Conference „The Impact of Digitisation on Internationalisation“ (23-24 March 2021)
The current pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for international cooperation, exchange and mobility but at the same time accelerates the digitalization in various parts of our professional and private lives. Both developments are important to science and higher education and can be used as an opportunity to form new sustainable approaches that use digitalization to improve internationalization at universities.
Therefore, on 23 to 24 March 2021, the University of Göttingen and the University of Tartu, with support from the ENLIGHT partners, hosted a virtual conference on the topic of „The Impact of Digitisation on Internationalisation: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future of Universities”.
The keynote speech was delivered by Sophia Eriksson-Waterschoot, EU-director for Youth, Education and Erasmus+. She is only one of the many high-profile speakers who contributed to the conference. The list of speakers also included Björn Thümler, Minister for Science and Culture for the State of Lower Saxony as well as Prof. Joybrato Mukherjee, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Both participated in a panel discussion on „Digital Competences in Education and Internationalisation“ on the first day of the conference.
On the second day, various workshops that focused on topics like the connection of digitalisation and sustainability or artificial intelligence were co-hosted by experts from both universities. In a student session, student representatives from all ENLIGHT partners discussed the matter of digital education from their point of view as a preparation for the following panel discussion on the challenges and perspectives of the digital campus of ENLIGHT.
The conference was also the kick-off event of the annual month-long festivities of the „German – Estonian Spring“ that is organised by the German Embassy and Goethe Institute in Estonia in order to celebrate the cooperation and friendship between the two countries. The ties between the University of Göttingen and the University of Tartu are strong and steady and are fostered through the sustainable cooperation within the ENLIGHT network.
Recordings of the sessions are published on https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/638857.html
Contact:
Marco Lange
International Office
Phone: +49 551/39 21356
Email: marco.lange@zvw.uni-goettingen.de