14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 18:00

Meeting of the Secretaries General - Part I
Coffee break
Meeting of the Secretaries General - Part II

Conference Programme

The conference will be held in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
of the Universiteit Maastricht, a former Jesuit monastery. Address: Tongersestraat 53

The registration desk for the conference participants will be open as follows:

Opening Ceremony & Plenary Session I
Chair: Eric Froment, EUA President

Welcome addresses:
Gerard Mols, Rector, University of Maastricht
Mark Rutte, Secretary of State for Education, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands
Frans van Vught, Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU)

1st Keynote speech:
'Rethinking the doctorate in general - but especially in Europe’
Yehuda Elkana, Rector, Central European University, Hungary

2nd Keynote speech:
'Once a researcher, always a researcher?'
Ad Huijser, Philips, Member of the Board of Management and Chief Technology Officer

Plenary Session II
Chair: Luc Weber, Former Rector Université de Genève, Switzerland

1st Keynote speech:
'Should Europe improve early-stage training of researchers'
Raffaele Liberali, European Commission, DG Research, Director of Directorate D: The human factor, mobility and Marie Curie activities

2nd Keynote speech:
'Developing skills programmes: a broader perspective on research training'.
Mary Ritter, Director Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine, Imperial College London, UK

3rd Keynote speech:
’Towards a Charter for Supervision and Training’
Renzo Rubele, President, EURODOC, Italy

followed by discussion

Discussion Group Session I (6)
Aim: On the basis of six different institutional case studies presented by university leaders working in different contexts across Europe, the objective is to discuss how to establish strategic institutional priorities in research training at local level and how to articulate these policies at European and international level.

Discussion Groups, Chairs and Case Studies:

1. Research training: one goal – different routes? Room KN.03
   (Discussing variety and diversity of doctoral programmes in Europe)
   Chair: Jean Chambaz, Coordonateur du college des ecoles doctorales de l'Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France
   Rapporteur: Sandra Bitusikova, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Director European Graduate School of Neuroscience (EURON), a Marie Curie Training Site, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2. Research training throughout university curricula Room 0.038
   (Master, advanced training, life-long learning)
   Chair: Fred Mulder, Rector, Open University Netherlands
   Rapporteur: Christel Vacelet, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Izabela M. Sosnowska, Institute of Experimental Physics, Warsaw University, Poland
3. Transdisciplinary and trans-sectoral collaboration in research training Room KN.09
   Chair: Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, European Industrial
   Research Management Association (EIRMA)
   Rapporteur: Sybille Reichert, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Karsten Vandrup, Manager, Strategic Planning Research and Technology Access, Nokia Corporation, Finland
4. Career development – institutional human resources policies and strategies, examples of best practice Room 0.037
   Chair: Janet Metcalfe, GRAD Programme, United Kingdom
   Rapporteur: Charles Boisvert, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Siobhan Harkin, Marie Curie National Contact Point Office, Central Universities Research Office, Conference of Heads of Irish Universities.
5. Structured mobility as an integral part of research training Room KN.02
   Chair: Dagmar Meyer, Chair of the Marie Curie Fellowship Association
   Rapporteur: John Smith, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Coordinator of the European PhD on Social Representations and Communication, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
6. Stop the brain drain: how to achieve sustainable career perspectives for researchers in all countries (including new EU member states) Room KN.01
   Chair: Andrzej Ceynowa, Rector, University of Gdansk, Poland
   Rapporteur: David Crosier, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 1: Louise Ackers, Director, Centre for the Study of Law in Europe, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Lunch Mensa

Plenary Session III Auditorium S100
Chair: Professor Josef Koubek, Vice-Rector, Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague

Round table: Tomorrows’ Researchers’: which skills and competences for which careers?

• Margaret Wintermantel, President, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
• Andrzej Ceynowa, Rector, University of Gdansk, Poland
• Janet Metcalfe, Director, GRAD Programme, United Kingdom
• Jaroslava Svobodová, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Charles University, Prague, Czech-Republic
• Maria Rimini-Döring, Corporate Research, Information and System Technologies, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany

Discussion Group Session II (6)

1. Research training: one goal – different routes? Room KN.03
   (Discussing variety and diversity of doctoral programmes in Europe)
   Chair: Jean Chambaz, Coordonateur du college des ecoles doctorales de l'Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France
   Rapporteur: Sandra Bitusikova, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: Heather Eggins, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
2. Research training throughout university curricula Room 0.038
   (Master, advanced training, life-long learning)
   Chair: Fred Mulder, Rector, Open University Netherlands
   Rapporteur: Christel Vacelet, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: Christina Ullenius, Rector, Karlstad University, President, Association of Swedish Higher Education, Sweden
3. Transdisciplinary and trans-sectoral collaboration in research training Room KN.09
   Chair: Andrew Dearing, Secretary General, European Industrial Research Management Association (EIRMA)
   Rapporteur: Sybille Reichert, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: Nicholas Rees, Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland
4. Career development - institutional human resources policies and strategies, examples of best practice Room 0.037
   Chair: Janet Metcalfe, GRAD programme, United Kingdom
   Rapporteur: Charles Boisvert, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: Geneviève Laviolette, Université Denis Diderot, Paris VII, France
5. Structured mobility as an integral part of research training Room KN.02
   Chair: Dagmar Meyer, Chair of the Marie Curie Fellowship Association
   Rapporteur: John Smith, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: Lluisa Romanillos Redondo, Head of the Academic Staff Mobility Office of the Universitst Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
6. Stop the brain drain: how to achieve sustainable career perspectives for researchers in all countries (including new EU member states) Room KN.01
   Chair: Andrzej Ceynowa, Rector, University of Gdansk, Poland
   Rapporteur: David Crosier, EUA Secretariat
   Case study 2: J. Svobodova, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Charles University, Prague, Czech-Republic

Conclusions and Closing Ceremony Auditorium S100
Eric Froment, EUA President

Lunch and Celebration of the 10 years of the EUA Institutional Evaluation Programme Rectors' Building Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Hall

There will be short speeches to mark this special event from:

• Henrik Toft Jensen, Chairman of the Steering Committee, Rector, Roskilde University, Denmark
• Kerstin Norén, vice rector, Göteborg University, Sweden. Göteborg University was one of the first universities to be evaluated in the pilot phase of the Programme 10 years ago.