Senate House, London,
16 – 18 October 2013
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Wednesday 16 October |
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MORNING |
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09.00-10.00 |
Registration and refreshments | Crush Hall and Macmillan Hall, Senate House |
10.00-11.15
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Opening Ceremony | Beveridge Hall, Senate House Welcome address from:
Keynote address from:
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11.15-11.45 |
Refreshments | Macmillan Hall |
11.45-13.00
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Plenary 1 - Future forward: taking charge of change | Beveridge Hall Chair: Professor Jan Reid, Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Group photo ǀ Crush Hall |
13.00-14.00 |
Lunch | Macmillan Hall |
AFTERNOON |
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14.00-15.30
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Plenary 2 - Governance and leadership | Beveridge Hall Chair: Dr Idris A Rai, The State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Announcement of the Commonwealth Residential School 2014 |
15.30-16.00 |
Refreshments | Macmillan Hall |
16.00-16.45 |
ACU Centenary book launch - 'Universities for a New World: Making a Global Network in International Higher Education, 1913-2013' | Beveridge Hall |
16.45-18.00 |
Plenary 3 - The international student: the next phase | Beveridge Hall Chair: Professor John Hearn, Chief Executive, World Universities Forum and Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney, Australia
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18.15 |
Launch of the ACU Beyond 2015 campaign | Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of London Reception kindly hosted bySchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London |
MORNING |
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09.00-10.30
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Plenary 4 - Civil society and social engagement | Beveridge Hall Chair: Professor John Wood, Secretary General, The Association of Commonwealth Universities
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10.30-11.00 |
Refreshments | Macmillan Hall |
11.00-12.30 |
Parallel discussion sessions on topics related to Plenaries | First floor breakout rooms, Senate House Civil society and social development ǀ Senate Room Chair: Dr David Atkinson, President of Grant MacEwan University, Canada
Employability and economic growth ǀ Holden Room Chair: Professor Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, University of Southern Queensland
Governance and leadership ǀ Torrington Room Chair: Professor Robin Middlehurst, Professor of Higher Education, Kingston University
Universities and the innovation cycle ǀ Court Room Chair: Professor Juanitu Camilleri, Rector, University of Malta
The future of research | Chancellors Hall Chair: Dr Garry Aslanyan, Manager, Partnerships and Governance, World Health Organisation
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12.30-13.30 |
Lunch | Macmillan Hall |
AFTERNOON |
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13.30-15.00 |
Plenary 5 - Future of international research: getting the relationships right | Beveridge Hall Chair: Dr John Kirkland, Deputy Secretary General, The Association of Commonwealth Universities
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15.00-15.30 |
Refreshments | Macmillan Hall |
15.30-16.45 |
Plenary 6 - Universities and the innovation cycle | Beveridge Hall Chair: Dr Junaid Zaidi, Rector, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
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18.15 |
Coaches leave Senate House at 18.15 for dinner at Kia Oval Cricket Ground |
EVENING |
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19.00 |
Centenary Gala Dinner | The Kia Oval: Surrey County Cricket Ground, London
Introductions: The Rt Hon the Lord Howell of Guildford, UK Chair of the ACU Council to present:
Toast: Professor Sir Graeme Davies, Chair of the ACU Development Advisory Board |
MORNING |
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08.30-09.00 |
ACU Annual General Meeting (ACU members only) | Beveridge Hall |
09.30-12.30 |
Visit to Buckingham Palace (strictly by invitation only) Coaches leave from Senate House at 0930h sharp. or Visit to the British Library for an exclusive tour of the collections Departing by foot at 10.30 from Senate House |
13.00-14.00 |
Lunch | Macmillan Hall |
AFTERNOON |
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14.00-16.00 |
Centenary Debate | Beveridge Hall 'This house believes that societies expect too much from universities' Chair:
Speakers:
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16.00 |
Closing Remarks | Beveridge Hall |
16.05 |
Refreshments | Macmillan Hall |
16.15 |
Former ACU staff reception | Macmillan Hall |
MORNING |
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08.30-17.15 |
Post-conference tour of Oxford
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