Join us at WHERS Conference and Exhibition and become an integral part of the launch of UNIRANKS platform.
Join us at the World Higher Education Ranking Summit (WHERS).
WHERS Speakers

Dr. Georgette Zinaty
Executive Vice-PresidentCorporate Class Inc, Canada

Dr. Fadoua Loudiy
Assistant ProfessorSlippery Rock University, United States

John Walker
CEO and ChairmanHolo Sail Technologies, United States

Dr. Kamran Moosa
ProfessorPIQC, Pakistan

Dr. Ajith Kumar
Vice ChancellorSkyline University, Nigeria

Dr. Ghassan Issa
Dr. Ghassan Issa Dean - School of Information Tech...Skyline University College, United Arab Emirates

Timothy Markle
FounderForgiveness Factor, United States

Ed Samuel
FounderSamNova, United States

Ruth Fuente
Professor of LeadershipTONIC, Spain

Prof. Daniel Chatham
Visiting ProfessorMiddlebury Institute of International Studies at M.., United States

Rai Nauman Mumtaz
Alumni Association Board of TrusteesUniversity of Washington, United States

Humam Dweik
Founder and CEOSerial Entrepreneur, Jordan

Dr. Dennis Dipasquale
LecturerUniversity of Florida, United States

Dr. Chloe Natacha
CEOANS Association, United States

Prof. Raul Sanchez
Faculty Lead & Corporate Program CoordinatorNew York University, United States

Prof. Daniel Bullock
LecturerNew York University, United States

Dr. Peter Rios
LecturerPenn State University, United States

Prof. Gamze Tanoglu
Vice RectorIzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey

Dr. Scott Dell
Award-Winning AcademicFrancis Marion University, United States

Massimo Canducci
Chief Innovation OfficerEngineering Ingegneria Informatica Spa, Italy

Dr. Georgia Bedford
Visiting Lecturer of CommunicationUniversity of Pittsburgh, United States

Dr. J.R. Reagan
CEOIdeaXplorer Global, Korea

Nuala Walsh
CEOMindEquity, London

Shannon Blake
English InstructorUniversity of South Carolina, United States

Dennis Yu
CEOBlitzMetrics, United States

Rashmi Sharma
StudentGoldey-Beacom College, United States

Sheherbano Shabbir
Healthcare ManagementUPS, United States

Steven M Sweeney
CEOCompass Group, United States

Prof. Kamal Puri
FounderSkyline International Group Limited, United Arab Emirates

Yasmeen Abu Hasirah
Head of training departmentPalestine Technical University - Kadoorie, Palestinian

Dr. Inaam Ahmed Hamid
Co-ProfessorJazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Khaled Sartawi
Vice PresidentPhiladelphia University, Jordan

Sameera Saeed
Director of Quality AssuranceTisk International University, United Kingdom

Prof. Jorge Garcia
Adjunct ProfessorInstituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Portugal

Alex Moss
DirectorFireCask, United Kingdom

Dr. Joe Way
Director, Learning EnvironmentsUniversity of Southern California, United States

Dennis Wakabayashi
Chief Collaboration OfficerTeam Wakabayashi, United States

Randall Funke
Web DeveloperDistributed Ledger Technologies for Education and .., United States

Amany Alkhayat
Doctoral CandidateColumbia University, United States

Shea Richburg
Co-FounderFuturewise Media & Consulting Group, United States

Raulvin Coke
CEOFuturewise Media & Consulting Group, United States

Professor Moshe Vardi
ProfessorRice University, United States

Dr. Melanie Rolli
Non Executive DirectorERYTECH Pharma, Switzerland

Dale Fletter
University InstructorThe California State University, United States

Dr. Jasmin (Bey) Cowin
Assistant ProfessorTouro College, Graduate School of Education, United States

Ramon Rahangmetan
Co-founder and TreasurerCoSE, Belgium

Omar Abu Layla
CEOSam for Development, Syria

Jamal Al Aref
Board AdvisorLEAD IMPACT, Jerusalem, Palestine

Kristiana Kuneva
ConsultantUNICEF, United Kingdom

Saber Mejaat
Information Manager Officer at UNHCRUNHCR, Denmark

Haitham Shtaieh
Chief Executive OfficerUNIRANKS Inc, United States

Dr. Joaquin Alvarez
Board of Directors Catedra Manuel BallbéCátedra Manuel Ballbé, Spain

Marc Limon
Executive DirectorUniversal Rights Group, Geneva

Karina Gomes
Executive DirectorSDSN, United States

Emily Schoof
Data EngineerUNICEF, United States

Rukhsar Azamee
Research and Commmunication ManagerLEAD IMPACT, United States

Prof. Colette Mazzucelli
President (Academia) 2020-2022, Global Listening C...New York University, United States

Dr. Michael Leslie
Associate ProfessorUniversity of Florida, United States

Connor Watson
Student Governance CouncilIthaca College, United States

Dr. Laura Dowling
Executive DirectorNEDLA, United States

Jennifer Lauren
Education ProfessionalNew York University, United States

Gokhan Celebi
CGODopingHafiza, United Kingdom

Dr. Bruce Mackh
Associate Vice PresidentChadron State College, United States

Yash Sehrawat
Student AmbassadorUnited Nations, India

Lina Hussin
Software Engineer StudentPrincess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan

Richmond Fosu
Development Programme-Ghana under the Environment ...UNDP, Ghana

Dr. Rita Kakati-Shah
Founder and CEOUMA, United States

Dr. Aprille Trupiano
CEOAT International, LC, United States

Prof. Yusuf Baran
PresidentIzmir institute of technology, Turkey

Prof. Lisa M. Coleman
Inaugural Senior Vice PresidentNew York University, United States

Robert Love
ChairmanUniranks Inc, United States

Brighton Kaoma
Global DirectorUN SDSN Youth, United States
5 Reasons to attend the summit
World’s Brightest Minds
20+ Hybrid Tracks
Higher Education MetaVerse
The Open Rank Concept
A Revolutionary Engine

What to Expect
Attendees
10,000+
Speakers
100+
countries
180+
tracks
15

60 different languages
Real-time language interpretation to participants in 60 different languages
Welcome to WHERS
WHERS is the largest Higher Education Ranking Summit.
WHERS will:
- Unveil tools to guarantee transparency and inclusion in education.
- Showcase the benefits of open education data and ranking organizations.
- Bring-to-light the future of universities in virtual realm (metaverse).
- Illustrate the power of research quality, online presence & marketing.
- Provide practical guidelines on adoption of the UN SDGs and much more.

Explore WHERS Conference Tracks
- Responsibilities of universities in ensuring implementation of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- The UN Sustainable Development Goal #4 “Quality Education” in action. Tools to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
- How can universities guarantee equality, inclusion, and non-discrimination for all students and staff?
- Safety and inclusiveness in learning environments How can higher education institutions guarantee this?
- Importance of direct dialogue with students in addressing issues of injustice and inequality in academia.
- Tools to develop cost-effective education products and services to eliminate barriers and improve the quality of learning across the globe.
- Creation of transparent universities through the power of leadership. Ways to regulate transparency.
- Open education data - Gamechanger in fighting corruption and inequality at universities.
- Development of effective, accountable, and transparent institutions - Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal 16 “Peace. Justice and Strong Institutions.”
- UNIRANKS - The catalyst for driving transparency and accountability in higher education institutions around the world.
- Closing the gap: Learning space design for equity, access, and inclusivity in a hybrid world
- The Metaverse: Layers, applications, and terminology
- Universities of the future in the Metaverse.
- New student life - Supporting students in the Metaverse.
- Virtual classrooms with VR - A whole new world of education with increased access to resources.
- Alumni networks of the future - Stronger in the Metaverse.
- Inclusive education in the Metaverse in a post-COVID world.
- The effect of global ranking on the quality of education.
- The impact of global ranking on student choice, and students’ employability.
- Comparative study of global rankings, strengths & weaknesses of ranking methodologies.
- Transparency and sustainability of rankings.
- The impact of student’s voice and stakeholder’s feedback on global ranking.
- Publishing in top international journals and conferences.
- Performance measurement & management of academic researchers. Citation best practice.
- Commercialization of research.
- Patenting best practices.
- The biases impacting decisions around the academic / practitioner divide.
- How to bridge the gap between industry and academia? Ways to enable students with work-ready skills.
- How to support students' mental health and wellbeing.
- Best practices in curriculum design and planning.
- Success skillset for students' personal and professional development.
- Internationalization and diversity.
- Student Services and Employability.
- How to train students to exercise leadership? A New Model of Leadership | Being
- A Leader and The Effective Exercise of Leadership.
- Female Leadership
- The future of learning techniques and education.
- Designing program objectives and program learning outcomes.
- Assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes.
- Best practices in faculty development programs
- Importance of enhancing communication skills among students
- Role of mentorship in shaping leaders of a new generation
- Students quality circles. Building critical thinking and leadrship skill for leaders
- Educational benchmarking.
- Academic strengths KPIs.
- Bridging the gap between industry and academia.
- The role participation in academics awards, institutions awards, students’ awards, innovation awards in enhancing institution reputation.
- Academic reputation, the overall impression of excellence.
- Innovation and entrepreneurship and the impact on institutional reputation.
- Collaboration with top world universities and its role in enhancing institutional reputation.
- Innovative practices for students with disabilities.
- Impact of state of the art learning facilities/resources on the quality of education.
- Studies on the usage of library services.
- Digitization of learning resources.
- The impact of student support facilities/services on student’s satisfaction.
- The role of non-curricula facilities in the development of student’s quality.
- Sustainability and Green facilities.
- Smart campuses.
- The impact of e-learning technology on students' engagement, and performance.
- The importance of university web pages in selecting a higher education institution.
- The impact of media richness.
- Choosing the right web technology.
- The impact of user experience and user interface (UX/UI).
- Impact of artificial intelligence, robotics, and automation on higher education.
- Higher education marketing.
- Social media content marketing strategy for higher education.
- The impact of social media engagement on study selection and university choice.
- Students lead generation.
- Conversion optimization.
- Web ranking of higher education institutions.
- The importance of the SEO visibility of a university.
- The future of higher education advertising.
- Higher education digital marketing, performance design & creatives.
- The impact of social media marketing & influencers.

Explore UNIRANKS Tracks
- Efficiency on education data.
- The ranking committees.
- The committee structure.
- Joining the committees.
- Sub-Committees.
- The Role of committees & sub-committees.
- Introduction to the new ranking engine UNIRANKS.
- UNIRANKS factors.
- UNIRANKS subfactors.
- Methodology.
- UNIRANKS as a platform.
- Universities listing.
- Universities profile.
- Search & compare.
- Academic profile module.
- Student profile module.
- Student support.
- Support multi-languages.
- Connecting.
- Question and answers.
- Events management.
- Groups.
- Messaging.
- Posting and announcing.
- Reviews.
- Student application.
- University ambassador module.
- One-click application.
- University representative module.
- Communication module.
- Virtual university permanent fair.
- Analytics and statistics module.
- Careers opportunity module.
- Internship module.
Who Should Attend?
University colleges departments
Provost, Dean , Academic Officer, Scientific Research
Education Consultant, Alumni Relations, Career Services, Student Engagement Internship
Marketing, Business Development
Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Web Admin
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