Tuesday, June 3rd

Press Conference: Launching of the Map of the Education in Latin America and the Caribbean

Credentials

Official opening of the event by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Colombia, Dr. Álvaro Uribe Vélez. (Getsemaní Auditory)

Opening session (Getsemaní)* Minister of National Education of Colombia, Cecilia María Vélez White; Deputy General Director of UNESCO, Marcio Barbosa; Director of Education of UNESCO, Nicholas Burnett; Director of the Division of Higher Education of UNESCO, Georges Haddad; Vice-Minister of Higher Education of Colombia, Gabriel Burgos Matilla; President a.i. of the Governing Board of IESALC, Corinth Morter-Lewis; Director of UNESCO-IESALC, Ana Lúcia Gazzola.

Conference: The challenges of Higher Education in Colombia in the Regional Context. Dr. Cecilia Maria Vélez White, Minister of National Education of Colombia. Presented by the Vice-Minister Gabriel Burgos Mantilla. (Getsemaní)*

Break

Conference: The Contribution of Higher Education to (Sustainable) Quality Education, Georges Haddad, Director of the Division of Higher Education of UNESCO. Presented by Victoria González, Colombian Comission of Cooperation with UNESCO (Getsemaní)*

Lunch break

Round-table 1: The impacts of the RCHE 1996 and of WCHE 1998 in LAC. Coordinator: Rafael Guarga (Uruguay) Speakers: Jorge Brovetto (Uruguay) Marco Antonio Rodrigues Dias (Brazil) Carlos Tünnerman (Nicaragua) Luis Yarzábal (Uruguay) Reporters: Albor Cantard (Argentina) Rafael López Castañares (Mexico)

15:00-19:00 Credentials

Discussion

Coffee break

Round Table 2: Higher Education, Science, and Technology in LAC in the International Context. (Getsemaní)* Coordinator: Corinth Morter-Lewis (Belice) Speakers: Ana Lúcia Gazzola (IESALC) - View of Higher Education in LAC. Fernando Chaparro (Colombia) - Indicators of C&T in LAC. José Joaquín Brunner (Chile) - Higher Education, C&T in the international context. Reporters: Hélgio Trindade (Brazil) María Victoria Angulo (Colombia)

Discussion

Inauguration of the Exhibitions “Science, Technology, and Innovation” and the “University Book” (Claustro de las Ánimas)

Conference: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Global and Local Challenges. Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Vicepresident IAU and Director of the Simón Bolívar Chair, Alcala University. Presented by Mons. Luis Fernando Rodríguez, Rector of the Pontificia Bolivariana University and President of ASCUN. (Getsemaní)*

Thematic groups 1 (Getsemaní* and projection in Barahona 1 and 2) Trends in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean and in the Global and Local Contexts (General report and theme 1) President: Nicholas Burnett (UNESCO) Speaker: Axel Didriksson (México) Reporter: Daniel Ricardo Medina (Argentina)

Break

Round-table 3 (Getsemaní)* Higher Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation (organized by COLCIENCIAS) Coordinator: Juan Francisco Miranda Miranda (Colombia) Speakers: Jorge Nuñez Jover (Cuba) Félix de Moya Anegón (Spain) Eduardo Macagno (USA) José Miguel Cruces (Venezuela) Reporters: Klaus Jaffé (Venezuela) Lisbeth Fog (Colombia) Round-table 4 (Barahona 4)*** 90 Years after Córdoba, the Latin American University (organized by OCLAE) Coordinator: Luis Arza Valdés (Presidente OCLAE) Speakers: Sixto Efraín Zapata Silva (Cuba) Renan Thiago Alencar Moreira (Brazil) Marcia Noda (Cuba) Mariano Marquinez (Argentina) Pablo Gentili (Argentina) Reporters: Débora Ramos (IESALC) Hernán Trebino (Argentina) Round-table 5 (Barahona 3)* The challenges of South-South Cooperation Coordinator: Paulo Speller (Brazil) Participants: Ministro Juan Vela (Cuba) Ministro Fernando Haddad (Brazil) Ministro Luís Acuña Joseph Ngu (Director UNESCO-IICBA) Reporters: Jeannette Du Bois (Grenada) Maritza Rondón (Colombia)

Lunch break

14:00- 15:00 Parallel thematic sessions (2-10) 2. The Higher Education in the Knowledge Society (Getsemaní)** Chair: Ronaldo Mota (Brazil) Speaker: Hebe Vessuri (Venezuela) Interlocutors: Hugo Juri (Argentina) - Theme 1 Javier Botero(Colombia) - Theme 2 Reporters: Sylvie Didou (Mexico) Eduardo Asueta (Argentina) 3. Quality and Pertinence (Barahona 2)** Chair: Gabriel Burgos Mantilla (Colombia) Speaker: José Dias Sobrinho (Brazil) Interlocutor: María Egilda Castellaño (Venezuela) Reporters: Elaine Foster-Allen (Jamaica) Julio Theiler (Argentina) 4. Inclusion and Equity; Demography (Barahona 4)** Chair: Tibisay Hung (Venezuela) Speaker: Eduardo Aponte Hernández (Puerto Rico) Interlocutor: Elvira Martín Sabina (Cuba) Reporters: Luis Piscoya (Peru) Mauro Braga (Brazil) 5.Diversity and Diversification (Pegassus) Chair: Rodolfo Tuirán (Mexico) Speaker: Jorge Landinelli (Uruguay) Interlocutor: Simon Schwartzman (Brazil) Reporters: Gustavo Rodríguez Ostria (Bolivia) Daniel Mato (Venezuela) 6. Integration and internationalization (Barahona 3)* Chair: Alberto Dibbern (Argentina) Speaker: Xiomara Zarur (Colombia) Interlocutor: Miguel Rojas Mix (Chile) Reporters: José Goico (Dominican Republic) Iván Enrique Ramos Calderón (Colombia) 7. Reforms in Higher Education Systems (Arsenal) Chair: Sally Bendersky (Chile) Speaker: Ernesto Villanueva (Argentina) Interlocutor: Alfredo Pena-Vega (France) Reporters: Maria do Carmo Lacerda Peixoto (Brazil) Beatriz Tancredi (IESALC) 8. Acreditation and Evaluation (Barahona 1) Chair: Aurora Fernández (Cuba) Speaker: Sueli Pires (IESALC) Interlocutor: Renato Janine Ribeiro (Brazil) Reporters: Stela Meneghel (IESALC) Edgar Moncayo Gallegos (Ecuador) 9. Gobernability (Hall 2) Chair: Ramiro Tapia (Bolivia) Speaker: Daniel Samoilovich (France) Interlocutors: Félix García Lausín (Spain) Maria Catalina Nosiglia (Argentina) Reporters: Mario Luiz Neves de Azevedo (IESALC) Xiomara Muro (Venezuela) 10. Financing (Hall 1) Chair: Rafael López Castañares(Mexico) Speaker: Luis Riveros (Chile) Interlocutors: Jamil Salmi (World Bank) Bruce Chapman (Australia) Reporters: Jacques Schwartzman (Brazil) Carmen García Guadilla (Venezuela)

15:00 -18:30 Discussions and proposals

Launching of IESALC bibliographic titles

Plenary session. Presentation of reports of thematic sessions and round tables(Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 y 2)

Ministres private meeting to discuss the Thematic Sessions and Round Tables.

Debates and Conclusions

Conference: Challenges of Innovation for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Paulo Emilio Valadão de Miranda, Profesor and Head of the Hydrogen Laboratory/PEMM-COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Presented by Francisco Huerta, Executive Secretary of the Convenio Andrés Bello. (Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 and 2)*

Lunch break

Panelwith Ministers of Education and of Higher Education (Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 and 2)

Discussion (Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 and 2)

Break

Declaration of the RCHE-2008 (Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 and 2)*

Closing session of RCHE-2008. Minister of National Education of Colombia, Cecilia María Vélez White; Director of the Division of Higher Education of UNESCO, Georges Haddad; Vice-Minister of Higher Education of Colombia, Gabriel Burgos Mantilla, and Director of IESALC-UNESCO, Ana Lúcia Gazzola. (Getsemaní and projection in Barahona 1 and 2)*