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CONFERENCE PROGRAM - draft
SCHEDULE
December the 12th
15.30 - Welcoming addresses
- UNISI, the Rector's delegate for international affairs, Prof. Luca Verzichelli
- AGU-CRUI Working Group, the coordinator, Prof. Yulia Tikhomirova
- Introduction to the Conference
December the 13th
10.00-11.00 1st session – KEYNOTE SPEECHES – Chairing Prof. Lorenza Operti
TSU
Prof. Artyom Rykun
Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Tomsk State University
Multifaceted Task for Internationalization: Russian Universities in Global Collaboration on the Way to Recognition
(co-author) Prof. Yulia Tikhomirova
Associate professor at the Dept. of Romance and Germanic Philology, Faculty of Philology, Tomsk State University
UNN (Lobachevsky)
Prof. Alexander Bedny
Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Lobachevsky University
Raising Global Innovators as a Key Function of Leading Universities
(co-author) Prof. Alexander Grudzinsky
Director of the Institute of Economics and Entrepreneurship, Lobachevsky University Nizhniy Novgorod
11.00 Question time
11.15-11.30 – coffee break
11.30-13.00 1st session (continued) – KEYNOTE SPEECHES – Chairing Prof. Alexander Grudzinsky
UNISI
Prof. Federico Lenzerini
Associate Professor of International Law, University of Siena, Department of Political and International Sciences
“Counter-limits” and the Prevalence of Fundamental Constitutional Principles over the ECHR: A Case of Convergence between Russian and Italian Courts
UNITO
Prof. Marina Marchisio
Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics , University of Turin
Start@unito: open online courses for improving access and for enhancing success in Higher Education
UniRoma2
Prof. Elvira Lozupone
Department of History, cultural heritage, Education andSsociety, University of Rome Tor Vergata
The Supervision Process within the Curricular Internships as a Way for Professional Construction
13.00 Question time
13.15 LUNCH
14.15-15.15 2nd session – Session Speeches – Chairing Prof. Maurizio Pompella
TSU
Prof. Svetlana Fashchanova
Associate professor at the Department of Russian Language, Faculty of Philology, Tomsk State University
Educational media in the practice of teaching Russian as a foreign language
Prof. Victor Dyomin,
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Tomsk State University
Prof. Galina Mozhaeva
Director of the Institute of Distance Education, Tomsk State University
Dr. Daria Maslova
Director of the MOOK production and support Centre, Tomsk State University
How MOOCs can make education more efficient: the experience of Tomsk State University
15.15 Question time
15.30-16.30 2nd session (continued) – Session Speeches – Chairing Prof. Artyom Rykun
UNISI
Prof. Carlo Citter
Dept. of History and Cultural Heritage, University of Siena
The Early Medieval Globalisation from the Volga to the Atlantic Ocean
Prof. Alessandra Viviani
Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Siena
Human rights education as a means to develop soft skills and intercultural competences for global citizenship
16.30 Question time
December the 14th
9.30-10.30 3rd session – Session Speeches – Chairing Prof. Luca Verzichelli
UNISI
Prof. Simone Beta
Associate professor of Classical Philology at the University of Siena
From West to East and vice versa: The far away world of Eastern Europe as seen through Greek eyes, from Herodotus to the Emperors of Byzance
UNN (Lobachevsky)
Irina Leonova
Director of International Affairs Department UNN
Values of Russian Employees in Education Sector and Students as a Mirror for Transformation Processes in Russian Economy and Society
10.30 Question time
10.45-11.00 coffee break
11.00-13.30
VII meeting of the Working Group
Call for papers
Working Group for collaboration between
the Association of Russian Higher Educational Institutions “Global Universities” (AGU) and
the Conference of Italian Universities Rectors (CRUI)
SIENA CONFERENCE, December 12-14, 2018
&
VII Meeting AGU-CRUI – Siena University, Dec. the 14th, 2018.
CONFERENCE CALL
Within the framework of AGU-CRUI cooperation and following the V Meeting of the Working Group (Siena, December 13, 2017), an international research and practical conference on education will be hosted by the University of Siena in December 2018.
The Conference aims at bringing up to 50 scholars, researchers, managers to explore and discuss what globalization has meant and means in terms of growing learning opportunities and shared educational standards, and the role of higher education in the so-called 'knowledge society'. New Models and New Rules in Higher Education, Optimal Environment for Learning Technologies, Institutional versus Non-Institutional HE, are some out of the topics the conference is expected to deal with. The preferential focus will be on Russia and Italy, but other perspectives are most welcomed too.
TITLE
Higher Education going Global:
Contemporary Challenges for Educational Science and Practice
THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE
- New Models, Methods, and Rules in Contemporary Higher Education;
- Optimal Environment for Learning Technologies;
- Institutional versus Non-Institutional HE;
- Comparative Education and Intercultural Education;
- International Level Teaching Best Practices;
- International Cooperation in Higher Education;
- Teachers' Education and Training;
- Soft Skills and the Relevance of Interdisciplinarity in Modern Higher Education;
- the latest e-learning Technologies;
- Culture, Quality and Business Opportunities of online Learning.
Working language will be English (no interpretation provided).
SCHEDULE
- release of the Call for paper and panel proposals: mid-September 2018;
- deadline for applications: October the 20th, 2018;
EXTENDED ... October the 31st // late applications can be sent to pompella@unisi.it and will be considered until November the 18th
- notification of acceptance: early November 2018;
EXTENDED ... November the 20th
- release of the Conference Programme: November the 20th, 2018;
- non-speakers registration: November the 20th, 2018;
- Conference dates: December 12-14, 2018.
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Paper and panel proposals should be submitted via the AGU-CRUI Working Group Website:
http://agu-crui.ru/highereducation/&conference_page=submission&act=add
Each application should include
- personal data,
- an abstract of the paper (up to 150 words, including 3 keywords),
- the author's short CV (150 words, including her/his most relevant publications on the topics to be addressed by the Conference).
Panel proposals should include the title, a short description of the session (up to 150 words), a list of up to 5 papers and the panel moderator, who is expected to submit the proposal and provide a personal short CV (up to 150 words).
Each of the co-organizing universities is kindly required to propose a keynote speaker, if any, also providing its short CV and title of the contribution.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Conference Scientific Committee will be defined by the end of September, is made up by one representative from each co-organizing university (two of them from the hosting Institution, in order to guarantee the interdisciplinarity). The Scientific Committee is in charge of the evaluation procedure as well as of the Conference Programme.
The University of Siena will provide the Organizing Committee, and publish the membership of both Committees.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
The Scientific Committee is also in charge of selecting and inviting the keynote speakers on the basis of the suggestions received from each co-organizing university.
CONFERENCE RESULTS
Conference proceedings will be published on the the AGU-CRUI Working Group Website as an open access resource. Conference results could also be disseminated through scientific journals
PARTICIPATION FEE (FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW HERE)
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT PROCEDURE
Speakers: 70 euros (except for keynote speakers)
Non-speakers: free (deadline for applications: November the 20th, 2018)
VENUE
Aula Consiliare, Palazzo del Rettorato
Università degli Studi di Siena, Banchi di Sotto, 55
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