Programme

Welcome & Introduction

Ulrich Grothus, ACA President

How to bring research to students and students to research? 

• Christian Schäfer, Head of Unit Research and Studies, German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD, Germany
• Stephane Faignet, Team Lead Department Support Enterprises  and Program Coordinator Collective Research Projects at VLAIO, Flanders Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Belgium
• Amanda Crameri, Head of Division Higher education, Movetia, Switzerland
• Sabine Menu, European university EPICUR, Liaison Officer, Belgium

Coffee break

• Torill Iversen Wanvik, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, Diku, Norway
• Annika Sundbäck-Lindroos, Leader Global Team, Higher Education Unit, Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI, Finland
• Karla Zimanova, Deputy Director, Slovak Academic Information Agency, SAIA, Slovakia
• Rosette S'Jegers, Emeritus, Policy Director, VUB & EUTOPIA Representative, Belgium

Minding the education, research and innovation gap -  reactions from the European Commission & stakeholder organisations

• Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Head of Unit, Higher Education, Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission 
• Apostolia Karamali, Head of Unit, Academic R&I and Research Organisations, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission 
• Claire Morel, Head of Unit MSCA, DG EAC, European Commission 
• Emmanuelle Gardan  – Director, Coimbra Group, Belgium 
• Alenka Flander, Director, Centre of the Republic of Slovenia for Mobility and European Educational and Training Programmes, CMEPIUS, Slovenia

Moderator - Irina Ferencz, Deputy Director, ACA

Wrap-up & goodbye