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Day 1

Monday
11.04

1:00 am - 2:10 am

Registration and Welcome Lunch

2:10 am - 2:30 am

Introductory Address

Andrea Prencipe (Rector, Luiss University); Liu Wei (President, Renmin University of China)

2:30 am - 3:00 pm

Keynote address and debate with participant Institutions

Lorenzo Fioramonti (Italian Minister of Education, University and Research).

Chair: Paola Severino (Vice President of Luiss University)

3:00 am - 3:30 am COFFEE BREAK

3:30 am - 4:30 pm

Outline of the SSUN and next steps

Q&A session and group discussion

Moderators: Raffaele Marchetti (Deputy Rector for Internationalization, Luiss University) and Shi Yan’an (Director of the International Office, Renmin University of China).

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Keynote Address

Stefania Giannini (Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO)

5:00 pm - 6:30 am

Panel on the Global Priorities for the Social Sciences:

Work session: restricted to SSUN member institutions and their representatives

Hans Reitz (Head of the Global Social Business Summit and managing director of The Grameen Creative Lab): “Global Challenges and the Priorities for the Social Sciences”

Q&A session and group discussion on key issues for participant institutions

Moderators: Raffaele Marchetti, Hans Reitz, Shi Yan’an

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Personal time

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Piazza Farnese, 50-50/a, 00186 Roma

Conference Gala Dinner

Restaurant Camponeschi

Day 2

Tuesday
11.05
8:30 am - 9:00 am COFFEE BREAK

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Panel on Cooperation Opportunities in Research and Teaching

Work session: restricted to SSUN member institutions and their representatives

Angela Liberatore (Head of Unit, European Research Council Executive Agency): “Fostering frontier research in social sciences and humanities: the ERC experience and its broader EU and international context”.

Q&A session and group discussion on cooperation opportunities between participant institutions

Moderators: Raffaele Marchetti, Donna Scarboro (Associate Provost, the George Washington University)

10:30 am - 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK

11:00 am - 12:15 am

Panel on Public Outreach

Jack Grove (Times Higher Education)

Q&A session and group discussion on advocacy, lobbying, outward projection and multi-stakeholder engagement initiatives from SSUN members

Moderator: Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo (President, Colegio de México), Jack Grove, Shi Yan’an

12:15 am - 1:00 pm

Closing remarks

Closing remarks by Andrea Prencipe (Rector of Luiss University) and Du Peng (Vice-President, Renmin University of China).

Inauguration of the SSUN, reading and approval of the Manifesto, signature of the SSUN scroll, group photo

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm LUNCH