Conférence internationale sur

les dimensions éthiques et morales de l’enseignement supérieur et de la science en Europe

Bucarest, 2-5 septembre 2004

 

  Introduction Programme
Participants Documents

  Declaration de Bucarest

Programme
(version anglaise seulement)

 

Thursday, 2 September

[Whole day]   Arrival and registration of participants

Friday, 3 September

Opening Session of the Conference
[9:30-11:00]

Place: the Auditorium of the National Museum of Art of Romania, 
          Stirbei Voda Street, 1

(All other Sessions of the Conference will be held at UNESCO-CEPES, Kretzulescu Palace, Stirbei Voda 39)
Welcome and introduction

Dr. Jan Sadlak, Director of UNESCO-CEPES
Professor Henryk Ratajczak, Vice-President of EAASH - Academia Europensis

Special Messages:
  • H.E. Mr. Philippe Etienne, Ambassador of France in Romania

  • Professor Alexandru Athanasiu, Minister of Education and Research of Romania, President of the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO

  • from Mr. Koïchiro Matsuura, The Director-General of UNESCO, presented by Dr. Howard Moore, Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science in Europe - ROSTE; Venice, Italy

  • from Professor Hans van Ginkel, Rector of the United Nations University - UNU in Tokyo, Japan, presented by Professor Andrei Marga, Member of the UNU Council

  • from Pope John Paul II, presented by H.E. Msgr. Jean-Claude Périsset, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania

Special Address:   Mr. Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
First Session:  
[13:00-15:00]
Ethical Dimension of “Culture of Peace” in a Global and Reconfigured World - How to Transmit it to Students and Academics  
Chairperson:

Professor Klaus Hüfner, Chairperson of the Advisory Board of UNESCO-CEPES; Berlin, Germany

Speakers:

Professor Federico Mayor, President, Foundation for a Culture of Peace; Madrid, Spain

Responses from: 
  • Professor Brenda M. Gourley, Vice-Chancellor of The  Open University, Milton Keyes, United Kingdom 

  • Professor Abdelwahab Hiba Hechiche, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida, Tampa FL, USA

  • Professor Mircea Malitza, President of the Black Sea University Foundation, Bucharest, Romania

Second Session: 
[15:30-17:00]

Ethics “in” and “for” Higher Education and Science

Chairperson

Dr. David Ward, President of the American Council on Education (ACE); Washington DC, USA

Speaker:

Professor Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor of the Kingston University; Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

Responses from:
  • Professor Radu Damian, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education and Research; Dean of Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Civil Engineering; Bucharest, Romania [in relation to engineering education]

  • Ms. Julia Hasler Scott, Deputy for Life Science Section, Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences; UNESCO, Paris [in relation to life sciences]
  • Mr. Roger Manière, Director of the Bureau for Central and Eastern Europe of l'Agence uiniversitaire de la Francophonie (AUF); Bucharest, Romania 

[17:30- 19:00]     Discussions

Saturday, 4 September

Third Session:

[9:00-10:30]

Ethics “in” and “for” Higher Education and Science (continuation)
Chairperson:

Professor John Finney, Honorary Vice-President of Euroscience, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA [in relation to humanities]

Responses from:

 

 

 

  • Professor Eric Gould, Professor, Department of English, University of Denver; Denver, Col., USA [in relation to humanities]

  • Professor Andrzej Koźmiński, Rector, Leon Koźmiński Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management (LKAEM); Warsaw, Poland [in relation to management and business education]

  • Professor László Molnár, Associate Professor of Environmental and Engineering Ethics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Budapest, Hungary [in relation to environmental and engineering]

Fourth Session:

[11:00-13:30]

Ethical Framework of Governance of Higher Education and Science

Chairperson:

Professor Eduardo Marçal Grilo, Principal Administrator of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Lisbon, Portugal

Speaker:

Professor Jürgen Kohler, Professor of Law, Greifswald University; Greifswald, Germany

Responses from
  • Professor Mariano L. Bianca, Dean, Department of History-Social and Philosophical Studies, University of Siena, Arezzo, Italy

  • Mr. Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Paris, France

Fifth Session:

[14:30-16:00]

Ethics, Moral and Context and justice - How They Affect Modern Hiogher Education and Science

Chairperson:

Professor Christian Byk, President, l’Association Internationale Droit, Ethique et Science; Paris, France

Speaker:

Professor André Szostek, Professor of Ethics and Philosophy, Catholic University of Lublin (KUL); Lublin, Poland

Responses from:
  • Professor Andrei Marga, Professor of Contemporary Philosophy, Babes- Bolyai University; Cluj-Napoca, Romania

  • Professor Gvozden Flego, Professor of Philosophy, Zagreb University; Zagreb, Croatia

Final Session:

[16:15-18:00]

Concluding Observations and Adoption of the Recommendations of the Conference - the Bucharest Declaration

Chairperson:

Professor Ullica Segerstråle, Chairperson of the Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology; Chicago, USA; Member of the Finnish Society for Sciences and Letters; Helsinki, Finland

Presentation of the Draft Conclusions and of the Recommendations by:

Professor Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor, the Kingston University; Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom (Rapporteur of the Conference)

Sunday, 5 September

Departure of participants

 

 

 

 

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