Fifth meeting

Muzaffar Khoshimovich Esanov, Center for Higher Education Development Research under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Deputy Director, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences

«STUDY IN UZBEKISTAN»

09:45 – 10:30

Ивета Силова, профессор и ассоциированный декан Педагогического колледжа Мэри Лу, Arizona State University, США (онлайн)

«WHOSE KNOWLEDGE MATTERS? RETHINKING UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS AS DIALOGUE, NOT ONE-WAY TRANSFER»

10:30 – 11:15

Zhuldiz Smagulova, Professor and Dean of the College of Humanities and Education, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan

«GLOBALIZATION, REGIONALIZATION AND NATION-BUILDING: CHALLENGES OF LANGUAGE POLICY IN HIGHER EDUCATION»

11:25 – 12:25

Panel Session №1

Moderator: Gulnara Kurenkeeva, PhD, Rector, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan

Opening of the session and welcome remarks by the moderator

«LOCAL IDENTITY AND GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS OF CENTRAL ASIAN UNIVERSITIES»

Session Speakers:

Timothy O’Connor, PhD, President, American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Kyrgyzstan

Asel Akhibaeva, PhD in Economics, Rector, Kazakh-German University DKU, Kazakhstan

Berdymyrat Orazov, Head of the “Digital Economy” Department, Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, Turkmenistan (online)

Muzaffar Khoshimovich Esanov, Center for Higher Education Development Research, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Deputy Director, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences

12:25 – 13:25

Panel Session №2

Moderator: Michelle Bedeker, PhD (Multilingualism), Associate Professor, Head of the "Education" Program, “New Uzbekistan” University (NUU), Uzbekistan

Opening of the session and welcome address from the moderator

«THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION — A GLOBAL STANDARD OR CULTURAL DIVERSITY?»

Session Speakers:

Laura Karabasova, PhD, Rector, Aktobe Regional University named after K. Zhubanov, Kazakhstan (online)

Hristo Kyuchukov, DSc (Psycholinguistics), Professor and Director of the Roma Studies Center, Silesian University in Katowice, Poland

Abhimanyu K. Sharma, PhD (Sociolinguistics), Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy for Higher Education, United Kingdom

Mehrinigor Bakhodirovna Akhmedova, Professor, Doctor of Philological Sciences (DSc), Department of English Literature and Translation Studies, Bukhara State University

Svetlana Y. Balkhova, Moscow State University branch in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

14:30 – 15:30

Panel Session №3

Moderator: Amirbek Ikramov, PhD, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Asian International University, Uzbekistan

Opening of the session and welcome remarks by the moderator

«PARTNERSHIPS IN CENTRAL ASIA: TRUST, ETHICS, MUTUAL DEVELOPMENT»

Session Speakers:

Dariya Kozhamzharova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Director of the branch, South Kazakhstan University named after M. Auezov in Chirchik (Uzbekistan), Kazakhstan

Almaz Ibraev, PhD in Economics, First Vice-Rector, Kyrgyz-Turkish University “Manas”, Kyrgyzstan

Dilobar Boimatova, PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Dean of the Joint Faculty of TSULBP-TFI, Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics, Tajikistan

Makhmudjon Utkirov, Project Manager, National Erasmus+ Office, Uzbekistan

Fariz Ismailzade, PhD, Vice-Rector for Government and International Affairs, ADA University, Member of the Milli Majlis of the electoral district of Lankaran City, Azerbaijan (online)

15:30 – 16:00

FORESIGHT SESSION

Saule Kalikova, education policy expert, CAPS Unlock Foundation, Kazakhstan

Sholpan Tazabek, PhD, Volkswagen Foundation Fellow (Germany), Vice-Rector for Global Partnerships, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan

«THE TURKESTAN DECLARATION, THE SAMARKAND SUMMIT, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ACADEMIC INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA»

16:00 – 16:30

Summary and Resolutionof the Fifth Meeting of the Rectors’ Club: Central Asia+