SGroup General Assembly 2017 The Social Responsibility of Universities Ghent University 10-11 November 2017 Venue: Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, Ghent https://www.ugent.be/het-pand/en 1 Ghent University 200 years Ghent University is a top 100 university and one of the major Belgian universities counting over 41,000 students and 9,000 employees. Located in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium and the cultural and economic heart of Europe, Ghent University is an active partner in national and international educational, scientific and industrial cooperation. With a view to cooperation in research and scientific services, numerous research groups, centers and institutes have been founded over the years. Several of them are worldwide renowned, in various scientific disciplines such as biotechnology, aquaculture, microelectronics, history.... The University distinguish itself as a socially committed and pluralistic university in a broad international perspective. The history of Ghent University is built on social impact. 200 years of Ghent University is a symbolic pivotal point for Ghent University. We are not just looking back at our rich history: most of all we are looking ahead and asking ourselves about what role we want to play as a university in the future. 2017 is the perfect moment to give shape to this vision. Ghent University is not the University of Today or the University of Tomorrow: it is the University of the Future. 2 AGENDA Venue: Het Pand, Onderbergen 1, 9000 Gent, Belgium https://www.ugent.be/het-pand/en 10th November 9.30 Welcome coffee 10.00-10.30 Welcome address: Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Academic Director Internationalisation, Ghent University and Jacek Witkoṡ, SGroup President 10.30-11.00 EU Policy Initiatives on Civic Participation, François Théron, Policy Officer, DG DG Migrations and Home Affairs Strategy and General Affairs, European Commission 11.00-12.30 Global engagement of universities Cooperation of Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) with partners in Colombia – a contribution to peace – Julia Volz, Head of IRO, Justus Liebig University of Giessen SGroup´s policy on global partnerships and collaboration o Think Tank for Latin America – Bárbara Costa, Head of International Relations Office, University of Porto o Think Tank for China – Arnim Heinemann, Head of International Relations Office, University of Bayreuth 12.30-13.30 Lunch, Venue: Het Pand 13.30-15.00 Universities in the dissemination of values: equity, excellence, ethics – case study presentations from SGroup Network will be followed by an interactive session with participants Third mission and citizenship at the University of Liège -Didier Vrancken, Vice-Rector for Citizenship, Institutional and International Relations at University of Liège Ethics, Values and Internationalization in the Higher Education Sector – Dilemmas and Possible Ways Forward, Hans Abelius, Head of International Relations Office, University of Gothenburg 15.00-15.30 Coffee break 3 15.30-16.30 Universities engaging with diversity CEDAT Foundation: a UPV project on social responsibility - Cristóbal Miralles Insa, Co-ordinator of CEDAT, Polytechnic University of Valencia Higher Education as a driver for transformation of society - Cecilia Christersson, Pro Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement and Challenge Based Learning, Malmö University Engaging with Diversity at the University of Westminster – Alexandra Hughes, Pro Vice Chancellor for Global Engagement, University of Westminster 16.30-17.00 Concluding remarks by Frederik De Decker, Head of International Relations Office at UGhent and Jacek Witkoś, SGroup President 19.00 Gala dinner in De Foyer 11th November 9.00-11.00 Internal business meeting – Part I. Approval of minutes from General Assembly 2016 Report of activities 2016-2017 Financial report 2016 Appointment of auditors Elections of Executive Committee Member 11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break 11.15-12.30 Internal business meeting – Part II. Employment in Portugal SGroup policies and strategy 2018 and programme of acitivies 2018 SGroup’s global engagement EU-funded projects Budget and membership fee 2018 General Assembly 2018 12.30-13.30 Lunch, Venue: Het Pand 15.00 Social program, Boat trip 16.00 Guided visit to Belfort 4 PANEL SPEAKERS’ BIOGHRAPHIES Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Academic Director Internationalisation, Ghent University Prof. Guido Van Huylenbroeck (1958) is full professor in Agricultural and Rural Environmental Economics at Ghent University. He holds a PhD in agricultural economics and is Doctor honoris causa of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Aleksandras Stulginskis University in Lithuania and Slovak Agricultural University. His research area is institutional economics, agricultural policy and rural development. He is also coordinator of the Erasmus mundus international joint master degree in rural development (IMRD). He is author or co-author of more than 350 publications of which ± 175 peer reviewed journal articles and supervised so far 30 PhD theses. He served for 7 years as Dean of the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering of Ghent University (2008-2015) and, since October 1st 2015, he is the Academic Director for Internationalization of Ghent University (equivalent to vice-president) and in this function responsible for the Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, Korea. He also served as board member and treasurer (2005-2017) of the European Association of Agricultural Economists and as board member and president (2010-2016) of ICA (the European Association of Agricultural Universities and Faculties). Jacek Witkoś, President, SGroup Prof. Jacek Ireneusz Witkoś (born in 1963) is full professor of English linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. He obtained his title of Doctor of Philosophy in 1993. Since 1999 he has been the head of the Department of Polish-English Comparative Studies at AMU. He spent several years as visiting scholar and researcher in foreign Higher Education Institutions such as the University of Maryland in College Park, U.S. (2000-2002), the University of Vienna (1994-1997) and the University of North Wales in Bangor, UK (1991-1992). Prof. Jacek Witkoś is active in professional organizations and scientific societies; he is a member of the Scientific Committee for Societas Linguistica Europea (SLE) and an executive board member of the Slavic Linguistic Society (SLE). Jacek Witkoś is also actively involved in university administration. From 1999 to 2005 he was Deputy Head of the School of English, from 2005 to 2008 he was Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature and recently, for the past eight years (2008-2016) he was Deputy President of AMU for Research and International Cooperation. He has served as an executive board member for SGroup for the past three years. 5 François Théron, Policy Officer, European Commission François Théron is a Policy Officer in DG Migration and Home Affairs (HOME), seconded to the European Commission by the French Prime Minister’s office. He is in charge of policy initiatives in civic participation in the Europe for Citizens sector, working with civil society organisations in the inter-institutional and citizenship unit of the Strategy General Affairs directorate of DG HOME. As member of the French Prime Minister’s office, he has been assigned in the Council of the European Union, in the French Government information service and in the General Secretariat for National Defence. He also previously served in the French Ministry of Defence, in the OSCE and in the United Nations. François Théron graduated from Sciences Po (Service public) and holds a LL.B. He occasionally gave lectures in France for the École nationale d’administration, the École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale, the Institut national des hautes études de la sécurité et de la justice and the Institut regional d’administration de Lille. Julia Volz, Head of IRO, Justus Liebig University of Giessen Julia Voz, head of the IRO and team leader at Justus Liebig University of Giessen, is responsible for the internationalization strategy, partnerships and cooperation agreements, as well as the international study programs and international marketing. She has an academic degree diploma in Social Sciences from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) and experience in mobility and structural programs of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), indicators for mapping and profiling internationalization (IMPO) and European Social Funs (ESF). She worked with the ERASMUS Mundus External Cooperation Window, Jean Monnet Project and TEMPUS program. Volz is member of the strategic committee on international relations of the Strasbourg University and implemented an international meeting center in the context of the development of a new internationalization strategy for Justus Liebig University. She was member of the SGroup Universities Network from 2011 to 2014, participated in the Pilot project partner of the HRK-Audit and Re-Audit “Internationalization of Universities” and in the DAAD-project “Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies” to set up and international relations office at Hawassa University, in Ethiopia. 6 Bárbara Costa, Head of International Relations Office, University of Porto Bárbara Costa graduated, in 2000, in International Relations, Cultural and Political Strand by the University of Minho. She is currently (March 2014) Director of the International Office of the U.Porto, Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator and she was also