LEAD2 Final Conference and Academic Leaders’ Forum
28-29 NOV. 2022
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels)
National Academy of Education Administration (Beijing)
The schedule and details are available here https://www.lead2-project.eu/node/252
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			 27 Nov.  | 
			
			 Arriving  | 
			
			 
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			 28 November  | 
			
			 Session 1 (Beijing Only) Academic Leaders’ Forum Beijing Time (9.00-12.00am)  | 
			
			 
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			 9.00-10.30  | 
			
			 Opening session  | 
			
			 
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			 9.00-9.10 Beijing time  | 
			
			 Introduction and welcoming words 
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			 Dr. YU Jingtian, Vice President, National Academy of Education Administration  | 
			
			 
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			 9.10-9.30  | 
			
			
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			 Beijing Normal University (BNU)  | 
			
			 
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			 9.30-9.50  | 
			
			
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			 Tongji University  | 
			
			 
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			 9.50-10.10  | 
			
			
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			 China University of Geosciences (CUG)  | 
			
			 
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			 10.10-10.30  | 
			
			
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			 NAEA  | 
			
			 
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			 10.30-10.50  | 
			
			 Coffee & tea break  | 
			
			 
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			 10.50-12.00  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (1) Senior Academic Leaders 
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 10.50-12.00  | 
			
			 
 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (2) Mid-level Academic Leaders 
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			 10.50-12.00  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (3) Junior Academic Leaders 
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			 Lunch (Beijing)  | 
			
			 
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			 13.30-15.00 
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			 Committee Meeting Committee members for LEAD Academic Network 
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			 Session 2 (Brussels and Beijing) Academic Leaders’ Forum (9:30-12.00 Brussels time) (15.30-18.00 Beijing time)  | 
			
			 
 Chinese and European partners and participants  | 
			
			 
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			 9.00-9.30 Brussels time  | 
			
			 Welcome coffee  | 
			
			 
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			 Plenary Session  | 
			
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			 9.30-10.50 (15.30-15.50)  | 
			
			 Opening session  | 
			
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			 9.30-9.35 (15.30-15.35)  | 
			
			 Opening video LEAD2 Project  | 
			
			 
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			 9.35-9.40 (15.35-15.40)  | 
			
			 Welcoming & opening words: VUB Vice Rector  | 
			
			 Prof. Dr. Karin Vanderkerken  | 
			
			 
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			 9.40-9.50 (15.40-15.50)  | 
			
			 LEAD and LEAD2 in the path of research and capacity building in university governance and academic leadership  | 
			
			 Prof. Jan Cornelis  | 
			
			 
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			 9.50-10.10 (15.50-16.10)  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech: University Governance, leadership and networking (Governance of university networks & alliances)  | 
			
			 Anthony Antoine, Brussels School of Governance, VUB  | 
			
			 
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			 10.10-10.30 (16.10-16.30)  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech Tongji University, or another Chinese university  | 
			
			 
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			 10.30-10.50 (16.30-16.50)  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech Prof. dr. João Amaro De Matos, Vice Rector, Universidade NOVA De Lisboa, TBC  | 
			
			 
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			 10.50-11.10 Coffee/tea  | 
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			 11.10-12.30 (17.10-18.30)  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders' Expert Panel Session: Academic leadership in the new context of internationalisation -METU, Vice Rector -BNU -UniVie -TJU -NOVA  | 
			
			 
 Moderator: VUB  | 
			
			 
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			 12.30-13.45 Lunch (Brussels) 18.30-19.45 Dinner (Beijing)  | 
			
			 
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			 Session 3 (Brussels) Academic Leaders’ Forum Brussels Time (13.45-16.20)  | 
			
			 
 European partners and participants  | 
			
			 EN Chinese participants can join online individually  | 
		
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			 13.45-15.15  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (1) Senior Academic Leaders 
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 Facilitator: 
 Anthony Antoine  | 
			
			 
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			 13.45-15.15  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (2) Middle-level Academic Leaders 
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 Facilitator: 
 Prof. Yasar Kondakci  | 
			
			 
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			 13.45-15.15  | 
			
			 Academic Leaders Forum Parallel session (3) Junior Academic Leaders 
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			 Coffee/tea  | 
			
			 
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			 15.40-16.20  | 
			
			 Joint sharing of perspectives of academic leadership 
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			 16.30-17.30 
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			 Committee Meeting Committee members for LEAD Academic Network  | 
			
			 
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 Dinner (Brussels)  | 
			
			 
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			 29 November  | 
			
			 
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			 Session 4 (Beijing only) Workshop Chinese Academic Leaders Beijing Time (9.00-12.00am)  | 
			
			 
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			 9.00-9.20  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech  | 
			
			 GXNU  | 
			
			 
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			 9.20-9.40  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech  | 
			
			 YNNU  | 
			
			 
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			 9.40-10.00  | 
			
			 Keynote Speech  | 
			
			 Renmin University, TBC  | 
			
			 
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			 10.00-10.20  | 
			
			 Coffee & tea  | 
			
			 
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			 10.20-11.40  | 
			
			 Workshop: Academic leadership in the digital era 
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			 11.40-12.00  | 
			
			 Summaries, insights and good practices 
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			 Lunch (Beijing)  | 
			
			 
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			 Plenary session  | 
			
			 (with English and Chinese simultaneous interpretation)  | 
			
			 
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 Plenary session 
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			 Session 5 (Brussels & Beijing) The path of LEAD2 on Academic Leadership: from Research to Practices Results sharing and contribution to the Academic Community LEAD2 Project Results Dissemination (9:00-12.00 Brussels time) (15.00-18.00 Beijing time)  | 
			
			 
 
 
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			 9.00-9.30 (15.00-15.30)  | 
			
			 Cluster 1: LEAD2 MOOCs & Blended Training 
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			 9.30-10.00 (15.30-16.00) 
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			 Cluster 2: LEAD2 workshops, seminars, forum and webinars 
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			 10.00-10.30 
 (16.00-16.30)  | 
			
			 Cluster 3: LEAD2 Research, LEAD2 Journal, and LEAD2 Online Knowledge Base 
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			 Coffee/tea  | 
			
			 
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			 10.50-11.20 
 (16.30-17.20)  | 
			
			 LEAD Academic Network 
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			 11.20-12.00 
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			 Closing session Looking Forward & the prospects for EU-China cooperation on Academic Leadership 
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			 Networking Reception Drink Lunch (Brussels) Dinner (Beijing)  | 
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			 Session 6 (Brussels) European Academic Leaders’ Experiential Site Learning & Team Building Brussels Time (14.00-18.00)  | 
			
			 
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			 14.00-15.00  | 
			
			 European Academic Leaders’ Experiential case sharing: Brussels School of Governance, VUB Real case experiences 
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			 Mr. Anthony Antoine, Brussels School of Governance, VUB  | 
			
			 
 EN Chinese participants can join online individually  | 
		
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			 15.00-18.00  | 
			
			 Team Building of the LEAD2 project and LEAD Academic Network 
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