Programme

Registration

Welcome lunch

Opening of the Global University Leaders Council Hamburg 2023
"Navigating competition and collaboration—The way forward for universities"

Welcome by the organisers

Council Part I "National perspectives"

Introduction by the Chair of Council

Plenary presentation and discussion, moderated by the Chair of Council

Research study "Navigating competition and collaboration—The way forward for universities"

4.30

Public event

4.30

Welcome by the organisers

4.40

GUC Hamburg Lecture

"Innovating and cooperating for a sustainable future: Universities as platforms for social innovation"

5.30

Dialogue session including Q&A with the audience

6.30

End of Public Event and travel to guesthouse

7.00

Welcome reception by the Hamburg Senate

9.30

End of day 1, return to hotel

Council Part II "Institutional experience and practice"

Plenary introduction of Council members’ group sessions by the Chair

Transfer to workshop rooms

Two consecutive rounds of five parallel group sessions for Council members

Round 1: 10.00-11.00 / Round 2: 11.30-12.30, coffee break: 11.00-11.30
President, Observatory Magna Charta Universitatum

Group session 1 a+b:

Effects of local, national and global competition and collaboration at the individual researcher level

Group session 2 a+b:

Effects of local, national and global competition and collaboration at the institutional level

Group session 3 a+b:

"Are the best really the best?" Research assessment, benchmarking and international university rankings

Group session 4 a+b:

Pandemic lessons learned: The global (digital) divide and the sharing of knowledge

Group session 5 a+b:

The role of university leadership in navigating competition and collaboration

Plenary session

"Fostering global partnerships among universities: Jointly redressing growing populism and anti-intellectualism"

6.00

Council Part III "Working towards a sustainable balance between competition and cooperation in academia—next steps"

Discussion and endorsement of Hamburg Declaration
moderated by the Council Chair

Closing plenary discussion