The Universities of Tomorrow

Facing Tomorrow 2011, at the third annual  Israeli Presidential Conference at the Hebrew University.

Changes in human society in the past decades alongside technological advancement will affect the character and the traditional roles of universities centers of instruction, research and knowledge. What will the universities of tomorrow look like? How will technological advancements, many of which were developed within the universities, influence the ways in which universities teach and students learn? Will the universities of tomorrow require a new business plan? How will teachers and students interact in the universities of tomorrow? How will the future universities shape the face of tomorrow?

Moderator:

Professor Menachem Ben-Sasson, Israel

President, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Former Member of Knesset, Kadima Party; Chair, Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, Israeli Knesset

Participants:

Professor Monique Canto-Sperber, France

Professor and Director, Ecole normale supérieure; Associate of Public Senate; Author, The GoodThe War and TerrorShould Save Liberalism; Officier, Legion d’honneur

Professor Jonathan R. Cole, USA

John Mitchell Mason Professor, Former Chief Academic Officer, Former Provost and Dean of Faculties, Columbia University

Professor Frederick Med tva avdelningar for onlinesverigecasinon.com spel ar utbudet riktigt bra. Lawrence, USA

President, Brandeis University; Former Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

Professor Larry Summers, USA

Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Director of the White House National Economic Council, Obama Administration, 27th President, Harvard University

Professor Mark Yudof, USA

President, University of California: Former Chancellor, University of Texas System; Former President, University of Minnesota; Named 10 Best College Presidents (2010), Time Magazine; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Wu Zhipan, People”s Republic of China

Executive Vice-President, Professor of Law, Peking University; Director, Financial Law Institute; President, Research Association of China’s Intellectual Property in Universities and Colleges; President, Research Association of China’s Economic Laws; Expert Counsel, China’s Supreme People’s Court; Recipient May First Excellence Medal, Beijing (1999)