PROGRAM

Meeting of the IMHE Governing Board 

15-16 April, 2008

April 15, TUESDAY

 

 
Arrival
 Delegates are kindly asked to inform about the exact time of their arrival. Please send the arrival date and time, as well as flight number to: rugile@mruni.lt Please inform us whether you would like to use a pick-up service from the airport to Klaipeda hotel (20 Eur)

 

April 15, TUESDAY

 

  Arrival  
14.00 Social programme. Trip to Trakai (30 km from Vilnius) Pick up from the Klaipėda hotel. Transportation arranged by the University
~17.00 Departure from Trakai to Vilnius  

 

April 16, WEDNESDAY

 

8.15 Departure from the hotel to the University Mykolas Romeris University bus at the entrance of the hotel
8.45-9.00 Registration Room I – 414
9.00-10.30 IMHE Governing Board meeting Room I – 414
10.30-11.00 Coffee break Room I – 220
11.00-12.00 IMHE Governing Board meeting Room I – 414
12.30-13.30 Lunch Room I – 220
13.00-15.00 IMHE Governing Board meeting Room I – 414
15.00-15.30 Coffee break Room I – 220
15.30-18.00 IMHE Governing Board meeting Room I – 414
18.00 Departure to the hotel from the University Mykolas Romeris University bus at the entrance of the University
19.15 Departure from the hotel to the dinner venue Mykolas Romeris University bus at the entrance of the hotel
20.00 Social event. Dinner at the restaurant “Verkiai”  

 

April 17, THURSDAY

 

  Departure Hotel reception will arrange a taxi upon your request

 

 

International Scientific-Practical Conference

HIGHER EDUCATION UNDER MARKET CONDITIONS: THEORY AND PRACTICE

17-18 April, 2008 

 

Conference Programme .

 

April 16, 2008 WEDNESDAY

 

19.00-20.00 Pre-registration of conference participants
20.00 Introduction of conference participants. Dinner

 

 
April 17, 2008 THURSDAY
  

 

09.00-10.00 Registration of conference participants
10.00-11.00 Opening of the conference                  Moderator: Gintaras Aleknonis

Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania

Richard Yelland, Head, Educational Management and Infrastructure Division, Directorate for Education, OECD,
”Some global trends in higher education and the OECD response“
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 1st Plenary Meeting                  Moderator Remigijus Šimašius

Gintaras Steponavičius, Deputy speaker, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania,
“Challenges for Lithuanian Higher Education in the Context of Globalisation”

Prof. Ellen Hazelkorn, Director Faculty of Applied Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology,
“Be Mission Centred, Market Smart and Politically Savvy”

Sverre Rustad, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research,
“National and institutional strategies in a changing landscape: a Norwegian reform proposal”

Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 2nd Plenary Meeting                  Moderator Gintaras Aleknonis

Dr. Mohamed Loutfi, University of Sunderland,
“Education Employment Gap, why the Mismatch”

Prof. Juozas Ruzevicius (Vilnius University), Dr. Dalius Serafinas (Vilnius University), Daiva Daugviliene (Vilnius Law and Business College),
“Insights of quality management implementation at higher education institutions”

Dr. Kęstutis Peleckis (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University),
“The adaptive management of the higher educational institution: basic developmental trends”

Discussion
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00 3rd Plenary Meeting                  Moderator Remigijus Šimašius

Dr. Terri Kim, Brunel University,
“Changing university governance and management in the UK and elsewhere: issues of accountability and quality assurance under market influence”

Prof. Vytautas Šlapkauskas (Mykolas Romeris University),
„Challenges of global market training jurists“

Discussion
20.00 Dinner for conference speakers and invited guests

 

 
April 18, 2008 FRIDAY
  

 

10.00-11.00 1st Plenary Meeting

Birutė Mikulskienė (MRU),
„Importance of scientific research in modern university“

Ramūnas Vanagas (MRU),
“Introduction of new public management in public sector”

Jadvyga Čiburienė (KTU), Jūratė Guščinskienė (KTU),
„Services of higher education under market conditions”

Discussion
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-12.30 2nd Plenary Meeting

Aurelija Pūraite (MRU), Birutė Pranevičienė (MRU), Vaiva Zuzevičiūtė (VDU), Ilona Tandzegolskienė (VDU),
„Fundamental law in European Union and guidelines on innovations in higher education”

Eugenija Gečienė (KVTK), Ilvija Pikturnaitė (KVTK),
„Influence of scientifically applied research in forming quality system at Klaipėda Business and Technology College“

Dalia Rudytė (SU), Kristina Levišauskaitė (VDU),
„Formation of financial specialist’s professional competences during university studies“

Discussion
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 3rd Plenary Meeting

Margarita Išoraitė (MRU),
„Evaluation methods of work quality in institutions of higher education“

Rasa Grigolienė (KLVK), Sonata Mačiulskytė (KLVK),
„Conception and role of scientifically applied activity for quality of higher education“

Dalė Dzemydienė (MRU),
“Demand and outlook of interdisciplinary business informatics studies programme”

Discussion
14.30-15.00 Coffee break
15.00-16.00 Giedrius Čyras (VGTU),
„Mobile teaching – a new model of electronical teaching“

Marius Lanskoronskis (ISM), Petras Baršauskas (ISM),
„Science concept transformation and its influence on university research management“

Discussion
16.00-16.30 Discussion about the conference