Conference programme

Monday, 4 November

Arrivals

Tuesday, 5 November

Hippocrates Lecture Theatre*

9:00-10:00	Registration / Coffee
Opening
10:00–10:30	Toms Baumanis, Vice-Rector for Administration and Development, RSU, Latvia Baiba Pētersone, Director, International Department, RSU, Latvia
Opening Keynote Address: Women’s leadership in higher education and research
10:30-11:00	Gülsün Saglamer, President, European Women Rectors Association, Turkey
Plenary: Uniting diverse communities
11:00–12:00	Moderator:  Heiko F.Marten, Director, DAAD Information Centre, Latvia Speakers: Elsebeth Gerner Nielsen, former Danish Minister for Culture and Rector, Kolding School of Design, Denmark Luciano Saso, Vice-Rector for European University Networks of Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) and President of the UNICA network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe
12:00–13:00	Lunch
Session: Creating a multicultural learning environment
13:00–14:30	Moderator: Māris Ginters, Head, International Admissions Office, RSU, Latvia Speakers: Susanne Corrigox, Coordinator of International Affairs, Dalarna University, Sweden Suzanne Faulkner, Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Session: Best practices of inclusive internationalisation
14:30–15:30	Moderator: Dominique Montagnese, Inclusive Mobility Expert, Centre for Inclusive Higher Education, Belgium Speakers: Inclusion and inclusive pedagogy, Kerstin Angelika Zechner, University College of Teacher Education in Lower Austria, Austria Good practices – Introducing the international mentor team of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Dóra Pivarcsi-Fekete, Hungary Best practices for inclusion of local and international students with special needs, Pilar Hernández Sacristán, University of Valencia, Spain
19:00	Welcome Reception (by invitation)

Wednesday, 6 November

Hippocrates Lecture Theatre

9:00–10:00	Registration / Coffee
Plenary: Making international mobility accessible
10:00–11:00	Moderator: Justīne Elferte, Head of International Department, Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia Speakers: Sebastian Berger, Vice-President, European Students’ Union, Belgium Katherine Allinson, Policy Researcher, Universities UK International, United Kingdom
Roundtable Discussion: A students' perspective - what does it mean to study abroad?
11:00-12:00	Moderator: Heiko F.Marten, Director, DAAD Information Centre, Latvia Participants: Ida Marie Seglem Aasen, Medical student, RSU Mārtiņš Danefelds, Head of Foreign Affairs, RSU Student Union H. B. Roshika Fernando, Vice-President, International Students’ Association, RSU Iga Olejarczyk, Medical student, RSU Ashish Menon, Exchange student, RSU and Manipal Academy of Higher Education  Hannah Katharina Schöberl, Head of Academic Affairs, International Students’ Association, RSU Anna Wiemann, President, DSiA – German Students Abroad, RSU  Anda Zamure, former President, Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Rīga
12:00–13:00	Lunch
Workshop:  Achieving inclusive mobility in Europe
13:00–16:00	Dominique Montagnese, Inclusive Mobility Expert, Centre for Inclusive Higher Education, Belgium
16:00–16:15	Closing Remarks
19:00	Dinner (by invitation)

Thursday, 7 November

Hippocrates Lecture Theatre * / Senate Hall **

9:00–10:00	Registration / Coffee / Informational fair arrangement
Erasmus+ networking session and informational fair
10:00–12:00	Presentations of participants’ home institutions *
12:15–13:45	Lunch
14:00–15:00	Informational fair **
16:00–17:00	Riga Old City tour

Friday, 8 November

Day trip to Rundāle Palace

* Hippocrates Lecture Theatre - 16 Dzirciema iela, Riga

** Senate Hall - 16 Dzirciema iela, Riga