Partner Day Program  

April 5, 2022

Partner Day sessions will include 15 minutes of presentation, 15 minutes of small group discussion, and 15 minutes of large-group discussion. Please be prepared to discuss on Zoom with your cameras on! 

Presenter bios are available online
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10:00 a.m.  – 10:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

10:15 a.m.  – 11:00 a.m. Beyond the Echo Chamber: Insights into the Future of International Higher Education
Recording: https://vimeo.com/698669336
What do thought-leaders around the world believe international education leaders should have on their radar in the next 3-5 years? Members of AIEA’s Professional Development and Engagement Committee set out to answer this question with a series of interviews with scholars, leaders, and influencers from higher education and beyond around the world. Bringing forward both big themes and specific suggestions, this session will engage a broad discussion of the future of international higher education
Chair: Kalpen Trivedi 
Presenters: Jennifer Evanuik, Steven McDowell

 11:10 a.m.  – 11:55 a.m. Emerging Issues in International Education: Launching the 2nd Edition of the Handbook of International Higher Education
Recording: https://vimeo.com/698638040
What are key internationalization issues as we look to the post pandemic future and how will SIOs navigate those issues? Join AIEA thought leaders in learning from and with peers as this roundtable highlights these key issues and invites leaders to explore together the best ways forward. The co-facilitators will draw on newly published material in the 2nd edition of AIEA's signature publication, The Handbook on International Higher Education, in guiding the discussion.
Chairs: Hans de Wit and Darla Deardorff 
Discussion Leaders: Aryn Baxter, Jeanine Gregersen Hermans, John Heyl, Giorgio Marinoni, Bryan McAllister, Darbi Leigh Roberts, and Craig Whitsed

 12:00 p.m.  – 12:30 p.m. Partner Connections ("speed-networking")
 Join registrants to connect with other participants interested in making strategic international partnerships. Be ready to share your contact information in the chat, as well as an “elevator pitch” for the types of partnerships you are looking for. Participants will have opportunities to join breakout rooms to connect with other looking to build partnerships.

 12:30 p.m.  - 1:15 p.m. Opportunities for Leadership and Professional Development through AIEA
Recording: https://vimeo.com/698656085
AIEA seeks to provide a range of professional development opportunities to support senior international leaders at every stage of their career. Members of AIEA’s Professional Development and Engagement Committee will profile AIEA’s professional development programs and how they might serve diverse goals and needs. Discussion points will include competitiveness, criteria, benefits, and barriers to participation. Participants will come away with a roadmap for engagement in AIEA’s professional development programs.
 Co-Chairs: Maria Anastasiou and Jennifer Evanuik
1:20 p.m.   - 2:05 p.m.  

Internationalization of Higher Education in and for a New World
Recording: https://vimeo.com/698665821
Today’s world is quite different from the one we used to live in only few years ago. Major events and developments have changed our reality both at macro and micro level. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a turning point also for higher education and for internationalisation of higher education, as it disrupted the usual way of doing things and accelerated trends and transformations already in act. COVID-19 created new challenges but also new opportunities for internationalisation of higher education, but it is by no means the only phenomenon having a major impact on internationalisation. Changing geopolitics with the slowdown of globalisation, the imperative for sustainable development and the digital transformation of our societies, and higher education in particular, all play major roles in shaping internationalisation.  In this new world internationalization of higher education is needed more than ever, as the challenges the world faces (climate change, food security, energy resources, pandemics) are global by nature and only a global approach can lead to the solution of these challenges.

This session will present a brief overview of how internationalization of higher education is changing in this new context and suggest ideas on how it should evolve to remain a useful tool for the betterment of society.
Chair: Giorgio Marinoni
2:05 p.m.  -  2:15p.m. Partner Day Wrap-Up