{"id":93997,"date":"2025-05-28T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T11:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/aktuality\/zastupcovia-upjs-na-konferencii-aurora-v-parizi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:26:05","slug":"upjs-representatives-at-the-aurora-conference-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"cpt_aktuality","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/en\/actualities\/upjs-representatives-at-the-aurora-conference-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"UPJ\u0160 representatives at the Aurora Conference in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From 19 to 22 May 2025, representatives of Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice attended the Aurora Annual Conference 2025<\/strong>, which took place at the Universit\u00e9 Paris-Est Cr\u00e9teil (UPEC) in France<\/strong>. The conference brought together academics, students, experts and leaders from member universities of the Aurora Alliance to discuss the future of higher education, research, sustainability, and social impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university was represented by doc. Ing. Silvia Ru\u010dinsk\u00e1, PhD.<\/strong>, Vice-Rector for Internationalization, and prof. PaedDr. Martin Pek\u00e1r, PhD.<\/strong> from the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, UPJ\u0160 in Ko\u0161ice, as coordinator of Activity 8.2 \u2013 Internationalization at home. During the conference, the Vice-Rector gave a presentation on the activities of UPJ\u0160 in the Aurora Alliance, in which she presented the position of the Aurora Alliance in the strategic management of the university as well as specific activities of the university implemented since the beginning of UPJ\u0160’s membership in the Aurora Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student representatives Simona Gibalov\u00e1 (Faculty of Medicine, UPJ\u0160)<\/strong> and Ing. Michaela Luka\u010d\u00ednov\u00e1 (Faculty of Public Administration, UPJ\u0160) <\/strong>participated as members of the Aurora Student Council. Simona Gibalov\u00e1 also spoke during the plenary session on the topic of “Empowering Voices: Advocating for Students’ Rights Across Europe” and subsequently participated in a roundtable discussion on the topic of “University of Tomorrow”.<\/p>\n\n\n