13 March 2015, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.Small Ceremonial Hall, University of Vienna, Main Building

UVIECON 2015 –GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR REGIONAL IMPACT

U V I E CO N 2015 – U N I V E R S I T Y O F V I E N N A A N N I V E R S A R Y CO N F E R E N C E 2015

GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR REGIONAL IMPACT

13 March 2015, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.Small Ceremonial Hall, University of Vienna, Main Building

WELCOME ADDRESS OF THE RECTOR

The University of Vienna celebrates its 650th anniversary in 2015. There will be a multitude of events of different format and content starting in March and ending in October. The anniversary will be concluded with a festive banquet in the great ceremonial chamber of the Vienna City Hall. On the occasion of our 650th anniversary, we intend to open the doors of the University of Vienna to the public and provide informative insights into everyday life.

Our anniversary celebrations begin with an Opening Ceremony on Thursday March 12 (the Foundation Day of our University) and will continue on Friday March 13 with the International Anniversary Conference UVIECON 2015.

I should like to welcome our distinguished speakers and all our guests, both from Austria and abroad, who have chosen to attend the Anniversary Conference. Rectors and Presidents of renowned universities will debate the role of global universities and their regional impact. A public Panel Discussion will follow at 5 p.m. The conclusions emerging from the conference and from the panel discussion will be publicly presented as the Vienna Communiqué 2015.

I wish you an inspiring, interesting and revealing conference!

Heinz W. Engl

UVIECON 2015 PANEL DISCUSSIONGlobal Universities as Driving Force of Innovations Updates from Asia, Europe and the USA

March 13, 2015, 5:00 pmSmall Ceremonial Chamber, University Main Building

Presentation Oliver LehmannChairperson of the Austrian Association of Education and Science Journalists

Participants in the DiscussionHeinz W. EnglMaria Helena Nazaré, EUA-President Georg Kapsch, President of the Federation of Austrian IndustriesJoseph J.Y. Sung, The Chinese University of Hong KongRobert J. Zimmer, The University of Chicago

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Sir LESZEK BORYSIEWICZ, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge

THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF UNIVERSITIES IN EUROPE’S REVIVAL

Europe must remain a powerful voice on the global stage if universities – one of her most important and treasured assets – are to realise their potential. Universities are unique institutions. They have a history of innovation and contribution to society that – as in the case of the universities of Vienna and Cam-bridge – stretches back centuries. Their nurturing of academic excellence, their freedom to plan for the long term, and ability to form partnerships across boundaries and disciplines, is a proven model that creates both prosperity and wellbeing. And yet this model, and the circumstances required to preserve it, are being overlooked in a debate surrounding Europe’s future that is dominated by short-term and reactionary thinking. Universities have a key role to play in Europe’s revival – and they must be listened to in the debate about Europe’s future.

President MARIA HELENA NAZARÉ, European University Association

GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES AS DRIVING FORCE OF INNOVATIONS

The Challenges the world is facing at the moment need the collaboration of all the actors if we are to succeed in the construction of a cohesive and inclusive society. Universities educate citizens, perform research, both fundamental and applied and contribute to the public understanding of science. Performing at the highest level requires an adequate framework in terms of both autonomy and funding. It is important that governments, across Europe, realize that universities are long term investment and true pillars of sustainability.

President ROBERT J. ZIMMER, University of Chicago

UNIVERSITIES AND CITIES: FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL

The world’s population is moving to urban areas at an unprecedented rate, which creates a set of common challenges for societies and policymakers. These include providing

adequate housing, safety, education, and health services, and mitigating the impacts of human waste and energy use. Research universities in urban areas have a unique opportunity to inform the direction urbanization takes. Through partnerships with government agencies and organizations in Chicago and around the world, University of Chicago faculty members are using rigorous research to inform urban policymaking.

Given the shared challenges of urban areas around the world, this local work has global relevance and could influence and improve the lives of billions of people in cities around the globe.

President JAN-HENDRIK OLBERTZ, Humboldt Universität Berlin

HOW ALIVE IS HUMBOLDT TODAY?

Humboldt‘s vision of a university radically transformed the German academic system at the beginning of the 19th century and laid the foundations for the modern-day university. The governing principles of „education through learning and re search“, „unity of research and teaching“ and „academic freedom in research, teaching and studying“ still provide the enlightened and science-based approaches to knowledge and humanity that serve as the reference points for reform debates.

With this cultural heritage in mind, the pressing question is how can Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin draw on these foundations to develop its current self-conception and academic objectives without indulging in nostalgia or blindly following each short-lived modernisation trend in the university reform debate.

It is impossible to simply transfer the university model of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his contemporaries to the present day. The requirements placed on a 21st century „university for the masses“ or scientifically proven training for a range of professions could, for instance, not have been seen as relevant propositions by the founders of the Berlin University. The same applies to the in creasing diversity of science that results in new demands on interdisciplinarity, cooperation, publicity and application. Nonetheless, Humboldt‘s vision of a university is still as relevant as ever over 200 years later. The reason for this is that its principles of a modern, enlightened university based on diversity and competition have not yet been applied. Since Wilhelm von Humboldt these principles are still in tension with the reality of academic life.

Rector TOMÁŠ ZIMA, Charles University in Prague

POSITION OF UNIVERSITY IN CENTRAL EUROPE

The theme of the conference challenges us to ask where we came from, where we are going and whether this is where we wish to be; it challenges us, true to the tradition of critical research, to together pose questions on the cultural, social and regional significance of our universities.

The centuries of existence of the University of Vienna, similarly to that of other Central European universities, provide us with experiences that no generation could, on its own, gather during a single human lifetime, experiences on which we have been called to build as the hopes of those who came before us. These experiences do not concern only the acquisition and handing-down of wisdom and knowledge, but also directs us towards the integral concept of the culture of an institution.

The position of universities in Central Europe – though anchored in their own regions – is thus not primarily geographic, but consists of shared responsibility for the development of society, which, to a certain extent, lacks a favourable institutional environment. For countries like these, which do not possess major mineral wealth or considerable military potential, the position of players on both the European and international stage can equally determine the community of those who discuss apparently abstract topics that can, however, be decisive in the further development of our region, the continent or the world.

Strong universities, open to the world, are precisely the kind of institutions that should raise their voices in situations where our society does not know where to turn. This voice will, however, be incomparably stronger if we can act as an interconnec-ted, united whole. It is precisely this relationship between the university and society, mutual communication, the fulfilment of the so-called ‘third role’ of the university, that is, today, more important than at any point in the past.

The unique unity of sciences in our institutions and the unique international networks that we have created through many years of cooperation give us not only massive potential, but also the direct obligation to start utilising them more to resolve problems for which the resources of a single field, a single in-stitution or, more often than not, a single state are not sufficient. We strive to become an international community founded on

hard work, supported by the sharing of resources, these being our findings, scientists, teachers, and students, a community firmly bound by mutual understanding, trust and trustwort-hiness – if we create strategic alliances, strategic partnerships based on our existing bonds.

Following the fall of the totalitarian regimes there was, therefore, something to pick up on with regard to our rich, shared past. The start of the new millennium further brought a number of entirely new, shared topics with regard to the profiling of our universities. We are opening up new education modules in response to increased interest in this issue and are learning to transfer to society the results of our work in the form of patents, licences and prototypes, too.

When continuing the famous university tradition of the Central European region, we must, however, be inspired by the best the world of science and university education has to offer. In the context of scientific research we must create conditions for Central Europe, once a centre of education and the birthplace of modern genetics, mathematical logic and cellular biology, to again become an incubator for bold theories and new discoveries. The participation of our universities in European scientific programmes and student and professor exchanges is a massive, and still inadequately used, opportunity for the cultivation of first-rate science in the international scientific environment of the 21st century.

President JOSEPH SUNG, Chinese University of Hong Kong

GLOBALISATION AND LOCALISATION OF UNIVERSITY

In this world of rapid globalization, universities around the world (from hundreds of years to a few years old) are facing the challenges of paradigm too. What are the impacts of globalization of higher education?

Rapid creation and transfer of knowledge International collaborations in research University-industry-government partnershipScience and technology prevails; Arts and humanities are less favored Economy-driven higher education Funding are skewed towards certain fields of studiesIncreased competitions between UniversitiesGlobal league tables (Ranking)

Impact on students, parents, employers, funding agency.Diverse student mixBoth undergraduate and postgraduate studentsLanguage of instructionIncrease faculty and staff mobilityAttracted by the best academic environmentAble to have support for research

Yet, does it mean that universities should all go to the same direction, developed in the same model, assessed by the same scale and rewarded by the same system? Global and Local are NOT mutually exclusiveGlobal university can (and should) still preserve it uniquenessGlobal university should address the local needArts and Humanities are the best disciplines to be GlobalizedThey have both global and local impactIn any field of knowledge and technology, human and environmental values should be protected

President ANDREW J. DEEKS, University College Dublin

DEVELOPING INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE THROUGH GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES

As our societies become increasingly multicultural, and multinational companies extend their reach and market share in virtually every market sector, the need for students to achieve a level of intercultural competence during their under graduate studies becomes ever clearer. Traditionally universities have functioned to inculcate their students into a particular culture, with certain ancient universities even being associated with particular accents. However, global universities have an opportunity to ensure that their graduates become sensitive to cultural difference, and learn to work with these differences to achieve successes beyond those which could be achieved in a mono-cultural setting. This lecture will discuss how a global university can develop intercultural competence. University College Dublin (UCD), as Ireland’s Global University, is in the process of establishing the UCD Global Network, which will facilitate many activities contributing to this goal, and some detail of this endeavour will be given.

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GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR REGIONAL IMPACT

13 March 2015, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.Small Ceremonial Hall, University of Vienna, Main Building

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

08:30 Registration

09:00 Opening Welcome Address by Rector Heinz W. ENGL Welcome Address by State Secretary Harald MAHRER Welcome Address by Executive City Councillor for Cultural Affairs Andreas MAILATH-POKORNY

Opening Lecture European Commissioner Johannes HAHN

10:00 Coffee Break

10:15 Session I Innovational Impact of Global Universities Chair: Heinz FASSMANN, Vice-Rector

10:30 Sir LESZEK BORYSIEWICZ, Cambridge The Role and Responsibilities of Universities in Europe’s Revival 11:00 Maria Helena NAZARÉ, EUA Global Universities as Driving force of innovations 11:30 Robert J. ZIMMER, Chicago Universities and Cities: from Local to Global

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Session II Cultural Impact of Global Universities Chair: Eva NOWOTNY, Chair of the University Board

13:45 Jan-Hendrik OLBERTZ, Berlin How alive is Humboldt today? 14:15 Tomáš ZIMA, Prague Position of the University in Central Europe

15:00 Coffee Break

15:15 Session III Social & Political Impact of Global Universities Chair: Susanne WEIGELIN-SCHWIEDRZIK, Vice-Rector

15:30 Joseph J.Y. SUNG, Hong Kong Globalisation and Localisation of University 16:00 Andrew J. DEEKS, Dublin Developing Intercultural Competence through Global Universities

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 Panel Discussion Presentation: Oliver LEHMANN, Chairperson of the Austrian Association of Education and Science Journalists

17:30 Closing Statement Heinz W. ENGL, Rector

U V I E CO N 2015 – U N I V E R S I T Y O F V I E N N A A N N I V E R S A R Y CO N F E R E N C E 2015