HUMANE Annual Conference
Leading together: Academic leaders and professional service leaders joining forces to address global societal challenges
in partnership with EUA
ESCI-UPF, School of International Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Conference Chair – Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University (FI)
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
14:00
HUMANE Residential School Alumni Seminar (alumni only)
17:00
Registration
Coffee available
17:30
Informal Conference welcome
Nadine Burquel, Director General, HUMANE, BE; Thomas Estermann, Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE; Albert Carreras, Director, ESCI-UPF, ES
17:45
Catalan universities supporting innovation in the region
Francesc Subirada, Director of the UPF Initiative for the Citadel of Knowledge, ES
18:15
Networking session
Tiina Kosunen, Head of Conference and Events Services, University of Helsinki, FI
19:00
Reception and finger food buffet
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
09:00
Formal welcome
Laia de Nadal, Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES; Paul Greatrix, HUMANE Executive Committee; Registrar, University of Nottingham, UK; Josep Maria Garrell, EUA President-Elect; former Rector, Universitat Ramon Llull, ES
09:20
Understanding current challenges in society and expectations from governments, society and the economic world. Implications for leaders and leadership models in higher education
Ken Sloan, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Harper Adams University,UK
10:15
Responding to expectations
Key lessons emerging from the EUA Newlead project and the HUMANE Survey on changing roles and positions of heads of administration
Moderators: Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI, and Koen Verlaeckt, Secretary-General VLIR, Flemish Inter University Council and NEWLEAD partner, BE
Paul Greatrix, HUMANE Executive Committee; Registrar, University of Nottingham, UK; Josep Maria Garrell, EUA President-Elect; former Rector, Universitat Ramon Llull, ES
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Leading changes in Education and Research: Conversations between academic leaders and leaders of professional services (Rectors/Presidents and professional service leaders)
Moderators: Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI, and Koen Verlaeckt, Secretary-General VLIR, Flemish Inter University Council and NEWLEAD partner, BE
Oriol Amat, Professor of Financial Economics; Former Rector, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES; Oriol Escardíbul, General Manager, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, ES; Arnold Boon, University Director, Copenhagen Business School, DK; Christoph Mülke, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, DE
12:50
Winter School Alumni on leadership
Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI; Nadine Burquel, Director General, HUMANE, BE
13:00
Lunch
14:30
Parallel sessions: Organisational development, culture and delivery to support leadership development
A
New models of organisational development: supporting leadership development for current and future leaders
Moderators: Thomas Estermann, Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE and Bart van de Laar, Programme Leader International Affairs, Utrecht University, NL
Andrea Silvestri, General Director, University of Turin, IT; Ragnhildur Ísaksdóttir, HR Director, University of Iceland, IS
B
Organisational culture: Equality, diversity and inclusion
Moderators: Aurélia Carré de Lusancay, Director General of Services University Paris Evry, FR and Nadine Burquel, Director General HUMANE, BE
Riitta Silvennoinen, Chief HR Officer, Aalto University, FI; Maria Blanco, Head of International Engagement, Spanish Rectors’Conference (CRUE), ES
C
Leadership to deliver on the vision, mission and strategy
Moderators: Neil McGillivray, Chief Operating Officer, The Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK and Koen Verlaeckt, Secretary-General VLIR, Flemish Inter University Council and NEWLEAD partner, BE
Ken Sloan, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Officer, Harper Adams University, UK; Karen Vandevelde, Head of the HR department, University of Antwerp, BE
16:00
Coffee break
16:30
Expectations from industry in Catalunya
Carla Zaldua Aguirre, CEO & Co-founder of acceXible, technology start-up, ES
17:00
Departure for hotels
19:30
Transport to dinner
20:00
Conference Dinner (Celebrating 20 years of the Winter School)
22:30
Transport back to ESCI-UPF
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKER
09:00
Sharing leadership across the institution – Case studies of successful institutional journeys
Research, innovation and outreach; the student journey, digital/hybrid educational delivery
Moderator: Calluna Euving, HUMANE Chair; Secretary General, University of Amsterdam (UvA), NL
Paul McSweeney, Vice- President Learning and Teaching, University College Cork, IE; Raul Ramos Lobo, Vice-Rector Internationalisation, CHARM European University Alliance, Universitat de Barcelona, ES; Oliver Vettori, Head, Programme Management and Teaching & Learning Support, Vienna University of Economics and Business, AT
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Winter School Alumni on sharing leadership: What we learnt on leadership in the Winter School
• Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI
• Thomas Estermann, Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE
• Esa Hämäläinen, Head of Administration, University of Helsinki, FI
• Remco Kouwenhoven, Director Alumni Relations and Philanthropy, Ubbo Emmius Fonds, University of Groningen, NL
• Nicola Owen, Deputy Chief Executive (Operations), Lancaster University, UK
• Susi Poli, Head – Staff Engagement and Development, University of Bologna, IT
• Nic Van Craen, General Manager, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE
• Kirsty Walker, Vice-President External Engagement, University College London, UK
• Susanne Wallmark, University Director, Malmö University, SE
Moderators: Margit Nothnagl, Faculty Director, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE and Nadine Burquel, Director General HUMANE, BE
12:15
Key takeaways
• Marianna Bom, Chair HUMANE Round Table; Chief Financial Officer, Aalto University, FI
• Nadine Burquel, Director General HUMANE, BE
• Neil McGillivray, Chief Operating Officer, The Bayes Centre, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Bart van de Laar, Programme Leader International Affairs, Utrecht University, NL
12:45
Closing remarks
• Thomas Estermann, Director Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, EUA, BE
• Nadine Burquel, Director General HUMANE, BE
13:00
Closing lunch
Note: the programme is subject to marginal change.
The Conference will build on the results of our HUMANE Survey on the changing roles and positions of heads of administration, the Erasmus+ NEWLEAD Project (Universitat Ramon Llull, EUA and partners) on innovative leadership and change management, and the EUA vision for 2030 Universities without walls.
Important information:
HUMANE, EUA and the ESCI-UPF, School of International Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, fully intend to deliver the Annual Conference in Barcelona If however, restrictions require it to be postponed, participants will be notified with as much notice as possible.
Neither HUMANE, EUA nor the ESCI-UPF, School of International Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra are liable for any losses, accidents or damage to persons or objects during the Annual Conference in Barcelona. Participants attending the Annual Conference in Barcelona do so at their own risk and responsibility.