MLW:Trans-national Foresight for a Black Sea Higher Education Area
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Trans-national Foresight for a Black Sea Higher Education Area is a workshop to be organized in Bucharest, August 31st – September 2nd 2011.
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Day 1, August 31st
20.00 Initial meeting and social event
A welcome speech by Adrian Curaj
Day 2, September 1st
First Session
moderated by Adrian Curaj
9:00 - 9:15 Opening the dialogue
9:15 - 10:00 “The University in the Black Sea Area”
Mircea Malița, Chairman of the Black Sea University Foundation
9:15 - 9:45 Presentation
9:45 - 10:00 Questions, answers, comments
10:00 - 10:45 “UNIDO Transnational Foresight Exercises: experience from Latin America and CEE”
Ricardo Seidl-da-Fonseca, Senior Officer at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
10:00 - 10:30 Presentation
10:30 - 10:45 Questions, answers, comments
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00 “Managing Global Interdependencies”
Vasile Pușcaș, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
11:15 - 11:45 Presentation
11:45 - 12:00 Questions, answers, comments
12:00 - 12:45 “Overview of Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental and Political context for the Black Sea Area: Opportunities and Challenges”
Ștefan Tinca, Black Sea Economic Cooperation
12:00 - 12:30 Presentation
12:30 - 12:45 Questions, answers, comments
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Second Session
moderated by Alexander Sokolov
14:00 - 14:45 “Rationales and Objectives of Transnational Foresight“
Ӧzcan Saritaș, University of Manchester
14:00 - 14:30 Presentation
14:30 - 14:45 Questions, answers, comments
14:45 - 15:30 “A Knowledge-Instrument for the Diplomat’s Toolbox”
Dan Grosu, National School for Political and Administration Studies
14:45 - 15:15 Presentation
15:15 - 15:30 Questions, answers, comments
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:45 “Setting Visions and Exploring Synergies”
Dragoș Aligică, George Mason University
16:00 - 16:30 Presentation
16:30 - 16:45 Questions, answers, comments
16:45 - 17:00 Closing of Day 1
20:00 Social event
Day 3, September, 2nd
Third Session
moderated by Ӧzcan Saritaș
9:00 - 10:30 “Higher Education Visions and Strategies in selected countries”
A Vision for the Russian Federation
Alexander Sokolov, Higher School of Economics
9:00 - 9:30 Presentation
A Vision for Turkey
Turgut Tümer, Middle East Technical University
9:30 - 10:00 Presentation
A Vision for Romania
Adrian Curaj, National School for Political and Administration Studies
10:00 - 10:30 Presentation
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 “Wiring up the Black Sea Area”
Round-table moderated by Gülsün Sağlamer, Board Member of the European Universities Association
12:30 Lunch and Conclusion of the Event