PLENARY SESSIONS

CAIE provides a unique opportunity for decision makers and professionals in the field of international education to exchange and examine current paradigms, emerging trends, shared challenges, alternative models and public policies related to this sector while prompting meaningful contacts and institutional collaboration.

Hubs of Knowledge and Innovation: Synergies for Development

This inaugural plenary session, organized in the form of a discussion panel, will bring together ministers of education and high level representatives from different regions to share with the audience the different ways in which higher education promotes innovation and contributes to building a more equitable and sustainable future.

Panelists

Min. María Victoria Angulo, Minister of National Education and Honorary President CAEI Colombia-2019, Colombia

Min. Michael S. Browne, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Antigua and Barbuda and President of the Inter-American Commission of Education (CIE), Organization of American States (OAS)

Min. Alejandrina Germán, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Dominican Republic

(M) Dr. José Antonio Ocampo, Co-Director, Bank of the Republic, Colombia

Engaged Universities: Innovation for Development

This plenary panel will bring together Presidents of internationally recognized institutions to engage in a conversation about the importance of advancing scientific research and technical expertise to address the most compelling challenges of our time and make transcendent contributions to the development of our communities.

Panelists

Marcelo Knobel, Rector, Universidade de Campinas, Brazil

Andrew Petter, President, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Ennio Vivaldi, Rector, Universidad de Chile, Chile

Maritza Rondón, Rector, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Colombia

(M) David Julien, Executive Director, Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI-IOHE), Canada

Multilateral Organizations: Building Synergies for Development in the Americas

During this Plenary Session representatives of various continental and international organizations will address the ways in which their respective organizations advocate for higher-education institutions from all over the world to align their strategies and academic activities to the advancement of our shared development goals.

Panelists

Francesc Pedró, Director, International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC-UNESCO)

Jesús Giacoman, Director, Department of Human Development, Education, and Employment, Organization of American States (OAS)

Ángel Martín, Regional Director, Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI)

(M) Jean-Paul de Gaudemar, Rector, Agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF)