Public Consultation Axis 8: the impact of COVID-19 on higher education

In preparation for the Regional Conference on Higher Education (CRES+5), which will take place from March 13 to 15, 2024, in Brasilia, networks, higher education institutions and groups interested in Higher Education are invited to participate in the cycle of virtual public consultations aimed at discussing and gathering information on the theme of Axis 8: the impact of COVID-19 on higher education.

This cycle is coordinated by Axis 8 consultant professors Juogreidin Coromoto Cerero Ramones, rector of Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda (Venezuela); Pedro Curi Hallal, full professor at Universidade Federal de Pelotas (Brazil); and Olda Maria Cano Lassonde, vice rector of Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí and member of the Council of Rectors of Panama.

The public consultations will be held on October 26 and 27, 2023, organized in four 3-hour thematic sessions. Each session will begin with 1 hour of presentations by invited specialists and academic authorities, followed by 2 hours of debate, open to the interventions of all attendees.

Registration is required. Once the registration is completed, you will receive the corresponding connection link in your e-mail in an automatic message from the Zoom platform:

THURSDAY 26/10/2023

TOPIC 01. THE REDEFINITION OF POST-PANDEMIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

09h – 12h (Panama) / 10h – 13h (Caracas) / 11h – 14h (Brasilia)

Registration link: https://bit.ly/gt8consultatema1

Speakers:

Apollinaria Chursina, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow.

Maria Margarita Santiesteban. University of Oriente, Cuba

Naomar de Almeida, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil

Rosicar del Valle Mata León. Bolivarian University of Venezuela

Moderator: Juogreidin Coromoto Cerero Ramones, Venezuela

 

THEME 02. CHALLENGES FOR AN INCLUSIVE AND BORDERLESS HIGHER EDUCATION.

14h – 17h (Panama) / 15h – 18h (Caracas) / 16h – 19h (Brasilia)

Registration link: https://bit.ly/gt8consultatema2

Speakers:

Eraldo dos Santos Pinheiro, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Jennifer Gil. Bolivarian University of Venezuela

Jesus Rojas. Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela

Marinella Vargas. Bolivarian University of Venezuela

Moderator: Juogreidin Coromoto Cerero Ramones, Venezuela

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FRIDAY 27/10/2023

THEME 03. RESEARCH AND EXTENSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR RELEVANCE FOR INNOVATION AND RESOLUTION OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS.

09h – 12h (Panama) / 10h – 13h (Caracas) / 11h – 14h (Brasilia)

Registration link: https://bit.ly/gt8consultatema3

Speakers:

Adolfo Bremo, Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Venezuela.

Lucia Pellanda, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brazil

Pedro Vicente Rodríguez, Universidad Politécnica Territorial de Barlovento Argelia Laya, Venezuela.

Moderator: Pedro Curi Hallal

 

THEME 04. TEACHER TRAINING AS A CATALYST FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

14h – 17h (Panama) / 15h – 18h (Caracas) / 16h – 19h (Brasilia)

Registration link: https://bit.ly/gt8consultatema4

Speakers

Allen Quesada Pacheco, University of Costa Rica

Flavio Fernando Demarco, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Jacqueline García Fallas, University of Costa Rica

Margarita Makuc, Universidad de Magallanes, Chile

Rusia González, University of Panama

Moderator: Olda Maria Cano Lassonde

 

We count on the participation of all the actors interested in contributing on the challenges generated by COVID-19 in our region, in order to enrich the debate, the vision and the contributions of Axis 8 to the construction of CRES+5.

For further information, please contact Giulia Ribeiro Barão (g.ribeiro-barao@unesco.org).