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09:00
Webinar introducing the Summer School teams, the case studies and overview of the arrangements.
14:30
Registration and coffee
15:00
Welcome and introduction to the Summer School – Leading and managing change in strategy and policy (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
- School aims
- Programme objectives
- Teams’ work and institutional cases
Nadine Burquel, Director General and Summer School Director, HUMANE, BE
15:45
Workshop session: Acquiring and leveraging intercultural competence (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Nannette Ripmeester, Founder & CEO of Expertise Labour Mobility, NL
17:30
Welcome reception
18:45
Welcome dinner
09:00
Welcome to the Freie Universität Berlin (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Change and Transformation at Freie Universität Berlin
Andrea Güttner, Director of Administration and Finance, Freie Universität Berlin, DE; Antonia Fegeler, Executive spokesperson to Andrea Güttner, Freie Universität Berlin, DE
10:10
Coffee break
10:30
Transformation strategy and execution: University College Ghent (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Koen Goethals, President, University College Ghent, BE
11:40
Coffee break
12:00
Summer School team task: assigning team roles and approaches to the task; clarifying the team objectives and defining key questions for the case work (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
13:00
Lunch
15:00
Participants’ own change and transformation programmes (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
15:45
Workshop – Artificial Intelligence to transform professional services (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Nadine Burquel, Director General and Summer School Director, HUMANE, BE
16:30
Coffee break
17:00
FU Berlin Campus Tour (leaving from the university)
18:00
Drinks and Dinner
09:00
Reflections and Key Takeaways from the previous day (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Nadine Burquel, Director General and Summer School Director, HUMANE, BE
09:10
Processes for defining a transformational strategic model: visioning a future state, clarifying requirements and benefits, and setting objectives (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO
10:15
Coffee break
10:30
Designing the new operating model: making difficult choices, meeting challenges and dealing with organisational dilemmas (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO
11:30
Coffee break
11:45
The tactics of executing a strategic organisational transformation: power, politics, action…and watchouts for the uninitiated (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Grete Kvernland-Berg, Partner, PA Consulting Norway, NO
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Summer School team task: working on case analysis and preparing key questions (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
Coffee available
14:30
Workshop: Developing authentic leadership (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Juliane Handschuh, Skills Trainer, DE
16:30
Bus transfer to evening city tour and restaurant
19:00
Dinner
21:30
Bus transfer to the hotel
09:00
Key takeaways and reflections from the previous day (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Nadine Burquel, Director General and Summer School Director, HUMANE, BE
09:10
Summer School case study: Transformation at the University of Helsinki (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Antti Savolainen, Director of Administrative Services, University of Helsinki, FI
09:45
Coffee break
10:10
Summer School case study: Transformation at the Australian Catholic University (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Sharone Ciancio, Director Strategy & Operations, Professional Services Hub – Corporate Services, Australian Catholic University, AU
10:40
Coffee break
11:00
Conversation and Q&As with two university case speakers (Room 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051)
Antti Savolainen, Director of Administrative Services, University of Helsinki, FI; Sharone Ciancio, Director Strategy & Operations, Professional Services Hub – Corporate Services, Australian Catholic University, AU
12:00
Lunch
13:30
Summer School team task: working on case analysis and proposals for next steps (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
14:30
Leadership, communication and organisational cultural change (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Antonia Instone, Director, Nous Group, UK
16:30
Summer School team task (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
Coffee available
18:30
Dinner
09:00
Key takeaways and reflections from the previous day (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
09:10
Change Management in the Danish context – The case of Copenhagen University
Arnold Boon, University Director, Copenhagen Business School, DK
10:40
Coffee break
11:00
Digital transformation of professional services (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
Chris Cobb, Chief Executive, ABRSM, UK
12:30
Lunch on campus
13:30
Summer School team task: finalising the written assignment (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
Teams’ outputs to be finalised; executive brief to be submitted by no later than 16:00.
Coffee available
16:00
Free time for participants
19:30
Bus transfer from the hotel to dinner
20:00
Dinner
22:30
Bus transfer to the hotel
09:00
Parallel Sessions (part I): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Summer School Panel: (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
• Arnold Boon
University Director, Copenhagen Business School, DK
• Nadine Burquel
Director General and Winter School Director, HUMANE, BE
• Sharone Ciancio
Director Strategy & Operations, Professional Services Hub – Corporate Services, Australian Catholic University, AU
• Marcin Dabrowski
Chancellor, SGH – Warsaw School of Economics; HUMANE Board member, PL
• Paul Greatrix
Registrar, University of Nottingham; President, HUMANE, UK
• Antti Savolainen
Director of Administrative Services, University of Helsinki, FI
09:50
Coffee break
10:10
Parallel Sessions (part II): Teams present their work and receive feedback from the HUMANE Summer School Panel (as above) (Rooms 2.2058/2.2059, 2.2051, 2.2063)
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Plenary Session: Feedback to all teams from the Panel (Room 2.2058/2.2059)
12:00
Graduation and final words
12:30
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.