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SUMMARY OF THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE “TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY”

Day 1

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

Session 1

ROUND TABLE: RELEVANCE OF CURRENT HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Session 3

ROUND TABLE: CHALLENGES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
GRADUATE OF AGRICULTURE

Day 2

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Session 4

ROUND TABLE: HOW ARE UNIVERSITIES TRANSFORMED AND HOW DO WE PROMOTE IT?

Session 5

ROUND TABLE. CASES OF INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Moderator: Dra. Fadia Homeidan

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

Moderator: Dra. Florence Nakayiwa

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

Session 8b

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Session 8c

IMPACT AND GLOBAL ACTIONS

Moderator: Bernard Burrola

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

Moderator: Jim French

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 Alberto Pantí González Professor, Higher Technological Institute of Hopelchén

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