IAUP Baku 2018 Semi-Annual Meeting

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“Globalization and New Dimensions in Higher Education”

18-20th April, 2018

Venue: Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers Website: https://iaupasoiu.meetinghand.com/en/#home

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY 18th April 2018 Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers 18:30 Registration 1A, Mehdi Hüseyn Street Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers, 19:00-21:00 Opening Cocktail Party Uzeyir Hajibeyov Ballroom, 19:05 Welcome speech by IAUP President Mr. Kakha Shengelia 19:10 Welcome speech by Ministry of Education representative 19:30 Opening Speech by Rector of ASOIU Mustafa Babanli

THURSDAY 19th April 2018 Visit to Alley of Honor, Martyrs' Lane Meeting Point: Foyer in Fairmont 09:00 - 09:45 Hotel 10:00 - 10:15 Mr. Kakha Shengelia Nizami Ganjavi A Grand Ballroom, IAUP President Fairmont Baku 10:15 - 10:30 Mr. Ceyhun Bayramov Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan 10:30-10:45 Mr. Mikheil Chkhenkeli Minister of Education and Science of Georgia 10:45 - 11:00 Prof. Mustafa Babanli Rector of Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break Keynote 1: Modern approach to knowledge transfer: interdisciplinary 11:30 - 12:00 studies and creative thinking Speaker: Prof. Philippe Turek University of Strasbourg

12:00 - 13:00 Panel discussion 1 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 Networking meeting of rectors and presidents 14:00– 16:00 Floor Presentation of Azerbaijani Universities (parallel to the networking meeting) 18:30 - 19:00 Transfer from Farimont Hotel to Buta Palace Small Hall, Buta Palace 19:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner Heydar Aliyev ave., Surakhani circle

FRIDAY 20th April 2018 Keynote 2: Social responsibility and knowledge transfer: University– 09:30 -10:00 business cooperation 10:00 -11:00 Panel discussion 2 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break Keynote 3: Equality in Higher education: more opportunities less 11:30 - 12:00 possibilities Speaker: Ramu Damodaran United Nations 12:00 - 13:00 Panel Discussion 3 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Visit to Haydar Aliyev Center 14:00 – 15:30 14:00-Pick up at Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers City Tour 15:30 - 17:00 15:30 Pick up in front of Haydar Aliyev Center

17:00 - 18:00 18:30 - Pick up at Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers Hall

Shirvanshah Museum Restaurant, 19:00 - 22:00 Closing Dinner 86 Salatin Asgarova

EVENING PROGRAMME

WEDNESDAY 18th April, 19:00 – Opening Cocktail Party, Uzeyir Hajibeyov Ballroom, Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers

The Opening Cocktail Party will take place in one of the most splendid luxury hotels in Baku-Fairmont Baku, Flame Towers.

THURSDAY 19th April, 19:00 – Opening Dinner, Buta Palace, Small Hall

“Buta Palace” is an island of old heritage answering to all standards of the present in intensively improving capital of Azerbaijan. The complex is similar to a jewel in a capital ring, a crossroads of feelings and thoughts, a subtlety of taste and refinement of sensations. This magic world, where everyone come back again and again, absorb by a hidden chain.

THURSDAY 20th April, 19:00 - Gala Dinner "Shirvanshah Museum" Restaurant

“Shirvanshah Museum” Restaurant which is considered to be one of the very rare museum-restaurants of our capital and is renowned for its well-known musicians and mugham masters, art works- patterns of copper-smith, carpet art and jeweler’s art created in different years by Azerbaijani artists.

CULTURAL PROGRAMME

Old City Tour – Thursday 20th April 2018, 15:15-17:00

Programme includes Old City tour, visit to Miniature book museum, Shirvanshah palace, Maiden Tower and Icherisheher Centre for Traditional Arts.

The Maiden Tower (Azerbaijani: Qız Qalası) is a 12th century monument in the Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan. The symbol of Baku, Maiden Tower was built by Masud Davud and included into the list of World Cultural Heratage of UNESCO in December of 2000. Maiden Tower is a cylindrical shaped tower built at the coast rock. From the sea side the oblong prop (counterfort) adjoins the tower. The height of the tower is 31meters from the north and 28meters from the south. The ground floor of the Tower is 3meters high, the height of the other floors is on the average 2,5meters. The Maiden Tower (ballet) is a world class Azerbaijani ballet created by Afrasiyab Badalbeyli in 1940 and ballet's remake was performed in 1999.

The Shirvanshahs' Palace is situated on the highest hill of the historical core of Baku "Ichari Shahar". The Shirvanshahs' Palace called "Frozen on the stones symphony", "Sleeping swan", "Pearl of the Caspian Sea" is one of the most beautiful national values of Azerbaijan.

By the order № 206 of the Soviet of Ministers dated on April 23, 1957, The Shirvanshahs' Palace was declared as a reservation.

The State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" was created by the order № 3 of the Soviet of Ministers on January 3, 1964.

State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" was declared a museum of II rank, in 1976 – I rank. By the order №33 of the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated on 08.02.1994 State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" was concerned to the leading museums of the republic.

Haydar Aliyev Center – Friday 20th April 2018, 17:15-18:30

The tour includes visit to Haydar Aliyev Center and its exibitions incl. National Music Instruments, Caravaggio Paintings, Old Cars Exhibition. The tour will be finalized with a walking tour in Torgoviy street.

The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 m2 (619,000 sq ft) building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named after Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of Soviet Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan Republic from October 1993 to October 2003.

Nizami Street commonly known as Torgovaya ("the merchant street" in Russian). is home to various outlets, from banks to fashion stores and is one of the most expensive streets in the world. The street also accommodates the embassies of Germany, Norway, the Netherlands and Austria, as well as the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan.

SPOUSE PACKAGE

The spouse package includes: · The Cultural Programme · The Evening Programme of the conference

Cultural Programme

Old City Tour – Thursday 19th April 2018, 10:00-14:00

Programme includes Old City tour, visit to Miniature book museum, Icherisheher Centre for Traditional Arts, Shirvanshah palace and short play in Baku Marionette Theatre. The guests also will enjoy traditional lunch in Old City restaurants.

Icheri Shekher is the oldest living quarter in Baku. It was declared a historical and cultural reserve in 1977, and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. The “Baku Acropolis”, “Old Town”, “Inner Town” – these are the names Old and new Baku for this unique historical ensemble located right in the center of Baku. “Icheri Shekher” is the heart of the city. It was the place, on the hill by the very sea, where ancient Baku was originated. Sometimes, Icheri Shekher is referred as a fortress, because its area of 221 km2 is fully surrounded with a well-preserved vallum. The territory of Icheri Shekher was inhabited with people as early as in the Bronze Age and by the VIII-XI centuries it had been completely populated.

The Shirvanshahs' Palace situated on the highest hill of the historical core of Baku "Ichari Shahar". The Shirvanshahs' Palace called "Frozen on the stones symphony", "Sleeping swan", "Pearl of the Caspian Sea" is one of the most beautiful national values of Azerbaijan.

By the order № 206 of the Soviet of Ministers dated on April 23, 1957, The Shirvanshahs' Palace was declared as a reservation.

The State historical architecture museum "Complex of the Shirvanshahs' Palace" was created by the order № 3 of the Soviet of Ministers on January 3, 1964.

Baku Marrionett Theatre

In the mid-1980’s young director and artist Tarlan Gorchu started bringing his idea of creating a marionette theatre in Baku to life.

The first show staged was based on Uzeyir Hajibeyli’s musical ‘Arshin Mal Alan’ (The Cloth- Peddler). Its premiere performance took place in France in August, 1990. French newspapers wrote rapturously “Ainsi font les marionnettes...”, “Très gros succèss...”, “Merveilleuses marionnettes!”, “Encore deux soirées pour le plaisir!” – and thus it was agreed to extend the performance...

In 2016 the Theatre was able to perform on its permanent stage for the first time.

The Baku Marionette Theatre aims to promote the creative legacy of Uzeyir Hajibeyli. Tarlan Gorchu is the founder and artistic leader of the Theatre.

Haydar Aliyev Center – Friday 20th April 2018, 10:00-14:00

OPTIONAL TOURS

Gobustan National Park, 21st April 2018, 10:00-15:00

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape covers three areas of a plateau of rocky boulders rising out of the semi-desert of central Azerbaijan, with an outstanding collection of more than 6,000 rock engravings bearing testimony to 40,000 years of rock art. The site also features the remains of inhabited caves, settlements and burials, all reflecting an intensive human use by the inhabitants of the area during the wet period that followed the last Ice Age, from the Upper Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. The site, which covers an area of 537 ha, is part of the larger protected Gobustan Reservation.

In 2007 Gobustan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered to be of "outstanding universal value" for the quality and density of its rock art engravings, for the substantial evidence the collection of rock art images presents for hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-historic times and for the cultural continuity between prehistoric and medieval times that the site reflects.

Gala State historical ethnographic museum and Ateshgah Temple, 20th April 2018, 10:00-14:00 a. It is well-known practically all over the world. It is located 30 km from the center of Baku in the suburb of Surakhany. This territory is known for such unique natural phenomenon as burning natural gas outlets (underground gas coming onto surface contacts oxygen and lights up). The temple in its present state was constructed in the 17th-18th centuries. It was built by the Baku-based Hindu community related to Sikhs.

Historical-architectural village Lahij, 21st April, 2018, 10:00-22:00

Lahij is a village and municipality on the southern slopes of Greater Caucasus within the Ismailli Rayon of Azerbaijan. Lahij is a notable place in Azerbaijan, with its authentic handicrafts traditions, particularly related to copper. The village's carpet and rug crafts are also well known in Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus. Lahij has an old sewage system (some experts claim that it was built 1000 – 1500 years ago). Due to frequent earthquakes local people have developed sophisticated and authentic construction techniques.

Shaki-Gabala villages, 21st-22nd April, 2018, 10:00-22:00

Sheki) is Azerbaijan's true travel gem, a small city off on the forested slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains. Shaki hosts a wealth of historical museums and some of the most important in the country. The Shaki History Museum is one of the main museums, considered one of the most important for artifacts of the Khanate period.

As of the 18th century, five big Caravanserais (Isfahan, Tabriz, Lezgi, Ermeni and Taze) were active in Shaki but only two of them have survived. The upper and lower Caravanserais were built in the 18th century and used by merchants to store their goods in cellars, who traded on the first floor, and lived on the second. Both Caravanserais includes view of all convenience and safety of merchants and their goods. Gabala also known as Qabala, is a city in Azerbaijan and the capital of the Qabala Rayon. The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat. Before 1991 the city was known as Kutkashen, but after Azerbaijan's independence the town was renamed in honour of the much older city of Gabala, the former capital of Caucasian Albania, the archaeological site of which is about 20 km southwest.

CONTACT

IAUP BAKU 2018 Organizational Team

Jamila Ismayilzada

Leyla Naghiyeva

Narmin Hamidli

Elmira Hasanova

Rashad Shikhiyev

Parvin Azizova

Phone: +994 12 493 33 68

Email: [email protected]

Please, feel free to contact us with any questions or inquiries.

Organizational Team