Guo Xinli

Country: China

Position: Deputy Director, Office of Academic Degrees Committee of  the State Council and Deputy Director-general, Department of Graduate Education,Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

Research Feild: Education and Human Resource Management

Speech Title: Project on the Evaluation of Chinese Doctoral Education

Liu Jinghui

Country: China

Position: Secretary-general of China's Scholarship Council

Speech Title: International Cooperation in Graduate Education—Student Flow and Closer Cooperation

Debra W.Stewart

Country: United States

Position: President of the Council of Graduate Schools(CGS)

Research Field: Political Science

Speech Title: Competition, Cooperation and Excellence: The Future of Graduate Education Globally

Jean Chambaz

Country: France

Position: Chair of the European University Association-Council for Doctoral Education(EUA-CDE)

Research Field: Cellular Biology

Speech Title: Doctoral Education and Global Challenges,a European Perspective

Yang Wei

Country: China

Position: Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,President of Zhejiang University 

Research Field: Solid Mechanics

Speech Title: Four Measures of Internationalization—Case Study of Zhejiang University

Malcolm McCrae

Country: United Kingdom

Position: Chair of UK Council for Graduate Education(UKCGE)

Research Field: Biological Sciences

Speech Title: Evolving Trends in Doctoral Education

Maxwell King

Country: Australia

Position: Convener of Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate

Studies(DDOGS) in Australia

Research Field: Economy

Speech Title: The Joint IITB-Monash Ph.D: A New Style of Jointly Awarded Ph.D

Christine Keitel-Kreidt

Country: Germany

Position: Vice-president, Freie University Berlin

Research Field: Mathematics; Sociology; Physics;

Speech Title: The MINT-Competence Center and its Graduate Program for MINT-teachers under the Umbrella of Dahlem Research School for Graduate Studies at Freie University Berlin

William B. Russel

Country: United States

Position: Dean of the Graduate School, Princeton University

Research Field: Chemical Engineering

Speech Title: Graduate Education in the U.S.:National Concerns and a Princeton Perspective

Richard Strugnell

Country: Australia

Position: Pro Vice-Chancellor, the University of Melbourne

Research Field: Microbiology

Speech Title: Providing Additional Skills Training in the Ph.D

TAN THIAM SOON

Country: Singapore

Position: Vice Provost(Education), National University of Singapore

Research Field: Geotechnics

Speech Title: Graduate Education for a Globalized World

Wu Xiaoqiu

Country: China

Position: Assistant President and Executive Dean of Graduate School,Remin University of China

Research Field: Finance

Speech Title: China's Economy and Talents Training

Fred L. Hall

Country: Canada

Position: Vice-Provost(Graduate Education), Dean of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary

Research Field: Geography, Mathematics

Speech Title: Quality Assurance for Graduate Education in Canada

Anthory G.O. Yeh

Country: Hong Kong, China

Position: Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Former Dean of the Graduate School, the University of Hong Kong

Research Field: Urban Planning and Design

Speech Title: Quality Assurance of Research Postgraduate Education of the University of Hong Kong

Cheng Guangxu

Country: China

Position: Vice President of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Research Field: Power Engineering

Speech Title: Exploration and Practice to Improve the Quality of Graduate Education