CAEI Speakers — Past Editions

Internationalization of HigherEd Experts

Fanta Aw

President & CEO, NAFSA: Association of International Educators

United States

Jose Celso Freire Junior

Associate Rector for International Affairs, UNESP and President, Brazilian Association for International Education - FAUBAI

Brazil

Larissa Bezo

President and CEO, Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE)

Canada

Eva Haug

Educational Advisor, EAIE Expert Community Internationalisation at Home

Netherlands

Alex Usher

President, Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA)

Canada

Jeffrey Sachs

Director of the Center for Sustainable Development and United Nations SDG Advocate.

USA

Denise Amyot

President & CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)

Canada

Josep Vilalta

Director, Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi)

Spain

Jamil Salmi

Global Tertiary Education Expert

Colombia

David Julien

Executive General Secretary, Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE)

Canada

Deneyse Kirkpatrick

Executive Director, Texas International Education Consortium

United States

Gabriel Miller

CEO, Universities Canada

Canada

Gerardo Blanco

Academic Director, Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College

United States

Jose Celso Freire Junior

Associate Rector for International Affairs, UNESP and President, Brazilian Association for International Education - FAUBAI

Brazil

Bernand Burrola

Vice President, Office of International, Community and Economic Engagement - Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)

USA

Presidents and Rectors


Daniel Jutras

Rector, Université de Montréal (UdeM)

Canada

Maritza Rondón Rangel

Rectora, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia (UCC) and President, OUI-IOHE

Colombia

Lawrence Schovanec

Presidente, Texas Tech University

Estados Unidos

Verónica Agreda de Pazos

Rectora Nacional, Universidad Franz Tamayo (UniFranz)

Bolivia

Arturo Condo

Rector, Universidad EARTH

Costa Rica

José Manuel Restrepo

Rector, Universidad EIA

Colombia

Keith E. Whitfield

President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

USA

Federico Zaragoza

President, College of Southern Nevada (CSN)

USA

Maria Delfina Veirave

Rectora, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE)

Argentina

Christian Blanchette

Rector, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

Canada

Claude Brulé

President & CEO, Algonquin College

Canada

María Estrada Sánchez

President, Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Fernando León García

President, CETYS Universidad

Mexico

Andrew Petter

President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University

Canada

Sophie D’Amours

Rectora, Université Laval

Canada

Alexandre Cloutier

President, Universités du Québec (UQ)

Canada

Brigitte Baptiste

Rectora, EAN University

Colombia

Marcela Paredes

Rectora, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP)

Panama

Government Representatives


Denise Pires de Carvalho

Secretary of Higher Education (SESU)

Brazil

Victor Orellana

Undersecretary of Higher Education

Chile

María Victoria Angulo

Minister of Education

Colombia

Gabriel Miller

CEO, Universities Canada

Canada

Rui Oppermann

Director of International Relations, CAPES

Brazil

Anne Posthuma

Director OIT/Cinterfor

Uruguay

Jesus Giacoman

Director of Education, Organization of American States (OAS)

USA

David Johnston

Governor General of Canada

Canada

Rémi Quirion

Scientifique en Chef, Fonds de recherche du Québec

Canada

Kim Osborne

Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Organization of American States (OAS)

USA

Mauricio Toro

President, ICETEX

Colombia

Anthony Koliha

Director, Office of Global Education Programs, U.S. Department of State

United States

Francesc Pedró

Director, IESALC-UNESCO

Venezuela

David Enríquez

Vicepresidente de Relaciones Externas y Asuntos Internacionales, Mitacs

Canadá

Canada