Draft Agenda Online – 33rd ENIC-NARIC Joint Meeting

DRAFT AGENDA

33^rd Annual Joint Meeting of the ENIC-NARIC Networks 24-26 May 2026 Athens, Greece

09:00-14.30 SOCIAL ACTIVITY – Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion

17:00-17:30 REGISTRATION – Acropolis Museum, Auditorium “Dimitrios Pantermalis”, Dionysiou Areopagitou 15, Athens

17:30-18:30 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ACADEMIC RECOGNITION IN GREECE

18:30-22:00 SOCIAL PROGRAMME AND WELCOME RECEPTION

Guided tour of the Acropolis museum, followed by a guided walk to Aigli Zappeiou (Zappeion Garden) for networking activities and welcome cocktail.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, (364 Andrea Syggrou Ave. Kallithea), The Lighthouse

09:00-09:30 REGISTRATION

09:30-09:45 ITEM 1: WELCOME ADDRESSES

Professor Nikos Papaioannou, Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports (TBC)
Professor Orestis Kalogirou, President of the Board, DOATAP
Vasiliki Athanasopoulou, Head of the General Directorate, DOATAP

09:45-10:00 ITEM 2: OPENING REMARKS AND ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

10:00-10:45 ITEM 3: KEYNOTE SPEECH

“Artificial and Human Intelligence, and the difference between perception and authenticity” by Professor Phil Newton, Swansea University

10:45-11:05 ITEM 4: NEWS FROM THE …

11:05-11:15 ITEM 5: JOINT ENIC/NARIC CHARTER OF ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

11:15-11:45 HEALTH BREAK (by the Lighthouse)

11:45-13:15 ITEM 6: WORKSHOPS ROUND 1*

1: AI & Education Fraud: Opportunities and Threats
2: Education as a Migration Pathway: Crises, Policies, and Recognition Challenges in International Student Mobility
3: Making progress on (automatic) recognition in school education and VET
4: Sharing is caring. Information exchange as catalyst for quality recognition?

13:15-14:30 LUNCH (by the Lighthouse)

14:30-16:00 ITEM 7: WORKSHOPS ROUND 2*

1: Join to collaborate – the Lisbon Recognition Convention Committee Bureau Workplan ‘25 – ‘28
2: Building a Unified European Digital Recognition Ecosystem: Interoperability, Authenticity and Cross-Border Trust
3: Towards a common European framework for the automatic recognition of study qualifications and learning periods abroad in school, VET and higher education
4: Strengthening recognition of vocational qualifications within ENIC-NARIC: towards a dedicated network and shared practices

16:00-16:20 HEALTH BREAK (by the Lighthouse)

16:20-17:00 ITEM 8: SHAPING TOMORROW’S RECOGNITION PRACTICES

17:00-17:10 WRAP UP DAY 1

19:30-23:00 SOCIAL PROGRAMME AND OFFICIAL DINNER – Ble Pavillon (70 Poseidonos Ave., Alimos)

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, (364 Andrea Syggrou Ave. Kallithea), The Lighthouse

08:30-09.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE (The Lighthouse)

09:00-10:30 ITEM 9: WORKSHOPS ROUND 3

1: Artificial Intelligence and recognition of qualifications
2: Quality Assurance Across the Recognition Process: Managing Complex and High-Risk Cases
3: Automatic recognition of qualifications in Europe, where do we stand now?
4: Towards a Common Approach to the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications Giving Access to Higher Education

10:30-11:00 HEALTH BREAK

11:00-12:15 ITEM 10: RECOPOLIS: BUILDING THE FUTURE OF RECOGNITION

12:15-12:30 ITEM 11: CLOSING PLENARY

12:30 LUNCH BOX