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World Bank experts in tertiary education, both in the Education sector and among the Regional staffs, regularly provide expertise to foreign education leaders through presentations and conferences.  Recent examples include:

2009
Nov. 2-4
China  
Presentation on Challenges of Establishing World Class Universities at The 3rd International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-3) organized by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 
  
Oct. 28
Budva, Montenegro
Presentation Impact of the Financial Crisis on Tertiary Education, presented at 5th ECA Higher Education Conference
  

Sept. 20-22
Vienna, Austria

Presentation on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Tertiary Education at the 3rd Meeting of the International Association of University Governing Boards (IAUGB), 
 

Sept. 15-17
Astana, Kazakhstan
 
Presentation on Unethical Behaviors in Tertiary Education at OECD Conference on Corruption and Good Governance 
 
Sept. 10-12
Porto, Portugal
Presentation on Market Forces in Tertiary Education at Annual Conference of European Association of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
 
Jul. 10
Santiago, Chile

Keynote presentation on Tertiary Education Reform in Chile, at the Rectors  Conference organized by UNIVERSIA
 

Jul. 7
Paris, France

Presentation on Equity Challenges in Tertiary Education at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education
 

Jul. 7
Paris, France

Presentation on the Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education
 

Jul. 2
Paris, France
Presentation on Financing Reforms in Small States at IIEP Seminar on Tertiary Education in Small States
 
Jun. 30
Copenhagen,
Denmark
Ppresentation on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Tertiary Education at the OECD international workshop on the impact of the crisis
 
Jun. 21
Glion, Switzerland
Glion Colloquium - Presentation on Emerging Research Universities in Developing Countries
 
Jun. 15
Astana,
Kazahkstan
Presentation on the Benchmarking of Tertiary Education Systems, at the Fourth Meeting of the International Rankings Expert Group
 
Jun. 13
Astana,
Kazahkstan
Keynote presentation on World-Class Universities at the Special Workshop for Kazakh Rectors
 
Jun. 2-3
Bogota, Colombia
Presentation on World-Class Universities (in Spanish) at the International Forum on Science and Technology
Mar. 20, 24Public Lecture at Beijing Normal University (20 March 2009) and  the University of Hong Kong  (24 March 2009) entitled "Universities: Will they Remain the Same?"
PowerPoint without pictures
 
Feb. 5 - Mar. 2

Partnership Development Tour
Kazakhstan-World Bank Joint Economic Research Program (JERP)
 

 
2008
Dec 16-17
Kazakhstan 

Workshop on Strategy for the New University, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-World Bank Joint Economic Research Program (JERP)
  

Nov 13-14
Paris 
Paris International Conference on Comparing Education Systems, organized by the French Ministry of Education
Presentation: Les Classements des Universités: Progrès ou Calamité? (in French)
 
Sep 8-10
Paris
IMHE General Conference 2008
Presentation on the Growing Accountability Agenda: Progress or Mixed Blessing
  
Jul 15-17
Utrecht, the Netherlands

13th International Conference of the International Association of Universities (IAU)
Presentation on Competition and Solidarity in Addressing the New Challenges of Tertiary Education (in French)
 

Jun 1-2
Algiers
International Workshop on Quality Assurance
Presentation on the Need for Quality Assurance (in French)
 
Apr 15Association of Boards of Universities and Colleges - National Conference on Trusteeship
Presentation on the challenges of internationalization 
 
Mar 10-11
London
2nd Conference of the International Association of University Governing Bodies
Presentation on New Governance Models: an International Perspective
 
Mar 3-5
Dublin
UNESCO Forum on Higher Education and Research,
Presentation on Challenges for Postgraduate Education in Developing Countries
 
Feb 27 -
Mar 2
Bangkok
WBI / East Asia Course on Education and Competitiveness
Presentation on Trends in Governance and Financing Reforms
  
  
2007 
Dec 3-5
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
 
Regional Higher Education Conference “Strategic Choices for Higher Education Reform”
The main objective of this conference is to share information on promising experiences with higher education reform across the Asian and Pacific Island and South Asian countries that emphasize ways of ensuring the quality of higher education outcomes, but also the importance of improving system and institutional governance and finance.  
 
Nov 29-30 
Brasilia,
Brazil

Second Meeting of Brazilian Rectors and UNIVERSIA on the theme of internationalization

Kenyote presentation on "the challenges of internationalization for Brazilian Universities

Nov 1-2 
Shanhai, China

Second International Conference on World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Presentation: Creating World-Class Universities in Developing Countries by Jamil Salmi 

For more information, please visit the conference website.
 

Oct 29-30 
Shanhai, China

Third Meeting of the International Expert Group on Rankings, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

Presentation: Recent Developments in Rankings: Implications for Developing Countries by Jamil Salmi 

For more information, please visit the conference website.
 

Oct 23-24
Seoul, Korea

Global Human Resources Forum 2007

Presentation: New Challenges for Tertiary Education by Jamil Salmi 

For more information, please visit the Global HR Forum 2007 website.
 

Oct 11 
Montreal,
Canada

International Forum of Public Universities (IFPU), University of Montreal

Keynote presentation by Jamil Salmi (in French)

For more information, please visit the IFPU website.
 

Jul 2-4
Cotonou, Benin
Costs and Financing of Tertiary Education in Francophone Africa: Training session 
The objective of the training session was to sensitize higher education stakeholders, working at Ministry levels (Ministry of tertiary education and Ministry of Finances) or at the University level, to major and urgent questions related to the sector financing. This workshop also sought to stimulate experiences sharing among participant countries and to strengthen national capacities in simulation models manipulation.
 

Jun 20-24
Switzerland

 



Jun 11-12
Bangkok

 

 

Jun 6-8
Beijing








Apr 25-27
Quebec City,
Canada

XVI International Congress of GISGUF, International Association of General Secretaries of Francophone Universities -  University of Geneva

World Bank presentation by Jamil Salmi:
Quality Assurance in Developing Countries- Keynote presentation (in French)


Seminar on Higher Education Strategies 
Jointly organized by the Thai Commission on Higher Education and the World Bank. 

World Bank presentation:
 Trends in Governance and Financing Reforms by Jamil Salmi


Seminar on the Financing of Post-Basic Education
Jointly organized by the China Institute for Education Finance Research (Beijing University) and the World Bank.

World Bank presentations by Jamil Salmi
Tertiary Education's Contribution to Economic Development
Design and Implementation of Student Loans: Lessons from Experience



11th North American Higher Education Conference
11th North American Higher Education Conference, organized by the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration, hosted by University of Quebec. 

World Bank presentation:
New Challenges for Tertiary Education and the Contribution of Internationalization by Jamil Salmi (6MB, ppt)

For more information, please visit the conference website.
 

Apr 20
Tijuana,
Mexico

Keynote presentation made at the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Autonomous University of Baja California.  
The University of the Future between Technology and Humanism 
by Jamil Salmi (8MB, ppt)

 

Apr 15Presentation made at the Spring Meetings to the Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Iran
Higher Education and the World Bank by Richard Hopper (373KB, ppt)
 
Mar 21-23
Lima, Peru

Pan-American Student Loan Conference
The Pan-American Student Loan Conference will discuss key policy aspects of student loans and present cutting-edge practices of student loans in the Americas. The conference will open and close with plenary sessions by leading opinion makers, politicians, practitioners and economists from Latin America and the Caribbean.

World Bank presentations

For more information, please visit the conference website.
 

Feb 19
Cairo, Egypt

Presentation on innovative performance-based allocation mechanisms at the Ministry of Higher Education (1.3MB, ppt)
 

Feb 11
Amman, Jordan

Forum on Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy

Feb 2
Antsinaranana,
Madagaskar
 
Presentation at the University of Antsinaranana on the new challenges to higher education (in French) (9.6MB, ppt)
Jan 31
Antananarivo,
Madagaskar
 
Presentation to the Minister of Higher Education on the political economy of higher education reform (in French) (4.4MB, ppt)
BangkokJune07.ppt
Jan 16-17
Beijing, China

Regional Bank Conference on Development Economics (RBCDE)
The aim of the 2007 RBCDE was to share experience and lessons of the investment in higher education and its effects on development. The main topics included Migration and Brain Drain; Financing Higher Education; Private-Public Cooperation; Technological Innovation; and Labor Market.

For more information, please visit the conference website.
 

 
 

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