Programme – EUNIS25 Congress

Programme

The EUNIS 2025 Congress offers a rich and varied programme designed to inspire, connect, and inform professionals driving digital transformation in higher education. Each day combines keynotes, engaging panel discussions, and parallel sessions featuring insights from across Europe and beyond.

Main tracks & themes

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08:00 AM - 10:00 AM

McCracken Foyer

Registration

09:15 AM - 01:00 PM

Jordanstown - BC-03-104A

Pre-conference | Enterprise Architecture | Practitioner / Intermediate Session (open to all)

Esa Suominen Patrik Maltusch

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Pre-conference | Learning Technology | Introductory kick-off SIG Learning Technology

Gill Ferrell Thierry Koscielniak

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Pre-conference | Open Science | Kick-off event for the EUNIS Open Science

Laurents Sesink Michael Anger

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Clifton Suite - BC-03-104

Pre-conference | Information Security | Standardisation: Implementation & Certification – effort, experiences and results

Asbjørn Reglund Thorsen Thorsten Küfer

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Atrium

Coffee Break

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Lunch

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM

VP Studio

Pre-conference | Creative Technologies Workshop

Frank Lyons MBE, Ulster University

02:15 PM - 05:15 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Pre-conference | AI for Good (?)

Bianca de Teffé Erb Cal Innes John Magnus Furseth Kallevik Laura Ferri

02:15 PM - 05:15 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Pre-conference | Mobility & Digital Credentials | Semantic interoperability

Colin Tück Lluís Alfons Ariño Martin Zahra Farzadian

02:15 PM - 05:15 PM

Clifton Suite - BC-03-104

Pre-conference | Information Security | A Hands On AI Prompting Workshop – Unlock the power of AI

Asbjørn Reglund Thorsen Matija Puzar

02:15 PM - 05:15 PM

Jordanstown - BC-03-104A

Pre-conference | Enterprise Architecture | Practitioner / Intermediate Session (open to all)

Esa Suominen Patrik Maltusch

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Atrium

Coffee Break

06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

McCracken Foyer

Welcome reception
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

McCracken Foyer

Registration

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM

Auditorium

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Cathy Gormley-Heenan, Provost Ulster University Duncan Morrow, Ulster University Evelien Renders Frank Lyons MBE, Ulster University James McLaughlin, Ulster University

09:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Auditorium

Morning Keynote | Is Hybrid Intelligence the Future?

Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Move time

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Cathedral

European Alliances Herm 1

Catrin Karling Johan Flid Fridell John Mayall Ludmila Ziediņa Sarah Smith

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Ulster - BC-03-115

HE Digital Transformation (Part 1)

Andreas Hartmann Jim Nottingham Raimund Vogl

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Connecting Open Science

Anna Pacholak Natalia Manola

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Belfast

Digital Credentials for Education

Peter Leijnse Viivi Pelanteri

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Auditorium

Digital Healthcare

Florian Thieringer James McLaughlin, Ulster University

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Atrium

Coffee Break & Exhibition

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

HE Digital Transformation (Part 2)

Konstantinos Tsimpanis Oonagh Kelly Simon Whittemore

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Auditorium

Digital Healthcare

Anthony G Gallagher Michael Schmidts Raymond Bond

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Belfast

AI in HE

Antti Mäki Hanna-Mari Puuska Joaquim Campuzano Puntí Juan Antonio Martínez-Carrascal Malte Dreyer

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Cathedral

Business Systems for HE

Bruno Vranić Matija Kranjčina Nadža Milanović Terezia Kvasnicova Galovicova Zvonko Martinović

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Smart & Reliable Research-Systems

Abdelaziz Bouras Filipe Pessoa Lars Michel Maria Bylina

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Atrium

Lunch & Meet our Partners in the Exhibition

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM

Auditorium

Afternoon Keynote | Professor Frank Lyons MBE | Leave No One Behind

Frank Lyons MBE, Ulster University

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM

Move time

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Human Factor in Cybersecurity

Andrea Scordino Harald Gilch

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

Auditorium

Digital Healthcare

Georgios Roussos James McLaughlin, Ulster University Kirsten Heiss Michael Schmidts Paul Beaney

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

Belfast

Inclusive and Sustainable AI

Biagio Di Liberto Laura Ferri

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

Cathedral

Semantic Ontologies 4 EAM

Markus von der Heyde

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Optimizing Cloud Usage

Marius Politze Simone Piunno Tom Turner Wim Graas

03:45 PM - 04:15 PM

Atrium

Coffee Break & Exhibition

04:15 PM - 04:45 PM

Auditorium

Fireside Chat | Digital Rentiership -Janja Komljenovic, Barbara Wasson & Claudia Feiner

Barbara Wasson, University of Bergen Claudia Feiner, AI, IT, WEB 3 & Gaming Consultant Janja Komljenovic, University of Edinburgh

04:45 PM - 05:15 PM

Auditorium

Panel | EUNIS Special Interest Groups

Asbjørn Reglund Thorsen Bonaria Biancu Michael Anger Patrik Maltusch Peter Leijnse Thierry Koscielniak

05:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Auditorium

The Vietsch Foundation & Closing Remarks

Erik Huizer, Vietsch foundation Evelien Renders

07:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Titanic, Belfast

Titanic Museum Tour & Gala Dinner
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

McCracken Foyer

Registration

09:00 AM - 09:05 AM

Auditorium

Opening Remarks day 2

Isabel Gallin

09:05 AM - 09:25 AM

Auditorium

Welcome Keynote by Duncan Morrow

Duncan Morrow, Ulster University

09:25 AM - 10:15 AM

Auditorium

Morning Keynotes | Izabela Grabowska & Claudia Feiner

Claudia Feiner, AI, IT, WEB 3 & Gaming Consultant Izabela Grabowska, Kozminski University in Warsaw

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Move time

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Belfast

Virtual – Interactive – Hybrid

Bernardo Armador Heribert Nacken Thierry Koscielniak

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Auditorium

European University Alliances

Freddy Barstad Michael Anger Ognjen Orel

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

RDM Structures: Local Insights, Shared Impact

Ari Rouvari Bert Zulauf

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Cathedral

Interoperable Identity Solutions

Alexander Loechel Saku Ripatti Simon Lund

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Strategy, Detection and Compliance

Agnethe Sidselrud Roy Dragseth Simone Piunno

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Atrium

Coffee Break & Exhibition

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Digital Transformation and Chatbots

Martin Franzen Simon Birkett Uwe Dierolf

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Belfast

Reuse, Adapt, Immerse

Györgyi Szakmár Hartmut Kulessa Zvonko Martinović

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Research Data Management Collaboration

Marius Politze

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Auditorium

Credentials, EUDIW Infrastructure and Security/Trust

Alexander Jacobs Hermann Strack Lluís Alfons Ariño Martin

11:45 AM - 01:00 PM

Cathedral

EUA Digital Landscape

Alexander Knoth Andreas Hartmann Peter Leijnse Sami Hautakangas

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Atrium

Lunch & Meet our Partners in the Exhibition

02:15 PM - 02:45 PM

Auditorium

Afternoon keynote | Beatrix Busse

Beatrix Busse, University of Cologne

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM

Auditorium

Panel | Architecting the Future of Higher Ed with APIs, data & AI: blueprints from CIOs

Bas Ten Holter Bella Abrams Christa Winqvist Stephen Booth

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM

Auditorium

Panel | CIO/Leadership | The Significance of Trust

Giuliano Pozza Kristina Lillemets Phillip Fischer, University College Dublin Tore Burheim, University of Bergen

03:45 PM - 04:15 PM

Atrium

Coffee Break & Exhibition

04:15 PM - 05:30 PM

Auditorium

EUNIS General Assembly

Evelien Renders

06:15 PM - 09:00 PM

Cathedral Quarter, Belfast

Cathedral Quarter Social Event and BBQ
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM

McCracken Foyer

Registration / Arrival / Luggage Store

09:00 AM - 09:15 AM

Auditorium

Opening Remarks day 3

Thierry Koscielniak

09:15 AM - 09:45 AM

Auditorium

Panel | Wellbeing & AI in Higher Education

Beatrix Busse, University of Cologne Eamon Costello, Dublin City University John O'Brien, EDUCAUSE

09:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Move time

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Cathedral

Learning in small doses

Antti Eväsoja Carmen Díaz Franziska Meinecke Lea Alina Knupper

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Secure Institutional AI

Andrew Stalker Marius Politze Mikko Mäkelä

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Digital Leadership 2025

Bertrand Mocquet Harald Gilch Malte Dreyer Stuart Mclellan

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Belfast

Transforming Global Academia

Angeliki Agorogianni Evelien Renders Georgios Roussos John O'Brien, EDUCAUSE Patrik Maltusch Raimund Vogl Thierry Koscielniak Vlad Petcu

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Auditorium

Student Voice

10:00 AM - 11:45 AM

TBC

Studio Ulster Tour

Frank Lyons MBE, Ulster University

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Atrium

Coffee Break & Exhibition

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Belfast

Hybrid & Immersive 1

Christian Cousquer Evangelos Christopoulos Maité Sylla Marcus Michael Mueller Ron Bakker

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Ulster - BC-03-115

Benchmarking Innovation

Ilkka Siissalo Kirsten Heiss Melissa Mitchell

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Titanic - BC-03-115A

Adopting AI & Analytic tools

Kristian Hentula Loraine Nazaré

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Cathedral

Towards Digital Erasmus

Carmen Díaz Geir Magne Vangen Janina Mincer-Daszkiewicz Tor Fridell

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Auditorium

AI Cost Benefit

Denise Dittrich Hanbit Choi Sander Garland Slinning

12:00 PM - 02:15 PM

Atrium

Grab and go lunch

12:45 PM - 01:00 PM

Auditorium

Collaborative Visual Summary with Delegates & Chairs

01:00 PM - 01:15 PM

Auditorium

Closing remarks | Evelien Renders, President EUNIS Board

Evelien Renders