EURASIAN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS’ FORUM 2019
Future Ready Graduates

6 June - 7 June 2019

Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan

VIII annual Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum (EHELF) took place on June 6-7, 2019 at Nazarbayev University (Nur-Sultan City, Kazakhstan). This year, we have prepared a series of interesting sessions related to the main theme of this year’s Forum – “Future Ready Graduates”.

This year’s event focused on the readiness of HEIs to prepare students for the changing nature of work environment and capacity to develop future leaders and good citizens. Today institutions are challenged to maximize the value they bring to students, which increasingly implies internationalization of learning experiences, opportunities to participate in research, provision of lifelong learning opportunities and a strong portfolio of trusted partnerships with leading industry players, to name a few elements.

Leaders of education, business and government organizations, scholars and employers shared their experiences and engage in debate, exchanged and generated innovative ideas on how institutions could cope with these challenges.

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Day 1:

Plenary session 1: Future Ready Graduates

Ms. Crystal Lim Lange, Co-Founder and CEO, Forest Wolf

Dr. Jonathan Woetzel, MGI director and Senior Partner, McKinsey&Company

Dr. Serik Irsaliyev, President, International University “Astana”

Plenary session 2: HEI Challenge: changing job market

Dr. Tan Tai Young, President, Yale-NUS college

Dr. Darkhan Akhmed Zaki, President, University of International Business

Dr. Peter Mathieson, Principal, the University of Edinburgh

Parallel seminar: Future Readiness – Policies and Practices


Dr. Fatima Zhakypova, Vice-Minister for Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan

Dr. Colin Knox, Professor, NU Graduate School of Public Policy

Dr. Eduardo Araral, Associate Professor and Co-Director IWP, NUS LKY School of Public Policy

Parallel seminar: Liberal Arts as foundation for future careers

Parallel seminar:Book launch

Gender talks:

Business talks:

Mr. Rassul Mustafin, Senior Partner, BI-Group

Ms. Gulmira Raissova, Managing director for HR, National Atomic Company “Kazatomprom”

Ms. Raushan Sarsembayeva, President, Association of Business women of Kazakhstan

Day 2:

Breakout session 1: Global imperative and local relevance


Dr. Greg Lim Lange, Co-founder, Forest Wolf

Dr. Amantay Nurmagambetov, Adviser to the Director of “Bologna process and academic mobility center” MoES RK

Mr. Olzhas Ordabayev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Atameken National Chamber of Enterpreneurs of Kazakhstan

Breakout session 2: HEI value proposition: future leaders


Mr. Emin Askerov, Social Enterpreneur

Dr. Miras Daulenov, Provost, M. Narikbayev KazGUU University

Dr. Bundhit Eua Arporn, President, Chulalongkorn University

Breakout session 3: Future ready HEI

Dr. Chong Tow Chong, President and Acting Provost, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Breakout session 4: Lifelong learning: never stop asking

Dr. Jonathan Woetzel,  MGI director and Senior Partner, McKinsey&Company

Panel discussion: Shaping the industry-academia ecosystem

Dr. Amr Elnashai, Vice Chancellor and Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, University of Houston

Dr. Bundhit Eua Arporn, President, Chulalongkorn University

Closing discussion