DRC 2011

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D A N U B E   R E C T O R S’   C O N F E R E N C E

Conference at BOKU Vienna 17 – 18 November 2011

DRAFT Conference Programme
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Gregor Mendel Strasse 33, A – 1180 Vienna

Wednesday, November 16th: Arrival day

Thursday, November 17th

08:30 – 10:15  Meeting of the DRC Presidency

08:30 – 10:15 Registration and Welcome Coffee
10:15 – 10:20  Rector Prof. Martin Gerzabek
10:20 – 10:30 Mayor of Vienna, Dr. Michael Häupl (cancelled) -
10:30 – 10:40 Federal Minister Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Töchterle
10:40 – 10:50 EU Commissioner Dr. Johannes Hahn
10:50 – 11:35  The EU Strategy for the Danube Region and its implications for
networks like the DRC (Prof. Dr. Erhard Busek)
11:35 – 12:20  University Development in the Danube Region (Prof. Dr. Georg Winckler)

Lunch break

13:15 – 14:30 Challenges in education and research for Life Science
Universities – examples for a regional strategy from the BOVA-
NOVA-Network  (Prof. Lena Andersson-Eklund, Deputy Vice-
Chancellor  of SLU Sweden )
14:30-15:15 The role of Vienna in the implementation of the Danube strategy in the field of science and education (Planungsdirektor DI Dr Kurt  Puchinger
)
15:15 –16:00  Visions for the future of Humanities in the Danube Region (Prof.
Verena Winiwarter )

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee

16:30 – 18:30 Permanent Committee Meeting

19:00                        Departure from BOKU’s main entrance for the Conference      Dinner, sponsored by the Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Dr. Michael Häupl:
Restaurant S’Pfiff, Rathstrasse 4, 1190 Vienna

Friday, November 18th

08:45 – 09:00 "The Christian-Doppler-Laboratory for Advanced Methods in
River Monitoring, Modelling and Engineering and related ideas for the common implementation of the Danube Strategy": Univ. Prof. DI Dr. Helmut Habersack, Head of Christian Doppler Laboratory for Advanced Methods in River Monitoring, Modelling and Engineering
 09:00 - 09:20 “The UN Academic Impact Initiative and possibilities for
 university co-operation with UN organisations” : Janos
 Tiszovszky, Acting Director, United Nations Information Service Vienna
09:20 – 09:30 “Co-operation between Life Science Industry and Academia in
 the Danube Region “, Dr. Konopitzky
09:30 – 09:50: “CEEPUS – the Central European Exchange Programme for
 University Studies’ options for implementing the EUSDR”, Mag.
 Elisabeth Sorantin, CEEPUS Secretary General

Coffee Break

10:15 – 11:15          Two parallel Workshops, including coffee
 
1) Lessons learnt from the BOVA-Nova Network (best practice to be used and pitfalls to be avoided by DRC) – Chairperson + case-study presenter:   : Thorbjorg Valdis Kristjansdottir, NOVA/Nordplus coordinator

2) : Financing possibilities for DRC activities –
Chairpersons and Presenters: Dr. Dimitri CORPAKIS, Head of Unit C5 Regional Dimension of Innovation, Directorate General for Research and Innovation; Dr. Katrin Stockhammer (INTERACT)

11:15 - 12:45            DRC General Assembly

12:45 – 13:00 Closing session and suggestions for future DRC activities

Lunch, sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research

Contact:
DRC Vice President: Rector Prof. Dr. Martin H. Gerzabek
Dr. Margarita Calderón-Peter, Center for International Relations
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Peter Jordan Strasse 82a, 1190 Wien
Tel:+43-1-47654-2601; Fax:+43-1-47654-2606
Margarita.calderon-peter(at)boku.ac.at