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First University - Business Forum
The first plenary University - Business Forum took place on 28 - 29 February 2008 in Brussels. It was attended by more than 280 participants and constitutes the first step to the set-up of a permanent platform for a structured dialogue between the relevant stakeholders.
This first forum addressed the following topics:
- Curricular development, and how it can lead to greater employability and an entrepreneurial mindset among graduates;
- Continuing education, and how to explore and improve cooperation between universities and companies in the provision of training/retraining programmes;
- Modernisation of governance structures within universities;
- Development of mobility, including student mobility, but also mobility of researchers and teaching staff, between academia and businesses, and vice versa.
Programme 
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List of participants [26 KB]
Forum report [135 KB]
Conference speeches and presentations
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OFFICIAL OPENING SESSION |
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 | Moderator: Ms. Odile Quintin, Director General, Directorate General Education and Culture |
| Mr Ján Figel’ [41 KB] , Member of the European Commission in charge of Education, Training, Culture and Youth |
| Mr Žiga Turk [33 KB] , Minister of Growth, Slovenia |
| Ms Valérie Pécresse [24 KB]  , Minister of Higher Education and Research, France |
KEYNOTE SPEECH |
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| Prof. Alan Barrell [6 MB] , Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Cambridge |
PLENARY SESSION: OPENING OF THE FORUM |
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| Prof. Georg Winckler [95 KB] , President of the European University Association (EUA), Rector of the University of Vienna, former President of the Austrian Rectors’ Conference |
| Mr Georg Toifl [30 KB] , President of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME), Chairman of the Crafts and Trade Division of WKÖ |
WORKSHOP 1A: MODERNISING GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES WITHIN UNIVERSITIES |
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| Introductroy note [20 KB]
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| Moderator: Mr Howard Davies, Senior Advisor, European University Association (EUA) |
| Mr Francesc Santacana / Mr Francesc Solé Parellada [116 KB] , Vice-presidents of the Fundación Conocimiento y Desarrollo (CYD) |
| Mr Anne Flierman [560 KB] , President of the Executive Board, University of Twente |
| Mme Véronique de Chavagnac [62 KB] , Representative of EUROCHAMBRES, President–Director General of Sandow Technic |
| Mr Kruno Hernaut [20 KB]  , former Director of Education Policy in the Corporate Human Resources of Siemens AG |
WORKSHOP 1B: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT |
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| Introductroy note [18 KB]
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| Moderator: Ms Katerina Galanaki, Head of International Relations, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Ms Kati Korhonen-Yrjanheikki [842 KB] , Vice President of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) |
| Prof. Peter West [201 KB] , University of Strathclyde |
| Mr Henri de Navacelle [18 KB] , L'Union des Industries et Métiers de la Métallurgie (UIMM) |
WORKSHOP 2A: CONTINUING EDUCATION |
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| Introductroy note [24 KB]
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| Moderator: Ms Maive Rute, Director, DG Enterprise |
| Prof. David Vincent [713 KB] , Open University UK |
| Ms Pat Davies [87 KB] , Executive Secretary of the European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) |
WORKSHOP 2B: MOBILITY |
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| Introductroy note [20 KB]
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| Moderator: Mr Michel André, Advisor on research policy, DG Research (RDT) |
| Ms Lidia Borrell-Damian [123 KB] , Senior Programme Manager, European University Association (EUA) |
| Prof. Doru Talaba [347 KB] , University Transilvania of Brasov |
| Ms Karen Wilson [926 KB] , Advisor to the European Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER) |
| Mr Jan J. H. van den Biesen [867 KB] , Vice-President Philips Research, Director Public R&D Programmes |
PLENARY SESSION: CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKSHOPS
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| Moderator: Mr. Davie White, Director, Directorate General Educatio and Culture |
| Mr Howard Davies [78 KB] , Senior Advisor, European University Association (EUA) |
| Ms Katerina Galanaki [64 KB] , Head of International Relations, Athens University of Economics and Business |
| Mr Reinhard Klein [26 KB] , Head of Unit, DG Enterprise |
| Mr Michel André , Advisor on research policy, DG Research (RDT) |
CLOSING SESSION: CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR THE FUTURE |
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| Moderator: Ms. Odile Quintin, Director General, DG Education and Culture |
| Mr Philippe de Buck [167 KB] , Secretary General to BusinessEurope |
| Ms Rossella Iraci Cappucinello [48 KB] , member of the European Students' Union (ESU) executive committee |
| Mr Kaan Terzioglu [8 MB] , CISCO, Vice President, Central and Eastern Europe |
| Mr Enrique Cerezo Torres [29 KB]  , President of Club Atlético de Madrid, President of Enrique Cerezo Producciones Cinematográficas |
| Ms Odile Quintin [17 KB] , Conclusions and the way forward |
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