, 5 October 2022
ACA Strategic Summit 2022 - Enhancing relevance in an unprecedented higher education context
Theme
After a successful first annual Strategic Summit in 2021, ACA will host its second Strategic Summit, Internationalisation agencies and national-level actors – enhancing relevance in an unprecedented higher education context, an invitation-only event. The aim of these distinct gatherings is to connect the top leadership of the member organisations and selected guests on an annual basis, around key topics for international higher education.
The anticipated face-to-face discussions will focus on the organisational transformations that ACA members and other similar agencies are currently experiencing, in the post-pandemic world, and through the changing geopolitical and policy contexts. The exchanges will also highlight the different strategies that member organisations employ to stay relevant, influential, and impactful in national, European, and global arenas.
Though the Summits are invitation-only events, we are happy to share major takeaways and discuss related opportunities. If you are interested in learning more, please contact the ACA Secretariat: secretariat@aca-secretariat.be.
Videos from the Summit, 5 October, 2022:
What was the biggest challenge your organisation faced in 2022?
What are you most proud of, despite the challenges of 2022?
What one word comes to mind when you think of the future of internationalisation of higher education?
Pictures from the Summit:
Pictures taken by Martine DeGraeve, ACA.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Programme
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10:00 – 11:00 |
Panellists: Lem van Eupen, Director National Agency Erasmus+, Member of the Management Board/ Manager Europe, Nuffic, The Netherlands Jakob Calice, Managing Director, OeAD, Austria Michal Uhl, Director, DZS, Czech Republic Moderator: Irina Ferencz, Director, ACA |
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11:30 – 12:45 |
Panellists: Kari Kuja, Senior Advisor, IIE, United States José Aurelio Llaneza Víllanueva, Head of the Internationalization of the Spanish Higher Education Unit, SEPIE, Spain Gro Tjore, Deputy Director General, HK-Dir, Norway Moderator: Stephan Geifes, Director Erasmus+ NA DAAD, DAAD, Germany & Member of ACA Administrative Council |
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13:45 – 15:00 |
Session 1: Experiences with organisational mergers and re-structuring Speakers: Heli Aru-Chabilan, Director, HARNO, Estonia Vidar Pedersen, European Programmes Director, HK-Dir, Norway Moderator: Maija Airas, Head of Unit, International Higher Education Cooperation EDUFI, Finland Session 2: Pandemic-induced organizational transformations (new modes of working, staff motivation, etc.) Speakers: Antonija Gladović, Director, AMEUP, Croatia Michal Fedak, Executive Director, SAIA, n.o., Slovakia Moderator: Adalheidur Jónsdóttir, Head of Education and Culture Division, Rannís, Iceland Session 3: The ‘new normal’ – planning for the unknown (and staff development for dealing with uncertainty) Katarzyna Aleksy, Director of Department, NAWA, Poland & ACA Treasurer Gabor Dobos, Director for International Higher Education Development, TPF, Hungary |
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Networking break |
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15:20 – 15:40 |
3 Rapporteurs |
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15:40 – 16:15 |
Panellists: Gerhard Volz, Head of Department for International Cooperation in Higher Education, OeAD, Austria & Member of ACA Administrative Council Jaak Raie, Director General, HARNO, Estonia Amanda Crameri, Head of Higher Education, Movetia, Switzerland Moderator: Ulrich Grothus, President, ACA |