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Spring Aurora Biannual 20th - 21st May 2021 Hosted By
On May 20th and 21st, Aurora will hold its 10th Biannual Meeting proudly
organised by the University of Iceland. This Online Biannual will be a unique
and exciting event where Aurora academics, students, university leaders
and administrators will come together to continue ongoing work, meet new
colleagues, celebrate existing friendships and reflect on the future of our
ambitious cooperation!
The Biannual programme features addresses from Adrienn Király from the
European Commission, Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and
Culture of Iceland, Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland and
President of the Aurora Universities Network and Mirjam van Praag,
President of the Executive Board at the VU and President of the Aurora
European Universities Alliance.
Over the two days we will also have a mix of open informative sessions, perfect
for those that are not yet involved in the work of Aurora but eager to learn
more, and closed working sessions for colleagues that are working hard to
deliver on our various ambitious projects.
The Biannual will also give us a chance to reflect on the changing landscape in
higher education, in particular in a panel discussion featuring Prof. Paul
Boyle, the vice-chancellor of Swansea University, UK and EUA Vice-
President, Prof. Yassine Lakhnech, president of the University of Grenoble
Alpes, and Emily Reise, member of the Student Council of the University of
Iceland and Aurora Student Council Secretary.
Aurora also welcomes President Joan Gabel of the University of Minnesota as a
guest of honour. President Gabel will take part in the “Sustainability” session and
share her views on the topic.
Registration & Virtual venue
The virtual conference platform will allow us to switch between formal
sessions and meeting informally and casually as we see each other passing
Biannual information
by the Aurora Biannual lounges. You will also be able to visit our information
desks on floor 10
Join us by registering through this link and indicate which sessions you will
attend!
Your registration will need to be confirmed by the Aurora institutional
coordinator in your University. Once your registration is confirmed, you will
receive information on how to log on to the virtual conference platform and
instructions on how to navigate it.
Once on the platform, if you have any questions or experience difficulties you
may ask Maria José Montana Correa who will be present on the ground floor
lobby.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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09:00
20
Sign in, Mingle, May
Info-desk
2021
Open sessions Closed sessions
10:00 11:45
Opening plenary Parallel sessions
Future of academic collaboration between The following parallel sessions
British and other European universities are scheduled to take place:
following Brexit IT-services (3.3.3) in Parallel
Session A Breaks
A plenary session featuring Adrienn Király from in Lounge rooms
the European Commission and panel discussion OER (3.3.4) in Parallel
on the future of academic collaboration between Session B
British and other European universities following 11:15
Brexit with Prof. Paul Boyle, the vice-chancellor CDS (4.4) in Parallel Coffee Break
of Swansea University, UK and EUA Vice- Session C
President, Prof. Yassine Lakhnech, President of
Université Grenoble Alpes and Emily Reise Aurora SDG Research Dashboard
student representative. John Style, Vice-Rector (5.1) in Parallel Session D
International of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili will 13:00
moderate the discussion. Vice Rectors Research in Lunch Break
Parallel Session E
15:45
Aurora Competence
Reports & Reflections Framework (3.1.1) in Parallel 15:15
The afternoon features four broad parallel sessions, Session F
each covering one of the more overarching Aurora Coffee Break
themes. Aurora welcomes president Joan Gabel 11:45 - 14:30
of the University of Minnesota as a guest of honour.
President Gabel will take part in the “Sustainability” Presidents’ Strategy
session and share her views on the topic. 17:00
Sessions
Coffee Break
• Aurora & Education, moderated by Neil Ward in President’s Room
and Barbara Buchenau
• Aurora & Stakeholders, moderated by John 14:00
Spring Biannual Program
Style and David Kosina
• Aurora & Academics, moderated by Karen van Parallel sessions
Oudenhoven
• Aurora & Sustainability, moderated by Susana International Internships (3.1.2) in
Borras Parallel Session A
17:30 Culture (3.4.4) in Parallel Session B
Reception Academic collaboration (4.2) in
Parallel Session C
Opening words by Jón Atli Benediktsson,
Aurora Network President. Addresses by Lilja SDG Research Dashboard (5.1) in
Alfredsdottir, Icelandic Minister of Education, Parallel Session D
Science & Culture and Mirjam van Praag, Aurora
Alliance President. Vice Rectors Education in Parallel
Session F
Ari Eldjárn, Icelandic stand-up comedian,
writer and actor will perform. Eldjárn has a long Social Entrepreneurship &
successful career in Iceland as a comedian and innovation (4.3) in Parallel Session G
is best known internationally for his Netflix show
Pardon My Icelandic.
*Times are displayed in CEST 02
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May
2021
09:00
Sign in, Mingle,
Info-desk
Open sessions Closed sessions Breaks
in Lounge rooms
10:00 10:00
Aurora Network 11:15
Parallel Dissemination Sessions Coffee Break
Council
Quality Management (closed working in President’s Room
session) in Parallel Session A
11:45 13:00
Aurora Competence Framework (3.1.1) in Lunch Break
Parallel Session B Parallel sessions
International Service-Learning (3.1.3) in Alliance Board of
Parallel Session C Presidents in President’s
Room
Turing seminar (3.3.1) in Parallel Session D
Coordination (3.1) in Parallel
Sustainability & Dissemination (6.1 & Session A
6.2) in Parallel Session E
Social Transformation (3.2)
Aurora Student Champions Scheme in in Parallel Session B
Parallel Session F
Pilot Sustainability (3.4.1 &
14:00 5.2.2) in Parallel Session C
Plenary Wrap-up Sustainability pioneers (5)
Spring Biannual Program
The plenary wrap-up aims to present reports in Parallel Session E
from Education, Stakeholders, Academics,
& Sustainability. The students will relay their Pilot Domain Digital Society
summary of the biannual activities. & Global Citizenship (3.4.2)
in Parallel Session E
The plenary is taking place in the Plenary
room.
*Times are displayed in CEST 03
Biography Speakers
Lilja Alfredsdottir - Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Ice-
land
Lilja Alfredsdottir is Iceland‘s Minister of Education, Science and
Culture and former Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade.
Ms. Alfredsdottir is also a member of Parliament.
Before her participation in politics, Ms. Alfredsdottir served as
Deputy Director of the Central Bank of Iceland’s General Secretariat
and International Affairs Department. Since her graduation from
Columbia University, Ms. Alfredsdottir, has been a central banker,
apart from temporary secondments to Iceland’s Prime Minister’s
Office as a Special Liaison and previously, to the International
Monetary Fund’s Nordic-Baltic Executive Office as an Advisor. Ms.
Alfredsdottir holds a master’s degree in International Economic
Policy from Columbia University and received a Fulbright grant
during her studies. She holds an undergraduate degree in
Political Science from the University of Iceland. She also studied
at the University of Minnesota and Ewha University in Seoul. Ms.
Alfredsdottir has written numerous articles on economic and
educational affairs in Icelandic papers and international journals.
In additions, Ms. Alfredsdottir has held presentations on economic
affairs in the United States and Europe.
Jón Atli Benediktsson - Rector of the University of Iceland and Presi-
dent of the Aurora Universities Network
Professor Jón Atli Benediktsson became President of the Governing
Council and Rector of the University of Iceland in July 2015. Prior to
taking office Jón Atli Benediktsson was a professor in the Faculty
of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was the Pro-Rector
for Science and Academic Affairs from 2009, and served in various
other administrative capacities within the University of Iceland.
Professor Benediktsson received his Ph.D. from Purdue University,
USA in 1990. His research is in the areas of remote sensing, image
analysis, signal processing and biomedical engineering and he has
published over 300 papers and book chapters in his field.
Professor Benediktsson has been a member of the Science and
Technology Policy Council of Iceland since 2012. He is the Chair of
the Icelandic Rectors´ Conference and sits on the council of the
European University Association. Jón Atli was elected President of
the Aurora Universities Network in 2020.
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Mirjam van Praag - President of the Executive Board Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam
Mirjam van Praag was appointed President of the Executive Board
at the VU on March 1st 2018. After having worked at Procter &
Gamble, Intomart and The Boston Consulting Group, Van Praag
committed herself to a career in science in 1998. She held successive
positions at the University of Amsterdam, first as Associate
Professor in Organizational Economics and later as Professor in
Entrepreneurship and Organization.
In 2014, Van Praag took on the position of Professor in
Entrepreneurship at the Copenhagen Business School. In addition
to her professorship, she has held a range of various ancillary
positions. Van Praag was a crown member of the Social and
Economic Council of the Netherlands (2010 – 2018), and has served
on various advisory boards and academic networks, both in the
public and private sector. She was the first director and driving
force behind the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE).
Yassine Lakhnech - President Université Grenoble Alpes
Yassine Lakhnech is a graduate of the University of Kiel in Germany,
specializing in program verification and provable security, and the
links between logic and calculation models. He is a Professor at
Université Grenoble Alpes. He was involved in several structuring
projects for the university, including the Labex Persyval-lab, the
PILSI campus operation (IMAG) and the Université Grenoble
Alpes Excellence Initiative (IDEX). He has held numerous teaching
responsibilities, served as deputy vice-president of research at
Université Joseph Fourier (UJF) as well as vice-president of research
at UJF and executive director of the research and development
component of the excellence initiative.
Neil Ward - Deputy Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Academic Affairs at University of East Anglia
Neil Ward is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor
(Academic Affairs) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and is the
strategic lead for all educational and student-related activity at the
University. UEA has an outstanding reputation for the quality of its
student experience and holds a ‘Gold’ rating in the UK’s Teaching
Excellence Framework (TEF).
Neil joined UEA in 2008 as Executive Dean of Social Sciences. He
was appointed DVC in 2014. He began his academic career at
University College London. He is a human geographer, specialising
in rural and regional development, has held chairs at the University
of Leeds and Newcastle, and was Director of Newcastle University’s
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Centre for Rural Economy from 2004 to 2008. He has also worked
for periods on secondment to the Prime Minister’s Performance
and Innovation Unit in the Cabinet Office and as an advisor to the
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Neil is a Principal
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is also UEA’s executive
lead on internationalisation. He chair’s the Aurora Vice Presidents
for Education Group.
Paul Boyle - Vice-Chancellor Swansea University and EUA Vice-
President
Professor Paul Boyle was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Swansea
University in 2019. Prior to this he was President and Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Leicester. Previously, Paul was Chief Executive of
the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the UK’s largest
funding agency for social science research; the International
Champion of Research Councils UK, with responsibility for
international strategy on behalf of all seven UK research councils;
and President of Science Europe, representing over 50 European
funding agencies.
Paul is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of
Social Sciences. He is Chair of Universities Wales’ Research and
Innovation Network; a Board Member of Universities UK, as well as
Chair of their Research Policy Network; Vice-President and Council
Member of the European University Association which represents
over 800 universities in 48 countries; and Chair of the ONS Research
Accreditation Panel.
Barbara Buchenau - Vice-Rector of Social Responsibility, Diversity &
International Affairs at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Barbara Buchenau is Vice-Rector of Social Responsibility,
Diversity & International Affairs at the University of Duisburg-
Essen, Germany, where she also teaches North American Cultural
Studies as a Full Professor. In her administrative work, Buchenau
cooperates with university committees, faculty and administrative
staff to develop shared standards for the university’s numerous
collaborations with international actors at home in the fields of
academia, politics, business, society and education. For this work,
the SDGs 4, 5, 9, 16 and 17 are crucial.
In her research, Buchenau addresses the evolution of North
American (anti-) urban imaginaries across the centuries. As the
speaker of the Graduate Research Group “Scripts for Postindustrial
Urban Futures: American Models, Transatlantic Interventions”
she works with urban developers and researchers in the US and
Germany to better understand the problematic legacy of the rust
belts left by the montane industry in North America and Europe.
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Adrienn Király - Head of the Cabinet to Mariya Gabriel, European
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Education, Culture and Youth.
Adrienn Király joined the European Commission in 2007 and is now
Head of the Cabinet to Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for
Innovation, Research, Education, Culture and Youth.
Adrienn started her career in Brussels in the European Commission’s
Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security dealing
with international relations and coordinated visa liberalisation
dialogues with the Western Balkan countries. In 2010 Adrienn
joined Directorate-General for Home Affairs where she continued
her work as coordinator for the Western Balkans. From September
2011 to March 2014 Adrienn was an inter-institutional coordinator
at Directorate-General for Justice. In April 2014 she joined the
Cabinet of the Vice-President of the European Commission, Ms
Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights
and Citizenship. From July 2014 to October 2014 she was a Member
of the Cabinet of Commissioner Martine Reicherts, Commissioner
for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. From November
2014 November 2019, Adrienn was the Head of Cabinet of Tibor
Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth
and Sport. As from December 2019, Adrienn is the Head of Cabinet
to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for
Innovation, Research, Education, Culture and Youth.
Adrienn studied at University of Economic Sciences in Budapest
(M.Sc. in Economics and International Relations), at the Robert
Schuman University in Strasbourg (DEA de Science Politique) and
at the ELTE University, Faculty of Law in Budapest (Post graduate
studies for a Master’s degree in law). Adrienn speaks fluent English
and French.
John Style - Vice-Rector for Internationalization at the Universtitat
Rovira i Virgili
John Style has been Vice-Rector for Internationalization at the
Universtitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain since May 2018.
B.A. in English from the University of London, he was awarded a
doctorate in English Philology at the URV in 1997. He is a lecturer in
contemporary British literature in the Department of English and
German Studies, where he has taught courses from Anglo-Saxon
literature, Shakespeare and John Milton, up to and including 21st
century literature. He also teachers in an interuniversity Master’s
course on Music and Artistic Expression, and in a Professional
Translation Master, specialized in literary translation. His research
areas are Contemporary British poetry and narrative, and the
relationship between music and literature in Rock and Pop song
lyrics.
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At the URV since 1994, he has been a full-time senior lecturer since
2003, and has been elected director of his department on three
occasions, as well as Dean of the Faculty of Letters. He is also a
semi-professional pianist and guitarist.
Karen van Oudenhoven - van der Zee - Dean of the Faculty of Social
Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Karen van Oudenhoven - van der Zee is professor of
organizational psychology (PhD, University of Groningen, 1996) with
a specific interest in diversity management in an organizational
context. She concurrently is dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
and holds a chair in Intercultural Competency at the Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Her research interests cover intercultural competencies, social
identity processes and organizational climate factors that have
an impact on intercultural effectiveness of individuals and
teams in organizations. She consulted organizations such as the
Rijksmuseum and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Welfare on
their diversity policies.
Susanna Borras - Associate Professor of Public International Law
Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Susana Borras is an associate professor of Public International Law
and International Relations at the Department of Public Law and
Director of the Master Degree of Environmental Law at Universitat
Rovira i Virgili.
She is a researcher at the Tarragona Center for Environmental Law
Studies (CEDAT) and an Expert Member of the United Nations
Harmony with Nature. She has been a researcher at different
research centres on environmental Law: Committee on Challenges
of Modern Society (NATO / CCMS) in Belgium (1999-2002); Max
Planck Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht,
Heidelberg, Germany (2002-2007); Center of International
Environmental Law (CIEL) in Washington, USA (2006); Center
de Recherche of The Hague Academy of International Law and
International Relations on the Implementation of Environmental
Law (2008) and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina -UFSC (2013).
Susana’s recent publications address the study of access and
sharing of benefits derived from genetic resources, bioprospecting,
environmental refugees, climate change, human rights and the
environment, the registration, evaluation and authorization of
chemical substances and preparations and the participation of
local authorities in the European Union.
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David Kosina - Executive Manager at the Confucius Institute of
Palacký University Olomouc
David Kosina has a master degree in Economic policy and
administration, and currently, he is pursuing a doctoral degree in
management. During his professional career, David has worked
with education institutions and public bodies, including European
Commission.
With more than 15 years of direct experience with the management
of projects focused on education and regional development,
implemented by public or semi-public organisations, David has
strong expertise in project design, project management and
evaluation of project proposals for EU funding. In 2017, David
joined academia as a member of the Department of Economic
and Managerial Studies at Palacky University Olomouc. His
research focus is international project management, intercultural
management and management of global virtual teams.
Besides his academic work, since 2018, David has been a member
of the internationalisation team at the rector’s office of Palacky
University, participating in strategic projects of Palacky University and
managing international relations with partner institutions in China.
David is a global person, striving to understand the principles of
mutual understanding among cultures. His working languages are
English, Spanish and native Czech. As a language enthusiast, he
also speaks Mandarin Chinese, French, Portuguese and German.
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