Global Challenges, Local Impact: Higher Education's
Role in Shaping a Resilient Future

14th – 16th April, 2026 | Kempinski Central Avenue, Dubai - UAE

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Prof. Pedro Manuel Saraiva, Portugal

Diploma from the University of Coimbra, Portugal (1987) and PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT, USA (1993); Assistant (1993-2001), Associate (2001-2010) and Full (2010-) Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Coimbra; Dean of NOVA-IMS (Information Management School at the Nova University of Lisbon (2018-); Member of the Portuguese National Parliament […]

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Prof. Waqar Ahmad, UAE

Professor Ahmad is the Chancellor, having joined the University in June 2017. As a senior social scientist, he is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Professor Ahmad was previously the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic at Middlesex University, with responsibility for faculties, academic development, teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, academic quality and

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Dr. Raffaele Trapasso, France

Raffaele Trapasso is an economist and international civil servant concerned about skills policies, governance systems, higher education, and economic development. He currently works with the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities where he coordinates the Organisation’s work on Higher Education Innovate (www.heinnovate.eu). Trapasso published in peer-reviewed journals and, over the past decade, has

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