EXPERT PANELS AND ROUNDTABLES

SPEAKERS

Hans de Wit, Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, USA

Anthony Koliha, Director, Office of Global Educational Programs, USA Department of State, USA

Chen Jianguo, Vice-President, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China

(M) Jamil Salmi, Specialist in International Education, Colombia

SPEAKERS

Aronita Rosenblatt, Diretora de Inovação, Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE), Brasil

Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist, The Québec Research Funds, Canada

Diego Hernández, Director General, Colciencias, Colombia

(M) Brent Herbert-Copley, Executive Vice-President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada , Canada

SPEAKERS

Àngel Tarriño, Project Manager, Fundació BCN Formación Profesional, Spain

Pedro Arellano, Deputy Director General and Corporate Development of the Port of Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Castillo, Secretary General of the European VET Mobility Network, Spain

Carmen Sánchez, HR Director, MB92, Spain

Jordi Berenguer-Sau, Vice-rector of Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya – Barcelona Tech, Spain

(M) Neus Pons Pena, Director, Fundació BCN Formación Profesional, Spain

SPEAKERS

Delfina Veiravé, Rector, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste and OUI-IOHE Vice-President for Southern Cone, Argentina

Philip Steenkamp, President and Vice-Chancellor, Royal Roads University, Canada

Alejandro Cheyne, Rector, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

Aldo Valle, Universidad de Valparaíso and Vice-President of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), Chile

(M) Ann Mason, NAFSA Board Member and Founder, Mason Education Group, Colombia

SPEAKERS

Jorge Yutronic, SYN Consultores, Chile

Cristian Bornhardt, Director of the MacroFaculty of Engineering Project (Universidad de La Frontera, Universidad de Talca, Universidad del Bío Bío), Chile

Fernando Vargas, Specialist in Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation, Inter-American Development Bank, Colombia

Lueny Morell, INNOVAHiEd, Puerto Rico

(M) Oscar Garrido, Rector, Universidad de los Lagos, Chile

SPEAKERS

Marina Malgina, Head of Section for Recognition of Refugees’ Qualifications, Norwegian Agency for QA in Education (NOKUT) / Norwegian ENIC-NARIC, Norway

Hannah Cazzetta, Academic Advisor, Salve Regina University, USA

Camilo Forero, Director, Departament of Global Initiatives, Fundación Juan N. Corpas, Colombia

Josef Merkx, Director, United Nations High-Commission on Refugees, Colombia

(M) Sabine Pendl, Director of International Relations, University of Graz and President of the European Association for International Education (EAIE), Austria

SPEAKERS

Farid Figueroa, Director of Professional Training, National Training Service (SENA), Colombia

Francis Brown, Director of International Relations, Federation de Cegeps, Canada

Jerônimo Rodrigues da Silva, Rector, Instituto Federal de Goiás and President of CONIF, Brazil

Carol Fimmen, Director International, College of Southern Nevada, USA

(M) Hernán Chaves, Rector, Universidad Tecnológica de Bogotá, President ACIET and Member of the EIESTEC Council, Colombia

SPEAKERS

Sharon Hobenshield, Director of Aboriginal Education, Vancouver Island University, Canada

Álvaro Pop, Secretary, Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), Bolivia

Constanza Tolosa, Professor, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

(M) Pamela Aguirre, Member of the Andean Parliament, Ecuador