15-16 November 2002
UNICA General Assembly Cyprus

• President's Report

14th September 2002
UNICA Round table – EAIE – Conference Porto
We are happy to invite you at the UNICA Roundtable « Brainstorming on the infrastructure of international relations : a UNICA Roundtable » chaired by Arthur Mettinger, on EAIE Session 1.12, Saturday 14th September, between 13:15 and 14:45, with Antoinette Charon and Andreas Mallouppas - Andreas Mallouppas' presentation (word document)

13th September 2002
IRO-Meeting (International Relations Officers) Porto
The IRO will meet on Friday 13th September 2002 during the EAIE Conference, Porto, Portugal. This meeting is scheduled from 12:30 to 14:00. First we will have lunch together in the normal lunch area and we will start the UNICA meeting 30 minutes later in the meeting room 258, Economics Faculty

10-14 April 2002
Student Conference : "The Future of Europe", University College London
website : http://www.ucl.ac.uk/euroconference/

6-8 December 2001
The 13th Annual Conference of the EAIE, Tampere, Finland
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl/
A UNICA side-meeting will be organised during the Conference as well as a UNICA session on the EUNIRO project.
More information : unica@ulb.ac.be

16-17 November 2001
UNICA General Assembly, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain

27-28 September 2001
CRE/CRUE Conference, Dubrovnik
More information available on: http://www.unige.ch/cre/
An unformal meeting of UNICA Rectors will be organised during the CRE conference (For more information, please contact secr.gen.unica@ulb.ac.be )

15 September 2001(pm)
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, University of Vienna, Austria
For more information please contact Kris Dejonckherre, UNICA Secretary General :  secr.gen.unica@ulb.ac.be

13-15 September 2001
UNICA Seminar - Racism Working Group, University of Vienna, Austria
Managing and implementing Diversity/Anti-discrimination Policies in Higher Education
+ Closing session of the EUNIRO project
For more information on the EUNIRO project please contact Andreas Mallouppas: admall@ucy.ac.cy
For more information on the racism seminar please contact Jeroen Doomernik: J.Doomernik@frw.uva.nl or Maria Schmidt-Dengler at the University of Vienna:  maria.schmidt-dengler@univie.ac.at

9-12 September 2001
23rd EAIR Forum  “Diversity and Harmonisation in Higher Education ”, Porto
http://www.org.uva.nl/eair

19-23 August 2001
13th International Meeting of University Administrators, Helsinki, Finland
This is a biannual world forum for the discussion of strategic issues relating to the management and administration of higher
education. The theme of the 13th IMUA-meeting will be Values and Culture in Higher Education.
To join the mailing list and for further information, please look for the following address: http://www.helsinki.fi/imua2001/

28-30 June 2001
Conference “Multilingualism and the New Learning Environments”, Berlin
More information: ELC European Language Council  - Professor Wolfgang Mackiewicz
ELC/CEL Website: http://www.fu-berlin.de/elc

15 June 2001
EUNIRO Technical Committee meeting in Brussels at the UNICA office
for more information, please cpontact the UNICA secretariat unica@ulb.ac.be
or the project coordinator, Andreas Mallouppas admall@ucy.ac.cy

27 May - 1 June 2001
53dr NAFSA Conference Philadelphia, USA

17-19 May 2001
9th Annual LINKS Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

16-19 May 2001
21st EUCEN European Conference: “Building a Network World”, Barcelona

12 May 2001
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, University College Dublin
For more information please contact :  unica@ulb.ac.be

10-12 May 2001
UNICA Heads of International Relations Offices meeting, University College Dublin
including the EUNIRO Project Think Tank Wokshop.
Contact Person:  Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

1-5 April 2001
20th World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education “The Future of Learning Learning for the Future: Shaping the Transition”,  Düsseldorf

29-30 March 2001
CRE/CRUE Conference, Salamanca Convention, Spain
Convention of European higher education institutions, “Shaping our Own Future in the European Higher Education Area”
More information available on: http://www.unige.ch/cre/
An unformal meeting of UNICA Rectors will be organised during the CRE conference (For more information, please contact unica@ulb.ac.be )

17-19 March 2001
The University of the Twenty First Century, Al Bustan Palace Hotel, Muscat, Oman
Oman's Ministry of Higher Education, who in partnership with UNESCO, are organizing a three-day international conference entitled The University of the Twenty First Century. This important and seminal event is intended to be a follow on from UNESCO's World Conference on Higher Education of October 1998. The University of the Twenty First Century is an event that will bring together the Arab World's most promising education policy-makers, academics, researchers, practitioners, administrators and teachers with the highest profile educational experts drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.
Full Conference details are available at the following URL address: www.oite.com/university21
Remona Dickson, Conference Project Manager Tel: +968-564303/268 Fax: +968-565165 e-mail: events@omantel.net.om

Sat. 4 March 2001 Cancelled
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, Brussels, Belgium
For more information please contact :  unica@ulb.ac.be

8-10 February 2001
League of World Universities, New York

14 - 16 December 2000
UNICA General Assembly and UNICA 10 year anniversary, Université Libre de Bruxelles,  Belgium
Contact Person: Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

29 November - 3 December 2000
The 12th Annual Conference of the EAIE, Leipzig
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl/
A UNICA side-meeting will be organised during the Conference. More information : unica@ulb.ac.be

22-24 November 2000
4th European Commission Conference on “Research for Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage: Opportunities for European Enterprises”, Strasbourg, France
The conference aims to raise awareness of the issues concerned in management and sustainable use of cultural heritage among national and local administrations, whilst also promoting participation and cooperation among both the business and research community.

21-25 November 2000
"The Making of Europe",  European Students' Conference, FUB, Berlin
More information : Virginia Moukouli, Project coordinator  moukouli@zedat.fu-berlin.de
or  unica@ulb.ac.be
Web Site: http://www.fu-berlin.de/europe

8-11 November 2000
53rd Annual Conference of the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), Montréal, Canada .
International educational exchange professionals will present and discuss their experiences, conclusions, and recommendations pertaining to the conference theme, “Bienvenue: An Exploration of Cross-Cultural Understanding through International Educational Exchange.”
Please see the registration Web page for details: http://www.ciee.org/conference/register.htm

26 - 27 October 2000
54th Bi-annual CRE Conference,  Cracow, Poland
More information available on: http://www.unige.ch/cre/
http://www.unige.ch/cre/activities/Biannual%20conferences/activ_bianconf.htm
An unformal meeting of UNICA Rectors will be organised during the CRE conference (For more information, please contact unica@ulb.ac.be )

18 - 20 October 2000
Symposium : Technologies of Information and Communication in Engineering education, training and industry, Troyes, France
University of Technology of Troyes (UTT) and the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA of Rouen)
Symposium organization : Claudine HUBOUD-PERON
E-mail : TICE2000@univ-troyes.fr   Tel : (+33) 325 715 895 or (+33) 325 715 804 Fax : (+33) 325 715 805
Web Site: http://www.univ-troyes.fr/tice 
25 September 2000
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, Brussels
Contact Person:  Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

23 September 2000
Conference of the Thematic Network Project on Languages, Brussels
More information :  ELC European Language Council  - Professor Wolfgang Mackiewicz
or Sietze Looyenga, Assistant     elc@zedat.fu-berlin.de
ELC/CEL Website:  http://www.fu-berlin.de/elc

11-13 September 2000
15th IMHE General Conference,  OECD, Paris, France
The theme is the implications of diversification on the management of higher education.
For  updated information, please check the IMHE homepage regularly: http://www.oecd.org/els/edu/imhe .

7-8 September 2000
World Meeting of University Managers, Roma, Italy 
In the occasion of the Jubilee of Universities; The University for a New Humanism.
"The University and the Future: the Development of Human Resources Serving Society"
For more information, please check the homepage : http://www.universitas2000.com
or call +39 02 7002 534 or +39 02 7234 5701

August 30 to September 2, 2000
International Conference : 'Innovations in Higher Education 2000', University of Helsinki, Finland
This conference is part of the celebration of the year 2000 when Helsinki will be one of the European cities of culture.
The conference 'Innovations in Higher Education 2000' is designed to emphasise and facilitate dialogue between researchers, university teachers and students.  The aim of the conference is to present recent ideas on learning and instruction and to provide university teachers with tools for their own instruction.
Please visit our www-pages: HTTP://www.helsinki.fi/inno2000
For more information, please contact:    Sari Lindblom-Ylänne, Conference Manager, Ph.D.
                                                            Development of Studies P.O.Box 3, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
                                                            Tel. +358-9-191 22963, Fax +358-9-191 22192, e-mail: inno2000@helsinki.fi

8 - 9 June 2000
53rd Bi-annual CRE Conference,  Trondheim, Norway
More information available on: http://www.unige.ch/cre/
http://www.unige.ch/cre/activities/Biannual%20conferences/activ_bianconf.htm
An unformal meeting of UNICA Rectors will be organised during the CRE conference (For more information, please contact unica@ulb.ac.be )

 29 - 30 May 2000
UNICA - EU Research Contracts Seminar, Brussels, Belgium
A seminar for officers dealing with European research contracts. The seminar is open for staff from the member universities of Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe - UNICA. The aim is to define the ”state of the art” and to discuss common problems in relation to the research contracts funded under the Commission’s Fifth Framework Programme. Experts in Law and representatives of the European Commission will be invited to give presentations on different topics, like the following:
* IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)  and legislation regarding employees´ inventions.
* Technical solutions for compensation to IPR owners
* The European Commission´s Model Contract for FP5 and for FP6
* Consortium Agreements
* Financial and audit aspects of research contracts
* Additional Cost Method versus Flat Rate/Full Cost Method

An invitation with a registration form will be sent to the UNICA  universities at the beginning of March 2000. The invitation and the registration form and proceedings/reports of the seminar will also be published at the Internet address http://www.internat.su.se/SEMINAR.html
For more information please contact :  Åke nagrelius e-mail: ake.nagrelius@internat.su.se

20  - 22 May 2000
European conference on  "European identity", The Faculty of Arts of the University of Athens, Greece
Coordinator of the Conference : Prof. Emanuel Microyiannakis  Tel : +30 1 72 77 321
Information and Secretariat : Anna Helmi  Tel: +30 1 36 89 703

14 May 2000
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Contact Person:  Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

11 - 13 May 2000
UNICA Heads of International Relations Offices meeting, Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Contact Person:  Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

10- 11 May 2000
ESMU-CHEMS seminar on Borderless Education in Brussels
More information : http://sme.belgium.eu.net/esmu/
Contact person : nadine.burquel@esmu.be

4 - 6 May 2000
19th EUCEN European Conference "Death and Rebirth of University Education" , Bergen, NO
More information : http://www.eist.uib.no/eucen-conference
Contact person : SEVU : Kari Sørstrømmen  Kari.Sorstrommen@sevu.uib.no

13 - 15 April 2000
The 2000 LINKS Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Contact Person: professor Melvin Urofsky, Virginia Commonwealth University,
                                                                   919 West Franklin Street
                                                                   Richmond, VA 23284-306  USA
UNICA will be represented by Professor Marie Christine Adam from ULB

28 March 2000
Scientific Conference "Science Shaping the Future", Great hall of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki - European City of Culture 2000
For more information please contact The University of Helsinki : +358 9 191 222 11

27 March 2000
360th anniversary of the University of Helsinki, Academic Ceremony, Great hall of the University of Helsinki, Helsinki

28 February 2000
UNICA Network on EU Contracts matters, Steering Group meeting, Brussels, Belgium
For more information please contact :  Åke nagrelius e-mail: ake.nagrelius@internat.su.se

24 - 27 February 2000
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA)  annual conference in Savannah, Georgia,USA .
The theme of the conference is: "Strategic Partnerships in International Education at the New Millennium."
Conference registration materials and the Preliminary Program are available on the AIEA website at www.aieaworld.org.  Special early registration discounts are available until December 20!   For more
information, contact: Tim Rutenber, AIEA Secretariat, University at Buffalo, Capen Hall Rm. 411, Buffalo, NY 14260-1604 (Phone (716) 645-2368 or Email rutenber@acsu.buffalo.edu).


8 - 10 February 2000
3rd  EURO EDUCATION conference, Aalborg, Denmark
Participants will explore challenges, evaluate solutions and formulate strategies for exploiting ICT to create the networked information society of the future.
For more detailed information, please visit http://www.akkc.dk/education
Contact person : Kirsten Nielsen e-mail: euro@akkc.dk

26 January 2000
UNICA Steering Committee meeting, Brussels, Belgium
For more information please contact :  unica@ulb.ac.be

24 - 25 January 2000
SOCRATES II - European Expert Forum in Higher Education :"Responding to challenges for European Universities :Implementing changes in institutional and disciplinary co-operation", Brussels, Belgium
Participation is strictly limited to 230 experts invited by the European Commission. No substitutes (deputies) will be admitted to the Forum.
Contact person : V.deKosinsky@ulg.ac.be

2 - 4 December 1999
The 11th Annual Conference of the EAIE, Maastricht, The Netherlands
"Good neighbours and faraway friends"
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl/CONF99/index.html
A UNICA side-meeting will be organised during the Conference. More information : unica@ulb.ac.be

25 - 27 November 1999
UNICA General Assembly, University of Stockholm
Contact Person: Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be
More information available on : http://www.internat.su.se/English/unica2.html

17-19 November 1999
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
"How to develop international cooperation in higher education institutions and research  through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)",  University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
More information available on: http://www.unice.fr/RI/Journees-TIC/ICT-RIanglais.html

8-9 November 1999
"INTERNATIONAL FORUM - Higher Education and Research in China and the Western Countries in the 21st Century",Stockholm University, Sweden
The aim of the forum is to exchange experience and to promote collaboration between China and the West.
For more information regarding the conference, visit http://www.internat.su.se/English/Forum.html

27-28 September 1999
Steering Committee meeting, Brussels, ULB
Contact Person: Professor Pierre Ducrey, e-mail: Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch
                         Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

17-20 September 1999
International Society of City and Regional Planners - 35th Congress, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr region, Germany
The Future of Industrial Regions - Regional strategies and local action towards sustainability
Contact Person:  Judy van Hemert, Fax: +31 70 361 79 09
More information available on: http://www.soc.titech.ac.jp/isocarp
 or detailled programme on http://soc-info.soc.titech.ac.jp/isocarp/ruhr/ruhr.html

6-7 September 1999
International Conference: "Universities in Modern Societies - Traditions, problems and Challenges", Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Oslo, Norway
The conference is jointly organised by two interdisciplinary institutions at The University of Oslo, The Priority Area Ethics and The Seminar in Science Studies
More information available on: http://www.tf.uio.no/etikk/universities.html 
5-9 September 1999
12th international Meeting of university Administrators - Innovation in Higher Education , Edinburgh, UK
More information available on: http://www.imua.ed.ac.uk/registration.htm

30-31August 1999
UNICA Conference on Racism and Xenophobia, Stockholm University
Contact Person: Professor Charles Westin, e-mail: Charles.Westin@ceifo.su.se

August 12-16 1999
FEDORA Summer University and  celebration of the FEDORA tenth anniversary, Stockholm University
more information available on http://www.sb.su.se/fedora-stockholm/pages/welcome.html
Keynote speech on Monday 16 August by Jeanine Hermans on "Solving problems or building relationships? Adequate responses to a culturally diverse student clientele"  http://www.sb.su.se/fedora-stockholm/pages/jh.html

11-14 July 1999
XIIth IAUP (International Association of University Presidents) Triennial Conference: Touchstones for a modern University Culture, Brussels, Belgique
More information available on : http://www.iaup-triennial.org

1-3 July 1999
Second ELC Conference  (European Language Council) à Jyväskylän yliopisto (Université de Jyväskylä, FI)
More information available on : http://www.solki.jyu.fi/elc/elc.htm

24-27 June 1999
17th EUCEN European Conference: Learning from each other, Reykjavik, Iceland
EUCEN: European Universities Continuing Education Network
Contact Person: Kristin Hjartardottir, e-mail: kh@hi.is          Tel: +354 525 4926
More information available on: http://www.hi.is/endurm

23-28 May 1999
51st Annual Conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Denver, Colorado
“Emerging Frontiers for International Educators”
Questions or comments about NAFSA? Send a message to inbox@nafsa.org
More information available on : http://www.nafsa.org/

20-21 May 1999
51 ème Conference semestrielle de la CRE: La gestion stratégique de la formation continue universitaire,  Bordeaux, France
More information available on: http://www.unige.ch/cre/
An unformal meeting of UNICA Rectors will be organised during the CRE conference, on May 21 at 13:00 in the Restaurant Universitaire.  For more information, please contact Professor Gunnel Engwall gunnel.engwall@rom.su.se or unica@ulb.ac.be

6-9 May 1999
Heads of International Relations Offices meeting, Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Contact Person: Frank Gladines, e-mail: fgladine@vub.ac.be
                         Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

28 April - 1 May 1999
LINKS Conference : Strengthening the Links: Public Life and Public Service, Sacramento, California
Contact Person: Kolleen Ostgaard
                         Tel =1 916 278 69 06   fax : +1 916 278 51 99  e-mail: ostgaardk@csus.edu
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl/SAFSA/central.html

22-24 April 1999
EAIE - SAFSA Cross-cultural communication training
Contact Person: EAIE, e-mail: eaie@eaie.nl
                         Jeanine Hermans, e-mail: jeherman@ulb.ac.be
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl/SAFSA/central.html

19-20 March 1999
Seminar for the Unica Rectors and Presidents, Brussels, ULB
Contact Person: Professor Pierre Ducrey  Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch
                         Jeanine Hermans, e-mail: jeherman@ulb.ac.be

19 March 1999
Steering Committee meeting, Brussels, ULB
Contact Person: Professor Pierre Ducrey, e-mail: Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch
                         Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be

10 -14 March 1999
European Student Conference, Aarhus, DK
"Rights and Conditions of Exchange Students in Europe"
Arranged by Erasmus Student Network (ESN) in close co-operation with ESIB - the National Unions of Students in Europe and AEGEE-Europe.
Jeanine Hermans has been invited to speak on 'Reception and Integration of Exchange Students' (What services can the host university be expected to provide, Language/cultural differences, Co-operation between the universities and the students, etc.).
Contact Person: Niels Dam, Secretary of Erasmus Student Network, e-mail:  rights@esn.dk
More information  available on http://www.esn.dk/rights

11-13 February 1999
5th Conference of the Rectors of the League of World Universities, New York University, New York, USA
 "Revenue Diversification in a World of  Shrinking Government Resources"
Topics discussed at the panel presentations during the meeting are Corporate Relationships, Personal and Institutional funding, Tuition and Fees, and Continuing Education. Highlight will be the Dedication of the Lillian Vernon Center for Internaitonal Affairs of NYU, which will have a permanent suite of offices available for visiting rectors of the League.
From UNICA, the president Pierre Ducrey will attend the meeting, as well as representatives of several UNICA member institutions linked to the League, as Amsterdam, Athens, ULB, Eotvos Lorand Budapest, University College Dublin, La Sapienza, Freie Universitat Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, complutense de Madrid, Warsaw, University College London, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
It is an event on invitation by NYU so not open to the public.
More information available on: http://www.nyu.edu/rectors/conferences.html

4 December 1998
50th Anniversary of Freie Universität Berlin
Commemoration of the founding of the FUB
Contact: Tel: +49 30 838 73 427  Fax: +49 30 838 73 444
More information available on: http://www.fu-berlin.de/50jahre/

26-28 November 1998
Unica General Assembly, University of Vienna
Contact Person: Nathalie Carton, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be
                         Mrs Maria Schmidt-Dengler, e-mail: maria.schmidt-dengler@univie.ac.at

21-24 November 1998
10th Annual Conference of the EAIE, Stockholm, Sweden
"International Education: Interactions with the wider community"
Contact: Tel: +31 20 525 49 99
More information available on: http://www.eaie.nl

A Unica meeting will be organised between 12.15 and 13.45 on the 22 November.
The meeting will take place in the room number is B 497  located at the University Campus Frescati,
the "Södra huset building", block B, floor 4 (entrance).  Sandwiches will be offered by the University of Stockholm.
For suggestions for the agenda, please contact Jeanine Hermans, e-mail: jeherman@ulb.ac.be

15-20 November 1998
50th Anniversary of Freie Universität Berlin
International Week
Contact: Tel: +49 30 838 73 427  Fax: +49 30 838 73 444
More information available on: http://www.fu-berlin.de/50jahre/

21-23 October 1998
International Conference: "Internationalization: Building on our experience"
Sheraton Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
organised by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Contact: Darlene GIBBS in Ottawa  Tel: (613) 237-4820   e-mail:dgibbs@aucc.ca
More information available on : http://www.aucc.ca/

Thursday October 22, 1998
8:30 - 10:00 am:    Opening Plenary
Networks: new dimension for internationalization ?
One of the more recent and striking trends in internationalization has been the growth of regional and international networks of institutions.  Representatives from a variety of institutional networks such as the University of the Artic, College of the Americas, the Capital Cities of Europe Network (UNICA), the African Economic Research Consortium and the Association of Universities of Asia Pacific will be interviewed.

5-9 October 1998
UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education, Paris

28-29 September 1998
Steering Committee Meeting in Brussels
Contact Person: Mme Chantal Zoller, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be
                         Prof. Pierre Ducrey, e-mail: Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch

28 September 1998
Meeting with other networks, in Brussels
Contact Person: Mme Chantal Zoller, e-mail: unica@ulb.ac.be
                         Prof. Pierre Ducrey, e-mail: Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch

5-6 June1998
Heads of International Relations Offices meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus
Contact Person: Dr Andreas Mallouppas, e-mail: admall@zeus.cc.ucy.ac.cy

14-15 November 1997
General Assembly hosted by the University of Lausanne
Contact Person: Mme Chantal Zoller, e-mail: unica@unica.ulb.ac.be
                         Prof. Pierre Ducrey, e-mail: Pierre.Ducrey@iaha.unil.ch

27-29 March 1996
Conference : Urban Universities and their Cities
More information from : Conference Office, Univesiteit van Amsterdam, Spui 21, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, FAx : 31 20 525 4799

28-29 January 1996
Workshop on SOCRATES in Vienna
Contact Persons: Ms Maria Schmidt-Dengler, University of Vienna, e-mail: maria.schmidt-dengler@univie.ac.at
Mme Chantal Zoller, e-mail: unica@unica.ulb.ac.be 
25-26 January 1996
General Assembly in Bratislava
Contact Person: Mme Chantal Zoller, e-mail: unica@unica.ulb.ac.be  

12 January 1996
Plenary Meeting for Working Group Public Health
Contact Persons: Dr. Anne-Laurence Le Faou/Mme Joséphine Antréassian