European Conference on University-enterprise cooperation 18/19 June in Bonn
In collaboration with various European partner organisations the DAAD organised a 1.5 day conference on the cooperation between universities and enterprises in Europe on 18/19 June 2007.
Please find below the statements of the speakers and presentations held during the conference to be downloaded as pdf-documents.
Monday 18 June 2007
Opening addresses
- Dr. Siegbert Wuttig, DAAD, Germany (*.pdf)
- University-enterprise cooperation on the European policy agenda and in the Lifelong Learning Programme, Stylianos Katsoulakis, European Commission, Belgium (*.pdf)
Setting the scene: Presentation of the results of the analysis
Project presentation
- Nadine Burquel ESMU on behalf of the project team (*.pdf)
Discussion and reactions with external experts
- Bernd Wächter, ACA, Belgium
- Jim Herbolich, EFMD, Belgium
Objectives of the conference:
- Howard Davies, EUA, Belgium (conference rapporteur)
Plenary Session - Round Table: University – enterprise cooperation as key issue in the Bologna process and on the Lisbon agenda?
- Chair: Bernd Wächter, ACA, Belgium
Round table:
- Prof. Dr. Eberhard Becker, University of Dortmund, Germany (*.pdf)
- Lauri Tuomi, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland (*.pdf)
- Dr. Frank Stefan Becker, Siemens AG, Germany (*.pdf)
- Gabriella Kemeny, Tempus Public Foundation, National Agency LLP Hungary
- Margarete Rudzki, Eurochambres, Belgium (*.pdf)
- Anthony Camilleri, ESU, Belgium (*.pdf)
Introduction to the working groups for Day 2
- Dr. Alexandra Angress, DAAD, Germany
Tuesday 19 June 2007
Workshops on university-enterprise cooperation
Workshop 1:
University-enterprise cooperation: from good practices to the development of strategies at university level
- Chair: Maija Airas, CIMO, National Agency LLP, Finland
Input:
- Erkki Härkönen, University of Turku, Finland (*.pdf)
- Deborah Lock, University of Surrey, UK (*.pdf)
- Dr. Caroline Rebensburg, Technical University Berlin, Germany (*.pdf)
- Expert: Ina Grieb, EUCEN, Germany
- Rapporteur: Prof. Ventura Mello-Sampayo, Instituto Superior Dom Afonso III, Portugal
Workshop 2:
University-enterprise cooperation: ways of complementing regional and sectoral approaches
- Chair: Prof. Volker Gehmlich University of Applied Sciences of Osnabrück, Germany
Input:
- Prof. Mariapia Viola Magni, University of Perugia, Italy (*.pdf)
- Andreea Beraru, University of Brasov, Romania (*.pdf)
- Dr. Frank March, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany (*.pdf)
- Edmund Zirra, University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Germany (*.pdf)
- Expert: Stylianos Katsoulakis, European Commission, Belgium
- Rapporteur: Rachel Duigou, Agence Europe Education Formation, National Agency LLP, France (*pdf)
Workshop 3:
Enterprise placements for students: sustainable partnership and strategies with companies
- Chair:
- José Ravenstein, NUFFIC, National Agency LLP, Netherlands
- Dr. Alexandra Angress, DAAD, National Agency ERASMUS, Germany
Input:
- Maryse Dusselier, University of Bordeaux, France (*.pdf)
- Mattea Capelli, University Sapienza, Italy (*.pdf)
- Marjo van der Valk, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands (*.pdf)
- Expert: Ilona Kazlauskaite, National Agency, Lithuania
- Rapporteur: Frank Cullen, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland (*.pdf)
Closure session
University-enterprise cooperation on the EU policy agenda and in the new Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-2013)
- Towards an integrated approach to university-enterprise partnerships – the EIT, Stylianos Katsoulakis, European Commission, Belgium (*.pdf)
- Presentation of workshop session reports, discussion and recommendations with regard to LLP, all rapporteurs
- Reactions and outlook: Susanne Burger, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
- Closure: Dr. Alexandra Angress, DAAD, Germany
Rationale of the EU conference/project
The DAAD conference 18/19 June in Bonn was organised in collaboration with various European partner organisations within the framework of an EU (Socrates Accompanying measure) project entitled “University-enterprise cooperation: building on new challenges from past experience” coordinated by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
One of the future challenges of the European Higher Education Area will be the cooperation of universities with enterprises. The new Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-2013) consequently foresees a separate new programme line for “university-enterprise cooperation” under the new ERASMUS programme. However, activities in this area have remained rather limited in scope so far. It is against this background that the project has been conceived, seeking to contribute to “widening the scope” by identifying critical success factors of European university-enterprise cooperation activities. An analysis will identify - via survey, interview and case studies - mainly via EU education and training projects (e.g. transnational placements) where universities have been actively cooperating with enterprises. The online survey was launched across Europe and the portal to the survey opened for 2.5 months until mid April.
Major findings of this online survey have been disseminated and issues at stake have been discussed at this conference with stakeholders and participants from Europe. The conference aimed at developing recommendations for future actions in the area of education and training. The target groups have been above all representatives from higher education institutions as well as enterprises, social partners and political decision makers.
Please find below the statements of the speakers and presentations held during the conference to be downloaded as pdf-documents.
More information:
Conference agenda (*.pdf)
Draft conference report (*pdf)
Project report (*pdf)
