2016 - Speakers

Steve O. Michael President of AGAUC & Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, USA

Dr. Steve O. Michael was the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Arcadia University for 5 years, where he was instrumental in establishing the College of Health Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Global Business, and the School of Education.

Sergey Zapryagaev Former First Vice Rector of Voronezh State University, Russia

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

• - relativistic theory of multiply charged ions, the theory of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with multiply charged ions, the algebra of angular momenta, quantum electrodynamics in the Furry picture, relativistic Dirac equation Green's function, quantum information theory and quantum cryptography;
• - problem management and financing in higher education, the establishment of quality assurance systems in higher education, international accreditation of educational programs, the challenges of globalization and internationalization in higher education

Andy Pușcă Rector, Danubius University, Galati, Romania

After graduating the Law Faculty within “Danubius” University in 1999, in the same year graduating the Administrative Sciences at the Faculty of Public Administration within the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest, I became a teacher right after graduation.

Chen Aimin President of Xi’an International University, China

Aimin Chen holds a Ph.D. in economics from Pennsylvania State University (1990). She was a tenured professor at Indiana State University (ISU) and was Awarded “Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences” at ISU in 2005.

Dr. Chen was former president of the Chinese Economist Society (CES) and executive vice president Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the US (ACPSS). Her teaching and research interests are applied economic theories, industrial organization, China’s economic and education reforms, and urbanization. She has published as solo author or first co-author more than 60 articles in English and Chinese academic journals and books, including journals such as World Development, Modern China, China Economic Review, Urban Studies, Ecological Economics, the Social Science Journal, Journal of Socio-Economics, Comparative Economic Studies, etc., and has authored/coauthored and edited/co-edited more than 10 books. She was the first Series Editor of The Chinese Economy Series published by Ashgate Publishing Limited, served on editorial boards for academic journals, and refereed for many academic journals.