The document summarizes the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE), which aims to promote international cooperation in higher education. The first CAIE was held in 2010 in Calgary, Canada with over 650 delegates from 44 countries discussing strategic aspects of internationalization. A second CAIE was held in 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to continue promoting the development of an inter-American higher education area through international collaboration and exchanges.

1. Essential Building Block to Quality in 21st Century Education: Higher Education and Inter-American Dialogues The Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE)

2. CAIE Objective: To promote and develop an Inter-American Area of Higher Education that enables leaders and decision makers from Higher Education Institutions to jointly dicuss, examine, and evaluate the strategic aspects of internationalization, with a view to understanding its contribution to quality, regional development, and growth.

3. By participating in the CAIE, you will have the opportunity to: Expand your contacts, develop networks, and create new opportunities in the Higher Education sector. Share views on strategic planning and management, and discuss new models and best practices in the internationalization of Higher Education. Establish linkages with organizations/associations, and form strategic alliances for future collaborations. Hold ‘’discussion spaces’’ about various policies, foci, and new trends in the field of Higher Education, which characterize the Latin American region.

4. By participating the CAIE, you will have the opportunity to: Examine priority themes within an Inter-American framework (planning and strategic management, models and best practices), i.e. which are related to the internationalization of higher education from a North-South and South-South perspective. Participate in the implementation of guidelines, strategic aims and recommendations in the internationalization of higher education that are geared towards organizations and international fora, such as the Organization of American States.

5. First Edition of the CAIE-Canada 2010 When ? 20 – 23 October, 2010 Where ? Calgary, Alberta Organizers: Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC) Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) With the support of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada (DFAIT).

6. First Edition of CAIE-Canada 2010 PARTICIPANTS 650 delegates 44 countries 5 continents

7. CAIE Activities –Canada, 2010 Plenary debate moderated by Juan Carlos Romero Hicks , Director of the National Board of Science and Technology (CONACyT), Mexico , with the participation of: Jordi Curell, Director of Permanent Learning of the European Commission, European Unon, Belgium. Eva Egron-Polak , Executive Secretary of the International Association of Universities (IAU ), France. Francisco Marmolejo , Executive Director of the Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC), United States. Gonzalo Vargas Otte , Rector of Universidad Tecnológica de Chile (INACAP), Chile. Madeleine Greene , Researcher from the International Association of Universities ( AIU), United States. Alencar Mello Proen ç a , President from the Council of Brazilian University Rectors (CRUB), Brazil.

8. CAIE Activities-Canada 2010 Plenary Interview Moderator : Phil Semas, President and Editor-in-Chief of The Chronicle of Higher Education Víctor Hugo De Láncer , Vice-Minister of Higher Education and Technology (MESCyT), the Dominican Republic. Luis Jacobo , Minister of Culture and Education from the Province of Misiones, Argentina. H.E. Sheila Sealy Monteith , Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Canada. Claire Poulin , Director for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, Foreign Affairs and International Trade (MAECI), Canada. Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, Government of the Province of Alberta, Canada.

9. CAIE Activities-Canada 2010 Workshops: Leaders: Performance Metrics in Internationalization (International Association of Universities (IAU), France, and the Canadian Bureau of International Education (CBIE), Canada) TUNING –the Americas: Lessons learned and linkages between TUNING Latin America and Tuning United States (Tuning Latin America, Spain and the Utah Tuning Project, USA). China-Americas Dialogue (Inter-American Organization for Higher Education and China Education for International Exchange, CEAIE, China).

10. CAIE Activities-Canada 2010 Workshops: How to measure student mobility on a global level and the internationalization of higher education: changes and best practices (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAA, Germany; the Canadian Bureau for International Education, CBIE, Canada, and the International Association of Universities and Institutions of Higher Education, ANUIES, Mexico). Usage of Web 2.0 Plataforms and Communities: Opportunities, Best practices and Weaknesses (Illuminate Consulting Group, United States, and Hertie School of Governance, Germany). Haiti: Support for Development Projects in Higher Education (Université Quisqueya, Haiti; Center for Technical and Professional Training, Haiti; École Nationale Supérieure de Technologie, NST, Haiti; École Supérieure d'Infotronique d’Haïti, ESIH, Haiti, and the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education).

11. CAIE Activities –Canada, 2010 49 concurrent sessions 114 conference speakers 7 thematic subjects: Joint academic planning in the Americas Innnovative alliances The internationalization of research Indigenous peoples and non-traditional societies Languages Marketing and Promotion Open dialogue: an opportunity to hold discussion spaces about themes related to the internationalization of higher education. The concurrent sessions were presented and moderated in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French.

12. CAIE Activities-Canada 2010 Visits to Higher Education Institutions from the region: Bow Valley College (BVC) Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Polytechnic University of Calgary (U of C) Mount Royal University

13. Brazil’s Presence during CAIE-Canada 2010 30 high-level academic personalities , among which were : Rectors from Higher Education Institutions Vice-rectors Directors from international collaboration agencies Presidents from Brazilian university organizations Directors from internationally-renowned businesses linked with the internationalization of education and ministries of education.

14. CAIE-Brazil 2012 When? 25 to 28th of April, 2012 Where ? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organizers: Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Brasileiras (CRUB) Fórum das Assessorias das Universidades Brasileiras para Assuntos Internacionais (FAUBAI) Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Brazil, – Coordinator The Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) With the collaboration of the: Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Consortium for North American Higher Education Collaboration (CONAHEC), and the support of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada (DFAIT) .

15. Who should attend the CAIE? Profesionals responsible for the strategic planning and managment of internationalization, especially those who carry out academic collaboration activities, such as: Rectors, vice-rectors and deputy vice-rectors responsible for international relations. Directors of international collaboration agencies. Directors of student and academic mobility departments. University leaders. Student advisors (especially of foreign students). High authorities and professors related with Higher Education Institutions, universities, national or regional organizations, and ministers of education.

16. Who should attend CAIE? (Continued) Representatives from national and regional university organizations. Representatives from ministeries in the fields of Higher Education, Innovation ,Science and Technology. Representatives from international organizations that are associated with thematic subjects in Higher Education in general, and more specifically, internationalization.

17. Themes - CAIE-Brazil 2012 Strategic Planning and Management of Internationalization. Innovative Models, Discussion of Experiences and Higher Education Internationalization Indicators. Finance Mechanisms Used in the Internationalization of Higher Education. Optimization of ICTs for Internationalization. Academic Mobility: students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and research professors. Internationalization and Languages. Internationalization of Innovation, Science and Technology. Challenges of Brazilian Internationalization.