Programme

GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION FORUM (GHEF) MALAYSIA 2007

 

6 & 7 November 2007

Hotel Nikko Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

 

              “Knowledge and Relevant Human Resource Development”

 

          PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

 

5 November 2007 (Monday)

Venue: Foyer Ballroom 1 & 2

3.00 pm

Registration

5.00-7.30 pm

Welcome reception

 

 

6 November 2007 (Tuesday)

8.00 am

Registration

Venue: Foyer Ballroom 1 & 2

 

9.00  am

 

 

 

 

 

KEYNOTE  PRESENTATION

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

By: Prof. Deepak Nayyar

Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

 

Title: Globalization: What Does It Mean for Higher Education?

 

10.00 am

Tea Break

 

10.30 am

 

 

 

 

 

WELCOMING SPEECH

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

Professor Dr.  Goolam Mohamedbhai

President of International Association of Universities

 

Y. Bhg. Dato’ Prof. Dr. Hassan Said

Director – General, Department of Higher Education,

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

 

 

11.00 pm

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS, OFFICIAL OPENING AND BOOK LAUNCH

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

Y.B. Dato’ Mustapa Mohamed

Minister of Higher Education Malaysia

 

 

12.00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

LUNCHEON TALK

Venue: Junior Ballroom

 

By: Prof. Dr. H. W. Gispen

      Utrecht University, the Netherlands

 

Title: IAU 13th General Conference, Utrecht University, July 2008

 

Introduced by Ms. Eva Egron Polak, Secretary General, IAU

 

 

2.00 pm

 

PLENARY SESSION 1:

Access, Equity and the Role of ICT

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

Chairperson:

Dato’ Prof. Dr. Hassan Said

Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

 

Speakers:

1.    Dr. Jose Ferreira Gomes, University of Porto, Portugal

2.    Prof. Datuk Dr. Md. Zabid Haji Abdul Rashid, Universiti Tun Abdul Razak, Malaysia

 

Rapporteurs:

1.    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Shukran Abdul Rahman, International Islamic University  Malaysia

2.    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norzaini Azman, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

 

3.15 pm

 

Tea Break

 

 

3.45 pm

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

 

 

SESSION 1:

Access, Equity and Broadening Participation in Higher Education

 

Venue: Orchid - Dahlia Room

 

Chairperson:

Dr. Christina Lloyd       

Open University, United Kingdom

Panellists:

1.    Prof. Shyam B. Menon 

University of Delhi, India

2.    Prof. Supachai Yavaprabhas SEAMEO-RIHED, Bangkok

 

Rapporteurs:

1. Prof. Ibrahim Che Omar

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan   

2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rosni Bakar Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

 

SESSION 2:

ICTs: A Response to Needs of Access and Success?

 

Venue: Sakura - Lotus Room

 

Chairperson:

Prof. Roch Denis

Université du Québec a Montreal, Canada

 

Panellists:

1.    Prof. Wong Tat Meng            

Wawasan Open University, Malaysia

2.    Prof. Sally M. Johnstone

Winona State University, USA

 

Rapporteurs:

1. Dr. Anisah Jumaat

Multimedia University, Malaysia

2. Ms. Mariati Norhashim

Multimedia University, Malaysia

5.00 pm

 

End of Day 1

 

8.15 pm

 

Dinner and Cultural Programme

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

 

 

7 November 2007 (Wednesday)

 

9.00  am

 

PLENARY  SESSION 2: 

Governance, Leadership and Quality of Higher Education

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

Chairperson:

Prof. Luc E. Weber, University of Geneva, Switzerland

 

Speakers:

1.    Prof. John C. Cavanaugh, University of West Florida, USA

2.    Prof. Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

 Rapporteurs:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gurnam Kaur Sidhu, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

2. Dr. Salasiah Che Lah, Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

 

10.15 am

Tea Break

 

10.45 am

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

 

 

SESSION 3:

Quality of Higher Education

 

Venue: Orchid - Dahlia Room

 

 

Chairperson:

Prof. Dato' Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

Panellists: 

1.    Prof. Hamed Ben Dhia 

University of Sfax, Tunisia

2.    Ms. Helga Tabuchi

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sciences and Technology, Japan

 

Rapporteurs:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hajar Abdul Rahim, Universiti Sains Malaysia

2. Dr. Shakila Abd. Manan

Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

SESSION 4:

Governance and Leadership in Higher Education

 

Venue: Sakura - Lotus Room

 

Chairperson:

Prof. Janice Reid          

University of Western Sydney, Australia

 

 

Panellists:

1.    Prof. Emeritus Dato’ Ir. Dr. M. Zawawi Ismail

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad, Malaysia

2.    Prof. Agneta Bladh

University College of Kalmar, Sweden

 

Rapporteurs:

1.   Assoc. Prof. Abdul Razak Ahmad Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia

2.   Dr. Juliana Othman, Universiti Malaya

 

12.00 pm

 

LUNCHEON TALK

 

Venue: Junior Ballroom

 

By: Dato’ Prof. Zakri Abdul Hamid

      United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan

 

Title: Research Universities in the 21st Century: Global Challenges and Local Implications

 

Introduced by Dr. Zainal Abidin Sanusi, Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

 

 

2.00 pm

 

 

PLENARY  SESSION 3: 

Global HE Market: Academic Mobility, Transnational and Cross-border Education

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

Chairperson:

Prof. Ing. Ivan Wilhelm, Charles University, Prague

 

Speakers:

1.    Prof.  Dato’ Dr. Ansary Ahmed, Asia e-University, Malaysia

2.    Ms. Zeynep Varoglu, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO

 

Rapporteurs:

1.   Dr. Munir Shuib, Universiti Sains Malaysia

2.   Dr. Chan Yuen Fook , Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

 

 

3.15 pm

Tea Break

 

 

3.45 pm

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

 

 

SESSION 5:

Global HE Market: Moving the People

Venue: Orchid - Dahlia Room

 

Chairperson:

Ms. Elizabeth Lee           

Sunway University College, Malaysia

 

Panellists:

1.    Dr. Saleem Badat              

Rhodes University, South Africa

2.    Prof. Robin Pollard           

 Monash University Malaysia

3.    Prof. Patricia Pol

Universite de Paris, Paris

 

 Rapporteurs:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Koo Yew Lie

 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vincent Pang Universiti Malaysia Sabah

 

SESSION 6:

Global HE Market: Moving the Education

 Venue: Sakura - Lotus Room

 

Chairperson:

Datuk Prof. Mohd. Yusof Kasim

Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

 

Panellists:

1.    Prof. Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Anuwar Ali Open University Malaysia

2.    Dr. Maurits van Rooijen

University of Westminster, London

3.    Prof. Brian P. Atkin

The Nottingham University Malaysia

 

Rapporteurs:

1.   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aida Suraya Md. Yunus, Universiti Putra Malaysia

2.   Dr. Rozinah Jamaludin

Universiti Sains Malaysia

5.30 pm

REPORT FROM GENERAL RAPPORTEUR

 

Venue: Ballroom 1 & 2

 

 

Chairperson:

Ms. Eva Egron-Polak                                                                                       

Secretary General, IAU

 

Prof. Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Universiti Sains Malaysia

 

Prof. Morshidi Sirat

National Higher Education Research Institute

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS

 

Professor Dr.  Goolam Mohamedbhai

President of International Association of Universities

 

 

CLOSING CEREMONY

 

Y.B. Dato’ Ong Tee Keat

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia

 

6.15 pm

End of  Global Higher Education Forum, Malaysia 2007