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FRIDAY OCTOBER 30, 2009
Whole Day Foreign Experts Registration

18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception—Sofitel Luxury Hotels

20:00-21:30 A night tour of the acient city of Xi'an, China

SATURDAY OCTOBER 31, 2009, PANEL SCHEDULE
06:30-08:30 Breakfast—Sofitel Luxury Hotels

08:30 Forum—Ballroom Room,Convention Centre, Floor 3, Sofitel Luxury Hotels


Chair He Kebin, Executive Dean, Graduate School, Tsinghua University
08:30-08:50 Welcome Speech

Official from Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
08:50-09:20 China:Guo Xinli, Deputy Director, Office of Academic Degrees Committee of

the State Council and Deputy Director-general, Department of Graduate Education,

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China:

Project on the Evaluation of Chinese Doctoral Education
09:20-09:50 United States: Debra W. Stewart, President of the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS):

Competition, Cooperation and Excellence: The Future of Graduate Education Globally

09:50-10:20 Group Photo and Tea Break—Sofitel Luxury Hotels

TOPIC 1: The practice of international collaboration in graduate education and its

developing trend within a global context
Chair: Debra W. Stewart, President of the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS)
10:20-10:40 Europe: Jean Chambaz, Chair of the European University Association-Council

for Doctoral Education(EUA-CDE):

Doctoral Education and Global Challenges, a European Perspective
10:40-11:00 China: Yang Wei, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of

Zhejiang University:

Four Measures of Internationalization—Case Study of Zhejiang University
11:00-11:20 United Kingdom: Malcolm McCrae, Chair of UK Council for Graduate

Education(UKCGE): Evolving Trends in Doctoral Education


TOPIC 2: International mobility for graduate students and researchers, and cooperation

in academic research
Chair: Jean Chambaz, Chair of the European University Association-Council for

Doctoral Education(EUA-CDE)
11:20-11:40 Australia: Maxwell King, Convener of Council of Deans and Directors of

Graduate Studies(DDOGS) in Australia:

The Joint IITB-Monash Ph.D: A New Style of Jointly Awarded Ph.D
11:40-12:00 Germany: Christine Keitel-Kreidt, Vice-president, Freie University Berlin:

The MINT-Competence Center and its Graduate Program for MINT-teachers

under the Umbrella of Dahlem Research School for Graduate Studies

at Freie University Berlin

12:00-13:00 Lunch—Sofitel Luxury Hotels

TOPIC 3: The development of graduate education and the demand for human resource

within a global context
Chair: Malcolm McCrae, Chair of UK Council for Graduate Education(UKCGE)
14:00-14:20 United States: William B. Russel, Dean of the Graduate School, Princeton University:

Graduate Education in the U.S.:National Concerns and a Princeton Perspective
14:20-14:40 Australia: Richard Strugnell, Pro Vice-Chancellor, the University of Melbourne:

Providing Additional Skills Training in the Ph.D
14:40-15:00 Singapore: TAN THIAM SOON, Vice Provost(Education), National University of

Singapore: Graduate Education for a Globalized World
15:00-15:20 China: Wu Xiaoqiu, Assistant President and Executive Dean of Graduate School,

Remin University of China: China's Economy and Talents Training

15:20-15:50 Tea Break—Sofitel Luxury Hotels

TOPIC 4: Standards of academic degrees, quality assurance and development strategy

in graduate education
Chair: Maxwell King, Convener of Council of Deans and Directors of

Graduate Studies(DDOGS) in Australia
15:50-16:10 Canada: Fred L. Hall, Vice-Provost(Graduate Education), Dean of Graduate Studies,

University of Calgary: Quality Assurance for Graduate Education in Canada
16:10-16:30 Hong Kong, China: Anthory G.O. Yeh, Academician of the Chinese Academy of

Sciences, Former Dean of the Graduate School, the University of Hong Kong:

Quality Assurance of Research Postgraduate Education of the University of Hong Kong
16:30-16:50 China: Cheng Guangxu, Vice President of Xi'an Jiaotong University:

Exploration and Practice to Improve the Quality of Graduate Education


Chair: Du Zhaohui, Executive Dean, Graduate School, Shanghai Jiaotong University
16:50-17:10 China: Liu Jinghui, Secretary-general of China's Scholarship Council:

International Cooperation in Graduate Education—Student Flow

and Closer Cooperation
17:10-17:40 China: Zhou Qifeng, Secretary-genenral of the ACGS, President and Dean of

Graduate School at Peking University, Academician of the Chinese Academy of

Sciences:

Exploration and Ponderation—the Internationalization of Chinese Graduate Education

18:00-20:00 Dinner—Xi'an Restaurant: Shaanxi traditional dishes

20:00 Shaanxi local opera performances—Shaanxi Institute of Local Opera Research

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1, 2009
Whole Day A tour around the historical places of interest in the city of Xi'an, China

19:00 A Royal Dinner with A Performances of Recreated-Tang-Dynasty Music and

Dances—Shaanxi Theatre of Music and Dance

MONDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Whole Day Wrap Up