CHINESE-AFRICAN FORUM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION | The American University in Cairo

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AUC is hosting Chinese African Forum for Higher Education, focusing on strategic priorities for higher education in China and Africa, in order to identify areas for collaboration between universities. Collaborations would include science and technology, innovation, student exchanges, mobility of researches, culture and other fields of education.

Day One

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

12:20 pm – 1:50 pm

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Time	Activity	Location
12:20 pm – 12:30 pm	Registration, Reception and Networking	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
12:30 pm – 12:50 pm	Opening Remarks Ashraf Hatem, AUC Counselor Ehab Abdel Rahman, AUC Provost President Francis Ricciardone, AUC President A representative of the African Delegation Minister-Counselour for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Chinese Embassy in Cairo, Han Bing Egypt's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Cultural Relations, Mahmoud Talaat Egypt's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
12:50 pm – 1:00 pm	The announcement of Moataz Al Alfi's African-Egyptian Scholarship	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
1:00 pm– 1:05 pm	Video on the Chinese-African Forum	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
1:05 pm – 1:50 pm	The Coalition of University Research Excellence in Egypt	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo

Day Two

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

9:00 am – 6:00 pm

(by invitation only)

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Time	Activity	Location
9:00 am - 9:25 am	Reception and Networking	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
9:30 am – 10:45 am	Session One Chinese-African Strategic Cooperation based on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Chinese-African History of Cooperation One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) Beijing Summit on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Higher Education Projects, Bilateral Relations and The Role of Universities Impact of Universities on Diplomacy and Trade Chinese-African Cooperation as Enablers for Development	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
11:00 am – 12:15 pm	Session Two Internationalization of Higher Education and Higher Education in the Digital World Transnational Education, Language Education and Cultural Diversity Institutional Portal and Access to Information Opportunities and Challenges of Higher Education in the Digital Era Fostering Cooperation in Digital Education for the Benefit of Quality Education in Universities Digital Higher Education and the Societal Impact	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm	Session Three Student Mobility and Exchange Programs Current Experience with Students Exchange and Mobility between Africa and China Hurdles to Mobility and Exchange Mutual Recognition of Academic Qualifications Cultural, Logistical and Life Aspects of Exchange and Mobility Innovation Beyond Exchange and Mobility	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm	Session Four Faculty Exchange Program and Joint Research Projects Identification of Mutual Challenges and Priorities in Research Governance of Research Output Funding and Funding Mechanism The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Research	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm	Session Five Interactive session to conclude the path forward Higher Education, Technology and Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Development Goals Joint Periodicals Accreditations Funding Platform for Entrepreneurship	Moataz Al Alfi Hall, AUC New Cairo

Day Three

International Higher Education Congress

Under the auspices of HE President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, president of Egypt

Thursday- April, 4

08.00 – 02.00 pm

(by invitation only)

Time	Activity	Location
9:00 am- 2:00 pm	International Higher Education Conference	El Massa Hotel, New Capital