Conference Program

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017

     OPENING: 15.00 (10.00 am)

PLENARY SESSION I: MISSION AND VALUES
15.15 – 17.00 (10.15 am – 12.00 noon)

(15-minute lectures)

Competences of social elites. Prof. Tadeusz Oleksyn, PhD (University of Finances and Management, Warszawa, Poland)

The role of education and culture for democracy. Prof. Miłosz Mariusz Jacko, PhD (InterAmerican University, San Juan, Puerto Rico/USA)

Insight into the essence of education and the everyday world of work. Prof. Tomás M. Jiménez, PhD (InterAmerican University, San Juan, Puerto Rico/USA)

Are higher education institutions heading anywhere (especially -  Puerto Rican Universities)? Prof. Rafael Aragunde, PhD (InterAmerican University, San Juan, Puerto Rico/USA)

A mission of university in the training of social elites in Ukraine, Prof. Valentine N. Vandyshev, PhD. Prof. Helen S. Perelomova, PhD (Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine)

Plenary discussion


PLENARY SESSION II: TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
17.15 – 19.00 (12.15 pm – 2.00 pm)

(15-minute lectures)

Lean Management in Higher Education. Prof. Stephan Höfer, Dr.-Ing. (ESB Business School Hochschule, Reutlingen, Germany)

On-line education and blended learning in the USA: approaches and quality control.  John Johnson, PhD (University of Phoenix, USA),  Ievgeniia Diadko, PhD (Interdisciplinary Research Foundation, Poland)

Project of formation of the competences in the field of international competitiveness management of masters of international economics (future social elite). Prof. Iryna Karabaza, PhD (Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University, Ukraine)

Career-oriented university didactics and some new perspectives on careers. Katarzyna Kopeć, PhD (Tischner European University, Krakow, Poland)

Plenary discussion

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017

WORKSHOP
13.00 – 14.00 (8.00 am – 9.00 am, no video streaming)

How to design a scientific presentation? Justyna Bugaj, PhD; Prof. Jan F. Jacko, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Krakow; University of Security in Poznan, Poland)

POSTER SESSION
14.00 – 15.00 (9.00 am – 10.00 am, no video streaming)


PLENARY SESSION III: PROJECTS AND SOLUTIONS
15.00 – 17.00 (10.00 am – 12.00 noon)

(15-minute lectures)

Trust as an organisational relation. Prof. Barbara Kożuch, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)

Education for sustainable development: The use of the alternative teaching methods in Ukraine. Prof. Tetiana Kozhukhova, PhD (Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics, Ukraine)

The monitoring of the university quality education in the context of globalization challenges of the present time. Prof. Galina Mykhailyshyn, PhD, Prof. Oksana Kondur, PhD, Prof. Inna Chervinska, PhD (The Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine)

The technology of value attitude to social responsibility, based on the project "Social Responsibility of Kryvyi Rih Area”. Prof. Muza Vievskaya, PhD (Kryvyi Rih Economic Institute, Ukraine)

The current proposals of the Minister for the redesign of higher education and business innovations. Prof. Tadeusz Wawak, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland)

The classical ideal of higher education. Prof. Jan F. Jacko, PhD (Jagiellonian University, Krakow; University of Security in Poznan, Poland)

Plenary discussion


     CLOSING CEREMONY: 17.00 (12.00 noon)

     POSTER SESSION:


Modern University - mass education or a chance for outstanding people? Anna Jurczak, MA. (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Training of competent teachers as a challenge for modern universities. Ewelina Kurowicka, MA (John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland)

Conditions and the possibility of implementing lean management approaches in the university management. Kamil Roman MA (UMCS, Poland)

Information exchanges between educational institutions and the labour market. The role of the Graduate Career Tracking System in medical universities in Poland. Jakub Sokolnicki, MA (University of Warsaw, Poland)

The role of the short-term students exchange programmes in the process of acquiring university education.  Mateusz Sikora, MA (The University of Wroclaw, Poland)

The university as a guardian of memory – the case of Dr. Edward C. Rozanski’s Polish American Collection. Róża Różańska, MA (Jagiellonian University, Poland)

Employer branding as a factor increasing universities` brand recognition in conditions of competitive education market on the  example of technical universities in Poland. Barbara Szymocha, MA (University of Łódź, Poland).

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