The workshop series International Dialogue on Education Berlin is a joint initiative of the British Council Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service, the German-American Fulbright Commission, the Australian Group of Eight and the Canadian Bureau for International Education in Berlin.

Through the contributions of international participants the series aims to enrich the debate on science, research and higher education policy in Germany, to place German perspectives in a global context and to learn from positive examples from other countries.

Date
10 October 2011

Location
Freie Universität Berlin Henry-Ford-Bau Garystr. 35, 14195 Berlin
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Programme

13:00-13:30	Registration and Coffee

13:30-14:00	Welcome and Opening Remarks Peter-André Alt President, Freie Universität Berlin Annette Julius Director, Northern Hemisphere Department, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Bonn Short biography

14:00-17:00	Panel Discussion - Speakers Pauline Nestor Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, AUS Short biography Carsten Dose Managing Director, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg Short biography Gerd Folkers Director of the Collegium Helveticum, ETH Zürich Short biography Simon Goldhill Professor of Greek, Director of Cambridge Research Centre in Arts, Social Sciences and the Humanities, University of Cambridge, UK Short biography Frank Kessel Professor of Early Childhood Multicultural Education, University of New Mexico, USA Short biography Moderation: Jan-Martin Wiarda Senior Editor, DIE ZEIT Short biography

16:30-17:00	Coffee

17:15-18:00	Final Plenary and Discussion Conclusion and future directions for the national debate

18:00-20:00	Reception & Buffet

FUTURE EVENTS:

Programme

Registration and Coffee

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Panel Discussion - Speakers

Coffee

Final Plenary and Discussion

Reception & Buffet