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Arshad Ahmad

Vice-chancellor

Lahore University of Management Sciences

Asmaa Al Mannai

Executive director of the research and innovation center of the department of health

Abu Dhabi Government

Walid Al Zaher

Chief research officer

G42 Healthcare

Haifa Jamal Al-Lail

President

Effat University

Ali Alghafli

Vice-dean of the college of humanities and social sciences

United Arab Emirates University

Ghaleb Alhadrami

Acting vice-chancellor

United Arab Emirates University

Timirkhan Alishev

Vice-rector of international cooperation

Kazan Federal University

Tércio Ambrizzi

Superintendent of environmental management

University of São Paulo

Mohamed Yousif Baniyas

Director of the commission for academic accreditation in the ministry of education

UAE Government

Roberta Malee Bassett

Global lead for tertiary education

World Bank

Phil Baty

Chief knowledge officer

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Alan Chan

Provost and J.S. Lee professor of Chinese culture

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz

Senior vice-president of research networks

Elsevier

Mahmoud El-Meteini

President

Ain Shams University

Getachew Engida

Co-president of the China-Africa Leadership Development Institute

Tsinghua University

Isak Froumin

Head of the Institute of Education

HSE University

Jack Grove

Reporter

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Lokesh Jetley

Regional subscriptions director

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Shinji Kaneko

Executive vice-president of global initiatives

Hiroshima University

Sarmad Khan

Board director

Academic Council on the United Nations System

Lilian Ferrer Lagunas

Vice-president of international affairs

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Clayton MacKenzie

Provost and chief academic officer

Zayed University

Wael Mansour

Customer consultant for research management (Middle East and Turkey)

Elsevier

Teboho Moja

Professor of higher education

New York University

Ben Nelson

Founder and CEO

Minerva Project

Fulufhelo Nelwamondo

CEO

National Research Foundation of South Africa

Ir Nizam

Director-general of higher education in the ministry of education and culture

Government of Indonesia

H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh

Chancellor

United Arab Emirates University

Noorsaadah Rahman

Deputy vice-chancellor of research and innovation

University of Malaya

Chanita Rukspollmuang

Vice-president and dean of the graduate school of education

Siam University

Amr Ezzat Salama

Secretary-general

Association of Arab Universities

John Schwartz

Head of business development

edX

Elizabeth Shepherd

Managing director of consultancy services

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Tim Sowula

Head of content and engagement

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Zaher Srour

Director of partnerships (Middle East)

Coursera

Malyaj Varmani

Vice-president

Invest India

Chandrika Wijeyaratne

Vice-chancellor

University of Colombo

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