The Lebanese International University organized the Eighth International Arab Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (IACQA' 2018) in the Arab World. Held at LIU, Bekaa Campus, Khyara, Lebanon for four days on April, 2018, the conference included the attendance of authorities in the field of Education and QA, as well as important keynote speakers:
1. Dr. Francisco Marmolejo, World Bank’s Lead Tertiary Education Specialist and Coordinator of its Network of Higher Education Specialists.
2. Dr. Ali Hamie, Dean of Engineering at AUL - Arab Quality Assurance and Accreditation Board: Domains & Timeline Process of Accreditation of
Academic Programs
3. Dr. Narimane Hadj Hamou CEO CLICKS – UAE
4. Ms. Fiona Crozier - Head of Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), United Kingdom
5. Prof. Dr. Jamal Daoud Abu Doleh Vice President for Administrative Affairs Yarmouk University, Jordan
This conference, with more than 350 attendees, brought the best minds in education to provide proven and practical strategies, connect members with both peers and experts to reinvigorate practice through a rich and varied program. It included keynote and plenary sessions, oral and poster presentations, as well as interactive workshops related to the conference’s main themes, namely:
1. IACQA Mechanisms of implementation of Quality Assurance in Higher Education
2. Quality management in Higher Education
3. Governance in Higher Education institutions
4. Experiences in Quality Assurance accreditation
The IACQA' 2018, throughout the 115 presentations that occurred over the course of the 4-days conference, mainly targeted the need to develop the quality of higher education as well as enhance the ability of universities to acquire the modern properties of innovation and creativity, which have become a requirement of this new age of information and globalization.