SPEAKERS
CAEI 2025
EXPERTS
PAULA BOGANTES
COSTA RICA
Minister of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications
PABLO BELTRÁN
ECUADOR
President of the Higher Education Council
FANTA AW
USA
CEO NAFSA: Association of International Educators
PAULA MERCEDES DISLA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Vice Minister of International Relations
ADRIANA GAVIRIA
ESTADOS UNIDOS
Executive Director, College Board
ARTURO CONDO
COSTA RICA
Rector of EARTH University
CLAUDIA GÓMEZ
MÉXICO
Rector of the University of Guanajuato
DAVID JULIEN
CANADA
Executive Secretary General, Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (OUI-IOHE)
Canada
LUCIANE STALLIVERI
BRAZIL
Investigadora INPEAU
Universidad Federal de Santa
Catarina
JULIO LABRANA
CHILE
PhD in Higher Education
ALEX USHER
CANADA
President of Higher Education Associates
LUIS KAUACHI
MEXICO
Director of the Internationalization Area of the Ibero-American University
LAWRENCE SCHOVANEC
USA
President of Texas University
CAROL HUMPHREYS
USA
President of Sofia University
PAMELA GARZA
USA
Executive Director of the Office of International Relations. HACU
GERARDO BLANCO
USA
Academic Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College
LESLEY RIGG
CANADA
Chancellor of Brock University
LARIZA BEZO
CANADA
President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan)
CHRISTIAN BLANCHETTE
CANADA
Rector of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
GABRIEL MILLER
CANADA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Universities Canada
JOSE CELSO FREIRE
BRAZIL
President
Brazilian Association of International Education (FAUBAI)
SARA LOPEZ
SPAIN
President of the European Association for International Education (EAIE)
CHRISTIAN BLANCHETTE
USA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC)
CARLOS ALVARADO
GUATEMALA
Secretary General
Central American Higher University Council (CSUCA)
VERONICA AGREDA
BOLIVIA
Rectora UNIFRANZ
JENIFER SAFFI
BRAZIL
Rector
Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA)
JORGE HERRERA
COSTA RICA
Rector of the National University (UNA)
MARITZA RONDÓN
COLOMBIA
Rector of the Catholic University of Colombia (UCC) and President of the Inter-American University Organization (OUI-IOHE)
MARIA ESTRADA
COSTA RICA
Rector of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR) and President of the National Council of Rectors (CONARE)
ANA PIÑEROS
COLOMBIA
Rector of the Juan N Corpas University Foundation
VANESSA CAICEDO
COLOMBIA
Head of Internationalization ICETEX
DAVID ENRIQUEZ
CANADA
VP International Relations MITACS
FRANCIS BROWN
CANADA
International Director, Polytechnic of Montreal
NORMAND ROY
CANADA
Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Montreal
LIN ZHOU
USA
Vice President and Director of IT, Texas University
MARTHA CASTELLANOS
COLOMBIA
National Academic Vice-Rector, Andean Area University Foundation
THAMAR SOLORIO
EMIRATOS ÁRABES
Senior Director
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
JEFF BELNAP
COSTA RICA
Dean of the Campus
from Costa Rica
Texas Tech University
LIN ZHOU
ESTADOS UNIDOS
Vice President and Director of IT, Texas University
EVA HAUG
HOLLAND
Educational Advisor in Curriculum Internationalization and COIL/VE
JORGE MATAMOROS
HONDURAS
Coordinator of the Language Centre and the COIL Network
Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University
ANGEL FERNANDEZ
MEXICO
Coordinator of Academic Cooperation
Veracruzana University (UV)
FERNANDO DANIELS
CANADA
Director of Planning and Development OUI-IOHE
JOSE RAFAEL ESPAILLAT
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
Rector of INESDYC and VP- OUI Caribbean
WADY RAMIREZ
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Rector of University Eugenio Maria de Hostos
LINED BRUNO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Vice-Rector of
Linkage and Extension
from the Technical Institute
Community Superior
SANDRA OLAYA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Director of National and International Relations at the Central University of the East
KATIA GUTIERREZ
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Executive Director of the Dominican Association of University Rectors
JONATHAN PALATZ
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Director de Relaciones
nternacionales y Estratégicas de la Pontificia Universidad
Católica madre y maestra
BETTY DIAZ
REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA
Vice-Rector of Extension at the University of the Caribbean
Transform
Knowledge
into Development
In San Jose, CAEI 2025 brought together voices from different countries to discuss how higher education can respond to a changing world.
The plenary sessions and dialogue spaces addressed new priorities for the sector, internationalization models beyond mobility, innovation, sustainability, and new ways of turning knowledge into a real force for development.