Conference booklet - Baltic University Programme

Parallel sessions on international university cooperationThursday 19 October 13.30 – 15.00The sessions cover cooperation in all fields – education, research and applied projects – as well as the Baltic UniversityProgramme as such. The sessions are expected to result in concrete proposals. Financing as well as partnersof the projects proposed should be considered. Chairs and co-chairs will plan the sessions. Participants are kindlyasked to register for session in advance, as well as in advance registration of prepared contributions.1. Mission, organisation and funding of the BUPThis session will start from the report of the BUP International Reviewing Committee and search for futurefinancing sources as well as organisational reforms. The aims of BUP – university cooperation to promote regionaldevelopment and democracy – is scrutinized.Chair: Ms Görel Thurdin, former minister of planning Sweden, member of BUP board.Co-chair: Dr Paula Lindroos, Åbo, Akademi University, Director of Finnish National CentreKey note: Prof. Walter Leal Filho, Hamburg-Harburg Technical University, Germany2. Research cooperationThe large network of researchers and teachers in the BUP offers excellent possibilities for common projects andcommon applications to European funds, such as FP7. The session should outline possible constellations for futureprojects.Chair: Dr Lisa Sennerby Forsse, Rector, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, UltunaCo-chairs: Prof. Marek Kreglewski, Vice Rector, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland andProf. Lars-Christer Lundin, Uppsala UniversityKey note: Dr Katarina Gårdfeldt, ScanBalt Biotechnology Network, Göteborg University3. Education; summer events and schoolsThe Baltic University Programme organizes courses and several events annually, e.g. summer schools, for its teachers,researchers and students. The session will look into how this can be expanded and funded in the future.Chair: Prof. Jan Krysinski, Rector, Lodz Technical University, PolandCo-chair: Vice-Rector Prof. Irek Zbicinski, Lodz Technical UniversityKey note: Dr Artur Magnuszewski, University of Warsaw4. Outreach activities and applied projectsThe BUP has been cooperating with city administrations in 9 countries since 1999; cooperation with industry isplanned in connection with a new masters programme on Environmental Management and with agriculture inconnection with a new GEF funded project. These projects offer opportunities to implement sustainability strategies,receive funding and plan research cooperation.Chair: Dr Andrius Guzavicius, vice Rector Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaCo-chair: BUP Deputy Director Christine Jakobsson, Uppsala UniversityKey note (industry cooperation): Assoc. Prof. Lennart Nilsson, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, SwedenKey note (city cooperation): Mr Risto Veivo, former Union of Baltic Cities Commission Director, Baltic 21 SecretaryGeneralProposed program for parallel sessions. Introduction by chairs (5 min). Invited key note speaker (15 min). Contributions (40 min). Discussion (30 min)21