# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 am – Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A half-day interactive session on higher education innovation in practice, with global examples and lessons shaping the sector’s future.About this EventIn this half-day session, Alex Usher will be joining up with Dara Melnyk, host of the (and formerpodcast) and Tiffany MacLennan to deliver an interactive half-day event that brings together fresh insights and global examples of institutional change to see how institutions are re-thinking programs, structures and funding models and what all this means for the future of higher education.The focus is on innovation in practice. Not what looks promising on paper, but what is holding, where institutions are running into limits, and what early lessons are emerging.Everyone, and we mean everyone, is welcome. The more the merrier. We can’t start our own version of The Chronicle, but maybe - just maybe – we can start to create spaces where faculty, staff, students, governments and anyone who loves our sector – can join together to just rap about what might make our sector better and more resilient.Vancouver HESA World of Higher Education Workshop | SFU, Segal Building, Segal Graduate School of Business, Room 1200-1500 | February 2nd | 9:30 to 12:00 PSTAddress: 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, V6C 1W6Format: Interactive workshop, with presentations, discussion sessions, networking, snacks & refreshments Participants can expect:Short framing inputs from Alex and DaraStructured discussion and guided questionsOpportunities to test ideas against real institutional examplesPractical takeaways relevant to their own campus contextWe hope you can join us, contribute to the discussions and sharing of ideas.———More on Dara Melnyk’s work: Co-host | Innovative Universities Global Webinar SeriesDara Melnyk specializes in innovative university models and change management. She writes the Global Innovators, a regular column for University World News, co-hosts the Innovative Universities Global Webinar Series, and has recently completed her PhD thesis, Success Factors of Innovative Universities at Maastricht University (the Netherlands). Previously, Dara took part in higher education policy development and university transformation projects in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and works as a strategy consultant, focusing on higher education systems and institutions in the Middle East.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/vancouver/the-world-of-higher-education-innovations-that-work-—-and-why-vancouver/100001980419756804
- **Event Categories**: workshops, virtual, webinar
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket Price Range**: min: 96.86, max: 96.86, currency: CAD

## Event venue details

- **city**: Vancouver
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Simon Fraser University, Segal Building, Segal Graduate School of Business, Room 1200-1500
- **lat**: 49.2840985
- **long**: -123.1144634
- **full address**: Simon Fraser University, Segal Building, Segal Graduate School of Business, Room 1200-1500, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver) being held?
  - **A:** The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver) takes place on Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 am to Mon, 02 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm at Simon Fraser University, Segal Building, Segal Graduate School of Business, Room 1200-1500, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, Canada.
- **Q**: How much do tickets cost for The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver)?
  - **A:** Tickets for The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver) are priced at CAD 97 per person. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral AdmissionCAD 97 + CAD 7 fee + CAD 10 taxAvailable
- **Q**: Who is organizing The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver)?
  - **A:** The World of Higher Education: Innovations That Work — and Why (Vancouver) is organized by Higher Education Strategy Associates.

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