – 16:00 | First case study presentation: Transformation at the University of Glasgow (Room L115) • Chris Green, Chief Transformation Officer, University of Glasgow, UK |
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16:00 – 17:30 | Summer School team task, session 1: (Room L115, L113, L116) Assigning team roles and role rotation, agreeing team behaviours and team procedures & methods; clarifying team objectives and the week’s work programme; designing a framework for self-assessing team performance Coffee available |
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17:30 – 18:30 18:30 – 20:10 20:10 20:30 |
FU Berlin Campus Tour Free time for participants Walk from the hotel to the restaurant Dinner |
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Tuesday 6 September 2022 | ||
Theme: | Defining, designing and delivering an institutional transformation process: leadership, governance, management and method Learning from where others have gone before us |
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09:00 – 10:00 | Workshop part one: (Room L115) Processes for defining a transformational strategic model: visioning a future state, clarifying requirements and benefits, and setting objectives • Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO |
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10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee break | |
10:15 – 11:15 | Workshop part two: (Room L115) Designing the new operating model: making difficult choices, meeting challenges and dealing with organisational dilemmas • Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO |
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11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
11:30 – 12:30 | Workshop part three: (Room L115) The tactics of executing a strategic organisational transformation: power, politics and action…and watchouts for the uninitiated • Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO |
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12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 15:30 | Second case study presentation: Transformation at the University of Helsinki (Room L115) • Antti Savolainen, Director of Administrative Services, University of Helsinki, FI |
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15:30 – 17:15 | Summer School team task, session 2: (Room L115, L113, L116) Applying the day’s learning sessions to the case studies, identifying gaps in understanding, commence giving shape of team outputs Coffee available |
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17:15 20:00 22:30 |
Bus transfer from the university to evening tour and restaurant Dinner Bus transfer to the hotel |
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Wednesday 7 September 2022 | ||
Themes: | The transformation narrative; digitisation; achieving cultural change | |
09:00 – 10:30 | The politics of the transformation business case: winning the argument for a case for change (Room L115) • Bert Verveld, President of the Executive Board, Amsterdam University of the Arts, NL |
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10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00 – 12:30 | Digital transformation (Room L115) • Chris Cobb, Chief Executive, ABRSM, UK |
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12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 15:30 | Leadership, communication and cultural change (Room L116) • Antonia Instone, Director, Nous Group, UK |
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15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
16:00 – 18:00 | Summer School team task, session 3: (Room L115, L113, L116) Applying the day’s learning sessions to the case studies, identifying gaps in understanding, first draft of team outputs to be agreed by team |
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19:00 | Dinner close to the hotel | |
Thursday 8 September 2022 | ||
Theme: | Transformation leadership and followership: self reflection, authenticity and managing perceptions | |
09:00 – 10:10 | Workshop part one: (Room L115) Authentic leadership and teamwork • Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE |
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10:10 – 10:25 | Coffee break | |
10:25 – 11:25 | Workshop part two: (Room L115) Authentic leadership and teamwork • Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE |
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11:25 – 11:40 | Coffee break | |
11:40 – 12:00 | Workshop part three: (Room L115) Authentic leadership and teamwork • Britta Piel, Head of Unit and Deputy Director, Centre for International Cooperation, FU Berlin, DE |
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12:00 – 13:00 | Summer School team task, session 4 (Room L115, L113, L116) | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
14:00 – 16:30 | Summer School team task, session 4 (continuation) Teams’ outputs to be finalised; executive brief to be submitted by no later than 16:30; presentations to be submitted by 09:00 on Friday Coffee available |
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19:30 20:00 22:30 |
Bus transfer from the hotel to dinner Dinner Bus transfer to the hotel |
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Friday 9 September 2022 | ||
09:00 – 09:40 |
Parallel Sessions: Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Summer School Panel: (Room L115, L113, L116) • Heidi Backman, Director of University Services, Åbo Akademi University, FI |
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09:40 – 10:00 | Coffee break | |
10:00 – 10:40 | Parallel Sessions: Teams present their work and receive feedback (Room L115) • HUMANE representatives (as above) |
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10:40 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
11:00 – 12:00 | Plenary Session: Feedback to all teams from the Panel (Room L115) • HUMANE representatives (as above) |
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12:00 – 12:30 | Closing plenary session and certificate presentation | |
12:30 – 13:30 | Closing lunch |
Note: the programme is subject to marginal change.
Important information:
Neither HUMANE nor the Freie Universität Berlin are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the Summer School in Berlin. Participants attending the Summer School in Berlin do so at their own risk and responsibility.