The Third Annual Conference «Education and Global Cities: Horizons for Contemporary University»
On the 19th – 21 of May, 2016 the Third International Conference “Education and Global Cities: Horizons for Contemporary University” will be held in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Conference will focus on the challenges and opportunities for a research university in the 21st century, the search for the efficient development strategy, considering the existence of multiple missions, which include not only traditional educational and research functions, but also a wide circle of the social tasks (“the third” mission) and the need to participate more actively in the territorial and urban development (“the fourth” mission), including the establishment of collaboration within the “knowledge triangle”, development of the innovative entrepreneurship, efficient cooperation with businesses and potential employers, taking into account the demands of the labor market and so on.
The conference participants will rethink factors and indicators of efficiency and success of the university in the new context, defined by the impact of world university rankings and the impetus to develop research fields that contribute to the standing of a university within these rankings. The participants will discuss the theoretical and practical aspects regarding the implementation of the new research model to analyze the interface between various actors in the field of research and innovation, including research centres, universities, businesses, governments and regarding new approaches for conducting research, industrial and innovation policy.
The participants will also discuss the emergence of new cross-disciplinary research fields, the search for balance between the fundamental and applied research, the new role of the socio-economic sciences and humanities.
The particular consideration will be given to the role of the universities in the urban and territorial development, the process of establishment of the key regional universities in Russia. Also, the collaboration experience between universities and regional authorities in Russian and abroad will be examined, as well as the results of international studies and the best practices of the HE strategic development on different levels (international, national, regional, institutional), considering the existence of multiple missions of a contemporary university and new challenges, that higher educational institutions face.
The EACES workshop “Human Capital in Cities: A Comparative Perspective” will take place during the conference.
The key discussion questions are:
- The challenges and opportunities facing a contemporary university and the search for a strategy that accommodates multiple missions
- University development: is there an alternative to rankings?
- Universities in the context of regional development: towards a fourth university mission
- The search for interdisciplinary balance: the new role of social sciences and humanities
- Demand for modern qualifications: moving towards a new model of universities and labour market cooperation
- Development standards of the innovative entrepreneurship university
- Business school mission in a contemporary university
- Smart cities: cooperation of universities and cities

Kirill Androsov
Chairman of the Board of Directors in PJSC Aeroflot, Managing Partner of Altera Capital Management AG

Dmitry Cherneyko
Head of the Committee on Labor and Employment of the population of St. Petersburg

Elena Chernyshkova
Chairman of the Sistema Foundation Board

Kevin Downing
Director of Knowledge, Enterprise and Analysis at the City university of Hong Kong

Yaroslav Kuzminov
Rector of NRU Higher School of Economics

Sergey M. Kadochnikov
Director NRU Higher School of Economics − Saint-Petersburg

Viktor Koksharov
Rector of Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Sergey Roshchin
Vice-rector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics

John Goddard
Emeritus professor of Regional Development Studies at the Centre for Urban and regional development studies of Newcastle University, UK

LIU Junmei
Associate Dean School of Economics Fudan University, China

Lorenza Operti
Vice-Rector for Academic and International Affairs of the University of Turin, Italy

Ole Petter Ottersen
Rector of the University of Oslo, Norway

Bruno van Pottelsberghe
Dean of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium

Vyacheslav Nesterov
Director General of EMC St.Petersburg Center of Excellence, Russia

Elena Razinkina
Vice-Rector for Education at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia

Dmitry Tolmachev
Director of “Expert” Analytical Center, Russia

Julio Urgel
Senior Advisor & Director of Development Projects in Cuba at EFMD, Belgium

Yulia Sakharova
Director of HeadHunter North-West

Andreas Schleicher
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Education Policy at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development at the OECD

Alexander Sobolev
Director of the Department of the State Policy in the Sphere of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, Russia

Kirill Vasiliev
Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank (Moscow), Russia

Vladimir N. Vasilyev
Rector of ITMO University, Corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-president of Russian Rector Union

Elena Vitchak
Vice-President, Head of Personnel Management Department at Sistema JSFC, Russia

Zhou Zuoyu
Vice President of Beijing Normal University, China

Kairzhan Abdykhalykov
Dean of the Higher School of Finance and Management of Almaty University of Management, Kazakhstan

Jorn Achterberg
Director of DFG Office Russia/CIS

Mikhail Alashkevich
Director of the Department of Finance, Organization of Budgeting, Methodology and Economy of Science and Education of the Ministry of Science and Education of Russia, Russia

Irina Aleynikova
Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied Research and Development, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Anna Almakaeva
Deputy Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Arsalan Alshinawi
Senior Lecturer of the International Relations Department at the University of Malta, Malta

Irina Arzhanova
Executive Director of the National Training Foundation, Russia

Ivan Aymaliev
Junior Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Maria Bakhteeva
Head of the Educational and Methodology Department at the State Museum of the History of Religion in St.Petersburg, Russia

Alexander Balezin
Professor, Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for African Studies at the Institute of General History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Aldis Baumanis
Rector and Chairman of the Board of the Turiba University, Latvia

Alexander Bedny
Vice-Rector for International Affairs of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

Kristian Behrens
Academic Advisor of the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, HSE University, Russia

Alexandra Bekasova
Associate Professor at the Department of History, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Gregor Berghorn
Director General of the German Academic Exchange Service (1989-2016), German Houses of Research and Innovation, Germany

Dirk Berg-Schlosser
Professor emeritus of political science at the Philipp University of Marburg

Naum Berkovitch
Advisor of Rector of Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia

Evgeny Bezhin
Director of the Centre for Applied Research and Development, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Andrey Bezrukov
Director of strategic marketing for holding GS Group, Tekhnopolis GS

Valeria Bezuevskaya
Vice-Rector of Surgut State University, Russia

Elena Chernyshkova
Chairman of “Sistema” Foundation Board, Russia

Dmitry Derman
Head of the Higher Education Development Department, National Training Foundation, Russia

Heather Diane DeHaan
Associate Professor at the Department of History of Binghamton University, USA

Maria Didkovskaya
Head of the Office of Internationalization of ITMO University, Russia

Anna Fedyunina
Director of Analytical Centre, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Nikolay Filinov
Dean of Faculty of Business and Management, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Isak Froumin
Member of the HSE Academic Council, Professor of National Research University Higher School of Economics

Gadis Gadzhiev
Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, Professor of Civil Law and Process, HSE St. Petersburg, Russia

Maxim Gashkov
Director of Development of Innopolis University, Russia
Boris Gasparov
professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics – St.Petersburg

Larisa Giber
Graduate Student at the Department of Business and Management, HSE University, Russia

Alexey Gusev
Head of the Innovative Infrastructure Monitoring Service of RVC OJSC, Russia

John Goddard
, Emeritus Professor of Regional Development Studies at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies of Newcastle University, UK

Robert Huggins
Chair of Economic Geography Department at Cardiff University

Irina Ilina
Director of the Institute of Regional Studies and Urban Planning at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Nikita Ivanov
Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Vera Ivanova
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, HSE St. Petersburg, Research Fellow of the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, HSE University, Russia

Dmitry Ilyenkov
Head of the group for Work with Alumni and Partners of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russia

Raisa Ivanitskaya
Vice-Rector for Information Policy of Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Ilia Kalinin
Associate Professor of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the St.Petersburg State University, Editor-in-Chief of “Emergency ration. The debate about politics and culture” Magazine (Publishing House “New Literary Observer”), Russia

Olga Kapitskaya
Associate Professor at Audencia Business School Nantes

Tolobay Keneshov
Head of Urban Development Department at Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture n.a. N. Isanov, Director of the State Design Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning at the State Agency for Architecture, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Kyrgyz Republic

Maxim Khomyakov
Vice-Rector for International Relations of Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Sergey Kichko
Associate Professor at St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, HSE St.Petersburg, Head of Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, HSE University, Russia

Denis Konanchuk
Deputy Academic Dean of Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, Head of the SKOLKOVO Education Development Centre, Russia

Olga Kosareva
Deputy Director for Public Relations and Information Resources, HSE University, Russia

Lyubov Kosinova
Analyst of the Centre for Applied Research and Development, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Veronika Kostenko
Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Konstantin Krotov
The first deputy director of the Graduate School of Management (GSOM SPbU)

Elena Kudryashova
, Rector of Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Russia

Alexander Kuryachy
Leading Expert of the Centre for Applied Research and Development, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Alexander Kurylev
Vice-Rector for Development of the European University in St.Petersburg, Russia Filipp Lupov, Head of the Department on Work with Alumni and Corporate Partners of St. Petersburg University of Economics, Russia

Svetlana Kuzmitskaya
Head of the Project for Creation of a University Campus of GS Group, Technopolis GS, Russia

Pavel Kuznetsov
Project Manager at “Expert” Analytical Center, Russia

Yevgeny Kuznetsov
Senior Economist at Economic Policy and Debt Department at the World Bank

Olga Kuznetsova
Counseling of Staff and Students Going Abroad of Novosibirsk State University, Russia

Julia Lajus
Head of the international Master Program "Contemporary history: applied and interdisciplinary history", Associate Professor at the Department of History, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Oleg Leshukov
Research Fellow at the Project Laboratory for the Development of Universities, HSE University, Russia

Franck Leprévost
Professor, vice-president of the University of Luxembourg

Catherine Lido
Research Fellow at the Urban Big Data Centre of the University of Glasgow, Member of Pascal Observatory Networks, UK

Leonid Limonov
Professor of HSE University, Director of the International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief Centre”, Russia

Marina Lipetskaya
Director of The Center for Strategic Research “North-West” Foundation, Russia

Tamara Lönngren
Director of the Norwegian University Center in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Сarlos López Galviz
Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Futures of Lancaster University, UK

Artemy Magun
Professor of Political Theory of Democracy, Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology of the European University in St.Petersburg, Russia

Liviu Matei
Provost, Pro-Rector and Professor at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University (CEU)

Yakov Mazmanov
Chief Architect of State Design Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning of the State Agency for Architecture, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Kyrgyz Republic

Tatiana Meshkova
Deputy Director of HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Sergey Myasoedov,
Dean of IBS-Moscow, Professor, Vice-president of Russian Association of Business Education (RABE), Chairman of the Association of Russian Managers Committee on Business Education

Dmitry Nefedov
Head of the Department of Financial Law, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Anna Nemirovskaya
Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Aleksey Novoseltsev
Vice-Rector of HSE University, Russia

Jonathan Oldfield
Associate Professor at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK

Oksana Oracheva
Director General of Vladimir Potanin Foundation, Russia

Olga Ovechkina
Director of the Netherlands Institute in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Yury Perelygin
Executive Director of Lengiprogor Institute Ltd., Russia

Damiano Pinnacchio
Head of International Relations Office of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy

Eduard Ponarin
Head of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Irina Prokhorova
, the head of the New Literary Observer magazine and publishing house,

Bruno van Pottelsberghe
Dean of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium

QU Ruxiao
Deputy Dean of the Business School at Beijing Normal University, China

Rakhila Rakhmetova
Professor of Narxoz University, Kazakhstan

Ellen Rees
Vice Dean for Research and Researcher Training at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo
Elena Rogova
professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Kirill Ryabov
Associate Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Artyom Rykun
Vice Rector for International Relations of Tomsk State University, Russia

Anna Sanina
Associate Professor at the Department of Public Administration, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Anatoliy Savateev
Senior Research Fellow of the Centre for Civilizational and Regional Studies at the Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Tobias Stuedemann
Representative of Free University of Berlin in Moscow

Dmitry Semenov
Head of Project Laboratory for the Development of Universities, HSE University, Russia

Aleksandr Semenov
professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics – St.Petersburg

Alexander Sergeev
Head of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Andreas Schleicher
Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills at the OECD

Aleksandr Sherstobitov
Associate Professor at the Department of Political Management of St.Petersburg State University, Russia

Aleksandr Sungurov
Professor of the Department of Politics, HSE St. Petersburg, Russia

Nikolay Smirnov
Professor, Director of Saint-Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Andrey Starodubtsev
Associate Professor at the Department of Politics, HSE St. Petersburg, Research Fellow of Aleksanteri Institute of University of Helsinki, Finland

Marina Sandomirskaia
Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical Economics, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Research Fellow at the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, HSE University, Russia

Anna Shirokanova
Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Andrey Scherbak
Senior Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Boris Sokolov
Research Associate of the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research, HSE University, Russia

Mikhail Solovyev
Vice-Rector for Education of Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia

Maria Soloscheva
Associate Professor, Leading Research Fellow of the Centre for Asian and African Studies, HSE University, Russia

Marina Stupnikova
Deputy Director of Endowment Fund, Head of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, HSE University, Russia

Yulia Selyukova
Director of the “Elevator in the Future” Program of the JSFC Sistema, Russia

Maria Sigova
Rector of the International Bank Institute, Russia

Tatiana Tereschenko
Professor at the Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Yulia Tikhomirova
Coordinator of collaboration of Association “Global Universities” and CRUI, Russia

Dmitry Tolmachev
Dean of the Higher School of Economics and Management of the Ural Federal University

Elena Trubina
Professor at Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Natalia Trunova
Director General of Lengiprogor Institute Ltd., Russia

Elizaveta Ulyanova
Executive Director of “Expert” Analytical Center, Russia

Julio Urgel
Senior Advisor & Director of Development Projects in Cuba, EFMD

Eric Uslaner
Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-College Park, USA

Philip Ushchev
Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, HSE St. Petersburg, Leading Research Fellow at the Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, HSE University, Russia

Sergey Zuev
Dean of the School of Public Policy of RANEPA, Rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences

Kirill Vasiliev
senior education specialist at the World Bank

Viktor Voronkov
Director of the Centre for Independent Social Research in St.Petersburg, Russia

Vladimir Volfson
Associate Professor of Civil Law at St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia

ZHANG Wenguang
Dean of the School of Government at Beijing Normal University, China

XU Yuebin
Dean of the Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University, China

Boris Zhelezov
Deputy First Vice-Rector of HSE University, Russia

Evgeny Zelenev
Professor, Director of the Centre for Asian and African Studies, HSE University, Head of the Department of Asian and African Studies, HSE St. Petersburg, Russia

Alexander Zheltov
Professor, Head of the Department of African Studies Saint-Petersburg State University, Head of the Department of Ethnography of Africa, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russia

Oksana Zaporozhets
Leading Research Associate at Poletayev Institute for Theoretical and Historical Studies in the Humanities, Associate Professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE St.Petersburg, Russia

Cemal Eren Arbatl
associate professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics

Christopher Gerry
Head of the International Centre for Health Economics, Management, and Policy, HSE University, Russia

Vladimir E. Gimpelson
Director

Idaliya Grigoryeva
Graduate Student at the Department of Geography of the University of British Columbia, Canada

Soutumi Das
Research Fellow at the University of Calcutta, India

Denis Ivanov
Research Fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Natasha Israt Kabir
Research Fellow at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Olga Lazareva
Assistant Professor

Сarlos López Galviz
Lecturer at the Institute for Social Futures of Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Loretta G. Platts
Research Fellow at the Stress Research Institute of Stockholm University, Sweden

Andrey Pushkarev
Assistant of the Department of Econometrics and Statistics of Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia

Hans Wiesmeth
Head of the Laboratory for International and Regional Economics, Ural Federal University Professor, Technical University Dresden, Germany