8:15 am – 8:30 am (AST)

Welcome and Introduction

8:30 am – 9:15 am (AST)

Bridging Cultures at Home: Building alliances between International Education Specialists and Research Administrators, Tim Barnes – Executive Director International Partnerships and Research, University of Kentucky, Kentucky, USA (a full agenda with session details is here)

9:15 am – 10:00 am (AST)

Lessons Learned in incentivizing global academics to participate in USAID-funded Research, Sutherland Miller III, Project Director, NORC at the University of Chicago Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC), Chicago USA (a full agenda with session details is here)

10:30 am – 11:15 am (AST)

Leveraging international research collaboration to establish new avenues for global engagement, Dr Bashair M Mussa, Head of Global Engagement and Associate Professor of Neurophysiology, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (a full agenda with session details is here)

11:15 am – Noon (AST)

Building partnerships and fostering inclusivity, Dr Gabriela Alcaraz Velasco, Research Director, NORC at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA (a full agenda with session details is here)

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm (AST)

Cultivating global collaboration at a Japanese national university, Dr Philip MacLellan, Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan (a full agenda with session details is here)

1:45 pm – 230 pm (AST)

USAID as a Sponsor, Lessons Learned, Dr. Julie Jordan, Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA, Ms. Shauncey Hill, Program/Finance Manager, USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA, Ms. Cathy Curtis, Project Manager, Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA (a full agenda with session details is here)

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm (AST)

Collaborative partnerships with global industry: Imperatives, opportunities and risks in an era of enhanced scrutiny, Ilan Kramer, PhD, Director, International Research Partnerships for the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (a full agenda with session details is here)

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm (AST)

Building a sizeable taskforce to take on large-scale challenges within the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Leroy Lowe, PhD, Executive Director, Halifax Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (a full agenda with session details is here)

4:30 – 4:45 pm (AST)

Closing Remarks (Day 1)

Session A1 – 9:15 am-10:00 am

Using the SDGs as a framework for building internationalisation of research, Ms. Hilary Layton, Director of Global Engagement, University of Hull, UK (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session A2 – 10:00 am-10:45 am

Leveraging a Higher Ed to Approach the UN Sustainability Goals, Pavana Kiranmai Ch, Head of Learner-Centered Innovation & Assistant Professor at Woxsen University, Hyderabad, India (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session A3 – 11:00 am -11:45 am

The US-Africa Partnership Initiative: Enhancing University Collaborations, Lakhdar Boukerrou, PhD, Director, International Programs and Global Initiatives, Florida International University, Florida, USA (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session A4 – 11:45 am – 12:30 pm

Leveraging Technology to Facilitate International Partnerships, Michelle S. Cochran, DNP, RN; University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kimberly Connelly, M.A., Senior International Officer, University of Kansas Medical Center (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session B1 – 9:15 am-10:00 am

Inside Out: cross-cultural teambuilding for cross-cultural partnerships, Joshua Lash-Ballew, International Affairs Regional Manager – North America, University of Saint Joseph, Macao (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session B2 – 10:00 am-10:45 am

Minding the Gap: Postcolonial Deconstruction of Global Engagement in International Collaboration Through An African Eye, Ismail Ibraheem, PhD, Director, Office of International Relations Partnerships and Prospects, University of Lagos, Nigeria and Professor Cheikh Mouhamed Fadel Kebe, Ecole Superieure Polytechnique, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session B3 – 11:00 am -1145 am

Identifying partners that can bring complementary capabilities and opportunities, Aigerim Kaumenova, DBA, Vice Rector for Global Partnerships, Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan (a full agenda with session details is here)

Session B4 – 11:45 am – 12:30 pm

Global Collaboration Through Joint PhD Cohorts, Maria Roitman, Senior Advisor, International Research Strategy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (a full agenda with session details is here)