Welcome Remarks for 12th GOVERNING BOARD MEETING
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Huy Thinh, Director
SEAMEO RETRAC

Opening and key-note speech for INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
H.E. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Education & Training, Vietnam    

Prof. Dr. Karen Symms Gallagher
Dean, Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California

Dato’ Dr. Ahamad bin Sipon
Director, SEAMEO Secretariat

Prof. Dr. David Wood
Deputy Vice Chancellor,
Curtin University of Technology, Australia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phung Xuan Nha
Rector, College of Economics
Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Branding, Quality, Openness: The Three – Legged Stool of modern Higher Education
Dr. Gary W. Matkin, Dean, Continuing Education, University of California, Irvine, USA

Branding in HE: A Vehicle For Competitive Advantage
Dr. Richard Gilbert, President of Global Development Initiatives & Chief Academic Officer of International Programs, American University of Health Sciences

Students’ perspectives on branding in higher education: the experience learned from Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City
Dr. Vu Thi Phuong Anh, Director, Center for Educational Testing and Quality Assessment, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City

Institutional policy and strategy, globalization, and international communicative competence
Dr. Richmond Stroupe, TESOL Program Chair, Graduate School of Letters, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan

Engineering Accreditation for the Twenty First Century: US, Global and Institutional Perspectives
Prof. Dr. Raman Unnikrishnan, Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Fullerton, & Commissioner, Engineering Accreditation, USA.

Research Performance Measurement Network: An Asia-Pacific Research Quality Initiative
Prof. Peter Haddawy,  Vice President, Academic Affairs, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Quality assurance and accreditation in Higher Education
Prof. Dr. Evangelos Afendras,  Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Harmonisation of Higher Education in Southeast Asia
Prof. Dr. Supachai Yavaprabhas, Director, SEAMEO RIHED, Thailand

Swiss Quality Assurance And Accreditation System In Higher Education: Perspectives & Discussions For South East Asia
Dr. Alexandre Freire, Researcher, Graduate Institute of Int’l Relations and Development Studies, Switzerland

Practices and Lessons Learned from Branding of Indonesian Education Institutions through Open and Distance Learning
Dr. Jaslin Ikhsan, Deputy Director, SEAMEO SEAMOLEC, Indonesia

Some Practices in Branding at Cuu Long University in the Age of Globalization
Mr. Nguyen Cao Dat
Acting  Rector, Cuu Long University

Benchmarking Vietnam’s IT/Engineering
Program for Curriculum Design
Dr. Nhut Tan Ho, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, California State University, Northridge, USA.

What Steps Should Be Followed to Brand a University
Prof. Dr. Tran Huu Nghi, President, Hai Phong Private University

Session B: (Venue: Conference room )
Chair: Prof. Dr. Raman Unnikrishnan
Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, Fullerton, & Commissioner, Engineering Accreditation, USA.

Branding in Philippine Higher Education: Roots and Paradigms
Dr. Ethel Agnes P. Vanenzuela
Research Specialist. SEAMEO INNOTECH

A Recent Trend in Higher Education in Thailand: Some Observations
Associate Prof. Dr. Kantatip Sinhaneti, Program Director, Master of Teaching English as an International Language, Shinawatra International University

Branding in Higher Education of Vietnam in the Globalization: Training Quality and Social Needs Satisfaction
Asso.Prof. Dr. Vo Xuan Đan, HCM City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology

An Overview of American-Vietnamese Academic Agreements
Prof. Dr. Hien Van Tran
University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA.

Branding in Higher Education: Institute Aminudin Baki as Center of Distinction for Educational Leadership
Dr. Khair bin Mohamad Yusof, Director, Institute of Aminuddin Baki, Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Global Branding and Its Relevance to Higher Education
Mr. Haji Abdul Hakip Bin Haji Burut, Director, Schools Inspectorate, Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam

Value-creation Cycle: An Instrument for Improving University Internal Quality Assurance
Dr. Le Van Hao, Director, Educational Quality Assurance and Testing Department, Nha Trang University

Branding Asian University for Global Higher Education - A Case of Waseda University
Dr. Kazuo Kuroda, Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University