The Ministry of Higher Education and the universities of the Republic of Cuba summon you to the 8th International Congress of Higher Education “University 2012”.

This Congress, to be held in Havana, Cuba, from February 13th to February 17th, 2012, is convened with the declaration “The university for sustainable development”, which reaffirms the responsibility of higher education with society and with its time, when propitiating an environment for reflection and debate, aimed at assessing the university contribution to this development.

Since its first edition in 1998, our congresses are recognized as reflexive spaces, wide, committed and pluralistic, in which both, the halls as the exhibitions areas, become appropriate sites for the discussion of the most various topics related to international higher education agenda.

It will be a pleasure and a privilege to meet again in 2012.

- Social responsibility of universities and their role in sustainable development, intercultural dialogue and the construction of a culture of peace.

- The University for a New Environmental Knowledge to sustainability.
- Strategies and mechanisms for integration and solidarity among higher education institutions and their actors.
- Trends in university development and higher education systems around the world.
- Current problems related to access, financing and management in higher education.
- Relevance and impact of graduate education in the development of society.
- Towards a complete training of university students.
- Fundamentals of General and Specific Didactics in higher education.
- Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development: Challenges and prospects of the contemporary university.
- University, science and technology for social inclusion and sustainable development.
- Assessment and certification: its impact on the improvement of higher education quality.
- The universalization of the university and knowledge.
- Open educational resources, computer security and information technology in higher education.
- The internationalization of higher education in the current international economic context facing neoliberal globalization.
- The universities for the further training of education professionals.
- Integration of educational systems: basic, intermediate and advanced. Contributions from the university.
- The role of universities facing natural disasters and the problems of food and water.

Events Included in the congress
11th International Workshop “Higher Education and its Prospects”.
11th International Workshop “Consultative Meeting on Graduate Studies in Iberoamérica”.
11th International Workshop on University Extension.
8th International Workshop on Pedagogy in Higher Education.
8th International Workshop on “University, Science and Technology”
8th International Workshop on “The University, the Environment, Energy and Sustainable Development”.
6th International Workshop on Quality Assessment and Accreditation in Higher Education.
6th International Workshop on “Internationalization of Higher Education”.
4th International Workshop on “Virtualization in Higher Education”.
4th International Workshop on “University Training of the Teaching Staff and Quality Improvement in Education.”
4th International Workshop on Student Scientific Research “Joven Ciencia 2010”.
4th International Workshop on “Universalization of University”.
2nd International Workshop on “University and food security and sovereignty”.

Independent Special Events
6th Meeting about Economy and Higher Education Funding
4th Symposium "Medical Education: Challenges and Prospects"
5th Forum of Trade and Union organizations at the University
1st Symposium of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Architecture Teaching
Special activity for the 50 Anniversary of University Reform
Special activity for the 60 Anniversary of the Central University of Las Villas

Dr. Omar Herrera Tel:(537)8351083 Email:oherrera@reduniv.edu.cu