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CREATED:20251017T083933
SUMMARY:The 1st ACE²-EU Annual Congress
LOCATION:Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (Germany)
DESCRIPTION:\nThe 1st ACE²-EU Annual Congress marks a pivotal milestone in the ACE²-EU 
 Alliance’s journey toward establishing a legally recognised European higher
  education inter-university campus, one with European and global reach, rep
 utation, and impact, focused on Addressing Future Challenges and Delivering
  Sustainable Societal Transformation Today.\nThis landmark event serves as 
 a strategic convergence point where the Alliance’s Applied, Connected, Entr
 epreneurial, and Engaged (ACE²) approach comes to life. The Congress brings
  together key stakeholders to engage in governance deliberations, student l
 earning programmes, cultural exchanges, stakeholder engagement activities, 
 and to celebrate the collective achievements from the first year of our amb
 itious four-year transformation programme.\nAt its core, the Congress aims 
 to oversee the project’s implementation at the highest strategic level, add
 ressing the Alliance’s mission to equip students, staff, and external partn
 ers with the knowledge, skills, and competencies required to collectively t
 ackle future challenges, from the digital and green transitions to current 
 socio-economic transformations.\nThe event will facilitate in-depth discuss
 ions and strategic decision-making on project implementation, review outcom
 es, and planning priorities. It will also cover administrative and financia
 l governance, communication and dissemination, exploitation activities, and
  frameworks for monitoring, quality assurance, and evaluation.\nEmpowering 
 Students and Celebrating European Identity\nIn parallel with governance act
 ivities, students from all partner universities will participate in Applied
  Blended Challenge (ABC) programmes, developed by the ACE²-EU APP-Factory. 
 These challenge-based learning experiences connect education directly to re
 al-world societal needs and transformation goals.\nAdditionally, the ACE²-E
 U Kaleidoscope Culture Festival will highlight the Alliance’s dedication to
  multiculturalism, inclusion, and intercultural competence, featuring colla
 borative performances and presentations that showcase each partner universi
 ty’s unique cultural identity and contributions to a shared European vision
 .\nThis Congress marks a strategic turning point in the Alliance’s evolutio
 n, from vision to operational reality FOREU4ALL and lays the foundation for
  the Operational Delivery and Development Phase (2025–2029) of the ten-year
  strategy toward European University legal recognition and lasting societal
  impact.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://www.foreu4all.eu/images/Congress_banner_Website.jpeg" 
 alt="Banner of annual congress of the ACE2-EU alliance" width="1600" height
 ="612" /></p><p>The <strong>1st ACE²-EU Annual Congress</strong> marks a pi
 votal milestone in the ACE²-EU Alliance’s journey toward establishing a <st
 rong>legally recognised European higher education inter-university campus</
 strong>, one with European and global reach, reputation, and impact, focuse
 d on <strong>Addressing Future Challenges and Delivering Sustainable Societ
 al Transformation Today</strong>.</p><p>This landmark event serves as a <st
 rong>strategic convergence point</strong> where the Alliance’s <strong>Appl
 ied, Connected, Entrepreneurial, and Engaged (ACE²)</strong> approach comes
  to life. The Congress brings together key stakeholders to engage in <stron
 g>governance deliberations, student learning programmes, cultural exchanges
 , stakeholder engagement activities</strong>, and to <strong>celebrate the 
 collective achievements</strong> from the first year of our ambitious four-
 year transformation programme.</p><p>At its core, the Congress aims to <str
 ong>oversee the project’s implementation at the highest strategic level</st
 rong>, addressing the Alliance’s mission to equip students, staff, and exte
 rnal partners with the <strong>knowledge, skills, and competencies</strong>
  required to collectively tackle future challenges, from the <strong>digita
 l and green transitions</strong> to current socio-economic transformations.
 </p><p>The event will facilitate in-depth discussions and strategic decisio
 n-making on project implementation, review outcomes, and planning prioritie
 s. It will also cover <strong>administrative and financial governance, comm
 unication and dissemination, exploitation activities</strong>, and framewor
 ks for <strong>monitoring, quality assurance, and evaluation</strong>.</p><
 p><strong>Empowering Students and Celebrating European Identity</strong></p
 ><p>In parallel with governance activities, <strong>students from all partn
 er universities</strong> will participate in <strong>Applied Blended Challe
 nge (ABC) programmes</strong>, developed by the <strong>ACE²-EU APP-Factory
 </strong>. These challenge-based learning experiences connect education dir
 ectly to real-world societal needs and transformation goals.</p><p>Addition
 ally, the <strong>ACE²-EU Kaleidoscope Culture Festival</strong> will highl
 ight the Alliance’s dedication to <strong>multiculturalism, inclusion, and 
 intercultural competence</strong>, featuring collaborative performances and
  presentations that showcase each partner university’s <strong>unique cultu
 ral identity</strong> and contributions to a shared European vision.</p><p>
 This Congress marks a <strong>strategic turning point</strong> in the Allia
 nce’s evolution, from vision to operational reality FOREU4ALL and lays the 
 foundation for the <strong>Operational Delivery and Development Phase (2025
 –2029)</strong> of the ten-year strategy toward <strong>European University
  legal recognition and lasting societal impact</strong>.</p>
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251025
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