CERI - University Futures: Conferences and Meetings

Dialogue with stakeholders and experts in higher education has been a central part of the University Futures methodology, together with thematic analysis. High-level conferences as well as meetings involving a single type of stakeholder group – such as government decision-makers, teaching staff or students – have taken place. As to futures activities, the latter has allowed consideration of the future scenarios and their repercussions from a single point of view with broad freedom of expression. Other events have encompassed several or all of the different stakeholders, making it possible to contrast different points of view and develop a common understanding of the challenges and opportunities ahead. Expert meetings with academic experts and stakeholders focusing on a specific theme have also been organised.

Events in 2008

• The OECD/France International Conference "Higher Education to 2030: What Futures for Quality Access in the Era of Globalisation?"
  8-9 December 2008, Paris, France

Events in 2007

• The Labour Market Orientation of Tertiary Education in France and in OECD Countries: Assessment and Prospects 
  14 February 2007, Ministère de l’éducation nationale,de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Paris, France

• How might the changing labour market transform higher education?
  12-13 February 2007, Paris, France

Events in 2006

• The Future of Academic Research – OECD/CERI expert meeting
  19-20 October 2006, Vienna, Austria

• Cross-border higher education for development – World Bank/OECD/Nuffic international workshop
  14-15 September 2006, The Hague, Netherlands

• Higher Education, Quality, Equity and Efficiency – Meeting of OECD Education Ministers 
  27-28 June 2006, Athens, Greece

• The Future of Higher Education: The Stakeholders’ Perspective
  22-23 June 2006, Işık University seminar, Istanbul, Turkey

• Globalisation, Market forces and the Future of higher education
  4-5 May 2006, Lisbon, Portugal

Events in 2005

• Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy – OECD/US/European Commission conference 10-11 January 2005, Washington DC, United States

• University Futures and New Technologies – OECD/CERI workshop
  12 January 2005, Washington DC,United States

• Demography and the Future of Higher Education
  5-6 December 2006,  Paris, France

Events in 2003

• The Future of Universities: Roles, Driving Forces of Change, Scenarios and Policy Challenges – OECD/Japan seminar
  11-12 December 2003, Tokyo, Japan

• OECD Project on the Future of Universities – OECD/CERI expert meeting
  24-25 June 2003, Paris, France