PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION:
GATEWAYS TO QUALITY AND
MOBILITY IN THE AMERICAS
A HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
31May-2 June 2006
San Jos é , Costa Rica
Host Coordinator and Conference Site :
Colegio Federado de Ingenieros y de Arquitectos de Costa Rica (CFIA)
(National Society of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica)
Address: Curridabat
125 meters east of the Pop’s, next to Costa Rica Indoor Club
San Jos é , Costa Rica
Coordinators :
Sistema Nacional de Acreditacion de la Educacion Superior (SINAES)
(National System of Accreditation for Higher Education, Costa Rica)
Universidad de Costa Rica (University of Costa Rica)
Sponsors :
Hewlett Packard
Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency
The conference will be conducted in English and Spanish and will be held at the spacious headquarters of the National Society of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica (CFIA) – designed for large conferences.
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION:
GATEWAYS TO QUALITY AND
MOBILITY IN THE AMERICAS
A HEMISPHERIC CONFERENCE
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
31 May-2 June 2006
San Jos é , Costa Rica
FINAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, 31 May 2006
| 1:00 pm | Registration and Refreshments |
| 2:00 pm | Welcoming Remarks by the Host and Coordinators |
| Oscar Saborio, President, CFIA | |
| Jorge Mora, President SINAES | |
| Yamileth Gonzales, Rector, University of Costa Rica |
THE CHALLENGES
| 2:30 pm | Access, Mobility and Quality: Global Positioning Systems for Higher Education and the Professions |
| Marjorie Peace Lenn , Executive Director, Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
* * Responding to the Demands of the Knowledge Economy * *
| 3:30 pm | University perspective: |
| Eleanor Badilla, Director of the Academic Evaluation Center, University of Costa Rica |
| 3:50 pm | Industry’s Perspective: |
| Members of CINDE (Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency): |
INTEL
Proctor and GambleGlobal Business Service Center
| 4:30 pm | Specialized accreditation perspective: |
| Olive M. Kimball, CEO, National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences |
| 5:00 pm | Session for questions |
| 5:30 pm | Reception |
Thursday, 1 June 2006
| 8:00 am | Registration |
THE CHALLENGES CONTINUED
* * The International Imperative for Standards * *
| 8:30 am | In the Professions: |
| Sharon Goldsmith, American National Standards Institute (ansi) “globalizing personnel certification under an international standard – iso/iec 17024” |
| 9:00 am | In the Laboratories: |
| Mario Chaves V, Dean of the Faculty of Microbiology, University of Costa Rica |
| 9:30 am | In Industry: |
| Dan Marcek, university relations, Hewlett Packard |
| 10:00 am | Session for questions |
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break |
* * International Trends in Higher Education * *
| 10:45 am | In Europe: |
| Tuning Project and the Bologna Process – Raphael llavon de micheo or Francisco Marcellan, ANECAS ( Spain) |
| 11:15 am | In Asia-Pacific: |
| Current Developments in Higher Education in Australia – Tony Crooks, Counsellor (Education, science and training) – Latin America, Government of Australia |
| 11:45 am | In Latin America: |
| Maria Jose Lemaitre, president, riaces (iberoamerican network of quality assurance agencies) |
| 12:15 pm | Session for questions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
* * Toward a Mutual Recognition Agreement in Architecture * *
| 2:00 pm | Sharon Matthews, AIA, Executive Director, National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB - USA) |
| And C. William Bevins, FAIA, President, NAAB and Former President, National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB – USA) |
| 2:40 pm | Hector Garcia Escorza, executive director COMAEA (Mexican academic accrediting board for architecture) and executive director COMPIA (Mexican committee for international practice of architecture) |
| 3:00 pm | Spokesperson for the Pan-American Federation of Architects |
| 3:20 pm | Session for questions |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee Break |
THE OPPORTUNITIES
| 4:15 pm | Professional Mobility in the Americas |
| Spokesperson from CEPAL – United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America |
Hearing from the Professions:
Towards Mutual Recognition Agreements in engineering
| 4:45 pm | Irene Campos, former president, colegio federado de ingenieros y de arquitectos de costa rica (cfia) |
| 5:15 pm | Jorge Rodriguez, president of accai (central American agency for architects and engineers) |
| 5:45 pm | spokesperson from CAB ( Canada) |
| 6:15 pm | Session for questions |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner |
Friday, 2 June 2006
| 8:00 am | Registration |
THE OPPORTUNITIES, CONTINUED
Hearing from the Professions:
Towards Mutual Recognition Agreements Part II
| 8:30 am | Medicine: Dr. Xinia Carvajal, Costa Rican Medical College |
| 8:50 am | Nursing: Maryann Alexander, National Council of State Boards of Nursing |
| 9: 10 am | Nursing: spokesperson, council for graduates of foreign nursing schools (cgfns) |
| 9: 30 am | Physiotherapy: Cathryn Beggs, director of accreditation council for the Canadian physiotherapy academic program |
| 9:50 am | Physiotherapy: Tabasom Eftekari, the Canadian alliance of physiotherapy regulators international credential recognition program |
| 10:10 am | Coffee Break |
Hearing from the Professions:
Towards Mutual Recognition Agreements Part II
| 10:40 am | Counseling: Carol Bobby , Executive Director, Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs |
| 11:10 am | Agriculture: Spokesperson from Central America Food Technology; United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
| 11:30 am | Certification testing: Norman R. Hertz, guidelines for certification test adaptation: to translate or not to translate |
| 11:50 am | Session for questions for all morning sessions |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
* The Role of Accreditation * *
Session Moderated by Jose Mora, Sistema Nacional de Acreditacion de la Educacion Superior (SINAES) - National System of Accreditation for Higher Education, Costa Rica
| 2:00 pm | Overview by Jose Mora, moderator |
| 2: 20 pm | Sandra Elman, president of the northwest commission on colleges and universities, USA |
| 2:40 pm | Carlos Tunnerman, president of the central America accreditation council (cca) |
Institutional responses to accreditation
| 3:00 pm | Mary Beth Hanner, vice president for health sciences, excelsior college, “current trends in specialized accreditation’ |
| 3:20 pm | Claudia Celis, “Universidad iberoamericana’s assessment and evaluation model” |
| 3:40 pm | Session for questions |
| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
Closing Plenary Session
Capacity Building Toward Quality in Higher Education and the Professions
| 4:30 pm | Olman Jaime Molina or designee, President, Latin America Construction Chamber |
| 5:00 pm | Edna Camacho, executive director, costa rica investment promotion agency (CINDA) |
| 5:30 pm | Marjorie Peace Lenn, executive director, Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
| 5: 40 pm | Reception |