1. 1
Agenda
Day 1 – 23 February 2012
9:00 – 9:30 – Registration of participants
9:30– 9:45 – Introduction – Opening note of organisers and partners
Dr. Nigel Townson, Director, British Council Romania
Cristina Stoenescu, Director, Link Education and Practice
Colin C. Lovering, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce & Director, Premier
Global, Recruitment, Training, and Assesment
Dr. Rodica Maria Rădulescu, Director, Business School CODECS
Florin Ioan Petean, HR Club board member & Executive Director, Centrul de
Dezvoltare Manageriala Cluj
TBC - Intel Romania UK Ltd. Representative Office
9:45 - 11:00 „What businesses want from graduates?‟ - a panel moderated discussion
on how the HE provision should look like from the specific point of view of
employers
Panel speakers:
Florin Godean - General Manager, ADECCO
Mihail Costrov - Sales Manager, Lugera&Mackler
TBC - Achieve Global
TBC - HR Manager - Multinational company
Colin C. Lovering, Director, Premier Global, Recruitment, Training, and
Assesment
Florin Ioan Petean, Executive Director, Centrul de Dezvoltare Manageriala Cluj
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee Break

2. 2
11:30 - 13:00 “Activities and practices in the UK and Romanian universities with
regard to enhancing the employability skills of graduates”
Peter Forbes - Associate Director, Council for Higher Education and Industry &
Director, Employability @ Work, UK
Jane Arteess - Director of Research, Higher education Career Services Unit, UK
Monica Ene - Pitrosanu, Country Manager, Intel Romania Software Design
Centre
Prof. Magdalena Platis, Vicerector, University of Bucharest
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Employability agenda: measures taken at a policy level to support the
shift from knowledge provision to student empowerment through an enhanced
cooperation with the industry across higher education sectors in Romania and the
UK
Guest Speakers:
Romeo Mosoiu – State Secretary, MECTS
Ligia Deca – Head of Secretariat, Secretariat of the Bologna Follow-up Group
TBC - Representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Education, public agencies,
ARACIS, UCFISC, ACPART
UK experts
Peter Forbes - Associate Director, Council for Higher Education and Industry & Director,
Employability @ Work, UK
Jane Arteess - Director of Research, Higher education Career Services Unit, UK
16:00 – Wrapping up Day 1

3. 3
Day 2 – 24 February 2012
9:00 – 9:30 – Registration of participants
9:30 – 11:00 – Plenary session – „Who inspires?‟
- Speakers: TBA
- University Business School / CODECS
11:00 – 13:00 – Employability World Cafe
13.00 – 13.15 – Plenary session – Launching ‘ The Employability Guide’ (LEAP)
13.15 – 13.45 – Rapporteurs on the Employability World Cafe
13.45 – 14.00 – Wrapping up Day 2 & Conference