AEC Annual Meeting for International Relations Coordinators

Opening Doors – adopting a more inclusive perspective

LUCA School of Arts, Leuven (Belgium) and online
20 – 23 September 2023

 

Pre-conference Online Sessions

Friday 8 September (online on Zoom)

10:00 – 10:45 CET Online Session for first-time delegates

Opening Doors on the AEC for Newcomers

moderated by Frauke Velghe and Dimitrios Marinos, IRC Working Group

11:00 – 12:00 CET Online Presentation of the AEC strategic document “Rationale, strategy and actions to promote global cooperation in HME” by Sara Primiterra, AEC Projects and Events Manager

 

Online AEC Talk 1 – SEE ABSTRACT

The Global Musician

by Anothai Nitibhon, Vice President, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music and President of SEADOM

moderated by Wei Boon Tan, IRC working group

Wednesday 13 September (online on Zoom)

10:00 – 11:15 CET Online Pre-conference Workshop A – SEE ABSTRACT

Opening doors through the TUNE project: Developing intercultural understanding through blended exchange in traditional/folk music higher education

11:30 – 12:30 CET Online Pre-conference Workshop B – SEE ABSTRACT

Opening doors through Lifelong Learning, by the ARTEMIS Lifelong Learning working group

13:00 – 14:30 CET Online Pre-conference Workshop C – SEE ABSTRACT

 Opening doors through Digitisation, a workshop by the ARTEMIS Digitisation working group

In-presence event at LUCA School of Arts, Leuven (with a selection of streamed sessions)

Wednesday 20 September

14:00 – 18:00

(Coffee break at 16:00, free dinner in town)

Workshop on the new EASY Mobility Online System

n.b. only in presence and not recorded

Room 403

 

 

Thursday 21 September

 9:00 – 9:20  Registration for pre-conference workshop participants Entrance hall
 

 

9:30 – 12:30

Pre-Conference Workshop I – SEE ABSTRACT
IncluMusic: a roadmap towards a more inclusive Higher Music Education
Room 28
Pre-Conference Workshop II – SEE ABSTRACT

Opening Doors on the Future: Imagining art education in 2045, a hands-on workshop by the FAST45 Project

Room 29
12:30 – 13:15 Lunch for pre-conference workshop participants
12:00 Registration open

Refreshments, networking time with musical intermezzo (TBC)

Entrance hall and foyer
13:15 – 14:15 In-presence session for first-time delegates

Opening Doors to Cooperation for Newcomers

moderated by Frauke Velghe and Dimitrios Marinos, IRC working group

Room 403 (in presence)
14:30 – 15:00 Opening Event

Music introduction

Welcome words by

  • Thomas De Baets, Head of Music, LUCA School of Arts
  • Simon Van Damme, General director LUCA School of Arts & Dean Associated Faculty of the Arts KU Leuven
  • Jan-Gerd Krüger, IRC Working Group Chair
  • Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
Chamber Music Hall

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

15:00 – 16:00 AEC Talk 2

Opening Doors through Inclusion 

By Aygül Günaltay-Weyler

moderated by Frauke Velghe, IRC working group

Chamber Music Hall

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

16:00 – 16:30 Networking with Refreshments
16:30 – 17:30 Parallel Session I

  1. Reflection and discussion on Inclusion, panel discussion following up the plenary session with Aygül Günaltay-Weyler, Katrien Foubert (LUCA School of Arts), Kim Fallen Bailey and Jessica Harris (RIAM Dublin, Inclumusic representatives), moderated by Oana Balan and Frauke Velghe, IRC working group
  2. BIPs and short mobilities – examples and exchanges of good practices, with Thomas De Baets and Wim Aerts, moderated by Bart Meuris LUCA School of Arts
  3. Opening global doors – a closer look into KA171 projects and partnerships with third countries, panel discussion with Aino Jalkanen – Sibelius Academy, Milena Osiecka – Academy of Music in Gdansk, Marzia Bagli – Saint Louis College, Rome, moderated by Iveri Kekenadze Gustafsson, IRC working group
  4. Going Green, presentation and discussion on sustainable practices, moderated by the AEC Goes Green working group
  5. Employability: traineeships, best practices and challenges, presentations and moderation by Elsa Ferreira, KC The Hague and Lucia di Cecca, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome, with the participation of Francesco Spina, student representative
 

 

 

  1. Chamber Music Hall (streamed)

 

 

 

  1. 28

 

 

  1. 29

 

 

  1. 208
  2. 210
18:15 Welcome reception at the townhall Townhall (we get there walking all together)

Free evening

 

Friday 22 September

9:30 – 10:30 AEC Talk 3

Music introduction

Artificial Intelligence in Higher Music Education

by Sandrine Desmurs, Thom Gilbert, Enric Guaus, ARTEMIS Digitisation working group

Chamber Music Hall

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

10:30 – 11:30 The New EASY Mobility Online System, presentation on the main updates on the project by Sara Primiterra, EASY Project Manager

Information Forum, short presentations on the projects MUSENSE, FAST45, Early Music Summit, Opera Out of Opera2, on the AEC crowdfunding campaign for Ukrainian HMEI, and other initiatives by AEC members, moderated by Sara Primiterra

Chamber Music Hall

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

11:30 – 12:00 Information Market

Networking with Refreshments

Foyer
12:00 – 13:00 Parallel Session II

1.  Reflection and discussion on Artificial Intelligence,   panel discussion following up the plenary session with the ARTEMIS Digitisation working group

2.  BIPs and short mobilities  – examples and exhanges of good practices, with Thomas De Baets and Wim Aerts, moderated by Bart Meuris LUCA School of Arts

3.  Opening global doors – a closer look into KA171 projects and partnerships with third countries, panel discussion with Aino Jalkanen – Sibelius Academy, Milena Osiecka – Academy of Music in Gdansk, Marzia Bagli – Saint Louis College, Rome, moderated by Iveri Kekenadze Gustafsson, IRC working group

4.  Going Green, presentation and discussion on sustainable practices, moderated by the AEC Goes Green working group

5.  Employability: traineeships, best practices and challenges, presentations and moderation by Elsa Ferreira, KC The Hague and Lucia di Cecca, Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia, Rome, with the participation of Francesco Spina, student representative

  1. Chamber Music Hall (streamed)

 

  1. 28

 

 

  1. 29

 

 

  1. 208
  2. 210
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Cafetaria partly sitting/standing
14:00 – 15:00 Discussion Groups – topics suggested by participants and by the IRC WG

ARTEMIS Safe Space session – moderated by Steven Faber
Internationalization at home – moderated by Melissa Mercadal
Issues related to student mobility: administration, accommodation, language, student life -moderated by Iveri Kekenadze

Issues related to staff mobility: financial challenges, timely communication, administration, quality of applications – moderated by Jan-Gerd Krueger

Issues related to cooperation projects: tips and tricks, financing, project writing, involving teachers moderated by  Frauke Velghe

Issues listed by participants

Rooms: 28, 29 208 210

+ chapel, 9, 10

15:00 – 19:00 Networking Activity

15:00 Group Picture in front of the building

15:30 – 17:30 guided tour in groups

17:15 Singing event at Oude Markt

17:30 – 18:30 Free time

18:30 Walk back to Campus

19:00 Concert Chamber Music Hall
20:00 Dinner Outside/inside in Cafetaria + Foyer

 

Saturday 23 September

9:15 Sustainable walk in the Alexandriaenen Park (in campus)
(10-20-30 minutes paths – maps in Whova)
Meeting point: Outside near the church
10:00 – 11:00 AEC Talk 4

Opening Doors for the Global Musician – Enhancing Intercultural Communication Through Exchanges

by Anothai Nithibon, Vice President, Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music and President of SEADOM
moderated by Deborah Kelleher, AEC President

Chamber Music Hall

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

11:00 – 11:30 Networking with refreshments
11:30 – 12:30 Discussion Groups – reflection on the conference and future topics, moderated by the IRC working group members Rooms: 28, 29 208 210

+ chapel, 9, 10

12:30 – 13:00 Closing Session

Music Introduction

– News from the AEC by Deborah Kelleher, AEC President and Stefan Gies, AEC Chief Executive
– Announcement of the next IRCs Meeting
– Closing Remarks by the Riccardo Ceni, AEC Council Members

In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience

 

Chamber Music Hall

13:00 Share your food and drinks Entrance Hall