Day 1: September 1, 2021 (Wednesday)
Hong Kong time
(pm)
3pm - 3.30pm
London time
(am)
8am - 8.30am
Conference opening and keynote conversation
Conference opening:
Max Shen Zuojun (Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor - Research, The University of Hong Kong)
Yang Rui (Associate Dean - Research), Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong)
Gaele Goastellec (President Consortium of Higher Education Researchers - CHER)
Hugo Horta (The University of Hong Kong)
3.30pm - 5pm
8.30am - 10am
Keynote conversation: University Dynamism and Euro-Asia Interdependency: Possibilities and Realities
Chair and moderator: Gerard A. Postiglione (The University of Hong Kong)
Speakers: Simon Marginson (University of Oxford) and Jinghuan Shi (Tsinghua University)
Hong Kong time
(pm)
London time
(am)
Sessions (Parallel)
5pm - 6pm
10am -11am
Digital higher education: A divider or bridge builder? Leadership perspectives on digital learning for collaboration
Panelists:
Anne Leiser (Global Learning Council)
Erle Lim Chuen Hian (National University of Singapore)
Ilka Parchmann (Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Kiel)
Bronwen Deacon (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society)
The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the governance of international students, the case of three global research universities
Panelists:
Tatiana Fumasoli (IoE, University College London)
Akiyoshi Yonezawa (Tohoku University)
Zhou Zhong (Tsinghua University)
Isak Froumin (Higher School of Economics)
6pm - 7pm
11am - 12pm (noon)
European researchers in Chinese academia before & after Covid-19 pandemic
Panelists:
Halldór Berg Harðarson (University of Iceland, EURAXESS China)
Mikkel Mouritzen (Sino-Danish Centre, Roskilde University)
Andrea Braun Střelcová (Tampere University)
The Global Challenges and Future Prospects for Higher Education in the Next Decade
Panelists:
Heather Eggins (Cambridge University)
Gaele Goastellec (University of Lausanne)
Pedro Teixeira (University of Porto)
Pavel Zgaga (University of Ljubljana)
Maria Slowey (Dublin City University)
Book discount voucher for CHER members and conference participants: HERE
7pm - 8pm
12pm (noon) -1pm
Challenges for higher education data across continents
Panelists:
Benedetto Lepori (Università della Svizzera italiana)
Victor M. H. Borden (Indiana University)
Hamish Coates (Tsinghua University)
Institutional Profiles and Cultural Features in University Governance in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Panelists:
Sou-Kuan Vong (University of Macau)
William Yat-Wai Lo (Education University of Hong Kong)
Sheng-Ju Chan (National Chung Cheng University)