The Irish National Agency for LLP: Erasmus will host a Bologna Conference on 14-15 October 2010 at the King's Inns in Dublin.

The Conference will reflect on the first decade of the process but will actively focus on tasks that need to be addressed in the next 10 years.

A number of themes have been identified - European Citizenship; Mobility; Enhancing Employability of Graduates; Building Higher Education Partnerships; Innovation and the Role of Higher Education in post-recession Europe.

Bologna Ireland Conference: “Placing Bologna in Context”

14-15 October 2010

The Honorable Society of King’s Inns Henrietta Street Dublin

Thursday 14 October

13.30 Welcome: Tom Boland, HEA Chief Executive Opening – Mary Coughlan TD, Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills

14.00 Irish, European, Global Citizenship in the 21st Century

        Declan McGonagle, Director, National College of Art and Design, Dublin

14.30 Bologna Process: The Next Steps Ligia Deca, Co-ordinator Bologna Secretariat, Bucharest

        Reaction:  Bologna Expert: Professor Bairbre Redmond

15.30 Comfort Break

16.00 Building International Higher Education Partnerships

           Dr. Julia González , Vice-Rector for International Relations at the University of      
           Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

16.30 Julie Fionda, “Youth on the Move Initiative” Higher Education and 'Erasmus' Directorate General for Education and Culture, European Commission

            Reaction:  Bologna Expert: Dr. Norma Ryan

Friday 15 October

09.15 Innovation

           Dr. Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University and Fulbright Scholar at Dublin      
           Institute of Technology

09.45 Enhancing the Employability of Graduates: Smart Economy needs Smart
Integration

       Michael Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Abtran Ltd., Cork

          Reaction:  Bologna Experts: Dr. Frank McMahon and Professor Sarah Moore

10.15 Discussion

11.00 Comfort Break

11.30 Student Mobility

           Dr.  Darren Kelly, “Integrating Study Abroad into the Curriculum”, St Patrick’s  
           College Dublin

12.00 The Role of Higher Education in tackling the recession

            Professor Ray Kinsella, Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College      
            Dublin

            Reaction:  Bologna Experts: Dr. Brendan McCormack and Bartley Rock

12.30 Discussion

13.15 Conclusion

Contact mdunne@hea.ie to make reservation.