THE SPEAKERS
Workshops
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Dr. Michaela Martin
IIEP-UNESCO Programme Specialist
![alternative](/images/Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan.png)
Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan
INQAAHE Immediate Past President
Theme: INQAAHE’s International Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (ISG)
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Dr. Michael K. J. Milligan
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, ABET
Theme: Developing a Training Program for Evaluators and Team Leaders
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Dr. Yaping Gao
VP Member Services & Global Partnership, Quality Matters
Theme: Quality Assurance for digital and blended learning, challenges and innovative approaches
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Dr. Deb Adair
CEO Quality Matters & INQAAHE President
Theme: Quality Assurance for digital and blended learning, challenges and innovative approaches
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Mr. Bowen TAN
Programme Specialist, UNESCO ICHEI
Theme: Quality Assurance for digital and blended learning, challenges and innovative approaches
Opening Keynote
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Dr. Libing Wang
Chief of Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD) at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok, Thailand
Theme 1. Panel Discussion
Fostering quality of flexible learning pathways
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Prof. Dato DR. Mohamad Shatar Bin Sabran
CEO Malaysia Qualifications Agency (MQA), Malaysia
![alternative](/images/Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan.png)
Dr. Susanna Karakhanyan
Higher Education Policy & Regulation Director at the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK), United Arab Emirates
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Dr. Esther Huertas
Head of Quality Assurance Department, Agency for Quality Assurance in the Catalan University System (AQU Catalunya), Spain
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Horia Onita
QA student expert, Member of the Global Student Forum (GSF) and Vice President of European Students Union (ESU), Belgium
Theme 1 Break-out 1
Multi-speaker session
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Prof. MORI Rie
Professor, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (NIAD-QE), Japan
Theme: Independent lifelong learning system through credit-hour accumulation and its quality assurance
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Dr. Christina Ng
Senior Registrar (Development), Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ), Hong Kong
Theme: Preparing Hong Kong for the journey of developing micro-credentials
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Dr. Esther Huertas
Head of Quality Assurance Department, (AQU Catalunya)
Theme: Short Learning Programmes: a flexible pathway to access tertiary education
Theme 1 Break-out 2
Interactive session
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Dr. Michale S. McComis
Chief Executive Officer, Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC)
Theme: One Path is a Narrow Journey
Theme 2 Break-out 1
Multi-speaker session
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Dr. Bryan Maguire
Director of Quality Assurance, Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), Ireland
Theme: Development of new quality assurance guidelines for online learning
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Zhuang Seraya
(National Chengchi University, Taiwan), China
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Mag.ª Diane Freiberger
Managing Director, Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), Germany
Theme 2 Break-out 2
Interactive session
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Dr. Duncan Priestley
General Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Nazarbayev University
Moderator
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Dr. Lia Blaj-Ward
Associate Professor, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
Theme: Hallmarks of Success Playbooks: Enhancing quality of digital teaching and learning
![alternative](/images/Amrita Narang.png)
Amrita Narang
Quality enhancement and standards specialist, QAA, UK
Theme: Hallmarks of Success Playbooks: Enhancing quality of digital teaching and learning
Theme 2 Break-out 3
Multi-speaker session
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Miras Daulenov
Rector of the Narxoz University, Kazakhstan
Theme: Quality Assurance in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges, Opportunities and Approaches
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Sergey Pen
Provost (Rector) of Maqsut Narikbayev University (KAZGUU), Kazakhstan
Theme 2 Break-out 4
Interactive session
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Ms. Perliter Walters-Gilliam
President and Principal Consultant, NBBE Consulting
Theme: Evaluation of Challenges for the accreditation and oversight of Third-Party Ed-Tech Providers
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Ms. Kimberlee Moore
Doctoral Candidate, University of Liverpool
Theme: Evaluation of Challenges for the accreditation and oversight of Third-Party Ed-Tech Providers
Theme 3 break-out 1
Multi-speaker session
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Ziwei ZHOU
Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR; National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Theme: Policy transformation in China’s Transnational Higher Education: Quality assurance and impacts
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Prof. Angela Yung-Chi Hou
Associate Dean, College of Education, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
![alternative](/images/Christopher Hongyi Tao.png)
Christopher Hongyi Tao
Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR; National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Theme 3 Break-out 2
Multi-speaker session
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Dr. Fabrizio Trifiro
Head of Stakeholder Engagement and International Quality Reviews, Ecctis/UK ENIC UK
![alternative](/images/Dr. Yaping Gao.png)
Dr. Yaping Gao
VP Member Services & Global Partnerships, Quality Matters (QM), USA
Theme: Quality Online Course Sharing for Cross-Border Online Education
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Mr. Eduardo Ramos
Director of International and Professional Services, The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), UK
Theme 4 break-out 1
Multi-speaker session
Mr. Martin Boswell
Registrar, Wellington Institute of Technology and Whitireia Community Polytechnic, New Zealand
Theme: Quality assurance dysfunctions, within ‘integrity’ INQAAHE value
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Dr. Whitfield Green
Chief Executive Officer, Council on Higher Education (CHE), South Africa
Theme: Towards a new future for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa
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Dr. Britta Zawada
Director, Institutional Audits, Council on Higher Education (CHE), South Africa
Theme: Towards a new future for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa
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Umankulova Onolkan
EdNet Kyrgyzstan
Theme 4 Break-out 2
Multi-speaker session
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Dr. Hayfa Jafar
Director Institutional Effectiveness – American University of Iraq
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Dr. Oleg Legusov
International Student Advisor, Seneca College, Canada
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Dr. Scott G. Blair
Director of Accreditation and Quality Assurance at AIAASC, USA, Vice President of CANIE-Europe (AIAASC / CANIE)
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Dr. José Luis Mateos-González
Senior Advisor, Internationalisation and Knowledge Generation Department (AQU Catalunya), Spain
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Dr. Anna Prades
Head of Internationalization and Knowledge Generation Department of the Agency for Quality Assurance in the Catalan University System (AQU Catalunya), Spain
Theme 4 Break-out 3
Interactive session
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Dr. Karen Belfer
Executive Director, Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS), Canada
Theme 4 Break-out 4
Interactive session
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Dr. Yvonne Overdevest
Senior Policy Advisor NVAO, Netherlands,and member of ENQA’s working group on academic integrity
Theme: Academic Integrity and ENQA quality assurance agencies: where do we stand and where are we headed?
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Ms. Sue Hackett
QQI, Ireland, and Chair of ENQA’s working group on academic integrity
Theme: Academic Integrity and ENQA quality assurance agencies: where do we stand and where are we headed?