COLOURS Conference Panel 2025 Reflections on the Future of our Alliance
Date: 11 December 2025
Time: 13:30–15:00
Facilitation: Annette Klinkert, COLOURS Managing Director
13.30-13:45 Opening Input: Key Outcomes of the COLOURS Future Robustness Study
- Alena-Marie Tusek, Paderborn University, Germany
13.45-14:15 Panel 1 — “Future Collaboration and Innovation Across Regions”
- Heike Trautmann, COLOURS President, Paderborn University (Germany)
- Delphine Letort, President, Le Mans Université (France)
- Håkan Pihl, Vice Chancellor, HKR (Sweden)
- Piergiorgio Mazzotti, Student Vice President, University of Ferrara (Italy)
- Marcin Sosnowski, Prorector, Jan Dlugosz University (Poland)
- Sonja Vila, Delegate of the Rector, UNIOS, Croatia
14:15–14:45 Panel 2 — “Strategic Pathways and Long-Term Positioning of COLOURS”
- Sandrine Labory, Delegate of the Rector, University of Ferrara (Italy)
- Igor Nedelkovski, Rector, Univ. “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Bitola (North Macedonia)
- Andris Vaivads, Rector, Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)
- Raúl Martín, Vice Chancellor, UCLM (Spain)
- Richard Holliman, Professor of Engaged Research, The Open University (UK)
14:45–15:00 Joint Closing Session — Insights & Future Outlook
- Key takeaways from both panels
- Reflections on long-term Alliance direction
- Open discussion with participants. Closing remarks
The list of panelists may be subject to change.