The UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge 2 nd Regional Research Seminar for Latin America and the Caribbean Research and Higher Education Policies for Transforming Societies: Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean. 19 th 20 th July 2007 Trinidad Hilton & Conference Centre DRAFT AGENDA DAY 1 - THURSDAY 19 TH JULY, 2007 8:15am 9:00am Registration Welcome & Opening Ceremony Moderator - Mr. Kwame Boafo Director, UNESCO Office for the Caribbean National Anthem Pan Soloist Welcome Remarks: Representative of the UNESCO Forum Secretariat ( TBA) Professor Hebe Vessuri (Venezuela) Chairperson, Regional Senator the Honourable Hazel Manning President, Trinidad and Tobago UNESCO National Commission and Minister of Education Senator the Honourable Mustapha Abdul-Hamid Minister of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education 9:40am Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Mr. Eduardo Raoul Ali Education Adviser, Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (MSTTE)
9:45am Keynote Address: Professor Errol Miller, Professor of Education, Jamaica Cultural Item Pan Soloist Rapporteur: Prof. Domingo Rivarola, member, UNESCO Forum Regional 10:40am 11:00am Session 1: Building Research Capacity Moderator Dr. Roosevelt Williams, President of ACTI Rapporteur: Prof. Magdalena Leon, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Speakers: i. Professor Hebe Vessuri, (Venezuela) Research Training in Latin America & the Caribbean: Achievements and Shortcomings. ii. Ms. Ana Lucia Gazzola (IESALC) Academic Networks in Latin America & the Caribbean. iii. Dr. Gillian Paul, President, Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA) Linking Caribbean Higher Education Research to Institutional Administrative Capacity Building. The Current ACHEA Focus. iv. Professor Kenneth Julien, T.C Chairman and President, University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) Curriculum Partnering. v. Professor Clarissa Eckert Baeta Neves, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 13:00pm 14:30pm Lunch Session 2: Enhancing Research Productivity - Part I Moderator Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Prinicipal and PVC, UWI- St. Augustine
Rapporteur: Prof. Larissa Adler Lomnitz, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Speakers: i. Professor Nigel Harris (UWI, Jamaica) Enhancing Research Productivity in the Caribbean: A UWI Perspective. ii. Dr. Ethley London, President, Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE) Managing Accreditation Research and Development for Improving Higher Education Practice in the Caribbean: The CANQATE Perspective. 15:30pm Enhancing Research Productivity - Part II iii. Prof. Juan Carlos Silas, University of Monterrey, Department of Education and Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Quality of Education and Eradication of Poverty (Mexico) Assessment of Research Productivity in Mexico and Latin America. iv. Mr. Eduardo Raoul Ali, Education Adviser, Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education (MSTTE) Prospects for Enhancing Caribbean Higher Education Policy Research: The T&T Model for Strategic HE/TE Sector Development. 18:30pm DINNER (for Regional Scientific Committee Members, Presenters and other specially invited guests) DAY 2 - FRIDAY 20 th JULY, 2007 8:30am 9:15am Keynote Address by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education Trinidad and Tobago s Policies in Higher Education Session 3: The Social Relevance and the Utility of Research Part I Moderator Professor Helgio Trinidade, Vice Chair of Research Scientific Committee Rapporteur: Prof. Jorge Landinelli, member, UNESCO Forum Regional
Speakers: i. Mr. Jorge Yutronic (Chile) The Ingredients for Successful Research Universities in the Future Development of Latin American Countries. ii. Dr. Jennifer Lavia, Director of Caribbean Programme, University of Sheffield - Whose Research? What Context?: Decolonizing Research Practice in Higher Education 10:15am 10:30am Discussion 10:50am The Social Relevance and the Utility of Research Part 2 iii. Professor Marcela Mollis (Argentina) iv. Drs. Francisco Lopez-Segrera, Crista Weise & Carlos Tunnermann - Social Relevance and Utility of Research in Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia: Examples of Best Practices. 11:50am 12:30pm 14:00pm Discussion Lunch Reports on the sessions: Prof. Domingo Rivarola, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific Prof. Magdalena Leon, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific Prof. Larissa Adler Lomnitz, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Prof. Jorge Landinelli, member, UNESCO Forum Regional Scientific 14:30pm Closing Plenary Session Vote of Thanks Ms. Susan Shurland, Secretary-General, National Commission for UNESCO 15:00 pm Caribbean Sub-Regional Area Panel Discussion Prospects for Building a Higher Education Policy Research Network in the Anglophone Caribbean
Panelists: Chair: Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Prinicipal and PVC, UWI- St. Augustine - Professor Hebe Vessuri (UNESCO) - Dr. Roosevelt Williams (ACTI) - Dr. Ethley London (CANQATE) - Dr. Gillian Paul (ACHEA) - Mr. Eduardo Raoul Ali (GOTT/EDF Programme) - Ms. Susan Shurland (T&T NatCom UNESCO) - Dr. Michele Monteil (LAC-RSC) Final Report: Rapporteurs General (Professors Nussbaum Voehl and Mollis) 18:30pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION