eIntegration Challenges for Rectors & Deans: Cross-border Cooperation in the Innovative eRegion

Sunday, June 3, 2007     16:00 – 19:00
Bled, Hotel Golf

Welcome address
Milan Pagon, Professor & Dean
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Presenters:
Beyond eLearning - technology supporting new learning relationships
Tanya Castleman, Professor & Head of School
Deakin Business School, Deakin University, Australia
A possible Distant Future for Universities: Should we begin planning now?
Dennis F. Galletta, President-Elect
Association for Information Systems & Professor of Business Administration,
Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, United States
The importance of the strategic planning at the University sector
Zdravko Lenac, Professor & Vice Rector for Research and International Cooperation
University of Rijeka, Croatia
Title to be announced
Andrzej Herman, Professor & Dean
Collegium of Business Administration, School of Business Management
& Head, Department of Small Business, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
The 21st Century University: Opportunities and Challenges
Charles W. Wessner, Director
Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The National Academies, United States
Using IT to span university boundaries and forge new collaborative networks
Dianne Lux Wigand, Assistant Professor & Master of Public Administration Coordinator, Institute of Government, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, United States

The University of Novi Sad: Welcome to ALADIN – ALpe ADria INitiative Universities’ Network
Paolo Inchingolo, Professor & Director, Higher Education in Clinical Engineering (HECE) & Chairman, IHE Transnational Committee for Central and Eastern Europe
Department of Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Informatics, University of Trieste, Italy
Dragan Čišić, Associate Professor & Vice Dean for Research and Technology
Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Jože Gričar, Professor & eCenter Director
Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Friedrich M. Zimmermann, Professor & Vice President for Research and Knowledge Transfer
Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria

ALADIN – ALpe ADria INitiative Universities’ Network:
Universities of Corvinus Budapest, Hungary; Karl-Franzens Graz, Austria; Medical University of Graz, Austria; Technical University Košice, Slovakia; Maribor, Slovenia; BW München, Germany; Novi Sad, Serbia; Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic; Rijeka, Croatia; and Trieste, Italy & the extended eALADIN with the involvement of the George Washington University, United States (http://ALADIN-Net.eu)
 

Objectives of the forum:

• The creation of instructional management systems to facilitate the delivery of learning.
• The introduction and implementation of enterprise-wide systems encompassing all academic and administrative functions.
• The integration of instructional systems with enterprise-wide systems.
• Recognition of University regional initiatives.
• The further development of eCommerce systems for university suppliers of materials, supplies, and services.
• The use of eCommerce and eLearning applications to facilitate economic and community development.
• The formation of alliances to support all of the above.
• All other pertinent issues.