You are welcome to join the Panel discussion and a World cafe-format workshop: Rethinking the Relationship between Higher Education and Society in a Rapidly Changing World, taking place on August 17th, 2023, from 14:00 to 18:00.
The workshop is a follow up to the JoLii-GINTL Global Conference 2023: “Education for the Future”, happening in Helsinki on August, 15-16 and offers an opportunity to network with our guests from Beijing Normal University, Peking University and Tongji University
Workshop program:
14:00 – 14:20 Opening & Group photo (Linna building, Room 5026, address: Kalevantie, 5)
Speaker: Dr. Tapio Visakorpi, Professor and Vice President, Tampere University
Speaker: Sanfa Cai, Professor and Director of Higher Education Research Institute, Tongji University (On behalf of the Chinese participants)
14:20 – 14:50 Keynote speech by Ka Ho Mok, Vice President and Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
14:50-15:50 Panel Discussions on Reshaping the Relationship between Higher Education and Society
Moderator: Dr. Yuzhuo Cai, Senior Lecturer and Adjunct Professor, Higher education Group, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
Panelists:
Dr. Baocun Liu, Professor and Director of Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University.
Dr. Wei Ha, Associate Professor and Vice Dean of Graduate School of Education, Peking University
Dr. Jussi Kivistö, Professor and Head of Higher Education Group, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
15:50 – 16:15 Coffee break
16:15 – 17:15 World Café discussions on the following topics:
- Transition from Education to Labor Market
- Knowledge Exchanges between Universities and Industries
- Universities’ Roles in Social Innovation
17.15 – 17.30 Wrap-up and Closing
19.00 dinner
Please >>> register here <<< by August, 14. The number of participants is limited.