PLENARY SPEAKERS
Sergio Abranches is a Brazilian writer, sociologist and political scientist. Columnist for O Estado de Minas and Correio Braziliense. He has been professor at IUPERJ and visiting professor at UFRJ and UFMG. He holds a master’s degree from UnB) and a PhD from Cornell University. His current work focuses on the 21st century transition and global climate policy. He has authored the novel The Butterfly Interpreter (2022) and essays like Copenhagen: Before and After (2010), Coalition Presidentialism (2018) and The Time of Incidental Governing Authorities (2020). A Brazil PEN Club Literary Award winner (2018) and a Jabuti Prize finalist (2019), he is curator of literary festivals in Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
Dr Hilligje van’t Land is Secretary General of the global higher education community as Secretary General of the International Association of Universities (IAU) – global NGO with UNESCO Associate Status. For the past two decades, she has fostered the key role of higher education in societal transformation. She positioned the IAU as partner in UNESCO work on Education for sustainable development and in the UNESCO Futures of Education initiative, and higher education as a key stakeholder for the UN Agenda 2030 – Transforming our world. She holds a PhD in comparative francophone literature, speaks six languages and publishes on higher education issues of relevance locally and globally.
Final plenary with representatives from international education associations around the world.
