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Thursday 25 August

8h30 Registration

9h30 - 11h00 (Room 1) Plenary Session 1

Chair: Richard Yelland, Head of Division, OECD/IMHE
Opening and welcome: Barry McGaw, Director, OECD Directorate for Education
Keynote address: The human resource challenge for higher education
Baroness Diana Warwick, Chief Executive, Universities UK 

Response: Ruth Dunkin, former Vice-Chancellor, RMIT University, Australia
Questions and discussion

11h00 - 11h30 Coffee

11h30 - 13h00 (Room 1) Plenary Session 2
Recruiting and retaining a new generation of academics

Chair: Kari Kjenndalen, Secretary General, Norwegian Association of Research Workers
Three introductions:
• Dagmar M. Meyer, Chair of the Marie Curie Fellowship Association, Göttingen, Germany 
• Jan Nolan,  Director of recruitment and retention initiatives, University of Victoria, Canada
• Sigi Gruber, Directorate General for Research, EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium

13h00 - 14h30 Lunch

14h30 - 16h00  Workshop Session I

Theme 1:  (Room 3) Staff development & Remuneration systems

Chair: Sveva Avveduto, Head of Section, National Research Council, Italy 
Introduction: Ines Fabbro, Director of Administration, University of Bologna, Italy
Short presentations:
- Managing experts (T. Aarrevaara, Finland) 
- Improving staff performance ( M. Oloriz & C. Fraga, Argentina) 
- Pay reform in Higher Education (J. Prudence, UK) 

Theme 2: (Room 1) Competence systems & Performance management

Chair: Jan-Erik Ögren, University Director, Umeå University, Sweden
Introduction: Michael Daxner, Professor, Univ. of Oldenburg, Germany
Short presentations:
- New job descriptions at the Univ. of Amsterdam (P. Blok, NL) 
Performance management: a chore or a cure? (T. Okafor, Nigeria)
- Managing motivation and commitment (L. Strazzeri, Italy)

Theme 3: (Room 5) National capacity, competitiveness & scientific excellence

Chair: Stephen Egan, Director of Finance and Corporate Resources, HEFCE, United Kingdom
Introduction: Fiona Q. Wood, Professor, University of New England, Australia 
Short presentations:
- Academic work and HE administration (D. Mattheou & A. Saiti, Greece) 
- Performance management of South African academic staff (M. Mapesela & F. Strydom, South Africa)
- Leading the way: Training HE leaders (J. P. Merisotis, USA)

Theme 4: (Room 4) Career paths, opportunities and diversity

Chair: Malcolm D. Winton, Registrar and Secretary, University of Salford, United Kingdom
Introduction: Marie Strebler, IES, Brighton, UK: Equal opportunities and diversity for staff in Higher education
Short presentation:
- Developing an aptitude toward scientific diffusion and education (M. Arata, Italy) 
Theme 5: Following-up on employment and developing career tracks

Chair: Marc De Clercq, Vice-Rector, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Introduction: Torben Holm,  Head of Secretariat, Rectors’ Conference of the Danish Ministry of Culture: Educating to employment
Short presentations:
- New career profiles for researchers (C. Bréchot, France)
- Evolution in career structures – adaptations and problems (T. Strike, UK) 
16h00 - 16h30 Coffee

16h30 - 18h00 Plenary Session 3
(Room 1) Why bother with management?

Chair: Dietmar Ertmann, Dr.,  Chancellor, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Discussants:
     -  Negotiating for future labour relations
Drs. Hugo Levie, Chief negotiator, Association of Dutch Universities, The Hague, Netherlands 
 -  Stimulating productivity of staff
José-Ginés Mora, Director, Centre for Higher Education Management, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain   
-  Can professionals from the corporate world succeed as managers in higher education?
Polly Price, former Chief Human Resources Officer at Harvard University, USA 
20h00 Dinner: Chez Clément,  9 Place St André des Arts,  75006 Paris

Friday 26 August 

9h00 – 10h30 Plenary Session 4 (Room 1) 

A word from the IMHE President, Marijk van der Wende, Prof. , Senior Researcher, CHEPS, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands

Managing ethical issues
Chair: Ruth Dunkin, Former President, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Introduction:
Göran Bexell, Rector, University of Lund, Sweden
Panel discussion:
Gerrit de Jager, Director, HBO-Raad, The Hague, Netherlands
Michael Kelleher, Secretary and Bursar, Univ. College Cork, Ireland

10h30 – 11h00 Coffee

11h00 – 12h30  Workshop Session II

Theme 6:  (Room 3) Evaluation systems, staff relations and intellectual capital

Chair: Öktem Vardar, Vice President, Isik University, Istanbul, Turkey
Introduction:
Taro Mochizuki, Associate Professor and Satoshi Ogihara, Professor, Osaka University, Japan: Teaching evaluation in search of better staffing in university education - A case study of gender disparity in a Japanese research-centered university
Short presentations:
- The general management learning process (P. Resende da Silva, Portugal)
- Measuring the Intellectual Capital of a university (Amir J. Fazlagic, Poland)
- Academic performance management (Fatma Onat, Sabanci University, Turkey)

Theme 7: (Room 4) Brain drain and brain gain: the challenges of internationalisation

Chair: Fiona Q. Wood, Dr., University of New England, Australia
Introduction:
Sveva Avveduto, National Research Council, Rome, Italy 
Short presentations:
- Australian brain drain – fact or fiction? (I. Dobson, Australia) PowerPoint presentation
- The challenge of diversity management (L. Strazzeri, Italy) 
- The “gain-drain” dynamic, cultural change and internationalisation (E. Thomas, UK)

Theme 8 : (Room 5) Manpower planning, renewal and downsizing

Chair: Kari Suokko, Head of Administration, University of Helsinki, Finland
Introduction:  Planning of staff numbers and downsizing in a human way.  Mats Ola Ottosson, University Director, Uppsala, Sweden
Short presentations:
- Unintended consequences of new measures (R. Grediaga Kuri, Mexico) 

- The growing role of non-academic staff (S. Yamamoto, Japan)

Theme 9: (Room 9) Developing the leadership and improving the organisation

Chair: Jamie Merisotis, President, IHEP, United States
Introduction: Professional formation of HE teachers (P. Knight, UK) 
Short presentations:
- Emerging demand for art managers (A. Gushan, Turkey)  

- Quality-driven initiatives in HE (F. Hee Tie, Malaysia) 

12h30 – 13h30 Lunch

13h30 – 15h00 Plenary Session 5 (Room 1) 
A new gender gap in management?

Chair: Richard Yelland, Head of Division, OECD/IMHE
Marjorie Paddock, Co-Director, Diversity and Workplace Equity, BMO Financial Group, Chicago, USA 
Closing address: 
Resolving conflicts in academic employment Peter West,  Secretary, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

Evaluation

End of conference