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Conference biographies

 

Opening Keynote Speakers

• Professor José Mariano Gago, Laboratory for Experimental High Energy Physics and Associated Instrumentation (LIP), Former Minister of Science and Technology, Information Society and Higher Education of Portugal
• Professor John Sexton, President, New York University, New York, U.S.

 

Plenary: Keynote Speakers, Panellists and Moderators

• Phil Baty, Editor, Times Higher Education, UK
• Baroness Sal Brinton, House of Lords, United Kingdom
• Prof. Dr. Gokhan Cetinsaya, President, the Council of Higher Education, Turkey
• Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Vice Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology and Chair of the IMHE Governing Board, Australia
• Steve Egan, Deputy Chief Executive and Director, HEFCE, UK
• Dr. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education, OECD
• Dr. Outi Kallioinen, President, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Doug Lederman, Editor and Founder of Inside Higher Ed.
• Dr. Gaston Tadeo Melo Medina, Executive President of EVAC and Adviser to the President of Grupo Televisa, Mexico
• Professor Pascal Morand, Director, The Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness, ESCP Europe, France
• Prof. Maria Helena Nazaré, President of the European University Association (EUA)
• Dr Carol Nicoll, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA, Australia
• Åsa Petri, Deputy Director, International Secretariat, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden
• Edgar A. Porter, Pro Vice President for International Affairs and Faculty Development, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
• Deborah Roseveare, Head of the Skills Beyond School Division, Directorate for Education, OECD
• Professor Indira Samarasekera, President, University of Alberta, Canada
• Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to OECD’s Secretary-General
• Natalia Tikhomirova, Rector of Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), Russian Federation
• Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• Dr. Imma Tubella i Casadevall, President, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain
• Dr. Žiga Turk, Minister, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Republic of Slovenia
• Ms. Karina Ufert, Chairperson, European Students’ Union
• Ms. Nolitha Vukuza-Linda, Minister - Higher Education and Training Attaché, South Africa

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Speakers for the parallel sessions and research forums

please consult the detailed Conference programme and Conference abstracts