Danube Rectors' Conference

Programme

Thursday, 4 February 2010

PRE-CONFERENCE

10:00–12:30

Pre-Conference Seminar on Quality Management, Centre for Continuing Education Research and Educational Management, Donau University Krems, Austria

Venue: University of Novi Sad, Conference Hall of the Faculty of Technical Sciences (address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 5)

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Deadline for registration: 28th January 2010

CONFERENCE

Venue: Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (address: Vladike Platona bb)

13:00–14:00

Registration of Participants

14:00–16:30

Opening ceremony

14:00-15:00	WELCOME ADDRESS BY Dr. Bojan Pajtić President of the Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
	OPENING SPEECH BY Prof. Dr. Miroslav Vesković Rector of University of Novi Sad, Serbia DRC presiding university in 2010
	SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY OF SERBIA
	SPEECH BY Mr. Kirill Kravchenko General Director of Petroleum Industry of Serbia
15:00–15:30	Coffee Break (statements to the media)

15:30-16:30	KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY Mr. Božidar Đelić Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Leader of the Working Group for the development of Danube Strategy of the Republic of Serbia CAN HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENCE PREVENT THE IMPACT OF THE WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS?
	OPENING SPEECH BY Prof. Dr. Branko Kovačević Rector of the University of Belgrade, Serbia President of KONUS - Conference of Universities of Serbia
	OPENING SPEECH BY Prof. Dr. Ferenc Hudecz Rector of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary President of DRC

16:30–18:00

Cocktail and buffet dinner at the Assembly of APV

Social Program - City center tour

18:00

Meeting of all participants in front of the Assembly of APV - a short city tour with a visit to the gallery of Matica Srpska. It is the oldest gallery in Novi Sad. It was open for public in 1958. The collection has more than 7,500 artistic objects of importance for the history of Serbian art of the modern period. The most important among them are the collections of Serbian painting, graphics and drawings from 18th and 19th century.

Friday, 5 February 2010

SESSIONS ON DOCTORAL STUDIES, MOBILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND WORLD HERITAGE

09:00–16:15

Four parallel sessions have separate programmes

Venue 1 (Climate Change and World Heritage): University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology (address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2)
Venue 2 (Doctoral Studies and Mobility): University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, (address: Dr Zorana Đinđića 2)

16:30–19.15

Free time or Social programme - Novi Sad museums, Petrovaradin Fortress

16:45	Meeting of all participants in front of the Faculty of Philosophy - a walk alongside the river bank to old center of Novi Sad, with a view to the Petrovaradin Fortress. The old center comprises Square of Liberty, Catholic Church, City Hall, The Grand Hotel “Mayer”, The Iron Man Palace, Tanurdzic’s palace and The Catholic Church yard
19:15	Meeting of the group next to the monument of Svetozar Miletic; followed by a cocktail at the Town Hall.

19:30–20:00

RECEPTION at the Town Hall

20:00

CONFERENCE DINNER for invited and registered DRC participants

Note for Speakers and Rapporteurs -- Session Presentations:

Dear speakers and rapporteurs of the DRC Conference,

Please find some information regarding the SESSION PRESENTATIONS:

The organizers of the DRC Conference would like to ask all SPEAKERS who have a power-point presentation to send it to drc_uns@uns.ac.rs by 1 February 2010. Presentations that do not arrive by this date can be brought to the session directly.

The organizers will not be making handouts of presentations for and during the Conference. All presentations will be available at the DRC website after the end of the Conference.

RAPPORTEURS can decide whether to prepare a power-point presentation for the final day of Conference on 6 February (Reports from the Sessions), but will be expected to provide and send to drc_uns@uns.ac.rs a document which will be posted on the DRC website, as reference to the outcomes (conclusions or recommendations) of the four sessions.

Saturday, 6 February 2010

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE DANUBE RECTOR’S CONFERENCE - for DRC members only

09:00–12:45

DRC annual assembly meeting

Venue: University of Novi Sad, Conference Hall of Faculty of Technical Sciences (address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 5)

09:00 – 10:00	Reports from the FOUR sessions
10:00 – 10.30	Coffee break
10.30 – 12.30	GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
12.30 – 12.45	Closing address by the Rector of University of Novi Sad

Departure of Participants