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IAU 3rd Global Meeting of Associations of Universities (GMAIII)

Guadalajara, Mexico – 20-22 April 2009

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Monday, April 20, 2009
Conference Papers and Programme
14:00 – 16:00	REGISTRATION Hotel Presidente Intercontinental
17:00 – 19:00	Opening Ceremony Paraninfo Enrique Díaz de León – Universidad de Guadalajara Dr. Marco Antonio Cortés Guardado, Rector General, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico Dr. Rodolfo Tuirán, Undersecretary for Higher Education, Secretaría de Educación Pública Mtro. Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla, President, Comisión de Educación, Cámara de Diputados Dr. Rafael López Castañares, Executive Secretary General, ANUIES Dr. Juan Ramón de la Fuente, President, IAU Introduction to the GMAIII Programme Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General, IAU
19:00 – 20:00	Reception
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Hotel Presidente Intercontinental
09:00 – 11:00	Plenary Session I Making Sense of the Global Higher Education Space Chair Mr. Manuel J. Fernós, President, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, U.S.A Speaker Prof. Kris Olds, Discussion Paper, PowerPoint Presentation University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S.A Discussion
11:00 – 11:30	Break
11:30 – 13:30	Plenary Session II Global Collective Action in Higher Education: Why, What and How? Chair Prof. Olive Mugenda, Vice-Chancellor, Kenyatta University, Kenya Speakers Prof. Bonaventure Mve-Ondo, Vice-Rector, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) Dr. Juan Ramon de la Fuente, President, International Association of Universities (IAU) Discussion
13:30 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 16:00	Parallel Workshops (1) Intra and Inter-Regional Cooperation Moderator Dr. Marijk Van der Wende, Chair of the Governing Board, Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE- OECD) Speakers Prof. Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, Chairman, Vice-Chancellors Ghana Prof. Dr. José Francisco Álvarez, Director of the permanent secretariat, Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia (AIESAD) Prof. Antonio R. Flores, President and CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) (2) Emerging actors on the global landscape – their specificity, role and links to associations Moderator Prof. Francisco J. Marmolejo, Executive Director, Consortium of North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) Speakers Mrs. Elizabeth Babcock, Network Coordinator, The Talloires Network Dr. Tan Sri Nordin Kardi, Chairman, Association of Malaysian Universities Prof. Rafael Cordera Campos, Secretary-General, Unión de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe (UDUAL) Prof. Dayanand Dongaonkar, Secretary-General, Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
16:00 – 16:30	Break
16:30 – 17:30	Plenary Session III UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE +10): The New Dynamics of Higher Education - An opportunity for global collective action by non-governmental actors in Higher Education? Chair Prof. Pier Ugo Calzolari, Rector, University of Bologna, Italy Discussion
19:00 – 23:00	Dinner and Cultural Evening Tequila Cuervo
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Hotel Presidente Intercontinental
09:00 – 09:45	Special Session Higher Education and Research System in Mexico Chair Dr. Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila, General Coordinator of Cooperation and Internationalization, University of Guadalajara, Mexico Speaker Dr. Rafael López Castañares, Executive Secretary General, Asociación Nacional de Universidades e Instituciones de Educación Superior (ANUIES)
09:45 – 11:30	Plenary Session IV Institutional Diversity: Strength or Threat for Associations? Chair Prof. Abdul Razak Dzulkifli, Chairman, Malaysian Vice-Chancellor’s Council Speakers Mr. Michael Gaebel, Senior Project Manager, European University Association (EUA) Prof. Dr. Rosaura Ruiz Gutiérrez, Director, Red de Macrouniversidades Públicas de América Latina y el Caribe Dr. Ignacio Berdugo, Advisor and Consultant, Universia America and the Global Division of Santander Universities Discussion
11:30 – 12:00	Break
12:00 – 13:00	Plenary Session V What have we said? What have we heard? Chair Prof. Luis Miguel Romero Fernández, President, Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) Speakers Dr. Madeleine Green, Vice-President, American Council on Education (ACE) Mrs Piyushi Kotecha, Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)
13:00 – 13:30	Closing Plenary Chair Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General, IAU Concluding remarks & thanks ANUIES University of Guadalajara IAU - Eva Egron-Polak, Secretary-General
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 16:30	Open Networking Session
Evening	Opening Ceremony of Hemispheric Conference

May 2009