21st Century Higher Education: Leadeship, Innovation and Human Capital Development - Euro-Atlantic, Black Sea and Caspian Sea Area Studies

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A meeting to develop a cooperation agreement letter, to identify projects’ priorities and the human and financial resources necessary for their launching and successful outcomes, in tandem with a workshop on Higher Education, Science & Innovation: Their Roles in Human Capital Development in the Black Sea & Caspian Sea Regions, will take place in Bucharest, Romania, July 8-10, 2010. Projects’ launch is anticipated in 2011.

Startup partners of this public/private universities’ partnership, inspired by the Marshall Plan, would include the George Washington University, French, Romanian, Kazakh, and Azeri universities. As the project matures, other American, European, Black Sea and Caspian Sea universities will be included.

DAY 1 – July 8

17.00 – 19.00 Welcome speeches

    17.00 – 17.20 Prof. Adrian Curaj, National and International Projects Coordinator, UEFISCSU, Bucharest, Romania 
    17.20 – 17.40 Mr. Iulian Fota, Presidential Adviser, Romanian Presidency
    17.40 – 18.00 Prof. Eliot Sorel, School of Medicine & School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA
    18.00 – 18.45 Prof. Paolo Guerrieri, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
    18.45 – 19.00 Questions and answers

19.00 – 21.30 Ceremonial reception and dinner – Grand Hotel Continental, Victoria Club

DAY 2 – July 9

08.30 – 09.00 Participants registration

09.00 – 16.00 Delegation speeches, presentations, discussions, debates

    09.00 – 09.15 Prof. Adrian Curaj and Dr. Radu Gheorghiu, National and International Projects Coordinator, UEFISCSU, Bucharest, Romania
    09.15 – 09.30 Prof. Eliot Sorel, School of Medicine & School of Public Health, George Washington University, USA
    09.30 – 09.50 Rector Andrei Plesu, New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania
    09.50 – 10.10 Rector Bakytzhan Abdiraiym, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan
    10.10 – 10.30 Rector Hamlet Isaxanli, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan

10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break

    10.50 – 11.10 Rector Maksut Kulzhanov, Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Almaty, Kazakhstan
    11.10 – 11.30 Rector Ion Ababii, State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu”, Chisinau, Moldova
    11.30 – 11.50 Prof. Giorgio Dominese, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
    11.50 – 12.10 Prof. Nicolas Vaicbourdt, Cergy-Pontoise University, France
    12.10 – 12.30 Prof. Henry Hale, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, USA
    12.30 – 12.50 Rector Florian Popa, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

12.50 – 14.30 Lunch

    14.40 – 15.00 Vice-rector Nicolae Tapus, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
    15.00 – 15.20 Prof. Catalin Zamfir, Research Institute for the Quality of Life, Bucharest, Romania
    15.20 – 15.40 Dean Iordan Barbulescu, National School of Political and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
    15.40 – 16.00 Mr. Florin Vlad, Romanian Embassy in Paris, France
    16.00 – 17.30 Projects proposals, discussions, debates

19.30 – 20.30 Cultural program: Cvartet Passione

21.00 – 22.30 Ceremonial dinner – Romanian Scientists Club

DAY 3 – July 10

08.30 – 09.00 Participants registration

09.00 – 11.30 Projects proposals, discussions, debates

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 12.45 Presentation and adoption of universities' projects for 2011 and principles of cooperation

13.00 – 15.00 Farewell luncheon

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