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Panel discussion

Channel 6

The future of universities, or how to meet rising expectations

Even with 65% of college students questioning the value of higher education, there is an implicit assumption that a college degree will always be...

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Laura Salamat Director of Digital Transformation, NNEF Public Foundation, Kazakhstan

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Suzanne Elise Walsh President of Bennett College, USA

Zhanseit Tuimebayev Rector, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan

Sayasat Nurbek Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Miras Daulenov President, Narxoz University, Kazakhstan

Chi-Kin John Lee President; Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Panel discussion

Channel 6

Charting the Course: Tailoring Curriculum for Emerging Skills

Join us in this thought-provoking panel discussion as we navigate the transformative landscape of education, focusing on tailoring our curriculums...

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Nunzio Quacquarelli Founder and President of QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), UK

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Connie Yowell Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation, Northeastern University, USA

Carlos Jensen Associate Vice Chancellor, Educational Innovation - University of California, San Diego, USA

Tim Quine Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education & Student Experience), University of Exeter, UK

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Case session

Channel 6

«Drivers» and barriers of interaction between universities and business

For a number of historical reasons, universities have always been more inertial institutions than business structures. They accumulated knowledge...

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Ekaterina Lyubimova Vice-Rector, University of the National Technological Initiative 2035, Russia

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Suzanne Elise Walsh President of Bennett College, USA

Berik Akhmetov President, Caspian University of Technology and Engineering named after Sh. Yessenov, Kazakhstan

Connie Yowell Senior Vice Chancellor for Educational Innovation, Northeastern University, USA

Oksana Kirichok Vice-Rector for Academic Development of Caspian University, Kazakhstan

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Report

Channel 6

New types of education products tailored to market needs: how to educate 200 million new students in 10 years

According to the UN, the world’s student population will almost double in the next decade. Are universities ready for the challenge? Will they be...

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Dale Johnson Director, Digital Innovation for the University Design Institute, Arizona State University, USA

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Carissa Little Associate Dean, Global and Online Education, School of Engineering Executive Director, Stanford Center for Professional Development and Stanford Online, USA

Dmitry Krutov CEO, Skillbox, Russia

Isak Frumin Head of Observatory of Higher Education Innovations, Constructor University Bremen, Germany

David Lazaro Director of Edraak at the Queen Rania Foundation, Jordan

Vitaly Klopot Chief Operating Officer, FutureLearn, UK

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