Leading practitioners, education managers, academics and technology professionals will gather in Brussels to share and discuss experiences and examples of new practices for supporting and promoting innovation across the higher education systems from Europe and beyond.
Many current developments affecting higher education have clear European and even global dimensions and require innovative actions. As the recent years have shown, innovative solutions in the EU higher education sector are possible.
In order to nurture the debate around those topics, the European Commission is organising an event on “Innovation in Higher Education” in Brussels, where Mr Xavier Prats Monne, Deputy-Director General of DG Education and Culture will address these topics during the opening speech.
Registration
Due to the high level of interest and the limited number of space, please send your registration providing your institution of affiliation and specifying which of the three afternoon sessions you would like to attend via email to EAC-UNIVERSITY-BUSINESS-COOPERATION@ec.europa.eu
Leopoldpark 137 Rue de Belliard - Brussels
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