This document provides a draft agenda for a peer learning activity in Poitiers, France from November 25-27, 2015. The activity is organized by ESÉN and is open to ESÉN trainers and public servants in higher education interested in innovation. The agenda includes presentations and workshops on the first two days focusing on topics like regional governance and innovation, and leadership and creativity. The third day will involve case studies and workshops from other universities, as well as a session on quality assurance and managing innovative practices. Attendees are asked to provide arrival details by October 30th to assist with booking rooms and organization. Special activities are planned for the evening of the 27th but participants will need to pay individually.

1. Peer Learning Activity
Poitiers, 25th-27th November 2015
consortium workshop – Friday the 26th of June2015
Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Ciencia y la Tecnología , Salamanca, Spain

2. Introduction
ESÉN : National College for Education Management,
Higher Education and Research
ESÉN is in charge of training of managers and
executives from French Secondary and Higher
Education and Research Systems.

3. Introduction

4. Introduction
This PLA is open to ESÉN trainers but also to
public servants of Higher Education, who are
interested in these debates
Partners’ willing is that Poitiers meeting kicks
off with a discussion around issues dealing
with Higher Education innovation. Since the
elaboration of such a document takes time,
we expect to make some little changes to
current draft agenda.

5. Introduction
Organization
1. Sending a thank-you letter to Director (Jean-Marie
Panasol) and Vice-Director of Higher Education
(Nicole Pellegrin); who can take in charge this?
2. Invitation letters for different national and
international managers should be signed by a
European program manager (French team will
prepare the letters)
3. ESENESR needs specific information in order to book
rooms and dealing with venue organization. Please,
send us (rnpacheco@unistra.fr) the following
information by 30th October 2015

6. Introduction
GAIHE Poitiers PLA 25-27 November 2015
Surname:
First Name:
Institution:
Email address:
Telephone number:
Arrival date to Poitiers and how (train, flight):
Checking out date and how:

7. Introduction
Special activities are expected for
27th November evening (city tour of
Poitiers, dinner in a restaurant of the
city center…) but it’s not possible for
us to assume these expenses.
Should we cancel it or every single
participant could take in charge of
this?

8. Introduction
GAIHE expertise has been particularly focused on the new forms
organization facilitating the innovations. The first research findings
allow considering the following assumptions:
 The development of innovations between HEIs, business and
policy-making can be made at different scales of governance.
In France, some Grandes Écoles (colleges) have developed
national and international networks, universities are
encouraged by the Conference of Presidents of Universities
(CPU) to implement public-private partnerships at regional level.
 The shift from a managerial organization of universities, focused
on the efficient use of resources, to leadership enhancing
innovations.

9. Introduction
These first research findings inspired the
conception of the Poitiers meeting around
two objectives:
1. Capitalizing knowledge between the
members of the GAIHE project
2. opening the discussion with policy-makers,
academics and executives trained by the
ESEN.

10. Draft Agenda
Wednesday 25th November
• 14:00 Welcome
• 17:00 Meeting of the
GAIHE members
• 19:30 Diner

11. Draft Agenda
Thursday 26th November
9:00-9:30 Welcome
• Jean-Marie Panasol, Head of the ESENESR
• Cecile Mc Grath, RAND Corporation Europe
• Jo Ritzen, University of Maastricht, School of
Governance

12. Draft Agenda
Thursday 26th November
9:30- 12:30 Plenary session
Chair: Roger Grenet, Directeur Général de la Recherche et de
l’Innovation, ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement
Supérieur et de la recherche
• 9h:45-10:30 Adam Tyson, Higher Education DGEAC An Agenda for
modernising European higher education
• 10h30-11h15 Guy Haug, Expert of the European Higher Education
Area,Advisor to the Valencia University of Tecnology. The Future of
Higher Education and the place of Innovation in Europe

13. Draft Agenda
Thursday 26th November
11:30-12:30 Round-Table with the stakeholders
• The recommendations of the French CPU: the regional
governance, a source of innovations for Higher
Education?
• Jacques Comby, president of the Committee
“International relations” at the CPU, a representative of
business (to determine), Philippe Meirieu, Vice-président
Region Rhône-Alpes

14. Draft Agenda
Thursday 26th November
14:00-17:00 Plenary session
Chair: Jo Ritzen, University of Maastricht, School of Governance
• 14:00-15:00: Romuald Normand, University of Strasbourg. From
management to leadership. A new strategy for innovation?
• 15:30-17:00: Peer learning activities with policy-makers and
executives from universities and Grandes Écoles (colleges).

15. Draft Agenda
Thursday 26th November
14:00-17:00 Plenary session
At least two workshops in parallel on the following topics:
• Regional governance and development of
innovation (Chair: Marko Marhl, University of Maribor)
• Leadership, innovation and creativity (Chair: Nicole
Pellegrin ESENESR)

16. Draft Agenda
Friday 27th November
9:00-12:30 Plenary session
Chair: Ellen Hazelkorn, Institute of Technology, Dublin
• 9-9:30 : Indra Dredze (University of Latvia), Case studies as
the detector of agents of changes in higher education
• 9:30-10:30 : First Workshop. The Queen Mary University of
London, United Kingdom
• 10:45-11:45 : Second Workshop. University of Alicante, Spain

17. Draft Agenda
Friday 27th November
14:00-17:00 Plenary session: how to assure quality,
manage and sustain innovative practices?
Chair: Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, adviser of Minister of Higher
Education
• 14:00-15:00 : Peter J. Wells, Director of BPTC, former Head of
UNESCO. CEPES: Quality Assurance and Quality
Management Issues Regarding Innovative Modes of Higher
Education Provision

18. Draft Agenda
Friday 27th November
14:00-17:00 Plenary session: how to assure quality,
manage and sustain innovative practices?
• 15:00-16:30 Round-table: the management of innovation at the
University: what challenges for the future? Clara Danon, Head of Digital
Technologies Department, Ministry of Higher Education and Research;
Michel Deneken, vice-chancellor for training at the University
Strasbourg; François Germinet, president of the committee “Digital
Technologies” at the CPU
• 16:30-17:00 Conclusion. Cecile Mc Grath, RAND Corporation Europe

19. Peer Learning Activity
Poitiers, 25th-27th November 2015
consortium workshop – Friday the 26th of June2015
Instituto Universitario de Estudios de la Ciencia y la Tecnología , Salamanca, Spain