This year's conference theme is World potential: making education meet the challenge.

A distinguished line-up of more than 100 speakers in 36 sessions including:

• Professor Julia King, Vice Chancellor, Aston University
• Dr. Gwang-Jo Kim, Director, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
• Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice Chancellor, Universities Sains Malaysia
• Simon Marginson, Professor of Higher Education, University of Melbourne
• Dr Sohail Naqvi, Chair Higher Education Commission, Pakistan