LEAD Workshop and LEAD-UNICA Europe-China Rectors Seminar

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1 LEAD Workshop and LEAD-UNICA Europe-China Rectors Seminar Speakers and participants 4-5 May 2017

2 List of Speakers Ann Katherine Isaacs is professor from University of Pisa, National EHEA expert; ECTS/DS Counsellor, Erasmus+ Ambassador and Tuning Expert. She is professor of Early Modern History at the University of Pisa until Ann Katherine Isaacs has led or participated in key projects in international research and the modernization of higher education. A participant in the ECTS pilot project from 1989, she coordinated the European History Networks from 1999 to 2012; she has been deeply involved in the Bologna Process and the Tuning Process around the world (Europe, Latin America, Canada, USA, Russia, and Central Asia). Recently she completed a large-scale Tempus project to build a Central Asian Higher Education Area ( aligned with the European Higher Education Area; she is ECTS/DS counselor, Bologna expert, and Erasmus+ Ambassador for Italy. António Rendas is the Rector of Universidade NOVA de since January He was born in Lisbon in 1949 and graduated in Medicine in He obtained his PhD at the Cardiothoracic Institute of the University of London in He was Research Associate in Pathology at the Harvard Medical School and at the Children's Hospital Medical Center, in Boston, USA, in He is a Full Professor of Pathophysiology since 1982 at the Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS). He was Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine ( ), Vice-Dean of FMS between 1990 and 1996 and Dean of the same institution from 1996 until In March 2010, he was elected President of the Portuguese Council of Rectors, a position he held until September He is also advisor of the Consultative Council for Scholarships of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and member of the Executive Council of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe. In the last two decades, he developed expertise in university government and management at European level as member of the Council of European Universities Association and member of the UNICA Steering Committee.

3 CAI Run, Chinese Ambassador to Portugal. Mr. Cai Run is the Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Portugal since Mr CAI holds a Master in law degree. From 1991 to 1999, he worked in the Bureau of North American, Oceanic and Scandinavian Affairs as well as the Research Office of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCCPC) as deputy director and director. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Cai was the deputy mayor of the Binxian County of Shaanxi Province. From 2000 to 2005, he worked as Director, Deputy Inspector, Assistant Director-General and Director-General for Policy Research and General Affairs of the Office of the CCCPC Leading Group for Foreign Affairs. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Cai was the Minister-Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Washington. From 2008 to 2015, he worked as Deputy and Director-General of the Department of Policy Planning of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chang Zhu is the LEAD Project Manager. She is professor in Educational Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Prof. dr. Chang Zhu coordinates the LEAD (Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education) project (from ); and from She was project coordinator of the EU-China DOC project under the EU Erasmus Mundus Program. Prof. Chang Zhu is director of the EU-China Higher Education Research Center (ECHE), the Online and Blended Learning Competence Center, and the Belgian Director of the Confucius Institute at VUB. She is promoter of several key fundamental research projects in the field of higher education, educational innovation, online and blended learning, MOOC, ICT-supported learning and social inclusion. She has published over 100 scientific articles in international high impact journals.

4 Claire Morel is the Head of Unit for international cooperation at DG Education and Culture of the European Commission, with particular focus on the international dimension of Erasmus+ programme and international policy dialogue in higher education. She has worked several years on academic cooperation with the EU's neighbouring countries. Before joining the European Commission, she worked at the European Training Foundation, and agency of the EU based in Turin, on the modernisation of vocational education and training systems in the Eastern neighbouring countries. She then moved to DG Education and Culture (DG EAC) of the European Commission where she worked for many years for the Tempus programme. Daniel Traça is Dean and Full Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, the same school he graduated from in Economics in He holds a PhD from Columbia University in New York. Currently he is also a Visiting Professor at INSEAD (France and Singapore). He was also visiting Professor at Solvay Brussels Schools (Belgium) between 1991 and 2008, where he was also a Vice-President and Director of the MBA Program. Vlerick School of Business (Leuven, Belgium), KDI School of Management and Policy (Seul, South Korea) and Graduate Institute of International Economics (Geneva, Zwitzerland) are other institutions where he worked as Visiting Professor. He also worked as a consultant for World Bank Group and the European Commission and has developed research in the area of Globalization and Economic Development. As Dean of Nova School of Business and Economics since 2015, he is focused on the development of a global business school based on good quality teaching, international exposure and connected to the marketplace and the companies. As part of this strategy, Nova SBE is moving to a new campus in Carcavelos in 2018.

5 HUANG Haijun is Vice President Academic & International, Beihang University. Prof. HUANG is a full professor and Cheung Kong Scholar at Beihang University. Before December 2015, he had served as Executive Dean of Beihang s Graduate School and dean of the School of Economics and Management. Prof. HUANG received his PhD in transport operations research from Beihang in His research interests include road traffic flow models, transport network modeling, travel behavior analysis and congested roaduse pricing. Prof. HUANG is the IAC member of ISTTT. Jacques Lanarès is Vice-Rector of the University of Lausanne since Lanarès is in charge of Quality, Human Resources, and Development of Teaching and elearning. He studied Neuropsychology and obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of Geneva. Since 2010, he is a Professor at the University of Lausanne (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and Lifelong Learning). He is involved in Quality matters on the national and international levels. He chairs the Quality Delegation of the Swiss Rectors' Conference and is Member of the Swiss Accreditation Council. Prof. Lanarès also serves as Quality Expert for several organisations such as the European Association of Universities (EUA/IEP), European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), World Bank and various national accreditation agencies (Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Lithuania).

6 Jan Cornelis is former Vicerector International Policy of VUB from October 2012-Sep Prof. Jan Cornelis was also Chairman of the VLIR commission on international policy. In , he was Vicerector for R&D at VUB, in 2009 he became deputy head of cabinet in the Ministry of Science Policy and Innovation for 6 month, he then acted as academic coordinator Knowledge Innovation and Technology Transfer at VUB. He received in 2015 the Chinese state friendship award and previously a similar award of the province of Shaanxi for his early involvement in cooperation with Chinese universities including technology transfer. Prof. dr. Jan Cornelis is professor in digital image processing, medical imaging and electronics, coordinator of research group IRIS (computer vision, image processing). His current research interest covers image and video compression, and medical imaging. Jiang WU, was Foreign Member of Academy of Architecture (France), planner and 1 st class registered architect of China, now the Executive Vice President of Tongji University, Shanghai. Prof. WU is the chairman of Shanghai Urban Planning Association, vice chairman of Urban Planning Association of China, vice chairman of Shanghai Architecture Society, and the Steering Council Member of the Architecture Society of China (ASC) from And from 2010,he was elected as the Steering Committee Chairman of the Global University Partnership for Environment and Sustainability in Nairobi (GUPES).From 2003 to 2008, Wu was the deputy director general of Shanghai Municipal Urban Planning Administration Bureau. In the past 20 years, Wu has published more than 10 books and more than 70 articles in his research fields.

7 Jianmin LI is Minister-Counsellor, Head of Education and Culture Office of the Mission of the People s Republic of China to the European Union. In 2011, Jianmin Li took up his post as Minister-Counsellor and Head of the Education and Culture Office at the Mission of the People s Republic of China to the European Union. Prior to this position, from 2006 to 2011, he worked as Deputy Secretary-General of the China Scholarship Council. In the period from 2001 until 2006, Jianmin Li held the position of Education Counsellor, Head of Education Office, at the Consulate-General of the People s Republic of China in Sydney, Australia. João Sàágua is currently Vice-Rector for Academic Management and International Affairs. Previously he was, for eight years, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. During his two mandates as Dean, the Faculty became the leading school in the area at national level, and a competing candidate in several fields at European level. He is, for more than eighteen years, Vice-Director of Nova University Institute of Philosophy. His research is focused Logic and, more recently, on values, rational decision and social justice. He is/was Principal Coordinator of research projects, with funds adding up to more than euros. He has been an academic for 37 years, and Full Professor of Logic for Humanities for 14 years. He was a Visiting Philosopher at Oxford University (University College, Sub-faculty of Philosophy) during the academic year of , with a Calouste Gulbenkian fellowship. He collaborates regularly with Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola), in the Master in Philosophy Program, were he teaches Practical Philosophy and Philosophy and Society. He was a consultant for curriculum innovation at Cape Verde University.

8 Lexian FANG is the Director of the Department of International Politics, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China (RUC). He got his Ph.D in political science in 2003 at RUC. Prof. Fang was visiting scholar to University of Kent at Canterbury,UK, University of Durham, UK and Cornell University, US. He is also Senior Research Fellow Associate and member of Academic Board at Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China; Senior researcher at Center for Peace and Development Studies of China; Member of the Council for Asia-Africa Development & Exchange Society of China; Senior Research Fellow on China-EU Relations at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His major research fields include: European Integration and EU Foreign Policy; China-Europe Relations; IR theories and Chinese Foreign Policy. Liu Chenggong, Vice President, Fudan University; Deputy Dean, Fudan Development Institute. Dr. Liu s research interests lie in higher education and institutional research. He has been a visiting scholar at Macquarie University and Valparaiso University, doing higher education management studies. He has served as Director of the Planning and Strategy Office, Director of the Academic Discipline Development Office, and Director of the President s Office before he became Vice President of Fudan University in 2013.

9 Long Fenjie is the President of Guizhou Institute of Technology. He has studied in the Civil Engineering Department of Tsinghua University and received his Bachelor s and Master s degree of Engineering in Tsinghua University. In 2008, He received his PhD from College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University. Then he served as a visiting scholar in the City University of New York in He was promoted to be a doctoral supervisor of Tsinghua University. In 2012, He serves as President of Guizhou Institute of Technology (GIT) and presides over the whole administration work of GIT. He focuses on urbanization and higher education management, and has hosted a number of key academic research projects such as key and general programs of National Natural Science Funds of China, major projects of National Philosophy and Social Science Fund. Luciano Saso (Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Sapienza University in Prof. Saso coordinated several research projects in the field of pharmacology and has been referee for many national and international funding agencies and international scientific journals in the last 25 years. Prof. Saso has extensive experience in international relations and he is currently Vice-Rector for European University Networks at Sapienza University of Rome. In the last 15 years, he participated in several projects including IMS2020, EGRACONS, IMOTION, BUCUM, UZDOC, TRAIN and has been speaker and chair at many international conferences organised by UNICA, SGroup European Universities' Network, EAIE and the European Association of Erasmus Coordinators. Prof. Saso assumed the role of Member of the Steering Committee of UNICA for two mandates ( ) and he was elected President for the period during the UNICA General Assembly in October 2015.

10 Maria Fernanda Rollo is currently the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education. She was born in 1965 in the Republic of the Congo. She holds a PhD and aggregation in Contemporary History by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade NOVA de (FCSH). She is also Associated Professor with an aggregation at the Department of History. Researcher and President of the Institute of Contemporary History of FCSH, she coordinated the Pedro Hispano Program Doctoral Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities in the same school. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Gulbenkian s Program for Language and Portuguese Culture of Calouste Gulbenkian s Foundation. She also coordinated research projects and has several publications in the areas of Portuguese historic research in the twentieth century, Portuguese economic history and society and historic innovation and scientific organization in Portugal. Maryam Hansson Edalat, after receiving her PhD in Biochemistry, she was granted a Marie Curie fellowship (FP6) by the European Commission for a post-doctoral training at ETH Zurich. Having mostly had American collaborations during her graduate studies, the Marie Curie fellowship was the first time she was exposed to the EU research program. On her return to Sweden (2008) she discovered research management and administration as a profession. She is currently Head of Research Support Office at Stockholm University with responsibility for research funding & ethics and internationalization.

11 Meliha Benli Altunışık is a Professor in the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara where she is also Vice President responsible for Academic Affairs. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University in and received her Ph.D. in political science from Boston University in Dr. Altunışık was a resident Fulbright scholar in the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC from January to June Her research interests include Middle East politics, Turkey s foreign policy towards the Middle East, IR theory and International Relations of the Middle East. Professor Altunisik is the author of Turkey: Challenges of Continuity and Change, and many other publications. Melita Kovačević is EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair. Prof. dr. Kovačević initiated the establishment of a joint program on master level Middle European Interdisciplinary Master Program in Cognitive Science on the level of the University of Zagreb. Prof. Kovačević has been involved in Higher Education reform on university, national and European level. She has been a member of numerous national and EU bodies, working groups as well as she organized and participated in related activities. Prof. Kovačević has worked in a multitude of European and American universities as a researcher, senior scholar or as invited lecturer. Her main research interests are cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, cognitive neuroscience and language pathology.

12 Michael Gaebel is the Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit at the European University Association based in Brussels, which focuses on issues related to higher education learning and teaching, including the Bologna Process, lifelong learning, e- learning and MOOCs, internationalisation and global dialogue. He is also an Academic Expert of SPHERE project: Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts, funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. Michael Gaebel joined the EUA in 2006 and was in charge of developing EUA s international strategy and global exchange and cooperation. His previous experience includes working for more than a decade in higher education cooperation and development in the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and Asia. From 2002 to 2006, he was the European Co-Director of the ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP) in Bangkok. Michael graduated with a Master degree in Middle Eastern Studies as well as German Literature and Linguistics from the Freie University Berlin, Germany. Patrícia Rosado Pinto is the Head of NOVA Doctoral School and she is a member of the NOVA Rectoral Team, as Pro-Rector. She coordinates the Professional Development Unit for Academic Staff at NOVA where she has been responsible for organizing and delivering transversal pedagogical courses dedicated to the academic staff and for producing pedagogical documentation to support the teaching activity at the university. She holds a PhD in Education (Teachers Training) and at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/NOVA Medical School (NMS) she has been responsible for the Medical Education Office where she has been running Higher Education teachers training courses for the last twelve years. She is also an invited Professor at NMS where she teaches academic skills. She has been involved in several national and international Continuing Medical Education programmes and in educational consultancy activities. Her fields of expertise and publication are Medical Education and Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.

13 Paulo Ferrão is President of the Board of Directors of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). He had been the director of the MIT-Portugal programme since 2006, a strategic partnership set up between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and several Portuguese universities and research centres, supported and funded by FCT. Paulo Ferrão is Full Professor at the Instituto Superior Técncio (IST) of the Universidade de, where he leads the IST Energy Initiative, the PhD Programme in Sustainable Energy Systems and the IN+ research centre, for Studies in Innovation, Technology and Policy Research. With a widely acknowledged international career, Paulo Ferrão is a member of the U.S. National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability, of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he also sits on the Committees on Pathways to Urban Sustainability and on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government. His scientific interests are focused in the areas of energy and industrial ecology. In this framework, Paulo Ferrão coordinated the working groups that established Portuguese plans for waste management. Seppo Hölttä is Professor of Higher Education Administration and Finance; Head of the Higher Education Group, University of Tampere, Finland. Prof. dr. Seppo Hölttä is currently at the University of Tampere in Finland. His disciplinary basis is in economics, and his research focuses on higher education administration and finance. He is the head of the Higher Education Group (HEG) based at the University of Tampere. He has a long career in university administration, director of planning and development at the University of Joensuu in the 1990s. He has also worked as a head of international affairs of the Helsinki University of Technology and an officer responsible for planning and budgeting at the University of Turku. He worked as a visiting researcher at the University of California Los Angeles in and as a Fulbright scholar at Claremont Colleges in 1985 and at Michigan State University in 2006.

14 Serge Jaumain is the former Vice-Rector for the International Relations and Communication Strategies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles since He holds a Master degree in History (ULB and University of Ottawa) and a PhD in History (ULB). He was President of the International Council for Canadian Studies ( ) and of the International Association of Quebec Studies ( ). In 2005 Prof. Jaumain received the Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies and in 2013 he was awarded with the Insigne du Mérite from the University of Montréal. He is also Full Professor of Contemporary History and teaches courses focused on the history of Belgium and North America. Since 2013 he is a Member of the UNICA Steering Committee. Tania Lima is the Director of Global Engagement at King's Worldwide, King's College London. She holds a BSc in Biology from Universidade de Sao Paulo. She did her research for a PhD in Molecular Biology at New York University, where she was also a post-doctoral fellow. She worked as an annotator of microbial genomes and subsequently as Programme Head at Swiss-Prot in Geneva, Switzerland from 2001 until During her time at Swiss-Prot she participated in several international collaborative initiatives in genomics, bioinformatics and proteomics, as well as the training of researchers from Japan, Brazil and the U.S.A. Tania was appointed Science Operations Manager at the National Cancer Research Institute in London in 2010, where she led NCRI's international collaborations in cancer research, with a particular focus on international consortia and global partnerships. Prior to her current position, she worked as Assistant Director of Programmes & Operations at the Universities UK International, overseeing scholarship and research collaboration programmes. She was appointed Programme Director for Science without Borders UK in June 2012.

15 Vito Borrelli is Head of Sector for the Jean Monnet Actions under Erasmus+ in DG Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EAC) since early 2013, after over two years as Head of Section for the Erasmus Mundus programme. He is also responsible for China in EAC, in charge of the coordination of the EU-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue (HPPD). He cooperates closely with the European External Action Service, notably as concerns higher education matters and China-related issues. He has many years of experience at the European Commission, where he has worked since Before taking up his current responsibilities, he was involved in information and communication activities and the management of the Leonardo da Vinci vocational training programme. Weiping HUANG, Professor, Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China; Professor of Economics, Jean Monnet Chair and co-research Director of the Centre for European Studies, Renmin University of China. He also serves as a member of the University Council and Academic Committee, Renmin University, China member of the Brussels Academy for China and European Studies (BACES), and Director of Study Centre for the World Economy at Renmin University. His main research interests include world economy, international trade and finance, European and comparative regional integration, and Chinese economic development. His recent publications include Comprehensively Deepening Reform and the World Economy (China Renmin University Press, 2015), and Courses and Opportunities: The New Coordinate of Chinese Economy (China Renmin University Press, 2016), A Win-Win Future (Mc Graw Hill, 2016).

16 Yichuan Yuan, was former vice-president international relations of Yunnan Normal University and professor of English Language and Literature of Yunnan Normal University, China; EdD graduate (La Trobe University, Australia, 2006), and concurrently panel member of English Teaching Guidance Committee for Higher Education of Chinese Ministry of Education. His recent research interest includes Applied Linguistics, SLA (Especially attitude, motivation, strategies). YU Xuemei was appointed as Director of the International Office of Tongji University (Shanghai, PR China) in April She got her PHD degree at the Technical University Berlin (Germany) in 2004 majored in Intercultural Communication and German as foreign language. She started her career in July 1993, working in succession as Dean of School of International Education, Director of Deutschkolleg of Tongji University. She worked for Ministry of Education of China from 1997 to 1998 in Peking and researched as Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Technical University Berlin from 2007 to 2008.

17 Zhengrong HU is Ph.D. and Professor of Communication at Communication University of China (CUC) in Beijing. He is the President of CUC (2016-) and the Director of the National Centre for Communication Innovation Studies (2000-). His research areas include media policy and institutional transition, media development strategies, political economy of communication, international communication and new media. He has published widely in both English and Chinese, and has been leader for a number of major research projects on China s media development and international communication. His most recent publications are two chapters on China in Mapping BRICS Media (2015, Routledge) and The International History of Communication Studies (2016, Routledge), respectively. He is the chair of Journalism and Communication Discipline Evaluation Group of the State Council s Committee of Degrees and the Advisory Committee of Journalism and Communication Education of Ministry of Education in China. He was also the Chair of China Communication Association ( ), board member of several international leading journals, and visiting professors at world top universities (e.g. Harvard University in 2005) and an Honorary Doctorate of University of Westminster. Zhihong YI, Vice President, Professor of Finance, Renmin University of China. She received her bachelor and Master s degrees in Economics in 1986 and 1989, and a Ph.D. degree in Finance in 2000 from Renmin University of China. She had also served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University from 1997 to 1998 and at University of Michigan in Her research interests include corporate finance, institutional investors and consumption economics. She has been teaching at Renmin University of China since July She was Deputy Director of the Trade and Economics Department of Renmin University of China from November 1994 to February 1996; Deputy Director of Academic Affairs Office from November 1998 to July 2002; Assistant Dean of the Graduate School from July 2002 to December 2005; Dean of Business School from December 2005 to May She became Vice President of RUC in May She also served as Associate Director of the National Committee of Business Education, and Committee Member of the 5th National Committee of MBA Education, Vice President of the China Society for Finance and Banking, Board Member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Member of the Initial Accreditation Committee (IAC) of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

18 List of Participants (as of April 26) No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 1 Abrantes José João Universidade NOVA de 2 Altunisik Meliha Middle East Technical University 3 Antão Fernanda Universidade NOVA de Pro-Rector Vice-President for Academic Affairs Administrator 4 Araújo Beatriz University of Minho Head of International Relations Office 5 Bancroft Emily Universidade NOVA de International Relations Officer 6 Bian Xiaoyue Renmin University of China Director of Confucius Institute Affairs Office 7 Borrelli Vito European Commission Head of Sector Jean Monnet & China Desk, DG Education 8 Botelho Maria Amália Universidade NOVA de 9 Brelih- Wasowska and Culture (DG EAC) Pro-Rector Marta UNICA Project & Communications Officer 10 Cai Jian Beijing International Studies University 11 Cai, H.E. Run Chinese Embassy to Portugal 12 Caramelo Francisco Universidade NOVA de Director, International Exchange and Cooperation Office Ambassador to Portugal Dean of Faculty of Social and Human Sciences (FCSH) 13 Carvalho Joaquim Coimbra Group Executive Board Member 14 Cha Shijun Yunnan Normal University Associate Professor 15 Chang Jiang Planning and Discipline Director Construction Department, Northwest University 16 Chen Yue Renmin University of China Dean of School of International Studies 17 Chen Yugang Fudan University Director, Research Office for Humanities and Social Sciences 18 Clouet Richard Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 Conchinha José Universidade NOVA de Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Cooperation International Relations Officer

19 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 20 Constantinou Constantinos University of Cyprus Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Finance & Administration 21 Cornelis Jan Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) 22 Correia Carlos Universidade NOVA de 23 Costa Paulo Universidade NOVA de 24 Couder Jacqueline Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) 25 Crespo João Universidade NOVA de 26 da Cunha Branco Jaime Universidade NOVA de Former Vice-Rector International Policy Pro-Rector International Relations Officer Head International Relations and Mobility Office Vice-Rector Dean of NOVA Medical School (NMS) 27 de Potter Laurent University of Liège Head of International Relations for Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech 28 Dejonckheere Kris UNICA Secretary General 29 Dengel Philippe Bavarian Higher Education Centre for China 30 Ding Ming Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology 31 Ding Wenzheng Chinese Embassy to Portugal 32 Dominici Francesca University of Rome "Tor Vergata" 33 Du Haikun Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union 34 Duarte Alexandra Universidade NOVA de 35 Edalat Maryam Hansson Stockholm University 36 Englert Yvon Université Libre de Bruxelles 37 Ergenc Glauberman Ceren Middle East Technical University Director Director, Development and Planning Department First Secretary, Education Section Head of Research and International Division Education and Culture Section International Relations Officer Head of Research Support Office Rector Chair of Asian Studies Programme 38 Fang Dingzhi Sichuan University Vice-Dean of School of Overseas Education 39 Fang Lexian Renmin University of China Director of Department of International Politics 40 Fernandez Raga Maria Universidad de León Assistant Professor 41 Ferrão Paulo Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology President

20 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 42 Ferrinho Paulo Universidade NOVA de 43 Fu Zhifeng Capital University of Economics and Business 44 Gaebel Michael European University Association (EUA) 45 Gao Yan Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST) 46 Gernay Maarten Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Dean of Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) President Director of the Higher Education Policy Unit Deputy Director of the Office for Discipline Development and Development Planning Management Assistant, VUB- CI & IRMO 47 Greta Druteikiene Vilnius University Pro-Rector for Partnerships 48 Guan Kongwen Renmin University of China Coordinator of Centre for European Studies 49 Guo Jianru Peking University Professor 50 Guo Lei Beijing Dance Academy President 51 Harff Jan University of Szczecin, Poland 52 He Gang Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST) Professor 53 He Weijun Three Gorges University President 54 He Dongmeng Beijing Technology and Business University Deputy Director of International Exchange Center Deputy Director of International Office 55 Heinemann Arnim University of Bayreuth Head of International Relations Office 56 Hölttä Seppo University of Tampere Full Professor, Head of Higher Education Group 57 Hu Zhengrong Communication University President of China 58 Huang Haijun Beihang University Vice-President (Academic and International) 59 Huang Weiping Renmin University of China Chairman of Academic Board of Centre for EU Studies 60 Huang Liwei Capital University of Economics and Business 61 Huang Jianping Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology 62 Isaacs Ann Katherine University of Pisa Deputy Director, International Cooperation and Exchange Office Deputy Director, International Cooperation and Exchange Section, International Education College National European Higher Education Area expert; ECTS/DS Counsellor

21 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 63 Janota Célia Universidade NOVA de 64 Jaumain Serge Université libre de Bruxelles 65 Ke Changjian Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST) International Relations Officer Professor, former Vice-Rector for International Relations and Communication Strategies, Member of UNICA Steering Committee Deputy Chief of Teaching Affairs Division 66 Kicińska-Habior Marta University of Warsaw Coordinator of International Study Programmes, former Vice-Rector 67 Kościelniak Cezary Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan Adjunct Professor 68 Kovačević Melita University of Zagreb Professor, former Vice-Rector for Science and Technology 69 Kusche Sabrina Justus Liebig University Cooperation and Exchange Management 70 Laikre Mari Tallinn University of Technology International Cooperation Coordinator 71 Lanarès Jacques University of Lausanne Professor, former Vice-Rector for Quality, Human Resources & Development of Teaching, Member of UNICA Steering Committee 72 Lemos Maria Teresa Universidade NOVA de Administrator 73 Leprévost Franck University of Luxembourg Professor, former Vice- President for Organisation and International Relations, Member of UNICA Steering Committee 74 Li Wuyi National Academy of Vice-President Education Administration, China 75 Li Dong National Academy of Director Education Administration, China 76 Li Jianmin Mission of the People's Minister-Counsellor Republic of China to the European Union 77 Li Jun Beijing International Education Exchange Vice-Director 78 Lima Tania King's College London Director of Global Engagement 79 Liu Chun Tongji University Deputy Director of Scientific Research and Development Office

22 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 80 Liu Liusheng Yunnan Normal University Associate Professor 81 Liu Yan Yunnan Normal University Deputy Head of Science and Research Department 82 Liu Yunshan Peking University Dean, Graduate School of Education 83 Liu Fenghai Communication University of China Deputy Dean, School of International Education 84 Liu Chenggong Fudan University Vice-President 85 Long Fenjie Guizhou Institute of Technology 86 Lúcio Valter Universidade NOVA de 87 Luo Min Huazhong University of Science & Technology President Pro-Rector Deputy Director of Graduate School (HUST) 88 Luo Tianhong Renmin University of China Vice-Director of Centre for European Studies, Associate Editor of Economic and Political Studies Journal 89 M. Soares Cláudio Universidade NOVA de 90 Ma Ying Capital University of Physical Education and Sports Dean of Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB) Vice-Director, School of International Education, Foreign Affairs Office 91 Mangelschots Inge Ghent University Coordinator, China Platform, International Relations Office 92 Martinho Raquel Universidade NOVA de International Relations Officer 93 Martins João Universidade NOVA de International Relations Officer 94 Morel Claire European Commission Head of Unit, DG Education and Culture (DG EAC) 95 Mrowiec- Denkowska Joanna Silesian University of Technology 96 Oliveira João Universidade NOVA de 97 Peng Wenxiang Communication University of China 98 Pereira Maria Emília Universidade NOVA de 99 Pereira João Universidade NOVA de 100 Pisano Carlotta Universidade NOVA de Head of International Relations Office International Relations Officer Deputy Chief, Faculty of Arts International Relations Officer Dean of National School of Public Health (ENSP) International Relations Officer

23 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 101 Pita Barros Pedro Universidade NOVA de 102 Pizarro Beleza Teresa Universidade NOVA de 103 Qiao Jing Guizhou Institute of Technology Vice-Rector Dean of Faculty of Law (FD) 104 Rachlewicz Marta UNICA Project Officer 105 Ren Jun Beijing Municipal Education Commission 106 Rendas Antonio Universidade NOVA de 107 Rollo Fernanda Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education 108 Rosado Pinto Patrícia Universidade NOVA de 109 Sàáagua Joāo Universidade NOVA de Director, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges Deputy Director, Division of International Relations Rector Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education Pro-Rector Vice-Rector for Internationalization 110 Saastamoinen Sari University of Tampere Head of Administration, Faculty of Management 111 Sanin Faika Dilek Middle East Technical University 112 Santana Fernando Universidade NOVA de 113 Santo António Tânia Universidade NOVA de 114 Saso Luciano UNICA President 115 Severiano Teixeira Nuno Universidade NOVA de Advisor to the President for Student Affairs Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT) Head of International Relations Office Vice-Rector 116 Shen Wei Lancaster University Director of Confucius Institute / Jean Monnet Chair in EU- China Relations 117 Shen Zhili North China University of Technology Vice-President 118 Simões Coelho Pedro Universidade NOVA de 119 Skeie Hilde Norwegian University of Science and Technology 120 Sui Yan Communication University of China 121 Sun Jie SUN Communication University of China Dean of NOVA Information Management School (IMS) Senior advisor Rectors Office Director, Office of Liberal Arts Research Chief, Faculty of Literature and Law

24 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 122 Thomsen Hedvig University of Copenhagen Associate Director, UNICA IRO Observer to the Steering Committee 123 Tong Xiaohong Vrije Universiteit Brussel Director, China Network VUB (VUB) 124 Tong Jun Beihang University Program Manager Europe 125 Traça Daniel Universidade NOVA de 126 Tria Giovanni University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Dean of Nova School of Business and Economics (SBE) Rector's Delegate for China Institutions Partnership 127 Urbanik Jolanta University of Warsaw Rector's Deputy for Bologna Process and Language Provision 128 Wang Yan Tongji University Deputy Director, Development & Planning Research Center 129 Wang Qiong Peking University Professor 130 Wang Zhengbin Northwest University Vice-President 131 Wang Shuguang Chifeng University Vice-President 132 Wang Yongbin Communication University of China 133 Wang Kaizhen Capital University of Physical Education and Sports Director, Office of Scientific Research Vice-President 134 Wegorowska Wioletta SGROUP Network Executive Director 135 Wildova Radka Charles University Vice-Rector 136 Wu Jiang Tongji University Executive Vice-President 137 Wu Yingmei Yunnan Normal University Professor 138 Wu Jianmin Gansu Agricultural President University 139 Xia Li Beijing Union University Deputy Director, Management Council of Beiyuan Campus 140 Xiong Jiaquan North China University of Technology 141 Xu Baojie Beijing Information Science and Technology University 142 Xue Shan National Academy of Education Administration Director of International Office Vice-President Lecturer

25 No. Family name First name Institution/University Position 143 Yan Jin Renmin University of China Deputy Dean of School of International Studies/ Executive Director of Centre for European Studies 144 Yang Cheng National Academy of Programme Officer Education Administration 145 Yang Zaihao Guizhou Institute of Deputy Director Technology 146 Yi Zhihong Renmin University of China Vice-President 147 Yu Xuemei Tongji University Director, International Exchange & Cooperation Office 148 Yuan Yichuan Yunnan Normal University Former Vice-President of International Relations 149 Zhang Xiangrong Tongji University Program Coordinator, International Exchange & Cooperation Office 150 Zhang Libo Yunnan Normal University Assistant Professor 151 Zhang Rui Three Gorges University Council Chair, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical School 152 Zhang Xuelian Beijing Dance Academy Project Manager, Center for International Cooperation and Exchange 153 Zhang Yaobin Beijing Institute of Director, News Center Petrochemical Technology 154 Zhang Wei International Cooperation & Exchange Office, Beijing Institute of Fashion Deputy Director Technology 155 Zhao Yanxia College of Biochemical Engineering, Beijing Union University Vice-Chairman of College Council 156 Zheng Gaoming University of Tampere PhD researcher 157 Zhou Zhisheng Yunnan Normal University Professor, Deputy Director 158 Zhu Peifen Beijing International Studies University 159 Zhu Chang Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Vice-President LEAD Project Coordinator, Director VUB-Confucius Institute

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