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Times Higher Education will hold its first summit dedicated to the Eurasia region in Russia in August.

The THE Research Excellence Summit: Eurasia will be held in partnership with Kazan Federal 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ from 29 to 31 August 2018 and explore how research institutions can best support growth in the rapidly developing region.

The event will hear keynote speeches from Susan Robertson, professor of education at the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cambridge; Christopher Morphew, dean of the School of Education at Johns Hopkins 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Sir Malcolm Grant, chancellor of the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York and chairman of NHS England; and Alex Wai, vice-president of Hong Kong Polytechnic 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

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Other confirmed speakers include Bhavna Dav¨¦, chair of Contemporary Central 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the Caucasus at Soas, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London; Yi Pan, vice-president of Nanjing 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Ellen Hurwitz, president emerita of the American 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ; and Andrey Svistunov, vice-rector of I.?M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

The event will explore the role that higher education can play as a driver of regional growth, the future of university-industry partnerships in the Eurasia region, how China¡¯s Belt?and Road investment plan will impact research institutions in the region, and how the Fourth Industrial Revolution will disrupt current methods of teaching, learning and research.

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During the summit, THE will also publish its first ranking focused on Eurasia nations. Universities in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, the Republic of Moldova,?Russia,?Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan are eligible for inclusion.

The Eurasia summit will be THE¡¯s third event as part of its Research Excellence Summit series, following on from an 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ-Pacific summit in Taiwan in June 2017 and a New?Europe summit in the Czech Republic in April.

ellie.bothwell@timeshighereducation.com

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