Speakers

Ellen Hazelkorn
Dublin Institute of Technology (Ireland)

Jan Sadlak
President of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (Belgium)

Michal Kleiber
Vice-President, European Academy of Science and Arts EASA, f. president of Polish Academy of Sciences

Judith S. Eaton
President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Luc De Schepper
Rector of Hasselt University

Stefaan Hermans
Director of the Policy strategy and Evaluation in DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission

Philip Van Aevermaet
Head of the Research Division at the Department of Economy, Sciences and Innovation of the Flemish Government (Belgium)

Luiz Costa
Academic Vice Rector of IESB University, Former Vice-Minister of Education and former Rector of Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil

Dirk Bochar
Secretary-General, European Federation of National Engineering Associations “FEANI” (Belgium)

Mirko degli Esposti
Deputy Rector, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy)

Witold Bielecki
Rector, Koźmiński University (Poland)

Angela Yung-chi Hou
Executive Director of Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council, Vice President of APQN, Professor of Higher Education at Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan)

Hanne Poelmans
Staff member Information Management and Data-Analysis, Research Coordination Office, Hasselt University (Belgium); Staff member ECOOM-Hasselt – Research Classification Governance

Sadia Vancauwenbergh
Head Information Management and Data-Analysis, Research Coordination Office, Hasselt University (Belgium); Project Leader ECOOM-Hasselt – Research Classification Governance

Mikhail Strikhanov
Rector, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia)

Thomas Parker
Senior Associate, Institute for Higher Education Policy (USA)

Stephane Berghmans
Vice President Academic & Research Relations, Europe, Elsevier

Waldemar Siwiński
President, Perspektywy Education Foundation, Vice-President of IREG Observatory (Poland)

Gero Federkeil
U-Multirank (Germany)

Ben Sowter
Head of the QS Intelligence United Kingdom [QS World University Rankings]

Robert J. Morse
Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report, United States [Best Global Universities Ranking]

Dmitry Grishankov
President, RAEX Rating Agency (Russia)

Bernard Remaud
President, European Network for Engineering Accreditation “ENAEE” (France)

Hassan Rashid Al-Derham
President of Qatar University

Anne-Marie Jolly
Professor Emeritus in University of Orleans, Member of French Accreditation Commission for Engineering Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur (CTI)

Thorsten Kliewe
Chair, Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (The Netherlands)

Marek Pawelczyk
Vice Rector for Science and Development, Silesian University of Technology (Poland)

Euiho Suh
Associate Vice President, DGIST; President, URFK (Republic of Korea)

Palak Sheth
Director, Eduprogress & Reasearch Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat (India)

Alexandra Pontes
Expert in Quality issues, IST Institutional Studies, Planning and Quality Office, Técnico Lisboa Rankings Observatory (Portugal)

Carlos Carvalho
Translator, Member of the Studies and Projects Unit (E&P), Técnico Lisboa Rankings Observatory (Portugal)

Rui Zhang
Director of the Evaluation Center for World First Class Universities and Disciplines, China

Illahi Bakhsh Marghazani
Director, Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Pakistan

Caroline Friedhoff
Project Manager, U-Multirank (Germany)

András Telcs
Scientific advisor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, (Hungary)

Guleda Dogan
Research Assistant, Hacettepe University (Turkey)