General Assembly 2008 took place at Charles University in Prague, October 16-18, 2008.

• Programme (pdf document)
• Registration form (pdf document)
• Hotel reservation and social programme form (pdf document)
• Invitation letter from Charles University (pdf document)
• Invitation letter from UNICA (pdf document)
• Agenda IRO/CP meeting (pdf document)
• Practical information (pdf document)
• Map (Jpg image)
• List of participants (pdf document)

• UNICA Work Program - Academic Year 2008-2009 (pdf document)
• UNICA Activity Report - Academic Year 2007-2008 : President’s Report (pdf document)
• UNICA Policy (pdf document)
• UNICA Membership criteria (pdf document)
• Minimum Standards for disabled persons for UNICA Universities (pdf document)

General Assembly

• Agenda, by Stavros A. Zenios, UNICA President (powerpoint presentation)
• State of UNICA : President's Report 2007-2008, by Stavros A. Zenios, UNICA President (powerpoint presentation)
• UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers, by Benjamin Vam Camp, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (powerpoint presentation)
• UNICA EC-funded Projects : Background, Strategy and Results, by Arthur Mettinger, University of Vienna (powerpoint presentation)
• Student Conference 2008, University of Warsaw :
  • UNICA Student Conference revisited, by Jolanta Urbanikowa, University of Warsaw (powerpoint presentation)
  • UNICA Student Conference, by Roman Matousek, Student from Charles University Prague (powerpoint presentation)
• Work Programme Academic year 2008-2009 (powerpoint presentation)

Rectors' Seminar : The Relationship between Universities and Academic Hospitals in Medical Education - Friday, October 17, 2008

• Introduction, by Prof. Václav HAMPL, Rector of Charles University in Prague
• University - University Hospital Interactions : the AMSE Lisbon Declaration, by David Gordon, President AMSE (powerpoint presentation)
• Integrating Academic Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, by Prof. M. Džoljic, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (powerpoint presentation)
• Between Charybdis and Scylla ?, by Prof. Ben Van Camp, MD, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (powerpoint presentation)

Rectors' Seminar : Research Universities and the Role of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) - Saturday, October 18, 2008

• The Mission of Charles University as a European university, R&D Activities and Challenges, by Prof. Václav HAMPL, Rector of Charles University in Prague (powerpoint presentation)
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology, by Prof. Malcolm GRANT, President & Provost University College London
• The Role of Research Universities, by Prof. Georg WINCKLER, Rector University in Vienna & President of EUA (powerpoint presentation)

• See the Photo Gallery

• Elections 2007 - announcement (word document)
• Program (word document)
• Registration form (word document)
• Practical information (word document)
• Minutes of the UNICA contact person meeting (pdf document)
• Summary (pdf document)
• Overview of Arthur Mettinger's presidency (2004 - 2007) (powerpoint presentation)
• Welcome of the Minister for Education & Science of Russian Federation (pdf document)
• Cooperation between UNICA and the Russian Rectors Union (pdf document)
• Welcome words from the new UNICA president, Stavros Zenios (pdf document)
• An agenda for UNICA : presentation of the newly elected President S. Zenios (Rector of the University of Cyprus) (pdf document)
• Arthur Mettinger’s presidency farewell words (pdf document)
• UNICA Steering Committee members 2008-2009 (pdf document)

• See the Photo Gallery

Steering Committee	Thursday 2nd November, 15:30 – 17:30 Saturday 4th November, 9:00 – 10:30
Rector's Seminar	Friday 3d November, 9:30 – 12:30
General Assembly	Friday 3d November, 14:00 – 17:30
Contact Persons meeting	Saturday 4th November, 10:30 – 12:00

• Invitation (word document)
• Program (word document)
• Agenda (word document)
• Strategic Issues (word document)
• President's report (word document)
• UNICA Scholarly Communications Group, by Paul Ayris (powerpoint presentation)
• Member Universities' participation to the UNICA Student Conferences (word document)
• Initiatives 2007 (word document)
• presentation on meeting UCEU, by Pierre de Maret (powerpoint presentation)
• Participants' list (word document)
• GA Summary (word document)
• Minutes of the UNICA Contact Persons Meeting (word document)

Rector's Seminar

• Performance and corporate governance change in Austrian universities after Austrian Universities act 2002, by A. Mettinger (powerpoint presentation)
• Meritocracy and models of HEI governance in Latvia before "Latvian University Act 2007", by I. Lacis (powerpoint presentation)
• Budgeting model of progress university, by Nauris Klava, Ernst & Young (powerpoint presentation)

Steering Committee	Thursday 17th November, 16:00 – 18:00 Saturday 19th November, 9:00 – 10:30
IROs Meeting	Saturday 19th November, 9:30 – 11:00
General Assembly	Friday 18th November, 14:30 – 17:00

• Invitation (word document)
• Draft Programme (word document)
• President's Report, by Arthur Mettinger (powerpoint presentation)
• Decisions UNICA General Assembly, Roma3, 2005 (word document)
• UNICA Seminars, projects and Working Groups 2006 (word document)

• See the Photo Gallery

Steering Committee	Thursday 14th October, 14:00 – 18:00 Saturday 16th October, 9:00 – 10:30
Rectors’ Seminar	Friday 15th October, 9:00 – 12:00
IROs Meeting	Friday 15th October, 9:00 – 12:00 Saturday 16th October, 9:00 – 10:30
General Assembly	Friday 15th October, 14:00 – 18:00

• For additional information and online documents, please visit the Bratislava University website

• « Doctoral Studies, a Joint Vision with Common Challenges » by Gabriela Fernandes (powerpoint document)
• « Position and Role of the University in Society » by Vice-Rector Ivan Ostrovsky (powerpoint document)
• « Doctoral studies at Comenius University » by Vice-Rector Dusan Mlynarcik (word document)
• « PhD. Study in Slovakia » by Peter Plavcan, Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic (powerpoint presentation)

• See the Photo Gallery

Steering Committee	Thursday 13th November, 15:00 – 17:45 Saturday 15th November, 16:00 – 19:00
Rectors’ Seminar	Friday 14th November, 9:15 – 12:15
IROs Meeting	Friday 14th November, 9:15 – 12:15
General Assembly	Friday 14th November, 14:15 – 17:30

• Rectors' Seminar - Summary of Conclusions (word document)

• See the Photo Galery

• President's Report