LEAD2 Kick-off meeting and workshops

The LEAD2 kick-off meeting and workshops takes place at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Brussels from 20-22 March 2019.

PROGRAM 

DAY 1 - Wednesday 20 March 2019

10.00-12.00:
Room Red, U-residence, VUB
10.00-11.00
Chinese partner universities:
preparation meeting and consultations LEAD2 Chinese partners & VUB coordinator.

11.00-12.00
European partner universities
preparation meeting and consultations LEAD2 European partners & VUB coordinator

12.00-13.30 networking lunch

U-residence

13.30-17.00 LEAD2 partners’ meeting

Green Room, U-residence

(coffee break at 15.30)

• LEAD2 work plan and implementation plan

o Overallworkplan

o Gap Analysis

• LEAD2 Partners introduction and specific roles in the LEAD2 project

(each partner max 10 minutes)

1)  Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium – Coordinator

2)  UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA (NOVA), Portugal

3)  University of Vienna (UniVie), Austria

4)  Aarhus University (AU), Denmark

5)  Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey

6)  Silesian University of Technology (SUT), Poland

7)  National Academy of Education Administration (NAEA), Beijing, China

8)  Tongji University (TJU), Shanghai, China

9)  Beijing Normal University (BNU), Beijing, China

10)  Yunnan Normal University (YNNU), Kunming, China

11)  China University of Geosciences (CUG), Wuhan, China

12)  Guangxi Normal University (GXNU), Guilin, China

• Discussion, conclusion optimized work plan of LEAD2 project

• Practical arrangements project activities

18.30 dinner all LEAD2 partners

 

DAY 2 - Thursday 21 March 2019 

8.15-9.15 NAEA and VUB Vice rector

Room Europe, International Relations Office, VUB (ground floor, Pleinlaan 5, 1050 Brussel)

9.30-12.15
Promotiezaal (D2.01), VUB (Building D, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel)

LEAD2 project kick-off ceremony & plenary meeting

9.30-10.30

LEAD2 project kick-off ceremony
Chair: Dr. Jacqueline Couder, Director, International Relations Office, VUB

• LEAD2 intro video

• Prof. Romain MEEUSEN, vice rector International Policy, VUB

• Prof. YU Jingtian, Vice President, National Academy of Educational Administration

• Dr. Che Weimin, Minister-counsellor, China Mission to the EU

• Gianpaolo SURIANO, DG EAC, European Commission

• LEAD book release

10.30-11.00 coffee break

11.00-12.15 Keynote speeches: Expectations and role of LEAD2 in enhancing Academic Leadership and Governance of Chinese and European Universities

Chair: Anthony Antoine, Executive Director IES, VUB

• Prof. Rosette S'Jegers, former vice rector VUB

From embedded campuses to Learning Communities- European University Alliances

• Prof. Gülser Köksal, Vice-rector, Middle East Technical University (METU)
  Use of information technologies in enhancing academic leadership and governance of research universities.

• Prof. Joao DE MATOS, Vice-rector, UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA
  On the future cooperation between Chinese and European Academic Leaderships

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Flex room reserved D.2.06 (08:00- 12:00)

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12.15-13.30
Lunch

13.40-14.30

Promotiezaal (D2.01)
 Chair: Prof. Hale Isik Guler, Advisor to the Rector for Internationalization, METU

Keynote speeches

• Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, former vice rector, University of Vienna

  To be Number One! China’s strategy to rise to excellence in research

• Prof. Miguel Pina e Cunha, UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA

         Leadership as Paradox

14.30-17.00
LEAD2 round tables
Room: D.2.15
(coffee break at 15.30)
LEAD2 Round table meetings on University Governance and Academic Leadership

1) Round Table 1: Training and learning for Academic Leaders and next workshops sessions, including MOOC (blended training)
(Including specific planning for LEAD2 activities in June 2019, and Oct.2019)

o Chair: Lucas Zinner, University of Vienna

o Introduction by Meiying Jing, NAEA

o Facilitators:

NAEA, VUB, Univie & SUT

o Participants: all

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2) Round Table 2: Comparative Research University Governance and Academic Leadership

in Chinese and European universities

o Chair: Prof. Susan Wright, Aarhus University
o Introduction by Dr. Merve Zayim-Kurtay

o Facilitators:

VUB, METU, AU & CUG

o Participants: all

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3) Round Table 3: Building an Online Knowledge Base for Academic Leaders;

LEAD journal plan, online networks & publishing (eg. Wechat official account) Sustainable presentation, dissemination & utilisation
Cooperation with all partners and China mission to the EU

o Chair: Associate Prof. HU Rui, Beijing Normal University

o Introduction by VUB

o Facilitators:

NAEA, VUB, GXNU & BNU

o Participants: all

16.40-17.00 Concluding remarks: 

• Prof. Chu Zuwang, China University of Geoscience (Wuhan)
• Prof. Jan Cornelis, former vice rector, VUB

18.30-20.30

Dinner 

 

DAY 3- Friday 22 March 2019

9.15-12.00
Green Room, U-residence

9.15-9.45

• Welcome & Chair: Prof. Joao DE MATOS, Vice-rector, NOVA

• Keynote speech

  Prof. John Taylor, Lancaster University

  Continuity and Change; Old and New Challenges for Leaders in Higher Education 

9.45-12

LEAD2 workshop

(coffee break at 10.40)

• LEAD2 workshop: perceptions and practices of academic leadership

• Facilitators:

o Prof. Yasar Kondacki, METU

o Prof. Rita Costa, NOVA
o Dr. Zhang Mengqi, BNU

• Partners’ presentation/talk: each 5 minutes
o Your perceptions of academic leadership

 What is academic leadership?

 What do you think is a good academic leader?
o Academic leaders’ practices at your institution (choose the level that you are most familiar with)
o present/share stories/cases if any
o your reflections & expectations of the project

• 11.30-12.00
Summaries & Concluding remarks:

o Prof. Gülser Köksal, Vice rector, Middle East Technical University (METU)

o Prof. Ye Beibei, Vice Dean, Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University

o  Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, former vice rector, University of Vienna

o  Prof. Chang Zhu, VUB

12.00-13.00

Bread lunch

 U-residence

13.00

End of meetings

The LEAD2 meeting draft programme can be found here