Inter-American Organization for Higher Education

Inauguration and Keynote Address – October 19

A unique opportunity to listen to and exchange with one of the global references on sustainable development and raise awareness on the importance and urgency of building a global community of knowledge to accelerate institutional collaborations and advance solutions to our shared challenges while securing inclusion and equitable participation, promoting development and guaranteeing long-term sustainability.

Click here to listen to Prof. Sachs’ Inaugural Address.

Speaker

Jeffrey Sachs – Director of the Center for Sustainable Development and United Nations SDG Advocate. Columbia University, United States.

 

Plenary Session – October 20

Charting the Future of Higher Education: Perspectives from International & Multilateral Organizations

This plenary session brings a panel of leaders from world-class research institutions, from 3 different countries in the Americas, to share their perspective on the most important challenges facing higher education today and their vision on how their institutions build upon their research and academic activities to motivate transnational collaborations and partnerships to address the most pressing challenges of our time.

Speakers

Juan Eduardo Vargas, Deputy Secretary for Higher Education, Min. of Education. Deputy Secretary for Higher Education, Min. of Education.

Francesc Pedró, Director, Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe (UNESCO IESALC), Venezuela

Anne Posthuma, Director, Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (ILO/Cinterfor), Uruguay

Jesús Giacoman, Director, Departamento de Desarrollo Humano, Educación y Empleo, Estados Unidos.

 

Plenary Session –  October 21

Engaging Higher Education to Address our Global Challenges

This plenary session brings a panel of leaders from world-class research institutions, from 3 different countries in the Americas, to share their perspective on the most important challenges facing higher education today and their vision on how their institutions build upon their research and academic activities to motivate transnational collaborations and partnerships to address the most pressing challenges of our time.

Speakers

Sophie D’Amours, Rectrice, Université Laval, Canada.

Denise Pires de Carvalho, Reitora, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) & Talloires Network representative for Latin America, Brasil.

Ennio Vivaldi, Rector, Universidad de Chile, Chile.

David Julien, Executive Director, Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAEI) & Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI-IOHE), Canada.

 

Plenary Session – October 22

Chart the Future: International Education for the Americas

This Plenary Session gathers a group of renowned academics and higher-education specialists from diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds to share their perspective on the most important challenges facing higher education and international education in the Americas and their vision on the ways in which our institutions can make transcendent contributions for the betterment of society.

Speakers

Hans de Wit, Distinguished Fellow and Former Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Netherlands.

Andrés Bernasconi, Director, Centro de Estudios Avanzados sobre Justicia Educacional (CJE), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), Chile.

Fanta Aw, Vice President of Campus Life & Inclusive Excellence, American University, Estados Unidos.

Oscar Garrido, Rector, Universidad de Los Lagos y President OUI-IOHE, Chile.

October 19

Education for Sustainable Development: Engaging Higher Education

Our global community faces urgent challenges that condition and may compromise our future. Solutions have been identified but their successful implementation undoubtedly relies on the active involvement of higher education institutions. Building a global community of knowledge would provide us with a platform from which to facilitate exchanges and articulate shared solutions to our greatest challenges. In this session we will learn how highly engaged institutions have adopted the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and are working within their communities to promote development and guarantee long-term sustainability.

Speakers

Josep Vilalta, Director, Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI) & Executive Secretary, Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP), España.

Brigitte Baptiste, Rector, Universidad EAN, Colombia.

Eduardo Hebel, Weiss, rector, Universidad de La Frontera, Chile.

 

October 20

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. A new compact for higher education.

During this Panel, leaders from different regions of the continent will address the urgency and importance of transforming social structures and educational systems that affect vulnerable and disadvantaged populations to secure an inclusive and equitable access to higher education. Members of this panel will draw from their own institutional programs and initiatives to provide evidence of the ways in which higher-education institutions, governments and society at large can articulate inclusive and participatory solutions to our most pressing social challenges.

Speakers

Daniel Quilaqueo, Director, Centro de Investigación en Educación en Contexto Indígena e Intercultural, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile.

Wayne Frederick, President, Howard University, Estados Unidos.

Cecilia Paredes, Rectora, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador.

Myrna Cunningham, Presidente del Consejo Ejecutivo, Fondo para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (FILAC), Nicaragua.

 

Technical, Professional and Vocational Training: Skills for the Future

During this Panel representatives from different regions of the continent, leaders in the technical and professional training sectors, will shed light on the ways that their organizations and the institutions they represent are responding to the changing demands of the workplace and adapting to offer pertinent training and educational experiences. Special attention will be given to those collaborative initiatives resulting in meaningful, broad-based partnerships.

Speakers

Juan Pablo Guzmán, Rector, Instituto Profesional y Centro de Formación Técnica (IPCFT) Santo Tomás y Presidente, Vertebral, Chile

Denise Amyot, President & CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), Canada.

Federico Zaragoza, President, College of Southern Nevada (CSN) & Vicepresident, USA Region OUI-IOHE, Estados Unidos.

Jefferson Manhães de Azevedo, President, Instituto Federal Fluminense (IFF) & Vice- President of Institutional Relations, National Council for the Federal Network of Vocational, Scientific and Technological Education, Brasil.

 

October 21

The evolving landscape of international education: A global conversation.

During this round table, representatives from international education associations from different corners of the world, will update participants on how different countries and regions of the world see the evolving landscape of international education and are in consequence adapting their institutional, national and regional internationalization strategies.

Speakers

Gerardo Blanco, Associate Professor and Academic Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Estados Unidos.

Anoek van den Berg, Director of International and Interinstitutional Relations, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) & President, Internationalization Commission, CRUCH, Chile.

Larissa Bezo, President & CEO, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), Canada.

Scott Venezia, Dean for International Affairs, CETYS University System, México.