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 | 2006 International Investment Forum for Private Higher Education
2006 International Investment Forum for Private Higher Education |
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Day 1 Wednesday, February 1
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| 6:00pm | Reception
Main Foyer, IFC
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| 7:00pm | Welcoming Dinner
Welcoming Remarks: Mr. Lars Thunell (Executive Vice President, IFC)
Special Guest Keynote Speaker: Sir John Daniel
(President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, formerly Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO, formerly Vice Chancellor, UK Open University)[pdf]
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Day 2 Thursday, February 2
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| 8:00-8:30am | Registration and Breakfast
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| 8:30-9:00am | Welcoming Remarks
Guy Ellena (Director, Health & Education Department, IFC)
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| 9:00-10:00am | Global and US Marketplace Trends
- The US Higher Education Market
Kosmo Kalliarekos (Senior Partner, The Parthenon Group, USA) [pdf]
- Global Marketplace Trends in Higher Education
Ron Perkinson (Principal Education Specialist, IFC)
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| 10:00-10:30am | Coffee
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| 10:30-12:15pm | Setting the Scene
Enhancing Access and Quality in Higher Education: New Challenges and Opportunities
Jamil Salmi (Coordinator, World Bank's Network of Tertiary Education Specialists) [pdf]
Doing Education Business in China: Case Studies
- By Acquisition: CIBT Joint Venture Business School
Toby Chu (CEO, Capital Alliance Group, Canada) [pdf]
- Through Internationalization: A Joint Hybrid Program
Robert Ubell (Dean, School of Professional Education, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA) [pdf]
- Advancing Quality Through Internationalization
John Odhiambo (President, Strathmore University: Global Business School Network, Kenya) [pdf]
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| 12:15-13:30pm | Lunch
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| 13:30-15:00pm | Successful ICT Assisted Learning Models: Case Studies
- Successful ICT Assisted Learning Models: A Developing Country’s Perspective
Gopal Rajagopalan (Vice Chairman and Managing Director , Manipal Universal Learning Private Limited, India) [pdf]
- Lessons Learned on Delivering Successful On-line National and Cross Border Education
Hilda Cruz (Vice President, Research & Development , Universidad Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
- A Case for Standardized Curriculum & Technology Assisted Learning
Dr Raul Mendez Seguraz (Rector, Universidad Tecnologica de Mexico, Mexico)
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| 15:00-15:30pm | Coffee
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| 15:30-17:00pm | Optimizing Opportunities in Technical and Vocational Education:
Case Studies
- The Chinese Perspective: Opportunities in Higher Education
Asa Konigson (Partner, SweDevelop, Sweden) [pdf]
- Social & Economic Returns from IT Training Programs
Kagan Kalinyazgan (General Manager, YUCE IT Academy, Turkey) [pdf]
- Delivering Nursing Degrees, Vocational Programs & Continuing Medical Education by Satellite
Daniel Moy (SAC- Modern Distance Education Project, China)
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| 17:00-18:00pm | Networking
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Day 3 Friday, February 3
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| 8:00-8:45am | Breakfast and Networking
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| 8:45-10:00am | Two Feature Presentations
Chair: Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director for Education, OECD
- The Realities of Cross Border Delivery in Higher Education: Challenges, Opportunities & Myths
Sir John Daniel (President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning, formerly Education Director UNESCO, formerly Vice Chancellor, British Open University) [pdf]
- Building New Campuses in Foreign Markets: RMIT University in Vietnam -Before (the case for development) and After (the reality – what happened)
Professor David Wilmoth (Startup Project Manager, RMIT, Australia)[pdf] & Michael Mann (President RMIT International University. Vietnam) [pdf]
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| 10:00-10:30am | Coffee
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| 10:30-11:50am | Economics of Developing On-Line Learning Environments
An interactive live videoconference and audience participation
Chair: Paul Stacey, Director of Development, BC Campus, Canada
- A Case for Technology Assisted Learning
- Opportunities & Pitfalls with Open Source Courseware and Open Source Software
- Moving from On-line Delivery to Blended Delivery through Local Learning Centers – Evaluating the Differences
- E-learning – When the Picture is Not Always Rosy!
Tony Bates (President and CEO, Tony Bates Associates, Ltd., USA) by videoconference from Spain [pdf]
Terry Hilsberg (Chief Executive, NextEd Ltd, China)
Paul Lefrere (Open University, United Kingdom)
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| 11:50-12:20pm |
Chris McCahan (Senior Investment Officer, IFC Health & Education Department |
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- Lessons Learned: Success Factors in IFC’s Portfolio of Investments in Private Higher Education
Sybile Lazar (Portfolio Manager, IFC Health & Education Department) [pdf] |
| 12:20-13:30pm | Lunch
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| 13:30-15:00pm | The Changing World of Education Financing
- Bonds; Student Financing; Structuring Risk Sharing and Financing Facilities
Nathalie Louat (Principal Financial Officer, Structured Finance Department IFC) [pdf]
Case Studies
- Increasing the Impact and Effectiveness of Foundation and donor funding – leveraging private sector financing
Edward Frankel (Sampoerna Foundation, Indonesia)
- Structuring a risk sharing model for Student Financing in Panama
Stuart Adamson (Director, Treasury Services, Laureate Education Inc, USA)
- Vietnam – Insurance-Based Student Financing Scheme
Michael Mann (Founding President RMIT International University. Vietnam) [pdf]
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15:00-15:30pm
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| 15:30-16:30pm | The Impact of Higher Education, Training & Lifelong Learning on Economic Development
Carl Dahlman (Professor of International Affairs and Information Technology, Georgetown University, USA) [pdf]
Case Study: A Strategy for Developing Centers of Excellence
Dr Rolph Balgobin (Executive Director, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago) [pdf]
Lessons Learned: Success Factors in IFC’s Portfolio of Investments in Private Higher Education
Sybile Lazar (Portfolio Manager, IFC Health & Education Department)
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| 16:30-17:00 | Wrap Up Session and Future Recommendations
Patrick Leahy (Manager, Health and Education Department, IFC)
Ron Perkinson (Principal Education Specialist, IFC)
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