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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 – 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 |
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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 |
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 |
In presence in Leuven and streamed for online audience
Chamber Music Hall |
13:00 | Share your food and drinks | Entrance Hall |