Speakers
Sara López Selga
Huba Boshoff
Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti
Session
⭐ Thematic Committee Session
✅ Included for all participants
💡 Partnerships
This session will focus on strategic partnerships between European higher education institutions or networks and those from other continents. The main focus will be the point of view of the non-European actors, using case studies and success stories to build a comprehensive, continent-wide overview of trends, challenges and solutions.
For more than two decades, Huba has built a career in the higher education sector with a strong focus on fostering global partnerships that create meaningful impact. Her professional expertise spans student development, leadership development, project and programme development, resource mobilisation, academic accreditation, quality assurance, and in particular internationalisation of higher education.
Huba was the Director of Nuffic Southern Africa (2020–2024), where she advanced innovative models of collaboration in internationalisation and international development, with a particular focus on partnerships between South Africa, other African countries, and the Netherlands, while also driving the localisation agenda.
Earlier in her career, she held senior roles at Stellenbosch University, including Manager of the Centre for Partnerships and Internationalisation, where she led partnership management, strategy development, and information management.
Beyond her institutional roles, Huba has been deeply engaged in the international higher education community. She served as a Council Member of the International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA) and contributed as Editor of StudySA and chair of the IEASA Publications Committee for two years. She currently serves as a Board Member of the African Network for International Education (ANIE).
Huba is the founder and director of TheKnowledgeCollab, an entity dedicated to designing customised and impactful interventions in the knowledge sector. Rooted in the principles of trust, creativity, and experiential learning, TheKnowledgeCollab is driven by the belief that collaboration is a powerful catalyst for sustainable impact. Currently her activities within TheKnowledgeCollab includes technical assistance to the Erasmus+ Support programme in South Africa, strategic support and training to Intra-Africa Academic mobility programme and bespoke training interventions.
Dr. David Julien currently acts as Secretary General of the Inter-American Organization of Higher Education (OUI-IOHE) and Executive Director of the Conference of the Americas on International Education (CAIE). He also serves on the Administrative Board of the International Association of Universities (IAU).
He holds a Doctorate and a Master’s degree in Psychology/Organizational Development from the University of Sherbrooke where he has been appointed Ambassador in 2022. He also has taken courses in leadership and management at Harvard University and McGill University. In 2025, he received an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Hispanoamericana in Costa Rica for his contribution to the internationalization of higher education in Latin America.