The Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE) offers a series of webinars in each edition and invites the higher education community and representatives from the public and private sectors as well as civil society to participate in discussions focused on innovation and the internationalization of higher education.

DATE : September 10, 2019 @2pm (Montreal EDT)

NUMBER : Event #665 973 982

THEME : BOGOTÁ, HUB OF KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION: A CITY’S BET

SPEAKER :
REPRESENTANTS OF :

Secretaría de Educación de Bogotá

Cámara de Comercio y

Connect Bogotá

MODERATOR:
LIC. JEANNETTE VÉLEZ
Coordinadora Nacional – CAEI Colombia-2019
Bogotá,Colombia

LANGUAGE : Spanish and english

DATE : August 14, 2019 @1pm (Montreal EDT)

NUMBER : Event #669 012 800

THEME : SPACE AS A CATALYST FOR INNOVATION: FROM TECNOLOGY PARKS TO HUBS OF INNOVATION

SPEAKER :
ING. JOSÉ MANUEL AGUIRRE
Director de Parques Tecnológicos y Alianzas Estratégicas
Instituto de Emprendimiento Eugenio Garza Lagüera
Tecnológico de Monterrey, México

MODERATOR:
MTRO. JESÚS LÓPEZ MACEDO
Director General de Vinculación Estratégica
Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES), México

LANGUAGE : Spanish and english

DATE : May 7, 2019 @ 2pm (Montreal EDT)

NUMBER : Event#668 830 634

THEME :HEIs AS CATALYSTS FOR INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Drawing from various case studies presented in their book “Globalizing University Research: Innovation, Collaboration, and Competition” (2017), the authors will share how HEIs from different regions of the world are innovating their approach and establishing broad international networks to enhance research collaboration and have a favourable impact on the development of their communities.

SPEAKERS :
PROF. KIKI CARUSON
Assistant Vice President for Research, Innovation and Global Affairs
University of South Florida

PROF. KAREN HOLBROOK
Regional Chancellor Sarasota-Manatee Campus
University of South Florida

MODERATOR
CLARE OVERMANN
Head, Higher Education Initiatives
Institute of International Education

LANGUAGE : English

DATE : March 12, 2019 @ 2pm (Montreal EDT)

NUMBER : Event #402 824 229

THEME : KNOWLEDGE HUBS AND COMMUNITIES : INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
This webinar addresses the role of knowledge hubs in their local communities and national and global context. What do we mean by Knowledge Hubs? Who are the key players? How can they bridge the connection of local, national and global, in particular in a time of increased nationalism and anti-globalism? What are some of the main international trends and challenges? And what are some challenging examples and best practices?

SPEAKERS :
HANS DE WIT
Director, Center for International Higher-Education,
Boston College 

LAURA RUMBLEY
Associate Director, Knowledge Development and Research, European Association for International Education (EAIE)

LANGUAGE : English and Spanish

DATE : November 22, 2018 @ 11am (Montreal EDT)

NUMBER : Event #407 407 921

THEME :

This first informative webinar will introduce the work plan of the Executive Secretariat of the CAIE, including the series of thematic webinars that will be organized next year and present an update on the associate membership of CAIE-2019.

The speakers will make a general presentation of CAIE Colombia-2019, the schedule of activities, the main themes, subthemes and related concepts as well as the different options to participate. They will also discuss how HEIs and CAIE partners can submit their proposals for parallel sessions through the platform that will go online for the occasion.

SPEAKERS :
DAVID JULIEN
Executive Director – CAEI
Executive Director – OUI-IOHE

JEANNETTE VELEZ
General Coordinator
National Committee – CAIE Colombia-2019