Pre-summit Workshops

Prague Old Town

The day before the actual Summit, October 11, two special workshops are organized: Workshop on Research Leadership for Department Chairs and Research Directors and EQANIE Workshop. Their program will be added incrementally, please check back later for more details.

Please note that the workshops run in parallel, one person can participate in one workshop only.

To register for the event, please go to the registration page.

Workshop on Research Leadership for Department Chairs and Research Directors

Workshop chair: Prof. Jørgen Staunstrup, IT University of Copenhagen

The goal of the workshop is to discuss and develop excellent research leadership; it provides a forum for strengthening your leadership and management competencies by exchanging best practices and by building relationships between department heads at European Informatics research institutions. The workshop will be a mixture of discussions/knowledge sharing in smaller groups and plenary sessions.

The workshop focuses on the role of the department chair and developing the quality of research applications. Both new and experienced department heads are invited for an exchange of best practices, new ideas and common challenges.

Benefits for participants include:

• Learning best practices from heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
• Offering a networking platform heads of European Informatics departments and research labs
• Inspiration for developing PhD programs and improving applications for research funding

Program (11^th OCTOBER)

EQANIE Workshop on Quality Assurance in Informatics Education

Workshop chair: Prof. Hans-Ulrich Heiß, Technische Universität Berlin

Focus:
The workshop shows efforts in quality enhancement for informatics education at national and European level. It provides an introduction to the European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education (EQANIE). It highlights the benefits of the Euro-Inf Label for improving the quality of teaching and learning and gives an overview on the requirements and procedures for the award of the Euro-Inf Quality Label. A case study provides an interesting insight in an EQANIE auditing visit from the perspective of the applicant institution.

Benefits/Learning Outcomes:
After their participation in the workshop, representatives of higher education institutions offering informatics degree programmes are acquainted with ongoing efforts at European level to enhance the quality of informatics education. They are able to weigh the benefits of international accreditation as a complement to their own national or regional system, and they are able to assess if the degree programmes offered by their institution fulfill the requirements for the award of the Euro-Inf Quality Label.

Program (11^th OCTOBER)