Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe

HUMANE-EAB invitation only seminar

Post-pandemic triumphs, tribulations, and temptations: reimagining the university for a new era

DAY ONE: Thursday, 19 January – Roeterseiland Campus, Building M, Plantage Muidergracht 12 – Room : M.4.02, 4th floor
Theme: pandemic induced stresses, strains and challenges

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKER

12:00

Registration, networking and buffet lunch

13:00

Welcome and introduction

Ian Creagh, HUMANE; & Gary Guadagnolo, Director, EAB

13:10

Tour de table: mapping the room’s post-pandemic trials, tribulations and temptations

All participants

13:40

The future is now: lessons and trends in the multimodal campus of tomorrow

Michael Fischer, Director, Research Advisory Services, EAB

15:10

Coffee break

15:30

Higher education’s new normal: how is it shaping up?

Frederico Muñoz,
Cloud & Architecture Lead, SAS Institute

16:30

Workshop: the best and worst of pandemic induced innovation

All Participants

17:30

The University of Amsterdam’s digital pivot: short tour of the Hybrid Learning Theatre Theatre (located in the same building) 

Faculty of Economics and Business, UvA

18:15

Return to hotels

19:45

Drinks and dinner in the Salon Room at the Hotel Arena

21:45

Return to hotels

DAY TWO: Friday, 20 January – University Library Singel, Singel 425 – Go to the Doelenzaal (foyer) on the ground floor. Doors open at 08:00 – tea and coffee available
Theme: making digital innovation work

TIME

SESSION

SPEAKER

08:30

Making digital innovation and the physical estate work: the University of Birmingham’s “Digital Twin”

Trevor Payne, University of Birmingham & Faye Bowser, Siemens

09:30

A tech sector view of post-pandemic higher education: some potential scenarios

Cloud economics: under the skin of the principles, costs and benefits of the Cloud

Michael Wittel, Education and Research Lead Europe and Gabriel Negrini, Cloud Economics Manager, Amazon Web Services

10:30

Coffee break

10:50

Workshop: conceiving and implementing a digital innovation agenda

All participants

11:50

It’s a wrap: plenary panel

Ian Creagh, HUMANE; & Gary Guadagnolo, Director, EAB

12:30

Buffet lunch and networking – ‘to go’ lunch bag available for participants with early departure

14:00

Depart

Note: the programme is subject to marginal change.

Important information:

HUMANE , EAB and the University of Amsterdam fully intend to deliver the HUMANE invitation only seminar. If however, public health restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.

Neither HUMANE , EAB and the University of Amsterdam are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the HUMANE invitation only seminar. Participants attending the HUMANE invitation only seminar do so at their own risk and responsibility.