19.30

Seminar dinner

08.30

Registrations

09.00

Welcome and introduction
Bernd Wächter, Director, ACA

09.15

Opening keynote

Needs, opportunities and challenges: European higher education in 2030
Rolf Tarrach, Rector, University of Luxembourg

Regional perspectives

10.00

The global pecking order: will the US still lead?
Peter Scott, Professor of Higher Education Studies, Institute of Education University of London (UK)

10.40

Coffee break

11.10

Asia: the new powerhouse?
Nigel Healey, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International), Nottingham Trent University (UK)

11.45

Africa: Development aid: a ghost from the past?
Beer R.E.V.M. Schröder, Head of Expertise Department, Nuffic, The Hague (The Netherlands)

12.20

Bologna: all forgotten?
Johanna Witte, Senior Researcher, Bavarian State Institute for Higher Education Research and Planning, Munich (Germany)

12.55

Sandwich lunch

Thematic perspectives

14.00

Internationalisation: the salient characteristic of higher education?
Ulrich Grothus, Deputy Secretary-General, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bonn (Germany)

14.35

Leadership, management and governance
Robin Middlehurst, Professor, Kingston University, London (UK)

15.10

Coffee break

15.30

Participation: universal access to higher education?
Kiira Karkkainen, Analyst, OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), Paris (France)

16.05

ICT: the end of the "brick-and-mortar university"?
Piet Henderikx, Secretary General, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), Heerlen (The Netherlands)

16.40

Wrap up and good-bye

16.50

End of the seminar