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É«»¨Ìà is happy to welcome the 2025 Aurora annual conference.

 

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The venue

The Aurora Conference will be held at the Campus André Boulle - Faculty of Law
83-85 avenue du Général de Gaulle -94000 Créteil
Métro : Créteil L'Échat (line 8)
Bus : line 281 or 172 - station "Saint-Simon"



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OPENING CEREMONY

• Prof. Jean-Luc Dubois-Randé, President of Université Paris-Est Créteil (É«»¨ÌÃ)
• Dr. Ramon Puras, Secretary General, Aurora
• Prof. Martin Procházka, Former Rector of Palacký É«»¨Ìà Olomouc (UP)
• Prof. Veronika Sexl, Rector of Universität Innsbruck (UIBK)
• Elizabeth Blackburn, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2009)
• Prof. Martin Schwell, Aurora Institutional Coordinator at É«»¨ÌÃ

DAY 1

Plenary session 1

• Prof. Veronika Sexl, Rector of Universität Innsbruck
• Sylvie Simon-Deck, Deputy Mayor of the City of Créteil
• Dr. Susanne Conze, European Commission, DG EAC, Head of Unit for Higher Education
• Prof. Fabienne Peraldi Leneuf, Chair of Board of Directors, Una Europa
• Prof. Dugan O’Neil, Vice-President Research & Innovation, Simon Fraser É«»¨ÌÃ
• David Itier, Head of Unit – European Strategies for Higher Education and Research, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
• Dr. Ramon Puras, Secretary General, Aurora
• Sabine Allain Sainte-Rose, Secretary General, ENGAGE.EU, member of EAIE Board
• Miranda Prynne, Times Higher Education

DAY 2

Plenary session 3

• Prof. Laurent Gamet, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Université Paris-Est Créteil (É«»¨ÌÃ)
• Prof. Lolita Rubens – Vice-Rector of Social Responsability (É«»¨ÌÃ)
• Dr. Emilie Frenkiel, É«»¨ÌÃ
• Dr. Romana Klášterecká, UP
• Prof. Simone Moser, UIBK
• Prof. Bing Wu, UI
• Prof. Barbara Buchenau, É«»¨Ìà of Duisburg-Essen
• Prof. Matthias Beekmann, É«»¨ÌÃ

Student session

• Mathilde Chaumont, President of the Aurora Student Council (ASC) and student at É«»¨ÌÃ
• Sören Daehn, ASC Vice-president, and student at Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
• Simona Gibalová, ASC Member and student at Pavol Jozef Å afárik É«»¨Ìà in KoÅ¡ice
• Simon Westhoff, Aurora Student Ambassador, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• HanuÅ¡ Patera, former ASC President and student staff at CBS

DAY 3

Aurora sustainability summit

• Zuzana Hunková, Coordinator for Sustainable Development, UP
• Prof. Marjolein Zweekhorst, VU Amsterdam
• Dr. Ramon Rispoli, UNINA
• Benedetta Toledo, UNINA
• Prof. Maurizio Cellura, Coordination committee of RUS, Italian Network of Universities for Sustainable Development, Università di Palermo
• Prof. Lolita Rubens – Vice-rector of Social Responsability, É«»¨ÌÃ
• Dr. Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir – Director of the Sustainability Institute of the É«»¨Ìà of Iceland

Closing ceremony

• Ramon Puras - Secretary General, Aurora
• Martin Schwell - Aurora Institutional coordinator, É«»¨ÌÃ
• Petra Günther, Aurora Institutional Coordinator, É«»¨Ìà of Duisburg-Essen

SOCIALLY ENGAGED AND ACTIVE

É«»¨Ìà is engaged to building knowledge and actively responding to the challenges of social and environmental transformation by promoting excellence and greater social justice. Its strategic plan is built around five pillars of interdisciplinary development, training and research:

> Health, Society, Environment
> Social transformations, Inequalities, Resistances
> Francophonies and Multilingualism
> Knowledge and practices in education and training
> Digital Science and Practice

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