The 3rd edition of the International Conference & Workshop is a practically oriented event, with the aim of informing the Universities' end-users how to improve their performance, what is the impact of good practices and what are the advantages of long-term strategies. A ranking should be informative and useful and it is important to provide ethical guidance for a correct representation of the overall university and all its missions. Institutional Open Access repositories will be also a hot topic. Attendance is open and free of charge. *International Conference & Workshop on University Web Rankings* Madrid, October 4th, 2011 http://www.webometrics.info/workshop.html The event will take place in the CCHS facilities: Sala Menéndez Pidal (0E18) Centro de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas (CSIC) c/ Albasanz, 26-28 Madrid. Spain Agenda Morning Session (9:30) *Welcome* Prof. Luis Sanz, Director Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CCHS-CSIC). *Global Rankings and a Workshop about personal webpages* Isidro F. Aguillo, Ranking Web of Universities The Cybermetrics Lab, IPP-CCHS-CSIC *Rankings & Rankers: make up versus cultural change* Jorge Serrano Cobos, Consultant academic websites MasMedios Coffe break I*mproving institutional research output dissemination... and international web ranking* Pablo de Castro, Consultant institutional repositories GrandIR *Ranking the research excellence : A new indicator in the SIR* Felix de Moya, Scimago Institutions Ranking Scimago Research Group, IPP-CCHS-CSIC *QS Stars System* Ben Sowter, QS World University Ranking QS Intelligence Unit Afternoon session (16:30) *Meet the Experts* This session is open for previously appointed closed meetings (about 20 min. each) with the speakers for specific requests. . -- =============================== Isidro F. Aguillo, HonPhD The Cybermetrics Lab IPP-CCHS-CSIC Albasanz, 26-28 (3C1) 28037 Madrid. Spain isidro.aguillo @ cchs.csic.es ===============================