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The Baltic University Programme Rectors Conference
Programme
Uppsala October 14 - 16, 2009
Wednesday, 14 October
Reception Venue: Linnaeus Garden / Orangery, Svartbäcksgatan 27
18.00Registration
19.00Welcome reception
Thursday, 15 October
Morning session (09.00 - 12.00)
Venue: Main University Auditorium (Aulan)
08.00Registration
09.00Opening address and Local Authorities Welcome
Rector Magnificus of Uppsala University Prof. Anders Hallberg
09.10Presentation of the Baltic University Programme
Director Christine Jakobsson
09.25The role of the Baltic University Programme in university networking in a national and regional
development perspective, with a focus on sustainability and the challenge of regional cooperation.
Chair BUP board Prof. Lars-Christer Lundin and
Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development Director Prof. Ashok Swain
09.40The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Director Jon Kahn, Ministry of Environment
10.00The Council of the Baltic Sea States and Education in the Baltic Sea region
Senior Advisor Nanna Magnadottir, Council of the Baltic Sea States
10.15COFFEE BREAK; exhibit of material by students and others
10.45What BUP has contributed to my University
Rector Prof. Stanislaw Bielecki, Technical University of Lodz, Poland
Rector Prof. Jorma Mattinen, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Vice-Rector Prof. Nikolay Vladimirovich Kaledin, St Petersburg State University, Russia
11.15What BUP is for students
BUP Student Representative Yuliya Zhuk, Uppsala University
BUP Student Representative Anatol Kalach, Belarusian National Technical University
11.30Themes for the morning:
The decade of education for sustainable development and the Baltic Sea region universities role.
Carl Lindberg, UNESCO special advisor
12.00EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Programme Officer Anders Lindholm, European Commission Directorate
General for Regional Policy
Director Christine Jakobsson, Baltic University Programme
12.30BUFFET LUNCH
Afternoon session (13.45 – 17.00)
Venue: University Main Building
13.45-15.00 Main University Auditorium
13.45On the role of universities in the Baltic University Programme - Senior Advisory Group
Prof. Emeritus Lars Rydén, former director of the Baltic University Programme
Prof. Emeritus Harald Runblom, former chair of the BUP Board
14.00The Student’s declaration on Education for Sustainable Development
The BUP Students Reference Group
14.10Forms for participating in the network
Director Christine Jakobsson
Network Manager Maria Winkler, BUP secretariat
14.25Good examples and possibilities to contribute to the Baltic University Programme
BUP Polish Centre Director Prof. Ireneusz Zbicinski, Lodz Technical University
BUP Belarusian Centre Director Dr Siarhei Darozhka, Belarusian National Technical University
Guldbrand Skjönberg, formerly Nacka municipality, Vice-Chair of the Union of the Baltic Cities Environmental Commission
15.00COFFEE BREAK; exhibit of material by students and others
15.30 - 17.00 – Parallel Sessions. Venue: University Main Building, rooms IX VIII, II
15.30Themes for the afternoon: Group meetings in parallel
- Venue: Room II
Student cooperation: students conferences, summer courses, summer schools and sails etc; exchange with student members of the network (introduction, discussion and proposal).
Chair: Rector Prof. Stanislaw Bieliecki, Technical University of Lodz
Speakers: Prof. Artur Magnuszewski, Warsaw University
Dr Zbigniew Szozda, Maritime University of Szczecin
Rapporteur: Maria Winkler, Baltic University Programme Secretariat
- Venue: Room IX
Developing cooperation between universities to promote internationalisation of education on all levels /Bologna process/Lifelong learning charta/ New methods of learning/Joint Masters (introduction, discussion and proposal).
Chair: Rector Prof. Jörgen Tholin, Gotland University
Speakers: Prorektor Prof. Kerstin Sahlin, Uppsala University
Vice-Rector Prof. Jacek Mizerka, Poznan University of Economics
Vice-Rector Prof. Jacek Gulinski, Adam Mickiewicz University
Rapporteur: Ingrid Karlsson, Baltic University Programme Secretariat
- Venue: Room VIII
Promoting e-learning in the Baltic Sea region area; the role of a virtual Baltic University and individual universities: The Baltic Sea region as an area of cooperation in higher education (introduction, discussion and proposal).
Chair: Prof. Roger Pettersson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Speakers: BUP Finnish Centre Director Dr Paula Lindroos, Åbo Akademi University
BUP German Centre Director Prof. Walter Leal, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Rapporteur Magnus Lehman, Baltic University Programme Secretariat
19.00Conference dinner on the invitation of Uppsala University.
Venue: Norrlands nation, Västra Ågatan 14
Host: Rector Prof. Anders Hallberg
Friday, 16 October
Morning session (09.00 - 12.00)
09.00Guided tours to different departments of Uppsala University and SLU
Individual requests will be possible
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Biotechnology/Biomedicine. Uppsala Biomedical Centre, BMC
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Biology/Environmental science. The Evolutionary Biology Centre, EBC
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Physics/Technology. The Ångström laboratory
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Social sciences. The Gamla Torget Centre
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Humanities/Carolina University Library and English Park Campus
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/ Ultuna
11.30LUNCH
Afternoon session (13.00 – 15.00)
Venue: Main University Auditorium (Aulan)
13.00Reports from the group meetings
13.45Declaration on Baltic University Programme cooperation and contribution and signing of the declaration
14.45Final comments and official ending of the conference
Prorektor Prof. Kerstin Sahlin, Uppsala University
Director Christine Jakobsson & the Baltic University Secretariat Staff
15.00Guided tour of Uppsala and of Gustavianum, the University Museum
Prof. Emeritus Lars Rydén, former Director of BUP, Uppsala University
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