UC Davis University Leaders To Discuss Pandemic, Future Of International Education

Press release from the University of California, Davis:

June 25, 2020

Leaders from universities in New Zealand, India and Japan will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of international education in an online forum Thursday, July 2.

The third in a series of five live conversations with educational leaders from about a dozen countries, the panel will include:

• Harlene Hayne, vice-chancellor of the University of Otago in New Zealand
• Yutake Maeda, vice president and dean of the Division of International Affairs at Kansai University in Japan
• Vijay Kumar Saraswat, chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India

The series, “The Future of International Education: Leadership Perspectives From Around the World,” is co-hosted by the Institute of International Education, or IIE, and the University of California, Davis. See the series news release.

The regional panel on Asia and Oceania will begin at 6 p.m. PDT (July 3 at 1 a.m. UTC). Allan Goodman, president of the IIE, will moderate the discussion.

The conversations continue July 9 with panelists from Europe:

• Matilde Sánchez Fernández, vice-rector of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in Spain
• Sari Lindlom serves vice-rector of the University of Helsinki in Finland
• Peter Mathiesson, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland

and July 16 with panelists from Latin America:

• Ignacio Sánchez Díaz, rector of Pontificia Universidad de Católica de Chile
• David Garza, rector of Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
• Soraya Soubhi Smaili, rector of Universidade Federal de São Paulo in Brazil

The hourlong sessions are open to the public. For each session, advance registration is required and will close when seats are filled. Recordings of the discussions are available on the series webpage.

This press release was produced by the University of California, Davis. The views expressed here are the author’s own.