"Academic Cooperation and the Palestinian Universities"

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya  

Conference Room of the Escola Politècnica Superior d’Edificació

22-23 November 2010

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AGENDA 

Monday, 22 November 2010

9:30-10:30         Opening Session

- Welcoming address by Prof. Antoni Giró Roca, Rector of UPC

- Prof. Radwan Barakat, Vice President of Hebron University, President of PEACE,

Greetings by:

- Mrs. Sonia Bahri, Chief of Section of International Cooperation in Higher Education, representative of the Director General of UNESCO

- Mr. Andreu Claret, Executive Director of the Anna Lindh Foundation

- Sra. Monica Margarit, Directora de Fundación Universidad es

- Dr. Hilligje-van’t Land, Director, Membership and Programme Development, International Association of Universities (IAU)

- Closing of the Opening Session by Prof. Radwan Barakat, President of PEACE

10:30:10:45                    Coffee break

10:45-13:00       Session 1: Priority Needs of Palestinian Universities that could be met

through International Academic Cooperation

Key note speaker and moderator: Prof Daoud Zatari, President of the Polytechnic University of Tulkarem

Speakers:

- Prof. Mohammed Alsubu, Head of Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission, Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education.

- Prof. Adnan Yahya, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Birzeit University.

- Prof. Maher Natseh, Vice President for Academic Affairs, An Najah National University

- Dr. Imad Hodali , Assistant for IT to the President of Al Quds Open University.

- Prof. Roland Lombard, President of Collectif Interuniversitaire pour la Coopération avec les Universités Palestiniennes (CICUP) 

- Discussion

13:00-14:30       Lunch

14:30-16:00       Session 2: European Support to Palestinian Universities: A Cornerstone in

the Development of Palestinian Higher Education

Key note speaker and moderator: Professor Ignacio Molina, Vice President of the University of Granada

Speakers:

- Prof. Paul Van Cauwenberge, Rector, University of Gent

- Prof. Christine Mengin, Vice President, Université Paris 1

- Prof. Oywind Wistrom, from Vestfold College, Norway

- Prof. Ulrich Eckern, University of Augsburg,

- Discussion

16:30 – 16:45     Coffee break

16:45 –18:30  Session 3: New Initiatives in Support of Palestinian Higher Education

and Research

Key note speaker and moderator: Prof. Hassan Dweik, Executive Vice President, Al Quds University

Speakers:

- Prof. Gianni Vaggi, University of Pavia

- Prof. F. Kattan, Bethlehem University

- Prof. George Miley, Vice President of the International Astronomical Union

- Dr. Suleiman Baraka, Al Aqsa University, (10 min. film presentation)

- Prof. Espen Bjertness, Univ. of Oslo

- Dr. Ruediger Klein, Executive Director European Federation of National Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA)

- Prof. Kashchandra G. Raghothama,  Purdue University

- Discussion

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

9:00 – 13:00 (with a coffee break between 11:15 and 11:30)

Special session devoted to the Role of the Universities in Promoting 

Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations 

Chair of the Session: Prof. John Morgan, Nottingham University, President UK Commission for UNESCO.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Federico Mayor, President of the Culture of PEACE Foundation,

Co - Chair, UN Alliance for Dialogue among Civilisations

Speakers:

- Prof. Cagiano de Azevedo, University of Rome 1 “La Sapienza”, Holder of the UNESCO Chair on Population, Migrations and Development

- Prof. Nabil El Haggar, Vice president, culture, communication, patrimoine scientifique, Universite Lille 1 

- Dr. Hilligje-van’t Land, Director, Membership and Programme Development, International Association of Universities (IAU)

- Prof. Metin Lütfi Baydar, President, Suleiman Demirel University, Turkey

- Prof. Irene Hazou, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Bethlehem University 

- Prof. Tuomo Melasuo, Director of Research, Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University.