Programme

Time

Session Room 1

Session Room 2

9:00

Registration and poster installation

10:00

Welcome to UBI

10:10

First plenary 

Erasmus and the Democratization of Higher Education: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion

Speaker: Carla Ruivo, Coordinator Erasmus+ Programme

11:00

Coffee and networking

11:30

1 (yellow amphitheater):
First results of the European Erasmus+ project BRAVIOO. Cooperation between European University Ombudsmen (UC3M and UBI) with several universities in Argentina (UNC, UNNE), Bolivia (UTEPSA, UNIVALLE), Chile (UAI, UFRO) and Honduras (UNAH, UPNFM).

Speaker: Emilio Olías Ruiz

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2a (blue amphitheater):
Social Security at Universities as a Sustainable Result of the Ombudsperson’s Job

Speakers: Kateřina Šámalová, Monika Čajko Eibicht

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2b (blue amphitheater):
POST-CARE and healing: what, when, why and how? The experience from Academy of Fine Arts Prague

Speaker: Klára Čmolíková Cozlová

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12:45

Lunch, poster walk and networking

13:45

3a (yellow amphitheater):
Ombudsperson and students’ associations: peers at 100%? A case study in Portugal

Speakers: Rosa Maria Vasconcelos, Berta Batista

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3b (yellow amphitheater):
Ombuds´ contribution to the transparent governance procedures in higher education institutions: some examples from Spain & Portugal

Speakers: Mª Elena Gómez, Sara Sousa, Ángel Rodríguez

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4 (blue amphitheater):
Inclusive Excellence and Conflict Transformation: The Ombudsperson's Role in Fostering Well-Being and Belonging in Higher Education

Speaker: Diedrick Graham

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15:00

Coffee, poster walk and networking

15:30

5 (yellow amphitheater):
Listening in the practice of the Ombudsperson’s work

Speaker: Jan Galkowski

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6a (blue amphitheater):
To ‘say what needs to be said’ while maintaining collaborative relationships?

Speaker: Franco Parrella

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6b (blue amphitheater):
Democracy and the Rule of Law? The Ombuds and University Codes of Conduct

Speakers: Ryan Smith, Ursula Meiser

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16:45

Short break

17:00

7 (yellow amphitheater):
The Ombud’s Delicate Use of Soft Power/Moral Suasion: Transformation over Co-option

Speakers: Natalie Sharpe, Josef Leidenfrost

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8 (blue amphitheater):
“verba volant scriptae manent”: Three insights on how (and for whom and how often) to write ombuds reports

Speakers: Anna-Katharina Rothwangl, Anna Cybulko, Emilio Olias Ruiz

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19:00

Social event: City Center Walking Tour (Wool Festival) / Beer and Wine Gathering with Fado @ Paço 100 Pressa Club

Second plenary

“Get involved in governance!”

Speakers: Jean Grier and Ursula Meiser, plus board members

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9 (yellow amphitheater):
Looking after ourselves: relaxation and resilience in the face of adversity 

Speakers: Ursula Meiser, Jean Grier 

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10 (blue amphitheater):
Democracy in higher education: How students perceive it, and what ombudspersons can contribute to develop the democratic culture in the university. 

Speakers: Doris Kiendl, Jorge A. Ribeiro Pereira, Lothar Henry Fickert, Afonso Gomes 

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11 (yellow amphitheater):
Reconceptualising Ombuds Practice to Improve Mental Health Through Meaning Mindset Theory (MMT), the Stoic Dichotomy of Control, and the EAR (Empathy, Attention and Respect) Approach Speakers: Brent Epperson, Laura Armstrong 

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12 (blue amphitheater):
Ombuds and balancing dynamics of power
Speaker: Lies Poesiat

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13a (yellow amphitheater):
A victim/survivor-centred/trauma-centred approach in handling cases of gender-based violence in Higher Education Institutions’ ombuds practice

Speakers: Zuzana Andreská, Jorge António Ribeiro Pereira, Pelin Zenginoğlu, Michaela Antonín Malaníková

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13b (yellow amphitheater):

Complaints on Feminist Bulletin Boards "Tendederos Feministas" at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM): Balancing Freedom of Speech with Privacy Rights in Cases of Gender-Based Violence

Speaker: Josari Fernanda Mendoza Vazquez

14a (blue amphitheater):
Peacebuilding and peaceful conflict resolution in the university environment 

Speaker: Dante Jaime Haro Reyes 

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14b (blue amphitheater):
How to deal with irresolvable disagreement in a rational way: the philosophical debate about disagreement and its importance for ombuds 

Speaker: Markus Seethaler

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Time

Session Room 1

Session Room 2

9:00

Poster walk

10:00

Third plenary

“Going from strength to strength!"
Speakers: Jean Grier and Ursula Meiser, plus board members

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11:00

Coffee and networking

11:30

15 (yellow amphitheater):
Stand in someone's shoes

Speakers: Lucie Tesařová, Hana Galiová

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16 (blue amphitheater):
The Ombuds Profession and its Grand Design: Voices from our Partners (roundtable)

Speakers: Josef Leidenfrost, Jean Grier, Guadalupe Barrena, Carolyn Brendon

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12:45

Lunch and networking

13:45

17 (yellow amphitheater):
Crisis Situations at Universities: How (if possible) to prevent extreme campus violence.

Speakers: Brent Epperson, Pavla Špondrová, David Schwartz

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18 (blue amphitheater):
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME: from Rome towards a (European) legal framework

Speaker: Anna-Katharina Rothwangl

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15:00

Coffee and networking

15:30

19 (yellow amphitheater):
Do ombuds investigations have the potential to improve graduate supervision?

Speakers: Brent Epperson, Heather McGhee Peggs, Julie Boncompain

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20 (blue amphitheater):
Ombudspersons' institutions throughout European Higher Education Area.  Presentation and panel discussion of data analysis focusing on the existence and ways of implementing the (student) ombudspersons’ office in EHEA countries

Speakers: Jaroslav Šotola, Jorge António Ribeiro Pereira

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16:45

Short break

17:00

Plenary farewell

17:30

Social event: Tour to Serra da Estrela