CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Conference Day 1

Atrium (Block C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Welcome from the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Sayasat Nurbek

Welcome from IQAA President – Prof. Sholpan Kalanova

Welcome from INQAAHE President - Dr. Deb Adair

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Fostering quality of flexible learning pathways

Chair: Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, INQAAHE Immediate Past President and Higher Education Policy & Regulation Director at the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), United Arab Emirates

Dr. Libing Wang, Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD) at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand

POSTERS

Atrium (Blocks C4.3, C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Fostering quality of flexible learning pathways

Chair: Dr. Michaela Martin, IIEP-UNESCO Programme Specialist

Panellists:

• Prof. Dato DR. Mohamad Shatar Bin Sabran, CEO Malaysia Qualifications Agency (MQA), Malaysia

• Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, Higher Education Policy & Regulation Director at the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), United Arab Emirates

• Dr. Esther Huertas, Head of Quality Assurance Department, Agency for Quality Assurance in the Catalan University System (AQU Catalunya), Spain

• Horia Onita, QA student expert, Member of the Global Student Forum (GSF) and Vice President of European Students Union (ESU), Belgium

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Aida Sagintayeva, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Independent lifelong learning system through credit-hour accumulation and its quality assurance

presented by Prof. MORI Rie, Professor, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE), Japan

Preparing Hong Kong for the journey of developing micro-credentials

presented by Dr. Christina Ng, Senior Registrar (Development), Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ), Hong Kong

Short Learning Programmes: a flexible pathway to access tertiary education

presented by Dr. Esther Huertas, Head of Quality Assurance Department, (AQU Catalunya), Spain

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Vicky Stott, INQAAHE Board Member / QAA, UK

One Path is a Narrow Journey

presented by Dr. Michale S. McComis, Chief Executive Officer, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), USA

Atrium (Block C4.2), Café area (Block C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Digitalization of teaching and learning without compromising quality

Deb Adair, CEO of Quality Matters and INQAAHE President

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Prof. Simona Lache, INQAAHE Board Member / ARACIS, Romania

Development of new quality assurance guidelines for online learning

presented by Dr. Bryan Maguire, Director of Quality Assurance, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), Ireland

(ONLINE) Hybrid-Teaching in Hong Kong Higher Education Under COVID-19 Pandemic: Quality of Teaching and Learning

presented by Zhuang Seraya, (National Chengchi University, Taiwan), China

The Use of Learning Analytics in HEI

presented by Mag.ª Diane Freiberger, Managing Director, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Germany

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Dr. Duncan Priestley, General Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Hallmarks of Success Playbooks: Enhancing quality of digital teaching and learning

presented by Dr. Lia Blaj-Ward, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University, and Amrita Narang, Quality enhancement and standards specialist,QAA, UK

POSTERS

Atrium (Blocks C4.3, C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Dr. Anna Prades Nebot, INQAAHE Board Member / AQU Catalunya

• Quality Assurance in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Opportunities and Approaches

presented by Miras Daulenov, Chairman of the board - President of the Narxoz University, Kazakhstan

• Embracing the Digital Frontier: Balancing Innovation and Quality in Teaching and Learning for Academic Excellence

presented by Sergey Pen, Provost (Rector) of Maqsut Narikbayev University (KAZGUU), Kazakhstan

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro, INQAAHE Board Member / Ecctis & UK ENIC, UK

Evaluation of Challenges for the accreditation and oversight of Third-Party Ed-Tech Providers

presented by Ms. Perliter Walters-Gilliam, President and Principal Consultant, NBBE Consulting, USA; and Ms. Kimberlee Moore, Doctoral Candidate, University of Liverpool, UK

Farhi Hall

Conference Day 2

Atrium (Block C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Towards high impact quality assurance: ETEC’s business model to enhance quality in education, training and higher education in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Mohammed Bashammakh, CEO of NCAAA, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Abeer Alharbi, General Manager of Ranking Programs & Program Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Saudi Arabia

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Students as drivers for change in quality assurance: from involvement to agency

Horia Onita, QA student expert, Member of the Global Student Forum (GSF) and Vice President of European Students Union (ESU), Belgium

POSTERS

Atrium (Blocks C4.3, C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Quality assurance of cross-border education

Chair: Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro

Panellists:

- Ian Thomas, Associate Dean (International), De Montfort University in Kazakhstan

- Daniel Palm, Associate Vice President for International Affairs University of Arizona in Kazakhstan

- Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Vice Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan

- Kate McAlister, Head of Quality Stakeholder Engagement, Office for Students (OfS), England, UK

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Ainur Karbozova, Deputy Chairman of the Board at Maqsut Narikbayev University (KAZGUU), Kazakhstan

Policy transformation in China’s Transnational Higher Education: Quality assurance and impacts

presented by Ziwei ZHOU, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR; National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Did the Value of Joint / Dual Degree Programmes via Virtual Delivery Getting Lesser During the Pandemic?

presented by Prof. Angela Yung-Chi Hou, Associate Dean, College of Education, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Hong Kong Branch Campuses in Greater Bay Area: Motivations, Quality assurance, and Impacts on Higher Education Regionalization

presented by Christopher Hongyi Tao, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR; National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Prof. Olgun Cicek, INQAAHE Board Member / YODAK Cyprus

Internationalisation of quality assurance vs. quality assurance of internationalisation: a typology of quality assurance activity in an internationalised context

presented by Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro, Head of Stakeholder Engagement and International Quality Reviews, Ecctis/UK ENIC UK

Quality Online Course Sharing for Cross-Border Online Education

presented by Dr. Yaping Gao, VP Member Services & Global Partnerships, Quality Matters (QM), USA

Enhancing cross-border education through collaboration and flexibility: a study from the QAA's QE-TNE scheme

presented by Mr. Eduardo Ramos, Director of International and Professional Services, The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), UK

Atrium (Block C4.2), Café area (Block C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

INQAAHE Core values

Chair: Mr. Fabrice Hénard, INQAAHE CEO

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Prof. Zhanar Temirbekova, Rector of the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Kazakhstan

Quality assurance dysfunctions, within ‘integrity’ INQAAHE value

presented by Dr. Martin Boswell, Registrar, Wellington Institute of Technology and Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand

Towards a new future for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa

presented by Dr. Whitfield Green, Chief Executive Officer, and Dr. Britta Zawada, Director, Institutional Audits, Council on Higher Education (CHE), South Africa

The relationship between national values of the society, higher education system and chosen form of independent accreditation in Kyrgyz Republic

Presented by Onolkan Umankulova, Arstanbek Dzhanaliev, Mubarak Yakubova, Umankulova-Dzhanaliev-Yakubova (EdNet Kyrgyzstan)

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Sergey Pen, Provost (Rector) of the M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Kazakhstan

Analysis of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Practices at Canadian Publicly Funded Community Colleges: Toward Student Success

presented by Dr. Hayfa Jafar, Director Institutional Effectiveness – American University of Iraq, and Dr. Oleg Legusov, International Student Advisor, Seneca College, Canada

The importance and urgency of embedding education for sustainable development (UNESCO 2030) into accreditation standards and quality assurance practices

presented by Dr. Scott G. Blair, Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance at AIAASC, USA, Vice President of CANIE-Europe (AIAASC / CANIE)

Fostering the equity agenda in quality assurance: the development of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) indicator system in Catalonia

presented by Dr. José Luis Mateos-González, Senior Advisor, Internationalisation and Knowledge Generation Department,AQU Catalunya, and Dr. Anna Prades, Head of Internationalization and Knowledge Generation Department AQU Catalunya, Spain

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan, Higher Education Policy & Regulation Director at the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK)

Quality Assuring, but at what cost?

presented by Dr. Karen Belfer, Executive Director, Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS), Canada

Room 2 (Hall D, Block C4.3)

Chair: Chan Basaruddin, INQAAHE Vice-President / BAN-PT, Indonesia

Academic Integrity and ENQA quality assurance agencies: where do we stand and where are we headed?

presented by Drs. Yvonne Overdevest, Senior Policy Advisor NVAO, Netherlands,and member of ENQA’s working group on academic integrity, and Ms. Sue Hackett, QQI,Ireland,and Chair of ENQA’s working group on academic integrity

POSTERS

Atrium (Blocks C4.3, C4.4)

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Chair: Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro, INQAAHE Board Member / Ecctis & UK ENIC, UK

Panellists:

Dr. Libing Wang, Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD) at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand

Chan Basaruddin, INQAAHE Vice-President / BAN-PT, Indonesia

Horia Onita, QA student expert, Member of the Global Student Forum (GSF) and Vice President of European Students Union (ESU), Belgium

Dr. Michaela Martin, IIEP-UNESCO Programme Specialist

Room 1 (Hall B, Block C4.4)

Departure to "Astana Opera"

Astana Opera

(Sponsor IQAA)

University Visiting Program and City Tour

Conference Social Day

Pick up at the Hilton Hotel

Visit to Nazarbayev University

Visit to Maqsut Narikbayev University (KAZGUU)

Lunch

City tour by bus with a visit to Baiterek, Independence Square and the Grand Mosque

Return to hotels