OIC HIGHER EDUCATION FAIR 2015
Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC)
28 & 29 October 2015
28th October 2015
DAY 1 ( Tun Hussein Onn B)
8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM SESSION 1
What will the labour market look like in 2020? Expectation from high profile
companies towards our young graduates.
Topics:
* Employment Growth & Skills Demand
* Migration (International Worker)
* Skilled Trade or Occupation
* Mobile Workforce
PANELIST
To be confirmed
10:30 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM SESSION 2
Educating graduates to be adaptable professionals
Topics:
* How can institute of higher education best prepare graduates for the job market,
and should this be their primary aim?
* What capabilities are required and how do we know?
* What is the cost and value of education for life and work to students and society?
* What are the most appropriate pedagogies (teaching method) for students in
contemporary higher education?
* How can universities connect with industry and the professions to prepare
graduates for changing workforce requirements?
PANELIST
1) Prof Dato' Hassan Saad - President of Taylor's University
2) Dr Nachamma Sockalingam - Senior Manager of Centre for Teaching Excellence
Singapore Management University.
3) Miss Zaleha Kamaruddin - Rector of IIUM
4) Sultan T.Abu Orabi Aladwan- Secretary of Association of Arab University
12:30 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM SESSION 3
Recognizing the needs of the vocational eduction in Muslim Countries
Topics:
* Government's role and effort in order to produce reliable human capital
through vocational education
* Innovative pedagogies in vocational education
* Importance of VET (Vocational Education & Training) in Less Develop countries.
PANELIST
1) Mr Tushar Agarwal - Association Fellow of National Council of Applied
economic Research (NCAER)
2) Dr Abdelaziz Berghout - Deputy Director of IIUM
3) Miss Nadia Badrawi - President of Anqahe
4) Miss Sakina Sofia Baharom - Vice Chancellor of UNITAR
DAY 2 (Tun Hussein Onn B)
8:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM SESSION 4
Liberal Education, Global Challenges and the Equity Imperative
Topics:
* Methods of learning, combining high touch and high tech
* Higher education's role in engaging students with the world's "grand challenges"
and "wicked problems" and in helping to create sustainable future
* Equity & diversity in learning in Islamic higher education
* Quality assurance of cross-border higher education
PANELIST
1) Prof Ir Joniarto Parung - Rector of Universities Surabaya (UBAYA)
2) Mr Nor Azmi Alias - Senior Vice President CREST (Collaborative Research in
Engineering)
3) Dr Abdul Hannan Waheed - CEO of MQA
11:00 AM SESSION 5
Technology-based tools in pursuit of global workforce development
Topics:
*E-Learning - Opportunities and challenges of open educational concepts and
resources -case studies from OUM
* Maintaining the systematic academic excellence towards world class universities
through e-learning
* How to have world class universities through international accreditation and
standards.
PANELIST
1) Prof Emiritus Tan Sri Anuwar Ali - Proffesor,President of OUM
2) Prof Dato' Dr Ansary Ahmed - President of Asia e University Malaysia
3) Dr David Asiravatham- Director of Centre for Information Technology,
University of Malaya
4) Mr Mah Boon Yih - Senior Lecturer of Academy Language Studies,
University Technology Mara
5) Prof Dr Tae Rim Lee - Dean of College Natural Science Korea National
Open University (KNOU)
12:30 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM SESSION 6
Streamlining the Scholarship/fund offers to Less Developed Countries & generate
multilateral higher education cooperation
Topics:
* Partnership with the higher education community -private,public,large,small, open
access and selective.
* Regional initiatives in the developing world
* What can be done to systematically share our experience within the sub region
and with other sub regions in the framework of international Cooperation?
PANELIST
1) Miss Christine Ennew - COO of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM SESSION 7
Higher Education in OIC Countries - Envisioning the future of our youth
Topics:
* Mobilisation in education - have we achieved it in OIC Countries?
* Where are we heading for in the future?
* Improving benchmarks for governance, coordination and coherence
PANELIST
1) Dr Shariar Shafiee - President, University of Applied Science, Iran
2) Prof Dr Ali Shams El Din - President Banha University Egpyt
3) Prof Dr Mohamed Amin Embi - Director of Faculty of Education University
Kebangsaan Malaysia
4) Prof Dr Awang Bulgier Awang Mahmud - Deputy Vice Chancellor of UM
5) Tan Sri Yusuf Hj Mohd Noor - Chairman of UM
4:00 PM Closing Remarks