Registration

Welcome address - Ulrich Grothus, President, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

Opening panel: International student mobility – what’s in it for stakeholders? 

Panellists:

Brikena Xhomaqi, Director, Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP)

Horia Onița, President, European Students' Union (ESU)

Hannes Raffaseder, President, EURASHE, CEO and President, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Lead Coordinator, E³UDRES² Alliance

Moderator: Jo Ritzen, Professor, Maastricht University, Netherlands 

Socio-economic footprint of international degree mobility: A snapshot of current debates and backing evidence  

Presented by Irina Ferencz, Director, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

Networking break

International degree mobility – multiple impacts and national perspectives  

Panellists:

Michal Fedak, Director, SAIA n.o., Slovakia 

Rajon Bhuyian, Director for the Outreach and Capacity Building Unit, Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA)

Frederik D’hulster, President of Education and International Affairs, Howest University of Applied Sciences, Belgium

Filip Van Depoele, Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission, 

Kristin Pütz-Kurth, Senior Desk Officer Online Communication "Study in Germany", German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Germany

Moderator: Lene Baldersheim, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), Norway 

Individual gains of international credit mobility 

Keynote speaker: Giorgio Di Pietro, Senior Researcher, Joint Research Center (JRC) 

Lunch

National footprint of international credit mobility: incoming & outgoing perspectives  

Panellists:

Ana Cristina Perdigão, Director, Erasmus+ Portuguese National Agency, Education and Training, Portugal

Martin Gradl, Head Erasmus+ Higher Education, Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD), Austria

Laurin Reding, Deputy Head of Office, SwissCore, Switzerland

Vito Borrelli, Erasmus+ Team Leader, Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission 

Moderator: Wim Gabriels, Director, Erasmus Student Network (ESN), Belgium

Amplifying the impact of international student mobility – pathways for the future 

Panellists: 

Michal Uhl, Director, Czech National Agency for International Education and Research (DZS), Czechia 

Irina Ferencz, Director, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)

Emily Palmer, Secretary-General, Una Europa

Moderator: Kees Kouwenaar, Senior Advisor International Strategy, Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Closing words - Ulrich Grothus, President, Academic Cooperation Association (ACA)