The 7th Eurasian Higher Education Leaders Forum 2018 will be held on June 7-8, 2018 at Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan). The theme of this year’s Forum is ‘Innovating Higher Education in the Age of Disruption’. This annual event will reframe the technological and social changes which simply cannot be ignored including intense debates on the future of higher education, i.e. whether higher education institution should develop skills for the labor market or primarily focus on generating and dissemination new knowledge. This fundamental debate leads questions about curriculum design, modalities of how degrees are awarded (e.g. stacked?), what constitutes credit bearing courses; but also emerging new approaches to teaching of MOOCs and used for lifelong learning. It is obvious that disruption is upon us and we have to adjust. The Forum aims to unite all stakeholders in education by exchanging viewpoints and opinions and by participating in lively discussion of the technical and societal changes which face higher education leaders around the world.

SPEAKERS OF THE VII EURASIAN HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS' FORUM
1. Andrew Wachtel - Rector, Narxoz University
2. Annie Lo - Senior Vice President and Chief Officer of the Asia Pacific, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
3. Benjamin Wah - Provost, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4. Charles Zukoski - Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of New York in Buffalo
5. Isak Froumin - Academic Supervisor, Institute of Education,
Higher School of Economics
6. Jochen Berbner - Partner, McKinsey Kazakhstan
7. Jamil Salmi- Global Tertiary Education Expert, Tertiary Education
8. Laura Poole-Warren - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Training) and Dean of Graduate Research, University of New South Wales
9. Liliana Biglou - Education and Social Impact Consultant
10. Stavros Yiannouka - Chief Executive Officer, World Innovation Summit for Education