Fourth International Conference on Future Education
Belgrade, Serbia | November 11th – 13th, 2019
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NOVEMBER 11, 2019, DAY 0
| 14:00–16:45 | Early Registration, Belgrade Art Hotel |
| 17:00–18:00 | Tour of the Permanent Exhibition, Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade |
| 18:00–20:00 | Welcome Chat, Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade Platform for new education in the era of digital transformation Vladimir Kostić, Garry Jacobs and Dragan Đuričin, Co-Chairs, Program Committee of the Conference Mamphela Ramphele, Co-President, The Club of Rome Fadwa El Guindi, Distinguished Alumna, The American University in Cairo, Egypt; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science Lisa Petrides, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, Half Moon Bay, California, USA |
NOVEMBER 12, 2019, DAY 1
| 8:30–9:00 | RegistrationChallenges and Opportunities Impacted by New NormalitiesINTRODUCTORY SESSION, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall |
| 9:00–9:40 | Words of Welcome Aleksandar Vlahović, President, Serbian Association of Economists, Belgrade Heitor Gurgulino de Souza, President, World Academy of Art and ScienceOpening Mladen Šarčević, Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia Ana Brnabić, President, Government of Serbia |
| 9:40–10:10 | Inaugural Speeches Chair: Nebojša Nešković, Secretary General, World Academy of Art and Science; President, Serbian Chapter of the Club of Rome Speakers: Vladimir Kostić, President, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade Garry Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, World Academy of Art and Science; Board of Directors, World University Consortium |
| 10:10–11:10 | PLENARY SESSION 1, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall Strategic Audits of New Education Challenges and Opportunities Speaker and Chair: Mamphela Ramphele, Co-President, The Club of Rome Education in an age of increased speed, interconnectedness and complexity Speakers: Ivanka Popović, Rector, University of Belgrade, Serbia Higher education in a society in transition Kakha Shengelia, President, Caucasus University, Tbilisi, Georgia; President, International Association of University Presidents Challenges to higher education in the 21st century Dragan Đuričin, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Economic policy platform for future education: Impact of a paradigm change in economics |
| 11:10–11:40 | Coffee break |
| 11:40–12:55 | PARALLEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS 1, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Panel Discussion 1.1, Grand Hall Rapid evolution of the educational system: Impacts of science, technology and politics Speaker and Moderator: Patrick Degeorges, Directeur de l’Anthropocene Curriculum, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France; Institut Michel-Serres, Lyon, France Speakers: Carlos Blanco-Pérez, Department of Philosophy, Humanities and Communication, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain; The Altius Society, Oxford, UKSpain (video record) Momir Đurović, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Podgorica Danijela Kirovski, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia Benno Werlen, UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability, Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, GermanyPanel Discussion 1.2, Hall 2 Educating culturally different, environmentally responsible and globally aware citizens Speaker and Moderator: Thomas Reuter, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science Speakers: Saulo Casali Bahia, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science Ljiljana Marković, Dean, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, Serbia Marco Vitiello, Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University, Italy; Italian Prosales, Rome Vesna Vučinić, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, SerbiaPanel Discussion 1.3, Hall 3 Getting out of the box in education: Fostering creative thinking and innovation Speaker and Moderator Dragan Simeunović, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia Speakers: Carlos Alvarez-Pereira, President, Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute, Madrid, Spain Nora Bateson, President, International Bateson Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (video record) Tatjana Marković, Academy of Professional Business Studies, Belgrade, Serbia Goran Pitić, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration, Metropolitan University, Belgrade, Serbia |
| 12:55–14:10 | PLENARY SESSION 2, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall Digital Opportunities at All Educational Levels Speaker and Chair: Carlos Alvarez-Pereira, President, Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute, Madrid, Spain Digital transformation: Opportunities and impact on education Speakers: Mariana Bozesan, President, AQAL Foundation, Munich, Germany; The Club of Rome Education in the singularity era – an investor’s approach Rodolfo Fiorini, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy Impact of digital transformation on creative leadership skills Alberto Foletti, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, Rome, Italy; Clinical Biophysics International Research Group, Lugano, Switzerland Impact of digital transformation on medical education and personal well-being Veljko Milutinović, Department of Computer Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA Digital disruption as opportunity for business development |
| 14:10–15:10 | Lunch break |
| 15:10–16:10 | PARALLEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS 2, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Panel Discussion 2.1, Grand Hall Roles of academic mobility and digital tools in research and education Speaker and Moderator: Dejan Popović, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade Speakers: Vladimir Bumbaširević, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Denis Gillet, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de l’Ingénieur, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Danielle Sandi Pinheiro, Department of Administration, University of Brasilia, BrazilPanel Discussion 2.2, Hall 2 Hybrid and flipped educational models: Combining physical and virtual technologies Speaker and Moderator: Branislav Vujović, President, New Frontier Group, Vienna, Austria; IEDC – Bled School of Management, Slovenia Speakers: Vladan Devedžić, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia Robert Hoffman, Principal, whatIf? Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; The Club of Rome Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary Emeritus, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Vienna, AustriaPanel Discussion 2.3, Hall 3 Social and humanistic sciences in the era of the fourth industrial revolution Speaker and Moderator: Goran Bašić, Director, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia Speakers: Dejan Molnar, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Paul Spierings, Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management of the Netherlands, Utrecht Branko Urošević, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| 16:10–16:55 | PLENARY SESSION 3, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall New Education: From Leadership in Thought to Effective Action Speaker and Chair: Anna Canato, Head, Education and Public Research Division, Innovation and Competitiveness Department, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg Learning environments for effective education Speakers: Nebojša Lalić, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Improvements of pedagogy in life sciences and medicine Tibor Varadi, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Globalism, globalisation and academia |
| 16:55–17:25 | Coffee break |
| 17:25–18:40 | PARALLEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS 3, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Panel Discussion 3.1, Grand Hall Impacts of research and innovation on education Speaker and Moderator: Zbigniew Bochniarz, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland; Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, USA Speakers: Francesco Arcidiacono, Haute Ecole Pédagogique des Cantons de Berne, Switzerland Branislav Jelenković, Institue of Physics in Belgrade, Serbia; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Buyi Makhanya, Deputy Director, Teaching and Learning Development Centre, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Durban, South Africa Vladimir Popović, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of SerbiaPanel Discussion 3.2, Hall 2 Contextual knowledge: Building bridges between disciplines for relevant and effective learning Speaker and Moderator: Olivia Bina, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal Speakers: Slobodan Grubačić, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Blagoje Paunović, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Presidency, Serbian Association of Economists Janani Ramanathan, The Mother’s Service Society, Pondicherry, India; World Academy of Art and Science Liora Weinbach, Interdisciplinary Center for Health, Law and Ethics, Haifa University, IsraelPanel Discussion 3.3, Hall 3 Effects of dual education at different levels Speaker and Moderator: Yi Heng Cheng, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai, China Speakers: Sue Henderson, President, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New York, USA Mirjana Kovačević, Head, Center for Dual Education, Chamber of Commmerce and Industy of Serbia Mladen Stamenković, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Matthias Straub-Fischer, Headmaster, KaosPilots, Bern, Switzerland (video record) |
| 20:30–22:30 | Concert and Reception, National Museum in Belgrade |
NOVEMBER 13, 2019, DAY 2
| Core SolutionsPLENARY SESSION 4, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall Education for Full Employment | |
| 9:00–10:00 | Speaker and Chair: Garry Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, World Academy of Art and Science; Board of Directors, World University Consortium Full employment: Possibility or utopia? Speakers: Enrico Giovannini, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; Director, Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, Rome Education for a sustainable world Marcel Van de Voorde, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Closing the gap between education and future career Erich Hoedl, Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science Education and entrepreneurship for sustainability |
| 10:00–11:00 | PARALLEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS 4, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Panel Discussion 4.1, Grand Hall Interdisciplinarity in digital scholarship Speaker and Moderator: Smiljana Antonijević, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA; BMC Software, Santa Clara, Califormia, USA Speakers: Tijana Čolak-Antić Popović, Ana Novaković and Bojan Đokić, Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, Serbia Andreas Riepl, Head, Federal Center of eEducution Austria, Vienna Milena Stanković, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš, SerbiaPanel Discussion 4.2, Hall 2 Closing the skill gap through education: Roles of academia and unconventional forms of learning Speaker and Moderator: Dara Melnyk, Skolkovo Education Development Centre, Moscow, Russia Speakers: Jasna Atanasijević, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Serbia; Presidency, Serbian Association of Economists Vladica Cvetković, Faculty of Mining and Geology, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Surendran Santhakumari Sreejith, Chief Executive Officer, Global Institute of Integral Management Studies, Pullepady, Kochi, Kerala, IndiaPanel Discussion 4.3, Hall 3 Education for sustainability and inclusiveness for people and nature Speaker and Moderator: Petar Bulat, Vice-Rector, University of Belgrade, Serbia Speakers: Mariana Bozesan, President, AQAL Foundation, Munich, Germany; The Club of Rome Aleksandra Drecun, President, Intersection – Centre for Science and Innovation, Belgrade, Serbia; Director for Europe, Harvard Alumni Association Radmilo Pešić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia; World Academy of Art and Science |
| 11:00–11:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:30–12:30 | PLENARY SESSION 5, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall Person-Centered Education Speaker and Chair: Alberto Zucconi, Secretary General, World University Consortium; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science New pedagogy: Education focused on people Speakers: Anne Snick, Systems Approach of Public Innovation and Responsible Research, Brussels, Belgium; Board, EU Chapter of the Club of Rome Shifts from passive to active and from competitive to collaborative learning Anantha Duraiappah, Director, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India The alternative eduction: Predators to nurturers Stefan Brunnhuber, Medical Director, University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science The future creativity response: Empirical evidence and update |
| 12:30–13:45 | PARALLEL PANEL DISCUSSIONS 5, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Panel Discussion 5.1, Grand Hall Shift from subject-centered to student-centered education Speaker and Moderator: Lisa Petrides, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Eduction, Half Moon Bay, California, USA Speakers: Jovan Despotović, UNESCO International Research and Training Centre on Urban Drainaga, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia Pericles Mitkas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; President, Black Sea University Network Davide Scalmani, Former Director, Italian Institute for Culture in Belgrade, Serbia Vani Senthil, The Mother’s Service Society, Pondicherry, India; Primrose School, Pondicherry, IndiaPanel Discussion 5.2, Hall 2 Learning by collaborating Speaker and Moderator: Aleksandar Baucal, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Serbia Speakers: Jorge Gimeno Pawlowski, Center for Innovative Education, Warsaw, Poland Emily Caughman, InterEnvironment Institute, Claremont California, USA Regina de Dominicis, Head, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Serbia, Belgrade Dmitry Kamanin, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, RussiaPanel Discussion 5.3, Hall 3 Value-based education Speaker and Moderator: Ullica Segerstrale, Department of Social Sciences, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA; World Academy of Art and Science Speakers: Milena Dragićević Šešić, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia Mila Popovich, World Academy of Art and Science; Board, Global Education Futures Foundation, Amersfoort, The Netherlands Charis Psaltis, Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia Oksana Sliusarenko, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev |
| 13:45–14:45 | Lunch break |
| 14:45–16:45 | PLENARY SESSION 6, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall Chosen Themes of Interest for Future Education Speaker and Chair: Nebojša Nešković, Secretary General, World Academy of Art and Science; President, Serbian Chapter of the Club of Rome Rainbows as complex phenomena Speakers: Alexander Karpov, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia Island of stability in the periodic table of chemical elements Fadwa El Guindi, The Distinguished Alumna, American University in Cairo, Egypt; Trustee, World Academy of Art and Science Multiculturalism or interculturalism? Chenyang Li, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Confucian philosophy and civic education |
| 16:45–17:15 | Coffee break |
| CONCLUDING SESSION, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Grand Hall | |
| 17:15–18:15 | Reports on Panel Discussions 1–5 |
| 18:15–18:45 | Closing Remarks Garry Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer, World Academy of Art and Science; Board of Directors, World University Consortium Ivanka Popović, Rector, University of Belgrade, Serbia Vladimir Kostić,President, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |