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GLOBAL SOUTH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION SUMMIT AWARDS & EXHIBITION

Theme : Reformation of contemporary approach to education, knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship, communication and immersion aspired for sustainable 21st Century.

Theme : Reformation of contemporary approach to education, knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship, communication and immersion aspired for sustainable 21st Century.

Participation : Hybrid – Virtual (Via Video ) & In – Person 

Venue : King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, Sweimeh – Jordan

Date : 26th – May 2024

 

Participation : Hybrid – Virtual (Via Video ) & In – Person 

Venue : King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, Sweimeh – Jordan

Date : 26th – May 2024

 

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Highlights of the 1st GSUA Summit

THE GLOBAL SOUTH UNIVERSITIES ASSOCIATION(GSUA)

The GSUA is the World’s first largest educational conference of University Chancellors, Presidents, Vice Chancellors and College Principals, as well as World leaders and Investors with a mission to collectively address the reformation of fragmented education in our fractured world.

GSUA is a conglomerate of ;

ASSOCIATION OF ARAB UNIVERSITIES (AARU)

AArU works within the framework of the Arab League to support and connect universities in the Arab world, and to enhance cooperation among them.

ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (AUAP))

AUAP is a platform for interaction and collaboration between members, and to be the effective voice of universities in Asia and the Pacific region.

ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (AAU)

AAU Promote interchange, contact and cooperation among universities and other institutions of higher education in Africa;

THE GSUA SUMMIT, AWARDS & EXHIBITION

With over 2000 invitees from over 800 universities across 80  countries .The GSUA Summit , Awards and Exhibition  promises to be  a lily pad for the generation of ideas which will  spur on greater advancements  of education in the Global South with facilitation by seasoned speakers drawn from academia and the corporate world .

 

The Africa Asia Scholars Global Network (AASGON) a signatory to the UN Global Compact (UNGC) and member of the UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD) in partnership with the Global South Universities Association (GSUA)have the immense pleasure of inviting academics and the world at large to the 1st Global South University Awards (GSUA) Summit, Awards & Exhibition themed “Reformation of contemporary approach to education, knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship, communication and immersion aspired for sustainable 21st Century.”

The international summit, awards and exhibition will witness the official inauguration of the Global South Universities Association GSUA and the launch of the Global South Centre for Research, Innovation, Peace and Technology for Sustainable Development (G-SCRIPTS-D).

The GSUA Summit  discussions will aim to take the dialogue from strategy towards implementation, and the possible models that can work best for in particular, the developing countries of the Global South as a means to narrowing the ever increasing Global – North South Divide and the rebuilding of the bricks of our fractured world as propagated in 2018 by the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland.

Within the ambit of unlocking the wealth of universities, the summit  will also focus on the initiation of the specific Strategic management of universities skills for purposeful and sustainable development.

The summit will endeavour to create a base for knowledge sharing and deliberations about the various activities in the talent and skill development space, undertaken by secondary and higher education as well as the public and private educational and corporate institutions that are working resolutely to address the shortcomings in the education and knowledge sphere. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

H.E. Prof James Wani Igga

Vice President of South Sudan

Ambassador Prof Muhammadu M.O.Kah

Permanent Representative, of the Republic of Gambia to the United Nations in Geneva and Vice President Human Rights Council

Prof. Andy Corneliu Pusca

President, Danubius University, Galati, Romania

Prof. Shawn Chen

Founder, Chairman Sias Group and Sias International University, China

Prof. Sir Manuel Freire-Garabaly Nunez

Founder and Chairman, Alkalifah Business School.

Prof. Etienne Ehouan Ehile

Immediate past Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU)

Dr Shahid Yamin

Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Global Opportunities Commercialisation.Australia

Prof. Paul Phillips

Professor of Strategic Management and former Director, Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK.

Nana Dr. Appiagyei Dankawoso I

Immediate Past President Pan African Chamber of Commerce (PACCI) & Ghana National Chamber of Commerce (GNCCI)

Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

President Institute of Management Services (IMS) UK

Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama

The Secretary Generals of Arab Association of Universities (AAru

Prof. Dr. Ricardo P. Pama

The Secretary- General the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)

Dr. Narimane Hadj Hamou

Founder & CEO of the Center of Learning Innovations and Customized Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS).

Dr Sonam Choiden

President at Gedu College of Business Studies (GCBS), Royal University of Bhutan (RUB)

Amb. Adeshola Helen Onadipe

Founder Africa Change Movement and World Peace Ambassador

Zack H. Abdi

Managing Director for Provectus Middle East

Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Swarup

Founding Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University and Chairman Center for Global Nonkilling, Hawaii

Julian Plumley B.A. M.Eng

CEO – Endoxa Learning Ltd. Endoxa Learning

Dr. Muhammad Imran Ullah

Chancellor, Abasyn University, Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Rector International Islamic University Malaysia and past president of the International Association of Universities (IAU)

H.E. Madam Rita Tani Iddi

Ghana Deputy High Commissioner UK and Ireland

Arijit Bhattacharyya

Founder Virtualinfocom, Founder & CEO World leader Summit & Founder Coinnovate ventures

Prof. Ashish Dongre

Vice President, the Solar Energy of India (SESI) and Executive Council Member, Indian Society for Technical Education

Dr. Abdulla Mushtaq Rashad

Chairman AVID College, Maldives

Dr. Hanane Abouhakim

Dr. KRS Murthy

President Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) USA

Prof. Geetha Bali

Researcher ,Cell Space Research Foundation-Bangalore.

Member ,National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences-Bangalore,

 

THE GLOBAL SOUTH CENTRE FOR RESEARCH, INNOVATION, PEACE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The  Global South Centre for Research, Innovation, Peace and Technology for Sustainable Development (G-SCRIPTS-D) will be officialy  inaugrated during the GSUA Summit .

G-SCRIPTS-D is a comprehensive research, inventions, science and technology center with specially designed galleries, testing  exhibits, and several robotic, electric and electronic workshops located at Gurukul the School .

G-SCRIPTS-D PATRONS

H.E Lansana Kouyate

Former Prime Minister of Guinea Former Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political Affairs Vice President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Somalia Former Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Chairperson, Al Maskari Holdings, Emirates, Tricon Group (Energy Operations) Johnson Controls and Global Communications, JCGC, Singapore Expo, SGME, and ORSAT and United Mercy Foundation.

Shaikha Al Maskari

Chairperson, Al Maskari Holdings, Emirates, Tricon Group (Energy Operations) Johnson Controls and Global Communications, JCGC, Singapore Expo, SGME, and ORSAT and United Mercy Foundation.

Prof. Colin Coulson-Thomas

President Institute of Management Services (IMS) UK

Dr. Sandeep Marwah

President Centre for Education Research and Growth (CERG) and Chancellor AAFT University

Prof. Olusola Bandele Oyewole

The Secretary – General Association of African Universities (AAU)

Prof. Dr. Amr Ezzat Salama

The Secretary Generals of Arab Association of Universities (AAru),

Prof. Dr. Ricardo P. Pama

The Secretary- General the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP)

Prof. Dr. Dzulkifli Abdul Razak

Rector International Islamic University Malaysia and past president of the International Association of Universities (IAU)

Arijit Bhattacharyya

Founder Virtualinfocom, Founder & CEO World leader Summit & Founder Coinnovate ventures

Dr. Hari Eppanapally

Chairman The CIC Group and Founder Lead Foundation Global (USA)

Lt Gen Anil Malik (Veteran)

Former Indian Army Director General, Discipline , Ceremonials and Welfare.

Dr. KRS MURTHY

President Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) USA

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