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To: Angeliki Matsouki
Subject: High-level EU-China university leadership discussion panel: Last minute opportunity for registration


“The 21st Century Student: Learning in a Globalised World”
High-level panel on China-Europe Higher Education Relations
18 April 2012, Centre Flagey, Brussels
On 18 April 2012, the Chinese Government and the European Commission are launching the EU-China High-Level People to People Dialogue (HPPD), a new mechanism that will support cooperation in various sectors and areas, one of them education.
To mark the occasion, EUA has been invited to contribute to a high-level discussion panel on “The 21st Century Student: Learning in a Globalised World”, to take place in Brussels, 18 April, in the afternoon.
The eventwill be an important occasion for dialogue between Chinese and European university leaders, and to explore further prospects and frameworks for cooperation.
The event will aim to gather 80 participants from university leadership in China and Europe.
After the panel, a cultural event and networking reception will be hosted by the Chinese Mission to the European Union. Seventeen Chinese university presidents from leading Chinese universities have already confirmed their attendance.
For further details, please refer to the programme below.
To register, please address your request to before 11 April, 2012.
Please note that the European Union will be sponsoring a limited number of travel and subsistence grants to attend this event. If you require support please state this in your request with an estimate of the approximate costs.
Programme:
Higher education is a sector of growing strategic importance for both the EU and China. The need to match skills and jobs to drive economic growth, and the ambition to nurture talent and creative thinking to deal with rapid technical and social change, are key priorities for China and Europe, both in terms of competition and collaboration.
14:00Registration
15:00- 16:45 “The 21st Century Student: Learning in a Globalised World”
Panel discussion with the participation of:
Zhou Zuyi, Chiarman of the Board of TongjiUniversity
Chen Jining, President of TsinghuaUniversity
Gong Ke, President of NankaiUniversity
Giuseppe Silvestri, EUA Board Member, former Rector of University of Palermo
Dirk Jan van den Berg, President of the Executive Board of Delft University of Technology
Fraser Cameron, EU-China Centre
Hu Zhongliang, Erasmus Mundus Alumnus
Moderator: Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, EuropeanUniversity Association
17:00 Plenary Session - China-EU High-Level People to People Dialogue (HPPD) FORUM(dialogue between Education, Youth and Culture stakeholders)
Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture,Multilingualism, Sport, Media and Youth, and Liu Yandong, State Councillor, China
18:00Concert performance followed by cocktail reception
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