International Conference, Trondheim, Norway, 13-15 June 2007

Competitive Campuses

The European Challenge: Developing The Universites of The Future

This conference will bring academic and civic leaders together with university and city planning practitioners and theorists to explore emerging opportunities for European higher education. We will examine recent developments through a symposium informed by innovative projects and collaborations.

What are the key factors for successful higher education and how do these relate to city planning and building design? How can planning and design solutions strengthen European universities in the world wide competition of higher education?


Competitive Campuses

Program

Wednesday June 13

18.00-20.00

  • Opening Program at Dokkhuset
    Chaired by Tore Haugen, Dean, Faculty of Arichitecture and FineArt, NTNU, and Janne Corneil, Sasaki Associates, Boston

18.00-18.45

  • Welcome to Trondheim and NTNU
    Tore Haugen, Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU
    Fredrik Shetelig , Professor, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU
    Janne Corneil, Sasaki Associates, Boston

18.45-19.15

  • “1000 Years in Trondheim, a Historical and Cultural Voyage” Helge Solberg, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU

19.15-20.00

  • Music and Refreshments

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Thursday June 14

08.15-09.00

  • Registration and Coffee

09.00 -09.15

  • Welcome, Julie Feilberg, Pro-Rector, NTNU

09.15-10.00

  • "Beyond Bologna - The European Advantage in University Planning and Design?
    Philip Parsons, Sasaki Associates, Boston

10.00-10.45

  • “The Intellectual Capital of Universities and How It Can Be Developed?”
    Leif Edvinsson, Professor, Lund University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University


10.45-11.00 Coffee

11.00-11.45

  • “European Universities, - Can They Remain as Ivory Towers?”
    John Worthington, DEGW Architects, Visiting Professor, University of Sheffield "

11.45-12.30

  • " The MIT Experience in Cambridge, USA"
    O. Robert Simha, Director of Planning Emeritus, MIT, USA


12.30-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.15

  • “UrbanDesign for Universities”
    - Kees Christiaanse, Professor, ETH, Zurich

14.15-15.00

  • "Recent Trends in Campus Developement"
    - Dennis Pieprz, Sasaki Associates, Boston

15.00-15.15 Coffee


15.15-16.30

  • Panel Discussion “The University and the City”,- How can universities and their cities collaborate and advance the opportunities of the “knowledge city” to attract scholars and students, and to develop unparalleled education and research? Moderator: John Worthington


18.30 Reception at the Archbishop's Residence

19.30 Conference Dinner at Munkholmen

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Friday June 15


08.30-09.00 Coffee


09.00-12.00 Parallel Seminars

Seminar 1 "University Planning Architectural Design"


09.00-09.45

  • "Campus and the City: Urban Design for the Knowledge Society"
    Kerstin Höger, ETH, Zurich

09.45-10.30

  • “Transforming Structuralism,-Developing a 1970s Campus into Innovative Spaces for Learning”
    Reiulf Ramstad, Architect, Oslo

10.30-10.45 Coffee


10.45-11.30

  • “A University of the Future, - Developing the University of Utrecht”
    Art Zaaijer, Architect, Amsterdam

11.30-12.00 Panel Discussion


Seminar 2 “Funding, Networks and Partnerships”

  • How can European universities best combine public funding and collaboration with both public organizations and the private sector? What partnership models exist for transforming our universities into progressive, competitive campuses?

09.00-09.45

  • “Current Trends in Public/Private Partnerships in the United States”
    Dan Kenney, Sasaki Associates, Boston

09.45-10.30

  • “The Campus as Urban Generator” (“BI-Nydalen”, Oslo)
    Johan Kahrs, Niels Torp as arkitekter mnal

19.30-10.45 Coffee


10.45-11.30

  • “Managing the university campus”
    Alexandra den Heijer, Assistant Professor, TU Delft

11.30-12.00 Panel Discussion


12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-15.30 Plenary Seminar, "Beyond Bologna,- New Competitive Campuses"

13.00-13.45

  • “From Vision to Realisation,- the Case of Science City, ETH, Zürich”
    Gerhard Schmitt, Professor, ETH, Zürich

13.45-14.00 Coffee

14.00-14.45

  • “NTNU 2020,- Strategies for a Competitive Campus”
    Fredrik Shetelig, Professor, NTNU and Janne Corneil, Sasaki Associates

14.45-15.30 Panel Discussion


15.30-15.45 Closing Session

  • Tore Haugen, Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU
    Philip Parsons, Sasaki Associates, Boston

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