The US Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) have officially announced the Fourth Annual Education Conference to be held April 9, 2011 in Hanoi. The purpose of this conference is to bring together American and Vietnamese universities, colleges, companies and NGOs active in higher education in Vietnam to discuss how to increase U.S. educational opportunities in Vietnam; how to encourage external partnerships for universities; and how to promote U.S. style higher education in Vietnam.
This is the latest in a series of annual education conferences started in 2008 by former Ambassador Michael Michalak. It will be the first one presided over by his successor, Ambassador David Shear. Unlike the previous two conferences, it doesn’t look as if the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will play a formal role as a conference co-organizer. USAID, which has become increasing active in the education sector in recent years, is a sponsor.
Conference Topics
Increasing U.S. Educational Opportunities in Vietnam
- Establishing a Welcoming Environment for U.S. Students
- Attracting more U.S. Scholars to Vietnam: Why aren’t they coming?
- Faculty Development: Creating a Framework for Success
External Partnerships: Universities as Partners and Producers
- Linking Education to Research and Entrepreneurship
- From Classroom to Boardroom: Developing Employable Graduates for the Private Sector
- Creating the Conditions to Succeed: a Transparent and Consistent Environment for Partnerships
U.S. Style Higher Education: What is it? How do we create it in Vietnam?
- American–style University Governance
- Teaching and Curriculum
- Accreditation: Standards and Quality Assurance
You can log into the conference website with your own email and password to have future access to your personal data. In addition to registering for the conference, there are opportunities to present a paper as part of a panel discussion. In order to be considered as a panel participant, prepare an abstract of your proposed paper and submit via the conference website. The deadline for submitting an abstract of your proposed paper is February 28. If you are interested in attending the conference but do not want to present a paper, the registration deadline is March 11, 2011.
As Elisabet Garriga, Conference Coordinator, mentioned in her e-mail to prospective participants, space is limited for this conference: “As our conference will be a platform for policy discussion and for formulating recommendations for the Vietnamese government and U.S. education partners, priority must be given to participants who have relevant experience in establishing education partnerships in Vietnam and other countries. Decisions regarding participant selection will be made as quickly as possible.”
For more information, contact Elisabet Garriga, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Hanoi, Tel (84-4) 3850-5196, Cell (84-4) 90-400-8657, Fax (84-4) 3850-5120, GarrigaE @ state.gov.
