20th International Conference on Higher Education
The Role of the University in Bridging Civilizations
22 – 24 August 2008
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Malaysia
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Thursday,
August 21 2008
4:30 pm I.C.H.E. Steering Committee meeting
8:00 pm Steering Committee Reception Dinner
Friday,
August 22 2008
9:00 pm UKM - Putrajaya Tour
12:00
pm Hotel
Check In
3:00 pm
Welcome Addresses
Prof.Dato' Dr.Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin
3:30 pm Welcome Addresses
Prof.Ignaz Bender
President, ICHE
4:00 pm Keynote Address
HRH Raja Dr Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
The
Crown Prince of
Perak
8:00
pm Dinner
hosted by UKM & The Ministry of Higher Education
Saturday,
23 August 2008
* Prof Wang Gungwu, Chairman, East Asian Institute, National University of
Singapore
10:30
am Tea
Break
11:00 am ContributedPapersSession
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Higher Education for the Wisdom
Society
* Prof.
Hans van Ginkel, former rector of UN
University
Tokyo / former rector of Utrecht University,
Netherlands
* Prof Dr Chandra Muzaffar, Nordin Sopiee Professor of Global Studies, Centre for Policy Research and International Studies,
Universiti
Sains
Malaysia
4:00 pm Tea Break
4:30 pm Contributed Papers Session
8:00 pm Dinner at Restoran
Berputar
Sri
Angkasa,
KL
Tower
Sunday,
24 August 2008
9:00 am Universities
and Ecological Survival
* Dr Achim Steiner, UN
Undersecretary
and
Director
of the
UN Environmental
Program UNEP,
Nairobi
(invited)
* Prof.
Dato’
Dr.
Ibrahim
Komoo, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and
Development,
Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia
10:30
am Tea
Break
11:00 am Contributed
Papers Session
12:00 pm Closing
Session
12:30 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Kuala Lumpur Tour