17th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION (I.C.H.E.)

                              " Fundraising for Universities"

                               August 26-28. 2004, Luxemburg

                               C o n f e r e n c e    P r o g r a m

 Thursday, August 26, 2004 (Neumuenster Abbey)

14.30       I.C.H.E. Steering Committee meeting

                Salle de Conseil (Reception Hall Building of Neumuenster Abbey)

16.30       Opening Session (Theater Hall - Salle Krieps - Neumuenster Abbey)

                Welcome Addresses

                 - Acting Rector of the University of Luxemburg, Professor J.-P. Lehners

                 - Chancellor em. of the University of Trier, Ignaz Bender              

                 - Prime Minister of Luxemburg, Jean-Claude Juncker

                Keynote Address: "Higher Educational Revenue Diversification through

        Philantrophy: International  Perspectives" 

        Dr. D. Bruce Johnstone, University Professor for Higher and Comparative

                Education, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, former

                Chancellor of the SUNY system (500.000 students)

                Discussion

18.30       Reception hosted by the Government of Luxemburg

Friday, August 27, 2004 (Hotel Parc-Belle-Vue)

 9.30        Keynote Address  "Fundraising for public and private universities"

                Dr. Marita Haibach, Managing Director of Brakeley Ltd., Wiesbaden /

                Germany                                           

                Discussion

11.00       Contributed Paper session      

               - Pablo Javier Zardini, Buenos Aires, Argentina

                "The international fundraising campaign in Latin America"

               - Rector Professor Paulo Speller, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brasil

                 "The challenge of fundraising at state universities in the Brasilien

                 Amazon region"

               - Assist. Director Adedayo Idowu, University of Agriculture, Lagos, Nigeria

                 "Effects of poverty on higher education in Africa"

               - Chancellor em. Ignaz Bender, University of Trier, Germany

                 "Start of a task force "Fundraising for German universities"

12.30        Lunch

14.30        Keynote Address "Successful Fundraising for Universities-a                  Northamerican-European Comparison"

                 Professor D. Duncan Rice, Principal and Vice-Chancellor

                 University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

                 Discussion

16.00        Contributed paper session               

                 - Professor Kameshwar Pd. Singh, Ranchi College, India

                  "Fundraising in the Universities of India

                - PhD student Souvakon Jumphongsri, Ranchi University, India

                  "Growth of higher education and fundraising for universities in

                  Thailand"

                - Director Clive Matthewson, University of Otago, New Zealand

                   "Lessons from the commencement of university fundraising in

                   New Zealand"

19.00         Gala Dinner (Salle Marie-Therese of the Hotel Parc-Belle-Vue)

Saturday, 28 August 2004

10.00        Contributed paper session    

                  Professor Henry Wasser, City University New York, Graduate Center             

                  "Public-Private Dynamics in Higher Education"

                  President Abdolrahim Naverhebrahim, Damghan University, Iran

                  "University Budget Deficit and the Wastage Costs of Courses Failed"

                  Case Study

11.00      Summing up of the contributed paper sessions 

12.00      Closing Session

13.00      Lunch.