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About the event
Middle East Thought Leadership Forum 25th –27thOctober 2021
We would like to invite you to participate in the Middle East Education Thought Leadership Forum 25th to 27th October 2021.
The event will be hosted on the Virtual Platform under the Patronage of the Secretary General of the Association of Arab Universities. In addition to this the VIP guests will include the Ministers of Education of the Arab League and with an expected number of Delegates from 400 universities.
The forum will be led by Ministers of Education and Quality Assurance leaders to help address policies related to online education. The event will help companies reach out to large markets in the Middle East and we will be proposing financial models which will include referral fees, alongside the sponsorship. Middle Eastern students will be invited freely to benefit from virtual learning.
Learn from the leaders
The event will have an extraordinary line up of Saudi / Global policy makers, pioneers in education, and experts in all areas of Recruitments presenting and offering their expertise and insight.
Welcome and Program Objectives Education
David Lock
Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorIntroduction to the Association of Arab Universities and Forum Theme
HE Professor Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama
Secretary General, Association of Arab UniversitiesDissemination of the Use of Modern Technologies in Higher Education
HE Dr. Imran Al-Qaib
Minister of Education and Scientific Research, LibyaDigital Transformation
HE DR. Aawatif Hayar
Minister of Solidarity, Social integration and Family, MoroccoThe Era of Skills
HE. Ahmed Al Thunayan,
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
HE Dr. Abdullah S. Dahlan,
Chairman the University of Business and Technology,Kingdom of SaudiBreak (Network with Others)
Reimagining Education: Education Recovery and Transformation
Robert Jenkins
Director of Education, UNICEF
Shadi Awwad
(ELS-AMM), Elsevier Research Intelligence, Reginal Director
Ahmad Obaidat
CEO of UnihanceSpecializations and Skills for Future Jobs and their Alignment for Development
HE Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, EgyptBreak (Network with Others)
Specialization and Routes to HE: What International Assessment Data tells us about High Performing Education Systems
Moderated by Dr. Hanan Khalifa, Director of Education, Transformation & Impact
Tim Oates CBE,
Group Director of Assessment Research and Development, Cambridge UniversityFiresidechat with
Jeff Maggioncalda
CEO, CourseraBuilding Institutional Capacity for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Dr. Gerry Hanley
Executive Director, Merlot and Skills CommonsBreak (Network with Others)
HE Consultant, formerly World Bank Tertiary Education Co-Ordinator
Dr. Jamil Salmi
Higher Education in the Next Decade: A Global PerspectiveReimagining the Future of Learning and Skill Development
Sheila Jagannathan
Head, Open Learning Campus, World Bank, WashingtonClosing remarks by
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorWelcome and Outline of the day.
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum Moderator24/7 Student Support and the Normalization of Help-seeking
Michael Larsen
Chief Executive Officer, StudiosityEducation, Quality Assurance and Accreditation and the extent to which this reflects on the economy and development in the development of Arab societies
Professor Thafer Y. Assaraira
Chairman of the Higher Education Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission, Jordan
Ewan Prezens
Regional Director, EMEA InstructureQ&A
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorPerspectives on investing for the future: clicks or bricks?
Moderator, Dr. Ashwin Fernandes
Regional Director - Middle East, Africa & South Asia - QS
Dr. Husam Zaaman
Former President at Education & Training Evaluation Commission,
Anas Alsoud Al Ahliyya
Associate Professor, Al Ahliyya Amman University
Dr. Tahani I. Aldosemani
Senior Consultant, Ministry of Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
César Wazen
Director, Scholarships and Partnerships Office, Qatar UniversityFrom Remote Teaching to Quality On-Line
Dr. Yaping Gao
EDD, Senior Academic Director, Member Services and Partnerships, Quality MattersDigital Transformation of the Higher Education Sector in the time of Corona
HE Dr. Amal Sidi Mohamed El Sheikh
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research, MauritaniaBreak (Network with Others)
Mr. Chris Lyons
Head of External Engagement, UK ENICUsing Real Time AI to Support and Improve 21st Century STEM Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Dr. Janice Gobert
CEO, Apprendis, and Professor of Educational Psychology, Rutgers University
Patrick Brothers
Co-CEO & Co-Founder, HolonlQLucy Blakemore
Lead HE Digital Capacity, Lat MQ&A
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorBreak (Network with Others)
Jackson Docherty
Australian Training Products
Emad G. Alomari
Senior Solutions Engineer, BlackboardStudy Mapper
Oumar Ndiaye,
CEO - Co-FounderBreak (Network with Others)
Institutional Response
Dr. Hugh Martin
Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer British University in DubaiSummary of the Day and looking ahead to Day 3
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorWelcome and Introduction to the day
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorThe Role of Higher Education in Achieving Sustainable Development
HE Dr. Ali Aerjash
Undersecertary Ministery of Higher Education and Scientific Research, YemenQuality Assurance for Blended Learning Post-Covid
Professor Martin Henson
International Higher Education ConsultantTrust and Accountability: A comparative perspective on enabling universities
Dr. William Lawton
International Higher Education ConsultantQ&A
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorBreak (Network with Others)
Students and Sustainability
Jade Monroe
Director of Education, Students Organising for SustainabilityEducation Perfect, elevating the role of the teacher to enrich student independence
Melissa Musgrove
Teacher Consultant, Education Perfect
Amit Gupta
CEO, NCR Educervices
Hicham Shatou
CEO, Lequest
Francisca Harding
CEO, HardingmediaQ&A
David Lock
Education Director, Gulf Conferences, Forum ModeratorEmpowering Women: A Discussion
Professor Dahlia Mahmoud Dean,
College of Media & Mass Communication, The American University, UAE
Dr. Hynd Bouhia
President & CEO, Strategica
Dr. Hoda Alkhazami
Director of the Centre of Cyber Security, New York University, Abu DhabiDr. Rene Smith
Executive Dean, Durban Univeristy of Technology
Dr. Marcel Hattingh
CCI Professional
Bernd Korz
CEO / CVO ALUGHA GmbHBreak (Network with Others)
Through Globalization and from the education reform point of view are we creating a modern Arab world?
Dr. Hind Abou Nasr Kassir, Relationship Officer
Himaya Foundation for Women and Children, AjmanGlobal Challenges – Local Responses: Perspectives from the World Bank
Roberta M Bassett
Global Lead for Tertiary Education, The World BankResponses, Questions & Discussion
Professor Mohamed Loutfi
President and Vice-Chancellor, British University in Egypt and Vice-President, ARELENClosing Perspectives
HE Professor Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama
Secretary General, AArU
Professor Mohamed Loutfi
President, British University in Egypt and VP of ARELEN
