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> Subject:
> World Universities Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 9-11 January 2010 - Call 
> for Papers
> From:
> Fazal Rizvi <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:31:44 +1000
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> Dear Graduate Students:
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> On behalf of the Forum Organising Committee, we would like to inform you of the:
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> THIRD WORLD UNIVERSITIES FORUM
> Davos, Switzerland     
> 9-11 January 2010     
> http://UniversitiesForum.com    
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> Inspired partly by the success of World Economic Forum in hosting global conversations about emerging issues of economic policy, the World Universities Forum (WUF) was created in 2008 in the belief that academe must better engage today's most crucial questions, and that higher education itself must be included as part of the wider discussion of global change.  The Forum encourages the participation of university executives, administrators, scholars and research students, as well as journalists, policy makers, business and political leaders, and others who understand that the importance of the university extends well beyond campus. While WUF encourages conversations about all aspects of higher education policy and practice, the keynotes for the third WUF have been invited to consider issues of the current global economic crisis and its implications for universities.
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> Keynote speakers include:
> * Professor Eva Egron-Polak (International Association of Universities, France)     
> * Professor Jonathan Jansen (Rector, University of the Free State, South Africa)     
> * Professor Simon Marginson (University of Melbourne, Australia)     
> * Professor Nigel Thrift (Vice Chancellor, University of Warwick, UK)     
> * Professor Pandhyala B.G. Tilak (National University of Educational Planning & Administration, India)     
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> In addition, the Forum will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Forum Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the refereed Journal of the World Universities Forum. If you are unable to attend the Forum in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for review and possible publication in the Journal, and provide access to the online edition of the Journal.
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> Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.
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> The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 14 May 2009.  Future deadlines will be announced on the Forum website after this date.  Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Forum, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the Forum website - http://UniversitiesForum.com.
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> We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Davos in January 2010.
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> Yours Sincerely,
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> Professor Fazal Rizvi     
> Department of Educational Policy Studies University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois, USA     
> For the International Advisory Board of the World Universities Forum and the Journal of the World Universities Forum 
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