Instituto Superior Técnico

11th Magalhães General Assembly

21 e 22 de setembro, 2015

Lisbon, Portugal
Register até 31 de julho, 2015

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The Magalhaes network is a bilateral initiative in the fields of higher education and scientific mobility initiatives. It promotes cooperation programmes between leading European universities and Latin American and Caribbean institutions in the fields of engineering and architecture.[:]

The Organizing Committee

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Segunda-feira, 21 Setembro

08h30
[:en]Registration[:]
09h00
[:en]Opening of the General Assembly[:]

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  • - Welcome address by IST
  • - Approval of the agenda
  • Information regarding the voting on Day 2 of the GA
  • Information regarding the proposal of venues of the GA 2016 & 2017
  • Information on the workshops during Day 2
  • - President's report
  • - Mobility statistics
  • - New members – application from ORT
  • - Registration fee for the GA
  • - Statutes
  • Updated consolidated statutes
  • - MENTE
  • - Introduction to the working groups
  • - Meeting adjourned
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12h00
[:en]Lunch and networking, signing up for working groups[:]
14h00
[:en]Plenary session with presentations[:]

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  • - José Manuel Páez Borrallo, UPM President's Delegate at RCC Harvard
  • - Jorge Martin Arturo Arguello, Ambassador of Argentina to Portugal
  • - Francisco Alves, OGMA – Embraer Group
  • - Francisco Aldecoa Luzárraga, Chair of the permanent reflection group to foster bi-regional (EU-LAC) integration of higher education
  • - "Magalhães@TUM - The Role of Strategic University Alliances in the Internationalization of Higher Education", Vanessa Grünhagen, TUM International Center
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15h45
[:en]Return to the hotel[:]
16h30
[:en]Cultural event and celebrations of the 10th Anniversary of the Network[:]
20h00
[:en]Dinner[:]

Terça-feira, 22 Setembro

09h00
[:en]Plenary session – KIC InnoEnergy[:]
10h00
[:en]Working in groups[:]

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  • - Academic Affairs
  • - Communications
  • - External Funding
  • - MENTE
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11h00
[:en]Coffee break[:]
11h20
[:en]Group work continues[:]
13h00
[:en]Lunch [:]
14h00
[:en]Plenary session – GA reconvenes[:]

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  • - Voting
  • - Presentations from the working groups
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15h45
[:en]Closing remarks[:]
16h00
[:en]End of meeting[:]

[:en]Accommodation[:]

[:en]A special rate has been negotiated for a limited number of rooms at the following hotels:

Please download and complete the hotel reservation form and send it directly to the hotel.

Both hotels are conveniently located in the city centre, walking distance to IST.

Transports

Underground (Metro)

Red line: Airport (Aeroporto) station (PDF, 253KB). Get off at Saldanha.

The Evolution Lisboa hotel is located just in front of the station, the Turim Alameda Hotel is less than 10 minutes walking from the station.

Taxi

The easiest way to reach the hotels from the airport is by taxi and it should take no more than 10-15 minutes.[:]

[:en]Venue[:]

[:en]The General Assembly will be held at the Main Hall (Salão Nobre), Main Building, 1st floor, Alameda Campus.

For more information on how to get to Instituto Superior Técnico, you can refer to the institutional website.[:]

[:en]Participants[:]

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  • Aalto University, Finland
  • AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  • École Centrale Nantes, France
  • Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  • Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France
  • Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
  • Instituto Tecnológico Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Lund University, Sweden
  • ParisTech, France
  • Politecnico di Milano, Italy
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru
  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Technische Universität München, Germany
  • Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
  • Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela
  • Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile
  • Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Panama
  • Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Brazil
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  • Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • University of Bath, United Kingdom
  • University of Stuttgart, Germany

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[:en]Sponsors[:]

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