Opening of the Forum by moderator Galym Mutanov,

Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Welcoming speech by Murat Orunkhanov, Vice-Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Welcoming speech by Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory

Forum Presentations

Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory, UK
How to Deal with Quality Challenges in a Changing Landscape of Higher Education

 Zoya Zaitseva, Regional Director of Central Europe & Central Asia QS, UK
Kazakh Universities in the QS World University Rankings: success factors and challenges

Angela Yung-Chi Hou, Director of Center for Faculty Development & Instructional Resources, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Lunch

14.00-14.40

Waldemar Siwinski, Vice-President of IREG-Observatory; President of Perspektywy Education Foundation, Poland 

National rankings as an integral part of the global university landscape

14.40-15.20

Gero Federkeil, Vice-President of IREG Observatory; CHE-Centre for Higher Education, Germany

Multidimensional Ranking: Principles, Methodological Criteria and Application

15.20-16.00

Maxim Khomyakov, Vice-Rector for International Policy of Ural Federal University

The Role of International Rankings in Internationalization of Russian system of Higher Education

Coffee-break

16.30-17.10 

Ashraf Darwish, Cultural and Educational Attaché of the Embassy of Egypt to Kazakhstan

Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Egyptian Higher Institutions

17.10-17.40

Discussion and Forum Closing by Mukhambetkali Burkitbayev, First Vice-Rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

17.40-18.00

Certificate Presentation Ceremony