The programme of HSE University Partners’ Week 2025
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DAY 1
19.05.2025, Monday
10.00 – 13.00
Guided city tour
(optional, free of charge)
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 – 15.30
Meetings with faculty representatives
from 15.30
Free time
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DAY 2
20.05.2025, Tuesday
09.00 – 09:30
Transfer from the hotel to the university building
09.30 – 10.00
Participants registration and coffee break
10.00 – 11.00
Opening ceremony of the joint exhibition by the St Petersburg School of Art and Design and ITS
11.00 – 12.00
Plenary session ‘Re-designing International Cooperation: University Perspective’
12.00 – 12.30
Signing ceremony of cooperation agreements
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch
13.30 – 14.30
Panel sessions:
- RE-Designing Research International Collaboration through Satellite Laboratory Model (SLM): A Collaborative Venture between International-Oriented Universities
- From Advertisement to Arrival: Challenges and Best Practices in International Students’ Recruitment
- Share and Learn: Double Degree Programmes in International Higher Education
14.30 – 15.00
Coffee break
15.00 – 16.00
Panel sessions:
- Universities and Business: Synergy or Incompatibility?
- Cultural Diversity, Social Inclusion and Community Adaptation: Solutions for International Students
- Trends in Summer Schools and Short-time Programmes
16.00 – 16.30
Lunch
16.30 – 17.30
Fashion show featuring the collections by alumni of St Petersburg School of Art and Design
17.30 – 18.00
Guests gathering
18.00 – 18.30
Transfer to the pier
18.30 – 22.00
Boat welcome dinner
22.00 – 22.30
Transfer to the hotel
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DAY 3
21.05.2025, Wednesday
09.30 – 10.00
Transfer from the hotel to the university building
10.00 – 12.00
Panel sessions
- Soft Power beyond the West
- Bridging Cultures: Enhancing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education and Business
- The Role of AI in Higher Education: an Ally or a Foe?
- Interdisciplinary Seminar 'Marketing and Strategies for Promoting Cultural Heritage in a Digital Society'
- Frontiers of Growth: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability in Emerging Economies
12.00 – 12.30
Coffee break
12.30 – 14.30
Panel sessions:
- DAFES: Bringing Together Experts in the Creative Industries
- Legal Normativity and Problems of Sustainable Development
- Climate Antifragility and Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Transdisciplinary Dialogue in BRICS Universities
- Shaping Analytical and Sustainable Leaders for Tomorrow
- Frontiers of Growth: Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability in Emerging Economies (continuation)
14.30 – 15.30
Lunch
15.30 – 18.00
Free time
18.00 – 19.00
Transfer from the hotel to the Mikhailovsky Theatre
19.00 – 22.00
Ballet 'The Sleeping Beauty' (optional)
22.00 – 22.40
Transfer to the hotel
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Day 4
22.05.2025, Thursday
09.30 – 10.00
Transfer from the hotel to the university building
10.00 – 11.30
Workshops:
- From Social to Policy Entrepreneurship: Universities, NGOs and Local Communities
- Current Research Agenda on Youth, Generations, and Family in Two Contemporary Societies: India and Russia
- Russian and Post-Soviet Studies: A New Agenda for International Engagement
11.30 – 13.00
Open lectures by international partners
13.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 – 15.30
- Open lectures by international partners
- Workshop by the St Petersburg School of Art and Design
15.30 – 17.00
- Educational fair: International partners presentations
- Workshop by the St Petersburg School of Art and Design
17.00 – 18.00
Transfer to the Kochoubey Centre (Pushkin)
18.00 – 19.00
Closing speech and gifts giving
19.00 – 21.30
Gala dinner
21.30 – 22.30
Transfer to the hotel
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Day 5
23.05.2025, Friday
10.00 – 12.00
Transfer
12.00 – 14.00
Tour around one of St Petersburg suburbs
14.00 – 15.30
Lunch
15.00 – 17.00
Continuation of the tour
17.00 – 18.30
Transfer to the hotel