The Times Higher Education Emerging Economies Summit 2019 will be held from 14-16 January 2019 in Doha, Qatar. Organized in partnership with Qatar University, the summit will bring together leaders from the most significant research universities in the world’s emerging economies, as well as policymakers and industry executives, to share their experiences in building and developing knowledge economies for high-value returns to societies, and to advance understanding of the role of research universities as drivers for their nation’s development.
The summit will explore strategies for driving up quality in teaching, research and knowledge transfer; leadership challenges facing institutions in developing economies; and how industry partnerships can prepare students for employment.
Debates and discussions will tackle question such as: Can higher education institutions in emerging economies benefit from high rates of growth to enable them to further progress towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals? Can they entrench their social value so that they can be resilient against potential risks posed by future global environmental or financial instability? Can technology enable new models of institutions to develop that will be stronger than those of the 20th century? And many more other topics.
The summit will also be an opportunity to reveal results of the THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2019, and will provide an analysis of the data behind the 2019 ranking of the leading universities in emerging economies across the world.