Agenda

October 10, 2021

7:00-7:05am EDT

Welcome | Eithne Treanor MC

7:10-7:25am EDT

Keynote | H.E. Amr Salama, Secretary General, Association of Arab Universities

7:30-8:25am EDT

Panel: Reimagining Higher Education

The pandemic has changed every aspect of higher education. As we start the new academic year all over the world, is higher education at a crossroads? From institutional responses to COVID-19, to where things stand today, what are the learnings, and do we see any potential long-term trends in a post-pandemic higher education ecosystem? Let us re-imagine education! But we must ask: In what context? What parameters?

Lilac Alsafadi, President, Saudi Electronic University
Riyad Y. Hamzah, President, University of Bahrain
Robert Mauro, Director GLI, Boston College
Milena Rubel, Faculty, Harvard University

Moderator: Duleep Deosthale

8:30-9:25am EDT

Panel: How do we build a post-Covid recruitment strategy?

Institutions can no longer rely on traditional models of student engagement and recruitment - an altered landscape of higher education requires fresh and innovative approaches. Panelists will discuss how to balance social media, tech tools, and platforms. and conventional channels for a balanced approach to recruitment.

Rosalind Raby, Director, California Colleges for International Education
Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, Vice Provost for Internationalization, University of Denver
Ali Shuhaimy, Executive Director of Enrollment Management, American University of Sharjah, UAE
John Wilkerson, Interim Associate Vice President, International Services, Indiana University

Moderator: Mac McClelland, Professor, Hult International Business School

9:30-10:25am EDT

Panel: Post Covid Trends and Academic Programs

As the employment and career landscape changes in the US and globally, will there be a sudden demand in STEM disciplines with an emphasis on all technology-related areas? Will health-related majors take a giant leap forward? What does this mean for the humanities and social sciences? What will educators and institutions need to better prepare students for this altered landscape?

This session will explore real-world trends and their impact on academic programs.

Lourdes Andrade, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Stanford University
Amina Al Hajri, Director General, OIC
Catherine Hill, Dean of School of Education, American University in Dubai

Moderator: David Lock, Secretary-General, Magna Charta

10:30am-12:00pm EDT

Workshop: Design Thinking Toolkit

Join Stanford d.school coaches for an immersive workshop on the power of empathy, and its relation to the human-centered classroom.

Calvin Mays and Bill Pacheco, Stanford University

October 11, 2021

7:00-7:55am EDT

Panel: New models of mobility: Virtual exchange programs, hybrid learning, and other modalities

The changes in tertiary education over the past decade, and especially due to the pandemic, call for new models of international engagement that go beyond the traditional student and scholar mobility. This session will explore both the feasibility and the effectiveness of these alternative approaches.

Nancy Gleason, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, NYU Abu Dhabi
Hugh Martin, Registrar and CAO, British University in Dubai
Phil Noble, Founder, World Class Scholars, Fellow, Harvard University

Moderator: Yusra Mouzughi, President, Royal University for Women Bahrain

8:00-8:55am EDT

Panel: A Global Education for All: Ensuring access and inclusion

Student mobility and access to a global education has always been somewhat of an elite phenomenon. The pandemic has led to greater economic inequality globally, sharpening the divide between those who are able to access such opportunities. Against this backdrop, this panel will address fundamental issues of access and inclusion in global education; cost-effective strategies for internationalizing; while also focusing on the intersections of social justice with higher education opportunities.

Maryam Mohiuddin Ahmed, Founder and Director, Social Innovation Lab
Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, Times Higher Education
Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner, Faculty, Cornell University
Adel El-Zaim, VP for Research Creation, Partnership, and Internationalization, University of Quebec at Outaouais

Moderator: Rajika Bhandari

9:00-9:55am EDT

Panel: The NEW future and the employment Imperative: Effectively aligning student interest, industry needs, and university programs

What is the value of education in preparing students for the future? How can colleges and universities better prepare students for the workforce? This panel will represent diverse perspectives from academics and industry to address the responsibility of educators and institutions to help students become employable and career-ready.

Liesl Riddle, Vice Dean for Strategy, George Washington School of Business
Matthew Shank, President, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, President Emeritus, Marymount University
Abhilasha Singh, Vice President for Academic Affairs, American University in the Emirates
Stephen Harrison-Mirfield, COO, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Moderator: Cameron Mirza

10:00-10:55am EDT

Panel: Leveraging the power of technology for education: Are we there yet?

Within a matter of weeks Covid-19 replaced classroom instruction with virtual learning. As institutions hurriedly adapted and adopted, the verdict is still not out on what works and does not work when it comes to using technology. However, there have been a number of innovations and this has led to creative approaches on how education might look in the future. 

This session explores what does this all mean to how learning has taken shape during a period of disruption and how best to leverage technology for the future.

Naser Zaeri, VP, Arab Open University, Kuwait
Shelly Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient
Kholoud Khateeb, Faculty, Effat University
Amal Bukhari, Faculty, University of Jeddah

Moderator: Orlando Kelm, University of Texas at Austin

11:00-11:25am EDT

Closing Keynote | The Road Ahead for Higher Education

Jamil Salmi, Global Tertiary Education Expert, in an engaging Q&A with Eithne Treanor

11:25-11:30am EDT

Thank You | Eithne Treanor MC

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