21st Century Higher Education: Leadeship, Innovation and Human Capital Development - Euro-Atlantic, Black Sea and Caspian Sea Area Studies
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A meeting to develop a cooperation agreement letter, to identify projects’ priorities and the human and financial resources necessary for their launching and successful outcomes, in tandem with a workshop on Higher Education, Science & Innovation: Their Roles in Human Capital Development in the Black Sea & Caspian Sea Regions, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, July 8-10, 2010. Projects’ launch is anticipated in 2011.
Startup partners of this public/private universities’ partnership, inspired by the Marshall Plan, would include the George Washington University, French, Romanian, Kazakh, and Azeri universities. As the project matures, other American, European, Black Sea and Caspian Sea universities will be included.
DAY 1 – July 8
17.00 – 19.00 Welcome speeches
17.00 – 17.20 Prof. Adrian Curaj, National and International Projects Coordinator, UEFISCSU, Bucharest, Romania
17.20 – 17.40 Mr. Iulian Fota, Presidential Adviser, Romanian Presidency
17.40 – 18.00 Prof. Eliot Sorel, School of Medicine & School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA
18.00 – 18.45 Prof. Paolo Guerrieri, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
18.45 – 19.00 Questions and answers
19.00 – 21.30 Ceremonial reception and dinner – Grand Hotel Continental, Victoria Club
DAY 2 – July 9
08.30 – 09.00 Participants registration
09.00 – 16.00 Delegation speeches, presentations, discussions, debates
09.00 – 09.15 Prof. Adrian Curaj and Dr. Radu Gheorghiu, National and International Projects Coordinator, UEFISCSU, Bucharest, Romania
09.15 – 09.30 Prof. Eliot Sorel, School of Medicine & School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA
09.30 – 09.50 Rector Andrei Plesu, New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania
09.50 – 10.10 Rector Bakytzhan Abdiraiym, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
10.10 – 10.30 Rector Hamlet Isaxanli, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 – 11.10 Rector Maksut Kulzhanov, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan
11.10 – 11.30 Rector Ion Ababii, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova
11.30 – 11.50 Prof. Giorgio Dominese, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
11.50 – 12.10 Prof. Nicolas Vaicbourdt, Cergy-Pontoise University, France
12.10 – 12.30 Prof. Henry Hale, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, USA
12.30 – 12.50 Rector Florian Popa, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
12.50 – 14.30 Lunch
14.40 – 15.00 Vice-rector Nicolae Tapus, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
15.00 – 15.20 Prof. Catalin Zamfir, Research Institute for the Quality of Life, Bucharest, Romania
15.20 – 15.40 Dean Iordan Barbulescu, National School of Political and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
15.40 – 16.00 Mr. Florin Vlad, Romanian Embassy in Paris, France
16.00 – 17.30 Projects proposals, discussions, debates
19.30 – 20.30 Cultural program: Cvartet Passione
21.00 – 22.30 Ceremonial dinner – Romanian Scientists Club
DAY 3 – July 10
08.30 – 09.00 Participants registration
09.00 – 11.30 Projects proposals, discussions, debates
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 12.45 Presentation and adoption of universities' projects for 2011 and principles of cooperation
13.00 – 15.00 Farewell luncheon
