Dear friends and colleagues, UNESCO Chairs and the UNITWIN network!

On January 24, 2022, an international Forum of UNESCO Chairs on the Future of Higher Education will be held, organized jointly with Italy and UNESCO at Expo 2020 Dubai to commemorate the International Day of Education.
The Forum fits into the general framework of UNESCO’s “Future of Education” initiative, which aims to shape the agenda for global discussions, research and actions related to the future of education, learning and knowledge in a world that is becoming increasingly complex, uncertain and unstable. It is also one of the preparatory events for the 3rd UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education (WHEC2022), which will be held on May 18-20, 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. WHEC2022 and its preparatory activities are aimed at identifying and preparing knowledge-based scenarios with broad participation for the formation of a new era of higher education systems and institutions, especially after the failure of COVID-19.

This event is held in a hybrid format and will be broadcast live on Facebook Italy Expo 2020 and YouTube Italy Expo 2020 from 11:00 to 13:00 Dubai time (13:00 to 15:00 CET).
The Forum provides a platform for a collective interdisciplinary analysis of the future of higher education systems, focusing on skills development in the context of an uncertain future of work, as well as on the digital transformation of our societies and its implications for higher education.