The 9th International Conference
IE University, Madrid, March 5-6, 2018
Launched in 2010 and now in its 9th edition, Reinventing Higher Education returned to IE University’s Madrid campus, following two previous editions held in Chile (2016) and in Mexico (2017).
On March 5-6, experts from Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the United States discussed the global impact of higher education and the challenges it faces in times of anti-globalization measures.
The symposium, organized with the support of IE Foundation and British Council, brought together university administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs and top managers, academics, student representatives and media experts to discuss the status and future evolution of Higher Education (HE), and to debate the direction research, learning, governance and management of universities should take.
Speakers included
- Phil Baty, World Rankings Editor, Times Higher Education
- Stela Campos, Career Editor & Columnist, Valor Economico
- Jerónimo Castro, Director Ejecutivo, COLFUTURO
- Dr Martyn Davies, Managing Director, Emerging Markets & Africa, Deloitte
- Abdelhafid Debbarh, Advisor to the President at Université Internationale de Rabat
- Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary General of the League of European Research Universities
- Dr. Mathias Falkenstein, Managing Director, Centre for Higher Education – CHE Consult
- Lucía Figar, Chairwoman IE ROCKETS
- Ginn Fung, South China Morning Post
- Pilar Garcés, Director General of Universities and Research in the Ministry of Education of Castile and Leon
- David Garza, Rector at TEC Monterrey
- Dr. Olaf Hahn, Senior Vice President, Robert Bosch Stiftung Gmbh
- Ahmad Hasnah, President at Hamad Bin Khalifa University
- Fadlo R. Khuri, President of the American University of Beirut
- Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, President & Founder, Almaty Management University
- Rianne Letschert, Rector at University of Maastricht
- Teresa Martin-Retortillo, President IE Exponential Learning
- Carlos Mas, Executive Vice President of the IE Foundation
- Thabo Mbeki, Former President of South Africa and President of University of South Africa
- Anne McElvoy, Senior Editor at The Economist and Head of The Economist Radio
- Cornelius McGrath, 2016 LinkedIn Top Voice/Entrepreneur, Founding Member at ProMazo
- Dr. Manfred Pohl, CEO and founder of My Europe 2100 and the Frankfurter Zukunftsrat
- Robert D. Reid, Senior Executive Advisor and former VP and Chief Accreditation Officer at AACSB
- Diego Rubio, Executive Director, Center for the Governance of Change, IE University
- Vanessa Scherrer, Vice President Delegate for International Affairs of Sciences Po
- Karen Sibley, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives; Dean, School of Professional Studies; Vice Chair, Department of Education at Brown University
- Federico Valdés, Rector of Universidad del Desarrollo
- Kevin Van Cauter, Senior Higher Education Adviser for Internationalisation at the British Council
- Nick Van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer, McKinsey
- David Van Zandt, President, The New School
- Ivonne Vargas, Coaching Empresarial
The 8th International Conference
TEC de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, December 11-12, 2017
For the second consecutive year IE University, Universidad del Desarrollo, and Tecnológico de Monterrey, came together to create a space for reflection and discussion on the future of Higher Education.
The seminar “RHE: The University of the Future” was a Latin American edition of the conference held annually by IE for the previous 7 years in Spain and on this occasion on December 11 and 12 in Monterrey City, Mexico, forming part of the 4th International Conference on Educational Innovation, “Designing the Future of Education” run by Tec de Monterrey.
The seminar focused on addressing the challenging scenario facing higher education, with a special focus on the impact of an increasingly globalized world undergoing profound technological and social change.
Speakers included
- Salvador Alva, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Kerry Healey, Babson College
- Pablo Navas, Universidad de los Andes
- Federico Valdés, Universidad del Desarrollo
- Santiago Iniguez, IE University
- Colleen Silva-Hayden, Harvard University
- Joaquín Guerra, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Giovanni Dubois, Coursera
- Shankar K. Prasad, Brown University
- María Eugenia Marín, IE University
- Daniel Contesse, Universidad del Desarrollo
- Tom Robinson, AACSB International
- Claudio Muñoz, Telefónica de Chile
- Arturo Cherbowski, Santander Universidades
- Ignacio de la Vega , EGADE Business School
- Alberto Bello, Expansión
- Luis Pablo de Beauregard, El País
- Gabriel Pardo, Mercurio
- Rachael Pells, Times Higher Education
- Geoffroy Gérard, IE Foundation
The 7th International Conference
Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile, November 24-25, 2016
IE University, Universidad del Desarrollo and Tecnológico de Monterrey, came together to create a space for reflection and discussion on the future of Higher Education.
The seminar “RHE: The University of the Future” was a Latin American edition of the conference held annually by IE for the previous 7 years in Spain, and which took place on November 24- 25, in Santiago, Chile.
The seminar focused on addressing the challenging scenario facing higher education, with a special focus on the context of Latin America.
Speakers included
- Federico Valdés, Universidad del Desarrollo
- Santiago Iñiguez, IE University
- Carlos Simonsen, Fundación Getulio Vargas
- Cristián Zegers, Diario El Mercurio
- Joaquín Guerra, Tec de Monterrey, México
- María Eugenia Marín, IE University
- Carl Langebaek, Universidad de los Andes
- Juan Eduardo Vargas, UDD
- Daniel Contesse, UDD
- Claudio Muñoz, Telefónica Chile
- Fernando López, Google Chile
- Adrián Ali, HP Latinoamérica
- Mauricio Larraín, ESE Business School
- Oscar Landerretche, Codelco
- Cristián Larroulet, UDD
- Elías Selman, América Economía
- Ana Torres, El País
- Bernardo Amador, QS
- Pedro Montt, Comisión Nacional de Educación
- Geoffroy Gérard, IE University
The 6th International Conference
IE University, Madrid, October 19-20, 2015
IE University held the sixth edition of its International Conference Reinventing Higher Education at IE’s Madrid campus on October 19 – 20, 2015. This 6th edition focused on “Shaping Global Citizens”.
The overriding aim of the conference, organized in collaboration with the British Council, was to bring together university administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics, student representatives and media experts to discuss the status and future evolution of Higher Education (HE).
Speakers included
- Simon Manley, British Ambassador
- Frédéric Mion, Sciences Po
- Ahmad Hasnah, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (QF)
- Karen Sibley , Brown University
- Cristián Larroulet, Universidad del Desarollo
- Andrew Mackay, British Council Spain
- Jacqueline Jenkins, British Council
- Jacqui Chan, Airbus & Airbus Group
- Lee Newman, IE School of Human Sciences & Technology
- Maripé Menéndez, International Baccalaureate
- John T.S. Keeler, University of Pittsburgh
- Joe Avison, Chronicle of Higher Education
- A.C. Grayling, New College of the Humanities
- Arantza de Areilza, IE University
- Chris Parr, Times Higher Education
- Malini Sen, Times of India
- David Wheeler, Al Fanar Media
- Al Goodman, CNN
- Salvador Carmona, IE University
The 5th International Conference
IE University, Madrid, October 20-21, 2014
IE University held the fifth edition of its International Conference Reinventing Higher Education at IE’s Madrid campus on October 20-21, 2014. This 5th edition focused on “Towards a More Interconnected World”.
The overriding aim of the conference, organized in collaboration with the British Council, was to bring together university administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics, student representatives and media experts to discuss the status and future evolution of Higher Education (HE).
Speakers included
- Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI)
- Thomas Estermann, European University Association (EUA)
- Paul Norris, UK NARIC
- Kurt Deketelaere, League of European Research Universities (LERU)
- Davide Canatta, Youth Council of My Europe.
- Salvador Carmona, European Accounting Association
- Gillian Flaxman, British Council School
- Ahmad Hasnah, Hamad bin Khalifa University
- Emmanuel Davidenkoff, l’Etudiant
- Dan LeClair, AACSB
- Ernesto Macaro, Oxford University
- Phil Baty, Times Higher Education
- Maria Eugenia Marin, IE University
- Aurélien Krejbich, Sciences Po
- Mark Levy, British Council
- Sabine Hansen Peck, Amadeus IT Group
- Sebastián Escarrer Jaume, Meliá Hotels Group
- Charles Hardy, Linkedin
- Christian Schutz, Siemens AG
- Anne McElvoy, The Economist
The 4th International Conference
IE University, Madrid, October 7-8, 2013
IE University held the fourth edition of its International Conference Reinventing Higher Education at IE’s Madrid campus on October 7 – 8, 2013. This 4th Edition focused on “Time for New Frontiers and Cross-collaboration in Higher Education”.
The overriding aim of the conference, organized in collaboration with the British Council, was to bring together university administrators, policy makers, entrepreneurs, academics, student representatives and media experts to discuss the status and future evolution of Higher Education (HE).
Speakers included
- Jo Beall, British Council
- Scott Slorach, University of Law
- Vincenzo Raimo, University of Nottingham
- Marc Smelik, University of Leeds
- Gordon McKenzie, UK Ministry of Business, Innovation and Skills
- Don Guttenplan, International Herald Tribune
- Ahmad Hasnah, Qatar Foundation
- Arpad von Lazar, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
- Prof. Mazliham Mohd Su’ud, University of Kuala Lumpur
- Stavros P. Xanthopoylos, Fundación Getulio Vargas Online
- O’Neill AS Outar, University of Alberta
- Jean-Claude Burgelman, European Commission
- Donatella Sciuto, Politecnico di Milano
- Gayle Allard, IE Business School
- Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III
- Michele Petochi, World Economic Forum
- Teresa Garcia-Milá, Universidad Pompeu Fabra
- Daniel Peña, Carlos III
- Salvador Carmona, IE University
- Cesar Alvarez, IQSOS Consulting
The 3rd International Conference
IE University, Madrid, October 22-23, 2012
IE University held the third edition of its International Conference Reinventing Higher Education at IE’s Madrid campus on October 22 – 23, 2012. This 3rd edition was focused on #Edupreneurship: New Species & Avenues to Differentiation in Higher Education. Edupreneurship was emerging as a new landscape, eliminating borders between academic institutions, community and business, and shaping new alliances which benefit the higher education sector.
Speakers included
- Arnoud de Meyer, Singapore Management University
- Thomas Estermann, European University Association
- Roger Goodman, University of Oxford
- Sergei Myasoedov, Academy of the Russian Government
- Vandyck Silveira, IBMEC
- Michael Speaks, DUniversity of Kentucky
- Jack Grove, Times Higher Education
- Michele Petochi, World Economic Forum
- Annie Lin, Wikimedia Foundation
- Kenneth K. Wong, Brown University
- Carlos Cruz Limon, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Pat Killingley, British Council
- Mahmoud Ezzamel, Cardiff University
- Salah Khalil, Alexandria Trust
- Celia de Anca, IE Business School
- David Wheeler, Al Fanar Media
The 2nd International Conference
IE University, Madrid, October 18, 2011
Following the success of the first Reinventing Higher Education Conference held in Segovia on May 4, 2010, IE University, in collaboration with the Chronicle of Higher Education held the second edition focused on “The Role of the University in a Global Society” at IE University’s Madrid campus on October 18, 2011.
Speakers included
- David Wheeler, The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Lisa Anderson, The American University in Cairo
- Thomas Estermann, European University Association
- Vladimir Mau,Russian Presidential Academy
- David E. Van Zandt, The New School
- Nigel Thrift, University of Warwick
- Carlos E. Cruz Limón, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Santiago Iñiguez, IE University
- Nunzio Quacquarelli, QS Ltd
- Carlos I. Simonsen Leal, Fundação Getulio Vargas
- Massimo Egidi, LUISS Guido Carli University
- Matthew Gutmann, Brown University
- Fulvio Ortu, Bocconi University
- Connell Monette, Al Akhawayn University
- Francis Vérillaud, Sciences Po
- Francisco Ramirez, Stanford University
- Santiago Cabanas, United World Colleges
- Rick Cameron, Antwerp Int. School
- Martha Mackenzie, University of Oxford
- Tetiana Mykhailiuk, AIESEC International
- Julian Metcalf, International Baccalaureate
The 1st International Conference
IE University, Segovia, May 4th, 2010
In 2010 IE University launched the Reinventing Higher Education Conference, bringing together over 30 experts at its Segovia campus to discuss emerging trends in the field of higher education.
Speakers included
- Michael Arthur, University of Leeds
- David Wheeler, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Carlos Cruz Limón, Tecnológico de Monterrey
- Werner Muller-Esterl, Frankfurt University
- Massimo Egidi, LUISS Guido Carli University
- Luca S. Paderni, Google
- Ann Mroz, Times Higher Education
- Carlos Angulo, Rector of Uniandes
- Vince Tompkins, Brown University
- Bernard Ramanantsoa, HEC
- Francisco Ramírez, Stanford University
- David Mills, University of Oxford
- Eero Kasanen, Aalto University
- Nunzio Quacquarelli, QS Ltd
- Joachim Treusch,Jacobs University
- Zhongming Wang, Zhejiang University