Final Programme

UNICA Student Conference “Europe Through Students’ Eyes”

Rome, 22-25 September 2010

PROGRAMME

Wednesday 22 September 2010
SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME
Aula Magna, Rectorate Building, P.le Aldo Moro 5

10h00-14h00 Registration

13h00-14h00 Welcome and Light Lunch

14h00-15h00 Opening ceremony
Luigi Frati, Rector of Sapienza University of Rome (Presentation pdf)
Renato Lauro, Rector of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Presentation pdf)
Guido Fabiani, Rector of Roma Tre University (Presentation pdf)
Paolo Parisi, Rector of the University of Rome “Foro Italico” (Presentation pdf)

Welcome addresses
Stavros A. Zenios, President of the UNICA network
Representative of the Students at the Universities of Rome
Message from Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth (Presentation pdf) (Video message)
Marzia Foroni, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research; and Italian Delegate of the Bologna Follow Up Group (Presentation pdf)

15h00-16h00 Keynote speech
Pavel Zgaga, Director of the Centre for Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia: internationalisation at Universities: challenges and problems (Presentation pdf)

16h00-18h00 Posters presentations

1830-20h00 Rome Through Students’ Eyes (by bus)

Thursday 23 September 2010
UNIVERSITY OF ROME “TOR VERGATA”
Faculty of Economics, Via Columbia 2, Rome

10h00-10h30 Welcome addresses (Presentation pdf) and plenary session
Eric Corijn, Professor of Social and Cultural Geography, Free University of Brussels: Cities and Universities (Presentation pdf)

10h30-13h00 Tutors Round Table: Developing UNICA European Campus

10h30-13h00 Student forums

13h00-14h00 Lunch

14h00-16h30 Student forums

16h30 Cultural activities

20h00 Dinner at the University of Rome “Foro Italico”(Piazza Lauro de Bosis 6)

Friday 24 September 2010
ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Economics, Via Silvio D'Amico 77 , Rome

10h00-10h30 Welcome addresses and plenary session
Inga Bostad, Vice Rector, University of Oslo: University in contemporary society (Presentation pdf)

10h30-13h00 Tutors Round Table: Higher Education Reforms

10h30-13h00 Student forums

13h00-14h00 Lunch

14h00-16h30 Student forums

16h30 Cultural activities

18h30 Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill): Meeting of the UNICA President and Steering Committee with the Mayor of Rome

20h00 Dinner at Villa Mondragone

Saturday 25 September 2010
SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME
Aula Magna, Rectorate Building, P.le Aldo Moro 5

10h00-13h00: Final Presentation of the Student Forums, Rome declaration, Awards and closing ceremony
Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo, Chairman of the Organising Committee
Roberta Angelilli, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Maria Kelo, European Higher Education Expert
Maria Sticchi Damiani, Coordinator of the Italian Bologna Expert Group
Rectors of the participating Universities
Stavros A. Zenios, President of the UNICA network

Conclusions: Luciano Saso, Conference Coordinator, Rector's Delegate for International Mobility

13h00-14h00 Lunch