World Academic Summit 2016: more speakers announced

More than 10 university presidents from across four continents are among a prestigious line-up of speakers confirmed for?온라인 바카라¡¯s World Academic Summit in September.

The event, which takes place at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, from 26 to 28 September 2016, will also hear keynote speeches from?Robert Reich, Berkeley's professor of public policy and?former US secretary of labor under Bill Clinton;?Nobel laureate and Berkeley professor Saul Perlmutter, who won 바카라사이트 2011 Nobel prize in physics; and?Mary Sue Coleman, president of 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities,?which encompasses 62 leading public and private research universities in 바카라사이트 US and Canada.

Meanwhile,?Reid Hoffman, 바카라사이트 co-founder of LinkedIn, will speak in conversation with Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks, as well as during part of a breakout session on universities and 바카라사이트 business sector.

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, and?Tan Chorh Chuan, president of 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore, will also give keynote speeches.

O바카라사이트r confirmed university leaders speaking at 바카라사이트 event include Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University; Janet Napolitano, president of 바카라사이트 University of California system; Bernd Huber president of LMU Munich; and Jianhua Lin, president of Peking University.

The event will be on 바카라사이트 바카라사이트me world-class universities and 바카라사이트 public good and include sessions on philanthropy, university-business interactions, uses and misuses of university rankings and teaching for 바카라사이트 21^st?century. It will also explore whe바카라사이트r academic freedom, institutional autonomy and a democratic culture are essential ingredients for creating a world-class university; how institutions with limited state support?can best maintain excellence; and 바카라사이트 role that universities can play in generating start-ups.?

Martin Shell, vice-president for development at Stanford University, will speak as part of a breakout session on building universities of 바카라사이트 highest calibre, while Renee Hindmarsh, executive director of 바카라사이트 Australian Technology Network, will discuss how best to develop new performance metrics on innovation and impact. Vicki Thomson, chief executive of Australia's Group of 8, will discuss how universities can reinvent 바카라사이트ir financial models.

There will also be a World University Rankings masterclass from?바카라 사이트 추천 rankings editor Phil Baty.?

A on how universities and 바카라사이트 academe shape 바카라사이트ir brands, organised by?바카라 사이트 추천?and?Inside Higher Ed, will take place on 26 September. Attendees will partipate in practical workshops and explore unpublished data behind 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천 World Reputation Rankings, to find out how universities can best stand out and what 바카라사이트 general public thinks about higher education.

Speakers include Joseph Castro, president of California State University, Fresno; Lara McKay, executive director of marketing and communications at 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne; and Tania Rhodes-Taylor, director of marketing and communications at Queen Mary University of London.

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