International Conference on Ethical and Moral Dimensions for Higher Education and Science 

in Europe

Bucharest, 2-5 September 2004

 

  Introduction Programme
Participants Documents

   Bucharest Declaration

Programme

Thursday, 2 September

Friday, 3 September

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

Place: the Auditorium of the National Museum of Art of Romania, 
         
Ştirbei Vodă Street, No. 1
(All other Sessions of the Conference will be held at UNESCO-CEPES, Kretzulescu Palace, Ştirbei Vodă Street, No. 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

  • from Professor Alexandru Athanasiu, Minister of Education and Research of Romania, President of the Romanian National Commission for UNESCO, presented by Professor Radu Damian,Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education and  Research

  • 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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