Eurodoc Conference with GA
2 - 6 April 2008, Fribourg
Excellence in Research: The young researcher's perspective
Wednesday, 2nd April 2008
Conference venue: Kinderstube, Rue de l'Hôpital 4, Entrance from University parking
Early registration, introduction
| 16:00 | Early registration |
| 17:00 | Koen van Dam, president of Eurodoc: Introduction to Eurodoc |
| 18:00 | Apero or rest at the hotel |
Evening programme
| 19:30 | Dinner in the restaurant Central (Rue N. Praroman) |
| 22:00 | Rendez-vous at TM Bar (Rue de Romont 29). Ev. Irish Folk Concert (free entry) at Centre Fries |
Thursday, 3d April 2008
Eurodoc Conference
Conference venue: Aula Magna, Miséricorde, Av. De l’Europe 2
Opening of the conference
| 8.30 | Registration |
| 9:30 | Opening of the conference by Koen van Dam, President of Eurodoc |
| 9:40 | Address of welcome by Odilo W. Huber, Co-President of Actionuni and President of CSWM |
| 9:50 | Address of welcome by Guido Vergauwen, Rector of the University of Fribourg |
Plenary Session 1: Keynote lectures
Chair: Koen van Dam
| 10:00 | Mauro Dell'Ambrogio, State Secretary for Education and Research: Note of welcome |
| 10:15 | Jacques Neirynck, member of the Swiss National Council: The Swiss Parliaments position on research excellence |
| 10:30 | Andrej Logar, Slovenian Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, EU Presidency: Europe's view on excellence |
| 10:45 | Daniel Höchli, Director of the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF: The view of snsf on scientific excellence |
| 11:00 | Detlef Niese, Novartis: How does private R&D find and attract excellence? |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 | Round Table: Are these policies adequate? Chair: Karoline Holländer Discusants: Jacques Neirynck; Andrej Logar; Daniel Höchli; Detlef Niese; Fritz Müller, vice-rector for research, University Fribourg; Walter Stoffel, Swiss Science and Technology Council SWTR; Oliver Mühlemann, ERC grant-winner; Inese Sviestina, Eurodoc) |
| 13:15 | Lunch |
Parallel workshops: What does excellence mean?
| 14:30 | Workshop 1: Massification of higher education and research excellence in Europe Chair: Erich Kofmel; Speakers: Christian Schneijderberg, Co-General Secretary of the Association of Swiss Student's Unions VSS/UNES; Katrien Maes, Office Director and Policy Officer, League of European Research Universities LERU; Richard Bührer, Direktionspräsident der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz; Magdalini Kolokitha, Research Officer, London Knowledge Lab. Rapporteur: Aurélien Lamy. |
| Workshop 2: Charter and Code and Excellence (Co-organised with the Rectors' Conference of Swiss Universities CRUS) Chair: Nora de Vries; Speakers: Johanna Ziberi, Rectors' Conference of Swiss Universities CRUS; Francis Vella, Eurodoc; Michael Groneberg, University of Fribourg; Barbara Müller, Doc-candidate, University of Zürich | |
| 16:30 | Coffee break |
Plenary Session 2: Outcomes
| 17:00 | General announcements |
| 17.30 | Reports of the workshops, general discussion (Chair: Jasminka Pavlinac) |
| 18.30 | Apéro offered by the City and the Canton of Fribourg, with live jazz music |
Evening programme
| 20:00 | Fondue in the typical Restaurant « Gotthard » (Rue du Pont muré 16) |
Friday, 4th April 2008
Conference venue: University Perolles 2, Building 21, Room A140
Plenary Session 3: Keynote lectures
Chair: Raquel Santos
| 9:00 | Welcome note by the chair |
| 9:15 | Jacques Giovanola, dean of doctorate schools at EPFL: EPFL's strategy to attract the best researchers |
| 9:30 | Anne-Marie van Rampaey, vice director, human ressources,CSEM: Strategies of companies to attract highly qualified human ressources |
| 9:45 | Helene Füger, head of the office for gender equality, University of Fribourg : Expectations towards a European network of mentoring programmes promoting women researchers in their early career. |
| 10:00 | Gregor Rainer, University of Fribourg, winner of the European Young Investigator Award EURYI |
| 10:15 | Coffee break |
Round Table
| 10:30 | What working conditions do researchers need? Chair: Darius Köster; discusants: Jacques Giovanola; Anne-Marie van Rampaey; Helene Füger; Gregor Rainer; Wolfgang Eppenschwandtner, Eurodoc) |
| 11:30 | Final remarks, closure of the conference |
| 12:00 | Lunch at Centre Fries ( Rue G. Techtermann 8) |
Eurodoc General Assembly
Reports, discussion
| 13.30 | Opening of the General Assembly |
| 13.35 | President report, board reports |
| 14.30 | Financial report (Rhys Kearney) |
| 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 16.30 | Enlargement (presentation of the candidates, voting for membership) (Dmitri Teperik) |
| 18:00 | Closing of the session |
Evening programme
| 18:30 | Sight-seeing trip in downtown Fribourg |
Saturday, 5th April 2008
Eurodoc General Assembly
Parallel Workgroup sessions
| 9:00 | Career Development (Chair: Erich Kofmel) |
| Mobility (Chair: Snezana Krstic) | |
| Survey (Chair: Max Reinhardt) | |
| Funding (Chair: Francis Vella, Wolfgang Eppenschandtner) | |
| 11:00 | Coffee break |
Plenary Session 4: Outcomes, discussion
| 11:30 | Discussion: modifications/additions to statutes and internal regulations (Koen van Dam) |
| 13:00 | Lunch at Centre Fries ( Rue G. Techtermann 8) |
Discussion, elections
| 14:00 | Election of the Board |
| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 | Oucomes of the workgroups, discussion |
| 17:00 | Closing of the GA |
Evening programme
Free evening, ad-hoc programme
Sunday, 6th April 2008
Optional:
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Trip to the mountains (possibilities for skiing, skating, sledging...)
- Sight-seeing trip in Bern