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What to expect
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Three-day conference in
the heart of Berlin, Germany.
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150+ high-profile speakers.
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30+ exhibitors.
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1,000 participants from 80+ countries.
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35+ interactive sessions, including
roundtable discussions and knowledge
exchange workshops.
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Welcome networking reception.
Who should attend?
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Ministers, policy advisers and
government officials.
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Vice-chancellors, rectors, presidents,
deputy presidents and vice-presidents.
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Senior decision makers from business,
international education organisations
and institutions.
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Thought leaders and opinion formers.
Why should I attend?
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Expand your global network
of education leaders.
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Explore opportunities for global
collaboration and partnerships.
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Engage with insights on the most
pressing issues for global education.
Key dates
Submit a poster proposal before
Monday 21 January 2019
Register to attend the conference from
Monday 21 January 2019
Discounted early bird rates apply until
Friday 22 March 2019
Standard rates apply until registration
closes on Friday 3 May 2019
More details on our website:
www.britishcouncil.org/going-global
What is Going Global?
Going Global is the world’s largest open forum for
international tertiary education leaders and specialists.
This interactive conference is an unparalleled opportunity
to network, debate and explore collaborative solutions
to the challenges facing the sector in the 21st century.
At Going Global 2019, we will explore the
theme ‘Knowledge diplomacy and the digital
world: does international tertiary education
have a role?’
As the digital world transforms our society,
it brings both immense opportunities and
significant risks. New technologies and platforms
are revolutionising the way in which knowledge
is produced, accessed and used globally.
Solutions to many of the world’s greatest
challenges are increasingly within reach. At the
same time, the speed and scale of change is
disrupting labour markets and business models,
radically changing the nature of jobs and the
skills needed for these. Just as technologies
are creating huge opportunities and wealth for
some, many more remain excluded, deepening
inequality and polarising societies.
Historically, international tertiary education has
fulfilled a unique position as a global knowledge
producer, developer of high-level skills and
powerful anchor in local and global society. But
in a radically different future world, how relevant
will it be and what contribution can it make?
Going Global will debate the role of international
tertiary education in this new paradigm, focusing
through a policy or practice lens, on four
particular roles:
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global knowledge producer
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high-level skills developer
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global society anchor and solution provider
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leader and partner and nation builder
in a future world.
‘The DAAD, the German Academic
Exchange Service, is proud to
partner with British Council on
Going Global 2019 bringing this
important international
conference to Berlin to discuss
the opportunities stemming from
digital transformation, and how
our societies and their underlying
values will evolve in the near future
with up to 1,000 education leaders
from around the world.’
Dr Dorothea Rüland,
Secretary General,
DAAD, Germany
‘Why do we come to Going Global?
I think many of us in the university
sector come looking for answers to our
problems, solutions to our challenges.
The answers are more likely to come
when we are able to share our latest
conundrum not only with our immediate
neighbours, but also with colleagues
facing quite different challenges,
perhaps from a university many
thousands of miles away.’
Professor Dame Janet Beer,
President, Universities UK and Vice-
Chancellor, University of Liverpool, UK
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