Prof. Francisco MICHAVILA-PITARCH
	Member of the Regional Scientific Committee for Europe and North America

Country: Spain Current position: Professor, Applied Mathematics, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Director, UNESCO Chair University management and policy, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain Member, Conseille Scientifique et Pedagogique of the University Leonard de Vinci, Paris, France Director, project on Innovations and Improvements strategies for institutional quality, Universidad Computense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Academic discipline: Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Published in areas of: Critics of universities; Spanish universities and Europe; decentralisation; innovations in management and organisation of universities; university evaluation; future of universities; accreditation; limits of education; priorities and lacks in universities; finances of the universities; the excluding market; European protagonists. Former Secretary-General, Universities Board of Spain; Former Recteur-President Universitat Jaume I, Castellon, Spain; Former President, National Committee European Evaluation project of Universities; Former Member, Council Administration of European Research Center and Advanced Training in scientific calculation; Academy Numerary of the Real Academia de Doctores; Member, Comité de Dirección de la Agencia de Calidad, Acreditación y Prospectiva de las Universidades de Madrid (ACAP), Madrid, Spain; Member, Comissio d’Avaluacio de la Qualitat de l’Agencia per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.