2019 Emerging Economy Summit | Times Higher Education | 14 January 2019 | Qatar University, Qatar University، Ibn Khaldoon Hall، Doha, Qatar

Hosted by the editors of Times Higher Education, the global authority on university excellence, the summit covers two full days of interview, debate and discussion, and networking events including a gala dinner, drinks reception, lunches and social events.

We will be adding more sessions and speakers in the coming months prior to the event. Please note that session dates and times are subject to change and we recommend to check the website regularly for updates.

2019 Speakers

Adnan Abu-Dayya
Executive director, Qatar Mobility Innovations Centre

M'hamed el Aisati
Vice-president of product management, funding and content analytics, Elsevier

Dlawer Abdul-Aziz Ala'Aldeen
President, Middle East Research Institute Former minister of higher education and research, Kurdistan Regional Government

Hassan Al-Derham
President, Qatar University

Hessa Al-Jaber
Former minister, ICT Qatar Government

Mariam Al-Maadeed
Vice-president for research and graduate studies, Qatar University

Abdul Sattar Al-Taie
Executive director, Qatar National Research Fund

Roberto Alvarez
Executive director, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils

Valerie Amos
Director, SOAS University of London

Sarah Anyang Agbor
Commissioner for human resources, science and technology, African Union

Ernest Aryeetey
Secretary-general, African Research Universities Alliance

Phil Baty
Chief knowledge officer

Bahram Bekhradnia
President, Higher Education Policy Institute

Carlos H. de Brito Cruz
Science director, FAPESP

Mirvat Bulbul
Vice-president for administrative and financial affairs, Birzeit University

Simon Chan
Brand Manager, THE

Luiz Costa
President, IREG Observatory on academic ranking and excellence, IESB University

Philip Cotton
Vice-chancellor, University of Rwanda

Michael Fung
Deputy chief executive (industry), SkillsFuture Singapore President, Higher Education Planning in Asia Association

John Gill
Editor, THE

Marcelo Kekligian
Digital, analytics, cyber and innovation leader, Ernst & Young

Hilligje van’t Land
Secretary-general

Jenny Lee
Professor, Center for the Study of Higher Education University of Arizona

Fernando León García
President, CETYS University System

Marta Losada Falk
President emeritus, Antonio Nariño University, Colombia

Zainab Malik
Head of consultancy, THE

Francisco Marmolejo
Lead higher education specialist for India, The World Bank

Hasan Mandal
President, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

Tshilidzi Marwala
Vice-chancellor and principal, University of Johannesburg

2019 Sponsors & Partners

SPONSOR:
• Russian Academic Excellence Project

WORLD RANKING PARTNER:
• Elsevier

GLOBAL MEDIA PARTNER:
• The Wall Street Journal

GLOBAL PARTNER:
• Advance HE
• HSBC
• Microsoft
• Huawei
• Pearson

ENGAGEMENT PARTNER:
• Perrett Laver