Eventos

Symposium on Excellence in Higher Education - Program

January 23rd

8h30 Opening ceremony
9h00 Keynote 1: Philippe Aghion, Harvard University
9h40 Q + A
10h00 Coffee break
10h15 Theme 1 – Determinantes of excellence
Academic Production and the Academic ladder
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP
10h35 Institutional structure, departments, closed models or flexible systems
Bruce Alberts, University of California
10h55 Institutional values, evaluation and rankings
Renato Pedrosa, University of Campinas
11h15 Discussion
12h00 Lunch
13h30 Theme 2 – Autonomy and governance
Academic values, unions and organizations tha activety deal with societal issues
Silvio Salinas, University of São Paulo
13h50 Autonomy and stckholder’s interests
Ana Lúcia Gazzolla
14h10 Composition of the Ruling Bodies, and selection of the leaders
José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo
14h30 Discussion
15h15 Coffee break
15h30 Theme 3 – Financing
Composition of funding sources
Carlos Antonio Luque, University of São Paulo
15h50 Why so few donations in Brazil?
Carlos Américo Pacheco, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica – ITA
16h10 Autonomy Models and budgetary appropriations
João Grandino Rodas, University of São Paulo
16h30 Discussion
17h15 Closure

 


January 24th

8h45 Welcome coffee
9h00 Keynote 2: Luiz Davidovich, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
9h40 Q + A
10h00 Coffee break
10h15 Theme 4 - Excellence in Education
Student quality, selection and support
Marcelo Knobel, University of Campinas
10h35 Curriculum structure, time to study, time to think
Luiz Bevilacqua, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica
10h55 Academic standards, curricular and extra curricular
José Roberto Cardoso, University of Campinas
11h15 Discussion
12h00 Lunch
13h30 Theme 5: Excellence in Research
Challenges for the three high impacts research
Hernan Chaimovich, FAPESP and Brazilian Academy of Sciences?
13h50 International collaboration in WCU’s
Collin Grant, University of Surrey
14h10 Research and the graduate school
Matthias Kleines
14h30 Discussion
15h15 Coffee break
15h30 Theme 6: Excellence in relations with society
Public Policies and WCU’s
Renato Lessa, Ciência Hoje
15h50 Information and Diffusion Channels
Carlos Vogt
16h10 External Institutional Relations
César Sá Barreto, Federal University of Minas Gerais
16h30 Discussion
17h15 Summary and Closure