EWORA 8th Conference

09:00 – 09:30                          

Welcome Coffee and Registration

Conference Opening Session

Gülsün Sağlamer, President, EWORA

Sondan D. Feyiz, Rector, Kadir Has University 

Atilla Dikbaş, CEO, ITU ARI Technopark 

Chen Weijia, Executive Vice Chairperson, WWUPF Organizing Committee

Opening Keynote Speeches

Chair: Kerstin Tham, Vice Chancellor, Malmö University 

Speakers: 

Roundtable- Experts Voices 

"Gender Equality under Threat: Reflecting on the Measures for Improvement"

Chair: Isabel Capeloa Gil, Rector, Catholic University of Portugal 

Speakers: 

Eileen Drew, Former Director, Trinity Centre for Gender Equality & Leadership, Trinity College

Fanny M. Cheung, Former Pro Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Liisa Husu, Senior Professor of Gender Studies, Örebro University 

Louise Morley, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, CHEER, University of Sussex

Roundtable Session - 1: 

"Transformational Leadership under the High Speed of Change"

Chair: Prof. Pamela Gillies, Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University

Speakers:

Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble, Chancellor, Webster University 

Chryssi Vitsilaki, Former Rector,  University of the Aegean

Snježana Prijić Samaržija, Rector, University of Rijeka

TBA 

MEDNIGHT GALA 

MEDNIGHT, the Mediterranean Researchers’ Night, includes among its activities the selection of the Mediterranean Science Team

and the grand Gala at which the 11 chosen scientists of the Team will be presented to the public, and the media. 

Mednight has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101061190

Roundtable Session -  2:

"Advancing Gender Equality at Technical Universities of Europe"

Chair: Birgitt Riegraf, President, Paderborn University 

Speakers:

Silvia Lenearts, Rector Magnificus, TU Eindhoven

Mihnea Costoiu, Rector, University Politehnica of Bucharest

Ana Costa Freitas, President, Portuguese Association of Women in Science 

TBA

Keynote Speeches 

Chair: TBA

Roundtable Session -3: 

"Inclusive Leadership: Lessons Learned and Recommendations"

Chair: Inga Žalėnienė, Rector, Mykolas Romeris University 

Speakers: 

Michele Nealon, President, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Şirin Karadeniz, Former Rector, Bahcesehir University 

Eeva Leinonen, President, Maynooth University 

TBA

Roundtable Session - 4:

"The Future of Higher Education Networks: Challenges and Opportunities"

Chair : Carmen Fenoll. Former Vice-Rector, University of Castilla-La Mancha 

Speakers:

Mattias Björnmalm, Secretary General, CESAER

Amanda Crowfoot , Secretary General, EUA 

Silvia Gomez Recio, Secretary General, YERUN

Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General, IAU 

Emmanuelle Gardan, Director, Coimbra Group Office

Roundtable Session 5 :

"15th Anniversary of the European Women Rectors Conference Series"

Chair : Christina Ullenius, Former Rector, Karlstad University 

Speakers:

Christina Ullenius, Former Rector, Karlstad University 

Krista Varantola, Former Rector, Tampere University 

Sijbolt Noorda,  President Emeritus, University of Amsterdam

Fernando Leon Garcia, President of CETYS & President of IAUP 

Helena Nazare, Former Rector,  University of Aveiro

Conclusions by EWORA Board and SAB Members

16:45 - 17:45