NUAS Program for Leaders in Administration

Jón Atli Benediktsson 

Professor Jón Atli Benediktsson was elected Rector of the University of Iceland and President of the Governing Council in July 2015.  Jón Atli Benediktsson was a professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iceland and the Pro-Rector for Science and Academic Affairs before taking office and had held several administrative positions within the university. 

Professor Benediktsson earned his Ph.D. in 1990 from Purdue University in Indiana, USA. His research focuses on remote sensing, image analysis, signal processing, and biomedical engineering. He has authored and co-authored over 400 research papers and book chapters. He is a fellow of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (2004) and a fellow of SPIE (2013). He is recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2018 and has received numerous awards for his research and scientific papers, including the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society’s Highest Impact Paper Award (2013). From 2003 to 2008, Jón Atli was the editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. He is currently a senior editor of IEEE’s flagship journal, Proceedings of IEEE. He served as President of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society from 2011 to 2012. He has been a member of the IEEE Fellow Committee since 2014. 

Professor Benediktsson is a co-founder of Oxymap, a start-up company that has developed equipment and software for the diagnosis of eye disease using digital image analysis. Professor Benediktsson has served on Iceland’s Science and Technology Policy Council from 2003-to 2005 and since 2012. He is the Chair of the Icelandic Rectors’ Conference and a member of the European University Association’s council. 

Satu Teerikangas 

Dr. Satu Teerikangas is a Professor of Management and Organization at Turku School of Economics as well as an Honorary Professor at University College London. Satu’s research centres on the management of strategic change, a research theme set at the frontiers of strategic management, organization theory and organization development. Her focus in the study of strategic change centres on the management of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and sustainability transitions. 

Steinunn Gestsdóttir 

Steinunn Gestsdóttir is a Pro-rector of Academic Affairs and Development, and a Professor of Psychology, at the University of Iceland. She responsible for the implementation of the University’s strategy, as well as being responsible for the academic programs of the University. Her research focuses on the development and role of self-regulation in supporting healthy development in childhood and adolescence. 

Tore Tungodden 

Tore Tungodden is an assistant university director at the University of Bergen, Norway. He has held various leading administrative positions at the university, at the department and faculty level, and in the research institute. He is currently leading the steering group of UiB Tjenesteutvikling, an institutional project which focuses on cultural hacking and design thinking in nudging the university administration to become more flexible and user oriented in developing new services for staff and students. Tungodden is also a board member in the clusters Media Innovation Norway and Finance Innovation on behalf of the University of Bergen and chairman of the board of the national university newspaper Khrono. 

Berit Kollberg Rossiné  

Berit Kolberg Rossiné is the communications director at the University of Oslo. Previously, she has been communications director at the Norwegian Directorate of Health, where she has also worked with crisis communication, digitalisation, and health campaigns in areas such as tobacco, mental health, stroke, and alcohol. She is concerned with using communication as a strategic tool to achieve goals – whether you’re about getting people to quit smoking, recruiting students, or facilitating communication at a university. She will address the challenges and joys of working with strategic communication at a university. 

Marianne Granfelt 

Marianne Granfelt obtained her PhD in Physical Chemistry from Lund University. She taught at Universities in Sweden and Australia where she was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of South Australia, in Adelaide. Coming back to Sweden she held a lecturing position and later a position as Head of Administration at Linköping University. This was followed by a position as University Director of Lund University. She was the Secretary General of the Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF) between 2012 and 2016. 

Since 2016 Marianne has worked as a consultant to several Swedish universities and the European Commission. Marianne Granfelt has been a member of the board of the International Association of Universities (IAU) and of the Nordic University Association (NUS). 

Søren Barlebo Rasmussen 

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REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED!

Thank you for your interest in the event. Due to high participation, registration for the 2022 NUAS Faculty Administration Workshop has been closed!

Early Bird Registration Fee 
ISK 83.000
Until May 1, 2022 

Standard Registration Fee
 ISK 95.000
After May 1, 2022  

Included in Registration Fees
Refreshments during breaks, lunches both workshop days, workshop dinner and social event. 

Please note 
There are 60 seats available – first come, first serve. The workshop is meant for member institutions only.