YUFE Townhall is the largest YUFE annual event with the aim of gathering all YUFE stakeholders – internal and external – to discuss issues of mutual importance, outcomes and results of YUFE, and future plans for the development of European Universities Initiative.
YUFE Townhall 2023 will be dedicated to the topic of impact and contribution of the European Universities to its stakeholders, higher education systems and societies in general. This will entail exploring questions such as:
- contribution to the European Strategy for Universities
- engagement with (diverse) external stakeholders
- examples of European Universities’ impact for different stakeholders
- combining the European focus with the local dimension of community engagement
- needs from the European higher education
- long-term future of the European Universities
We hope that you will join us at this event which brings together YUFE executives, engaged staff from all YUFE universities and associated partners, YUFE students, and external partners and stakeholders in joint discussions about the impact of European Universities on higher education and broader societal landscape.
YUFE STREAM
Wednesday 15/2/23
OFFICIAL WELCOME RECEPTION
SUGAR REFINERY PALACE Rijeka City Museum – Sugar Refinery Palace
- Snježana Prijić Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka,
- Daniela Trani, YUFE Director
- Zlatko Komadina, Head of Primorje – Gorski kotar county
- Marko Filipović, Rijeka Mayor
Thursday 16/2/23
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE / 9:00–10:00
- FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING RIJEKA (FCE) Radmile Matejčić 3, Rijeka
OFFICIAL WELCOME / 10:00–10:15 / FCE Room 003
- Snježana Prijić Samaržija, Rector of the University of Rijeka,
- Rianne Letschert, YUFE Strategic Council Chair and President of the Maastricht University
- Daniela Trani, YUFE Director
PANEL I: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES STARTING A NEW PHASE / 10:15–11:30 / FCE Room 003
- Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot (online), European Commission, Director for Youth, Education and Erasmus+
- Radovan Fuchs, Croatian Ministry of Science and Education, Minister
- Rianne Letschert, YUFE European University Alliance, Strategic Council Chair and President of the Maastricht University
- Margarita Kazdagli, YUFE Student Forum President
- Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik, European University Association, Deputy Director for Policy Coordination and Foresight
- H.E. Gaël Veyssière, Embassy of the French Republic to the Republic of Croatia
Moderator: Daniela Trani (YUFE)
COFFEE BREAK / 11:30–11:45
PANEL II: EUROPEAN STRATEGY FOR UNIVERSITIES AND EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES / 11:45–13:00 / FCE Room 003
- Silvia Gomez Recio, YERUN, Secretary General
- Snježana Prijić Samaržija, YUFE European University Alliance, Rector of the University of Rijeka
- Boštjan Markoli, EUTOPIA European University Alliance, Vice-Rector of the University of Ljubljana
- Fernando Galán, Arqus European University Alliance, Executive Director
- Gazela Pudar Draško, CIRCLE-U European University Alliance, Coordinator of the WB Rectors Forum, University of Belgrade
- Alexander Hasgall – Head of the EUA Council for Doctoral Education (online)
Moderator: Aleksandar Šušnjar (University of Rijeka)
LUNCH / 13.00 – 14.00 / Aquarium
PARALLEL SESSIONS OF YUFE BODIES / FREE TIME / 14.00-16.30 / Faculty Hall, Room 108/205/210
COFFEE BREAK / 16.30-17.00
JOINT SESSIONS OF YUFE BODIES / FREE TIME / 17.00-18.30 / Room 003
Friday 17/2/23
WELCOME COFFEE / 8:30–9:00
FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING RIJEKA (FCE) Radmile Matejčić 3, Rijeka
KEYNOTE SPEECH DIRK VAN DAMME: EHEA DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS OF UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES, NETWORKS AND THE IDEA OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES / 9:00–10:30 / FCE Room 003
Center for Curriculum Redesign (MA, USA), independent higher education consultant, former Senior Counsellor and Head of Division at the Education Directorate of the OECD (online)
COFFEE BREAK / 10.30-11.00
PANEL III: HOW CAN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES ACHIEVE THE EUROPEAN EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE? / 11.00 – 12.15 / FCE Room 003
- Herman Van Goethem, YUFE European University Alliance, Rector of the University of Antwerp
- Matteo Vespa, European Students’ Union, President
- Liviu Matei, King’s College London, Head of School of Education, Communication & Society
- H.E. Hendrik Jan Voskamp, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Croatia
Moderator: David Briggs (University of Essex)
JOINT SESSION: YUFE4POSTDOCS PROJECT LAUNCH EVENT / 12:15–12:45 / FCE Room 003
- Anne Adams, Project Coordinator (University of Antwerp),
- Gordan Jelenić, Vice-rector for science and arts (University of Rijeka),
- Hannah Whittle Letchford, Project Manager (University of Antwerp)
LUNCH / 12.45.- 13. 45 / Aquarium
PANEL IV: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES IN LOCAL CONTEXT / 13.45-15.00 / FCE Room 003
- Maria Jose Herrero Villa, YUFE European University Alliance, Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer, University Carlos III de Madrid
- Selma Porobić, AURORA European University Alliance, Institutional Coordinator, Palacky University, Olomouc
- Slaven Zjalić, EU-CONEXUS European University Alliance, Vice-Rector of the University of Zadar
- Zoran Đogaš, SEA- EU European University Alliance, Vice-Rectors of the University of Split
Moderator: Anastasia Constantinou (University of Cyprus)
CLOSING WORDS / 15.00 – 15.30 / FCE Room 003
- Snježana Prijić Samaržija, YUFE European University Alliance, Rector of the University of Rijeka