
HUMANE Annual Conference
Building Strength – Sharing Resilience Strategies for Universities
Conference Chair: Leon van de Zande, Secretary General, University of Amsterdam, NL
All times BST
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKERS
14:00
Residential School Alumni SC meeting (14:00-16:00)
HUMANE Board meeting (14:00 – 15:30)
HUMANE General Assembly meeting (16:00 – 17:00)
These meetings are by invitation only
16:30
Registration (coffee available)
17:00
HUMANE Welcome and Introduction
Leon van de Zande, Conference Chair; Secretary General, University of Amsterdam, NL; Alex Pellacani, HUMANE President; Director General University of Trento, IT; Nadine Burquel, HUMANE Director General, BE
17:10
Welcome to the University of Edinburgh
Leigh Chalmers, Vice-Principal and University Secretary, The University of Edinburgh, UK
17:20
Keynote: The World Today: Global perspectives – political, social and economic factors impacting resilience in Higher Education
Chris Carter, Chair in Strategy and Organisation, The University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
18:20
Icebreaking Session
Tiina Kosunen, Head of Conferences & Events, Communications & Community Relations, University of Helsinki, FI; Neil McGillivray, Chief Operating Officer, Bayes Centre, The University of Edinburgh, UK
19:00
Networking reception
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKERS
Coffee available from 08:30 onwards
09:00
Keynote: Universities in a Transforming EU – Building Resilience through Collaboration, Innovation and Cohesion
Marco Gilli, Chair, Compagnia di San Paolo (international philanphropic foundation working on innovation and sustainable development); former Rector of Politecnico di Torino, IT
10:00
Coffee break
10:30
Workshops:
- Workshop 1: Linking university values with civil society impact
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Flora Laszlo, Director of Civic Engagement, Arts and Culture, Central European University, AT
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Moderated by by Norbert Sabic, Chief Operating Officer, Central European University, AT
- Workshop 2: Designing a campus collaboration charter for collaborative resilience on campus
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Andrea Silvestri, Director General, Turin University, IT
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Moderated by Mahée Ferlini, Director General, Università del Piemonte Orientale, IT
Masterclass: Navigating the storms – Building institutional resilience in universities (restricted to HUMANE Heads of Administration):
Moderated by Alex Pellacani, HUMANE President, Director General, University of Trento, IT and Ulf Richter, HUMANE Board member, Kanzler University Duisburg-Essen, DE
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Panel: Safeguarding mission and reputation: proactive risk management for institutional resilience in universities
Moderated by Geoff Green, Registrar & Secretary, University of Leicester, UK
Speakers:
Julie Mercer, Principal, Nous Group, UK; Kathleen Maetens, Enterprise Risk Management & Internal Audit, Antwerp University, BE; Kstina Noormets, Director of Administration, University of Tartu, EE; Helen Galbraith, Senior Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, University of Chester, Incoming AHUA Chair, UK
14:15
Workshops:
Workshop 1: Success and Failure in Change Leadership: Can You Have One Without the Other? (for Residential School Alumni Network only)
Moderated by Alumni Network SC members: Will Chicken, Director of Professional Services, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK; Erkki Raulo, Head of Services for Doctoral Education,University of Helsinki, FI
Workshop 2: Proactive risk management for robust research security in universities
- Alexandra Rosenbach, Acting Director of Communication and External Affairs, Helmholtz Research Association, DE
- Remco Kouwenhoven, Program Manager, University of Groningen, NL
Moderated by Klaus Rümmele, Head of International Affairs Business Unit (INTL), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DE
Workshop 3: Organisational resilience through proactive risk management
15:45
Coffee break
16:15
The University of Edinburgh co-creating a vibrant community with the Edinburgh festivals
Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of Edinburgh; Jenny Niven, Director, Edinburgh Book Festival Director); Lorna Brain, University of Edinburgh Head of Festivals, UK
17:00
Key takeaways of the day
Leon van de Zande, Conference Chair; Secretary General, University of Amsterdam, NL
18:00
Departure for hotels
19:30
Conference Dinner
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKERS
Coffee available from 8:30 onwards
09:00
From experimentation with Artificial Intelligence to full adoption at Technical University Munich
Alex Braun, Vice-President IT and Systems, Chief Information officer, Technical University Munich, DE
09:45
Embracing Artificial Intelligence with confidence: Sharing strategic frameworks
Michael Webb, Director of Artificial Intelligence, JISC UK digital technology body for tertiary education and research), UK
10:30
Coffee break
11:00
From experimentation to Artificial Intelligence adoption at the University of Edinburgh
Stuart King, Lecturer in Mathematics; Member of the Applied & Computational Mathematics research group; Heather Lawrence, College Registrar, The University of Edinburgh, UK
12:00
Closing remarks
Leon van de Zande, Conference Chair; Secretary General, University of Amsterdam, NL; Nadine Burquel, HUMANE Director General, BE
12:30
Closing lunch
Important information:
HUMANE and The University of Edinburgh fully intend to deliver the Annual Conference in Edinburgh. If however, restrictions require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.
Neither HUMANE or The University of Edinburgh are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the Annual Conference in Edinburgh. Participants attending the Annual Conference in Edinburgh do so at their own risk and responsibility.