After 9 successful conferences in the field, this two-day DEAN Conference 2008 will be an excellent opportunity to take stock of developments in Higher Education in the last few years and to find out how to position yourself beyond 2010.
More than ever, it is vital to move beyond quality to excellence, and to ensure the synergy between education, research and innovation – of knowledge exchange.

Addressed to every institution and member involved in quality higher education, including teaching and learning, student services, and research domains.

Venues & dates
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Barcelona, 16-18 November 2008

Invited experts
• Prof. Serban Agachi, Vice-Rector, University of Cluj-Napoca
• Mr. Gero Federkeil, CHE ranking
• Prof. John Goddard, University of Newcastle and leader of the OECD-IMHE project on the contribution of HEIs to regional development
• Prof. Ellen Hazelkorn, director and dean, Faculty of Applied Arts, Dublin Institute of Technology
• Mr. Martin Ince, THES-QS ranking
• Prof. Liu Nian Cai, Shangai Jiao Tong Ranking
• Prof. Jörg Steinbach, President SEFI (European Society for Engineering); Vice-President, Technical University Berlin
• Prof. Dirk Van Damme, Head of Cabinet, Flemish Minister of Education and host of Leuven 2009 Conference of European ministers of Education
• Prof. Karel Van Liempt, Vice-President, MEDINE network of medical faculties; director Medical faculty, University of Antwerp


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