Day 1 – 8 October 2024

12:30 – 13:30

Arrivals & welcome lunch

13:30 – 14:00

Welcome words & interactive warm-up activity – Gro Tjore, Deputy Director HK-Dir & ACA President

 This opening session will feature a round of updates based on the slides with key information about each member organisation, followed by an informal and dynamic ‘dialogue activity animated by the ACA President.

14:00 – 14:45

What’s new on the ‘intelligence’ horizon?

At the invitation of the Administrative Council (AC), part of the ACA Secretariat team will summarise the most relevant insights from recent or ongoing projects, based on their perceived relevance to the leadership of ACA member organisations.

Inputs: Irina Ferencz, Veronika Kupriyanova, Angeliki Psychogyiou, Martin Bogdan and Courtney Hartzell, ACA Secretariat

14:45 – 15:15

Networking break

15:15 – 16:30

To strategise or not to strategise? Shifts in strategies, long-term planning and leaders’ roles

Inputs:

·       Jakob Calice, Managing Director, OeAD

·       A. Sarah Ilchman, Co-President, IIE

·       Michal Fedak, Director, SAIA

·       Michael Hörig, Director, DAAD Brussels Office

·       Irina Ferencz, Director, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

Moderator: Ulrich Grothus, former ACA President

Day 2 – 9 October

08:45 – 09:15

Welcome coffee

09:15 – 10:00

Making the most of ACA membership 

Inputs:

·       Maija Airas, Head of Unit, EDUFI

·       Lenka Procházková, Director CZELO Office, DZS

·       Božidar Grigić, Head of Higher Education, CMEPIUS

Moderator: Anders Ahlstrand, Analyst, UHR

10:00 – 11:15

Session 1:  European Universities: A view from outside – the need from inside

Inputs:

·       Allan E. Goodman, Chief Executive Officer, IIE

·       Piotr Kępski, Director of Department Programmes and Institutions, NAWA

Moderator: Alenka Flander, Director, CMEPIUS & ACA Vice-President

11:15 – 11:45

Networking break

11:45 – 12:45

Session 2: Update on ACA members’ activities in Ukraine –

 Moderator: Benedikt Brisch, Head of Division Knowledge Exchange and Network, DAAD

12:45 – 13:15

Leadership development in modern times – what do higher education leaders want and need?

·       Thomas Estermann, Director for Governance, Funding and Public Policy Development, European University Association (EUA)

·       Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik, Deputy Director for Policy Coordination and Foresight, European University Association (EUA)

Participant interaction: Q&A

13:15 – 13:20

Closing words – Gro Tjore, Deputy Director HK-Dir & ACA President

13:20 – 14:00

Closing lunch