Materials
Day 1
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Session 1
ROUND TABLE: RELEVANCE OF CURRENT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Panelists
Ms. La June Montgomery Tabron
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Florence Nakayiwa
Deputy Executive Secretary, RUFORUM
Dr. Salvador Mena Munguía
AMEAS – Director of the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Guadalajara.
Ms. Martina Spisiakova
Knowledge Management Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Organizations (Apaari)
Session 2
ROUND TABLE: CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY FOR UNIVERSITIES IN AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES
Panelists
Dr. Fadlo Khuri
President, American University of Beirut (AUB)
Dr. Mahadev Bassanna Chetti. Former Vice
Chancellor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad; Past Member of Executive Committee, APAARI
Dr. Ian Maw
Former Vice-President for Agriculture, APLU
Dr. Doug Steele
Vice-president For Agriculture, APLU
Dr. Jim French
GCHERA Secretary General & Director of Tranforming Higher Education Project, (AUB)
Session 3
ROUND TABLE: CHALLENGES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
GRADUATE OF AGRICULTURE
Panelists
SR. JAN STAŠ Y DR. PATRICK VAN DAMME
PHD STUDENT & DEAN, FACULTY OF TROPICAL AGRISCIENCES, CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES
Dra. Hildegard Lingnau
Executive Director, Global Forum for Agriculture Research
Mr. José Antonio Pacheco
Founder and General Manager Grupo ENLASA
Dr. Raciel Hernández
Professor-Researcher, Autonomous University of Chapingo
Day 2
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Session 4
ROUND TABLE: HOW ARE UNIVERSITIES TRANSFORMED AND HOW DO WE PROMOTE IT?
Panelists
Dr. Luis Latournerie. Director, Tecnm
Technological Institute of Conkal
Dr. Jose Zaglul
Chancellor Emeritus and Founding Director of EARTH University
Dr. Alejandro Del Bosque
Director of the Faculty of Agronomy, Autonomous University of Nuevo León
Session 5
ROUND TABLE. CASES OF INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Panelists
DR. Damian Porras
Director of the Faculty of Agro-Technological Sciences and president of AMEAS
Dr. Michel Wattiaux
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Tanya Müller García
President of Zamorano
Dr. Nancy Mungai
Director, Research and Extension, Egerton University
Session 6
ROUND TABLE. EDUCATION FOCUSED ON THE TRAINING OF FUTURE PROFESSIONALS, ETHICAL LEADERS AND AGENTS OF CHANGE
Panelists
Dr. Gael Pressoir
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of Agriculture, Quisqueya University
M.Sc. Jorge Gamboa
Professor, Project facilitator, Tecnm Technological Institute of Conkal
Dr. Julieta Mazzola
Professor, EARTH University
Dr. Alfredo Granados
Director, Hermanos Escobar College of Agriculture
SYMPOSIUM OF THE TRANSFORMING HIGHER
EDUCATION PROJECT
RESULTS AND EXPERIENCES OF TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION
Session 7
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION project
Day 3
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
Session 8
IMPACT OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PILOT UNIVERSITIES
Session 8a
INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE: PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY
Panelists
Dr. Alicia Ruby Lara Martín
Professor, Tecnm Technological Institute of Conkal
Dr. Mario Ben-Hur Chuc Armendariz
Facilitator of the Transforming Higher Education Project, Calkiní Higher Technological Institute (ITESCAM)
Dr. Absalon Pierre & Ms. Vicnie Leandre
Professors, Quisqueya University
Lic. Oscar López Yarzagaray
Head of academic division, ITSH
Raúl Adolfo Medina Keb, ITSH Student
Institutional Culture: Perspective of students and faculty.
Session 8b
COMMUNITY IMPACT
Panelists
Dr. Michel Chancy & Mr. Gardy Saint-Louis
Professor and Communications Officer, Quisqueya University
M.Sc. Helbert Antonio Mena Martin
Professor, Tecnm Technological Institute of Conkal
Dr. Fadia Homeidan
Director of the aid and contracts office and director of the Technology Transfer Unit and the Research and Innovation Center, AUB
Mr. Narcizo Hazael Huchín Poot.
Director, Higher Technological Institute of Hopelchén
Dr. Felipe De Jesús González Rodríguez
Professor, Calkiní Higher Technological Institute
Session 8c
IMPACT AND GLOBAL ACTIONS
Panelists
Dr Anthony Egeru
Program manager-training and community development, Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Dr. Carlos Cesar Maycotte
Vice President, Mexican Committee for Accreditation of Agricultural Education (COMEAA)
Mrs. Martina Spisiakova
Knowledge Management Coordinator, Asia-Pacific Association Of Agricultural Research Organizations (APAARI)
Session 9
LEARNINGS AND VISION TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Panelists
Dr. Gael Pressoir
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of Agriculture, Quisqueya University
Dr. José María Tun Suárez
Academic Deputy Director, Tecnm Technological Institute of Conkal
Dr. Gonzalo Miguel Quetz Aguirre
Professor, Calkiní Higher Technological Institute
Eng. Daniel Alberto Pantí González
Professor, Higher Technological Institute of Hopelchén
Day 1
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Session 1
ROUND TABLE: RELEVANCE OF CURRENT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Moderator: José Zaglul
Panelists
Ms. La June Montgomery Tabron
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Dr. Florence Nakayiwa
Deputy Executive Secretary, RUFORUM
AMEAS – Director of the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Guadalajara.
Deputy Executive Secretary, RUFORUM