The organiser is delighted to announce the recently confirmed speakers:

• Dr Patti McGill Peterson, Presidential Advisor for, Global Initiatives, American Council on Education (ACE), United States
• President John Sexton, President, New York University, United States
• Dr Eduardo J. Padrón, President, Miami Dade College, United States
• Professor Nigel E Harris, Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
• Professor Yongmin Kim, President, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea
• Professor Alvaro Crósta, Vice-Rector, University of Campinas, Brazil
• Professor Michael Arthur, President and Provost, University College London, United Kingdom

The Conference consists of a series of sessions based around this year's themes of inclusion, innovation, and impact in the form of panel discussions, keynote plenaries, debates, town-hall sessions, and poster presentations. The detailed conference programme is still in progress.