HIGHER EDUCATION

DAY 1 | 26 NOVEMBER 2017 THE GREAT BALL ROOM – HALL 3

02:15 PM-02:30 PM

INDUSTRY PRESENTATION

Dr S Nabi, Director, Infoplus Technologies Limited

02:30 PM-03:15 PM

DUBAI’S EDUCATION SCENARIO: ATTRACTING FOREIGN STUDENTS BY LEVERAGING EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM
(PANEL DISCUSSION)

Dr. Yousef Al Assaf, President, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai
Christopher Abraham, Senior Vice-President, Institutional Development, S. P. Jain School of Global Management’s, Dubai
Abhilasha Singh, Provost, American University in Emirates, Dubai

KEY TALKING POINTS

Dubai has thrown its doors opened for students from world over. It has created an ecosystem which fascinates students from various parts of the globe. What has been done and what more needs to be done? That will be discussed in this session.

03:15 PM-03:45 PM

REIMAGING THE HEALTH EDUCATION SCENARIO BY DUBAI HEALTHCARE CITY AUTHORITY.

Dr. Amer Sharif, CEO, Education sector, Dubai Healthcare City Authority

03:45 PM-04:00 PM

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Dr M.G. Shirhatti, Academic Head, ShriJagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University

04:00 PM-04:15 PM

WHAT SHOULD BE THE EDUCATION MODEL FOR DEVELOPING WORLD? WHAT IS PREVAILING IN INDIA – CHANGING INDIAN MODEL COULD BE A MODEL FOR DEVELOPING WORLD?

PROF. (DR) Balvir S. Tomar, Chancellor, NIMS University, India

04:15 PM-05:15 PM

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN GLOBALISED ENVIRONMENT AND IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR SKILL FULFILLMENT: GLOBAL EXPERIMENTS21ST CENTURY SKILLS AND THEIR RELATION TO EMPLOYABILITY
(PANEL DISCUSSION)

Dr Mohan Agarwal, Professor of Business Director, Continuing Education & Community Engagement, MENA College of Management, Dubai
Swetha Madhusudanan, Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Dr MGR University, India
Francois Therin, Director, Institute of Management Technology, Dubai
Dr Ranendra N Saha, Director, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Dubai Campus
Hisham Hanfy, Lecturer, Higher Colleges of Technology, Dubai
Rohit Manglik, CEO, Edugorilla
James Maughan, Director, Dubai Business Internships

KEY TALKING POINTS

Knowledge exchange is important for the growth of any sector. Education is of no exception. Global collaborations are essential to create an effective education system to ensure innovation. On the other hand, unemployable youth is a serious issue world over. To address this, there is a need of specialised skill set. Skilling of youth is now pivotal to make them employable with vocational courses. An effective higher education system is the need of the hour. The present scenario and the future of skilled youth will be discussed in this session.