Release date：2024.06.19

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Meeting Background

The breadth and depth of AI applications in education are currently expanding, with GenAI, such as ChatGPT, gaining widespread adoption in the global education sector. This phenomenon warrants consideration by all educators, as it holds significant implications for the future of education. In June 2023, Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO, stated inGenerative AIand the Future of Education"Generative AI opens new horizons and challenges for education. But we urgently need to take action to ensure that new AI technologies are integrated into education on our terms." In this context, leaders and teachers of the higher education system in Central Asia face an urgent need to effectively leverage this technology to enhance teaching, management, and governance.

In December 2023, after extensive consultations with global experts and their enterprise partners, the International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI) officially released the White Paper on Higher Education in the Era of Artificial Intelligence during the 2023 International Institute of Online Education (IIOE) Global Partners Summit 'Transforming Higher Education in the Age of AI'. The White Paper attempts to explore the current approaches and future directions for the effective use of AI technologies in higher education and to support the good use of technology and the formulation of relevant policies by relevant stakeholders for achieving quality and equitable higher education. Building on the White Paper, while also aiming to respond to the urgent need for higher education institution (HEI) leadership to be equipped to advance in the responsible implementation of AI, UNESCO-ICHEI, together with its global partner organizations and institutions, will jointly organize a series of high-level policy dialogues across regions throughout 2024.

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Meeting Outcomes

· Showcase enterprises’ GenAI-related solutions

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	Mr. Shermatov Sherzod Xotamovich Minister for the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Shermatov Sherzod Xotamovich, Uzbek politician. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Deputy Director of the State Committee for Communication, Information, and Telecommunication Technologies (now the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan). Since 2014, he has been the Rector of Inha University in Tashkent. From November 2016 to February 2017, he served as First Deputy Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan (now the Ministry of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan). Since November 17, 2021, he has been serving as the Minister for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan (now the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan).
	Dr. Sharipov Kongratbay Avezimbetovich Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation of Uzbekistan
Sharipov Kongratbay Avezimbetovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor. He served as the Rector of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent during 2009-2010 and 2017-2019. In 2019, he was appointed First Deputy Minister of Higher and Secondary Special Education. From 2019 to 2023, he served as the Rector of Tashkent State University of Economics. In 2024, he was appointed the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation of Uzbekistan. He has authored over 450 academic works, published 8 textbooks, including 14 individual and collective monographs, and has gained wide public recognition.
	Mr. YU Jun Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Uzbekistan
YU Jun, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Uzbekistan. YU Jun was served as Deputy Consul General of at the Chinese Consulate General in Khabarovsk, Deputy Consul General of Chinese Consulate in St Petersburg, Counsellor of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs within Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In 2020, he was served as Deputy Director-General of the Department of European-Central Asian Affairs within Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. In July 2023, he was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
	Dr. Mahkamov Baxtiyor Shuhratovich Rector of Tashkent University of Information Technologies
Mahkamov Baxtiyor Shuhratovich, PhD in Economics. He has served in the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan. In 2021, he was appointed Acting Rector of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies. He has authored over 50 academic works, including one monograph, five textbooks, and more than 40 academic papers. His scholarly articles have been published in countries such as the United States, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, India, and Kazakhstan.
	Dr. ZHAN Tao Director of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
ZHAN Tao is the Director of UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (UNESCO IITE) located in Moscow. He received his Ph.D from Shandong University in China in 1987, majoring in number theory and later became a Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at University of Freiburg in Germany, and Professor of Mathematics at Shandong University. Before joining UNESCO IITE in 2017 he had served as the President of Shandong University and Jilin University, Director-General of Educational Management Information Center of Ministry of Education in China.
	Ms. Sara Noshadi Director of UNESCO Office in Uzbekistan
Sara Noshadi has served as Head of Office and UNESCO Representative in Uzbekistan since June 2022 to date. Before her assignment in Uzbekistan, Sara worked at the UNESCO Kabul Office and the UNESCO Baghdad Office. From 2018 to 2022, she served as the Senior Coordinator for the "Revive the Spirit of Mosul" initiative at the Office of the Director-General of UNESCO. From 2012 to 2018, she worked at the UNESCO Kabul Office, where she oversaw the development of the National Program for Culture and Creative Economy. Sara Noshadi is fluent in French, English, and Persian. She holds a Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management from Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne and a Master's degree in Anthropology from the University of Tehran in Iran.
	Prof. JIN Li Director of UNESCO-ICHEI, Vice President of SUSTech
JIN Li, Director of UNESCO-ICHEI, Chair Professor of Finance, Vice President (Global Strategies), Acting Dean of the School of Business and Director of the SUSTech Academy of Finance and Economics at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), and Vice Chairman of the SUSTech Education Foundation. Prof. JIN has previously held positions as Associate Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School; Professor of Finance at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School; Associate Head of the Division of Economics and Management, Associate Dean of Guanghua School of Management and head of Guanghua's Finance Department, and Director of the National Center for Financial Research at Peking University.
	Dr. Jurazoda Jamshed Habibullo First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan
Jurazoda Jamshed Habibullo, Doctor of historical sciences, Prof., First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan. From 2005 to 2006, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of the Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics. He served as Vice-rector for Academic Affairs of the Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics in 2006-2009. From 2012 to 2017, he served as Rector of the Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics. During the period of 2017 to 2022 he served as Rector of Khujand State University. In February 2022, he was appointed as the First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan.
	Mr. Rakhimov Bobur Advisor to Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
Rakhimov Bobur, Advisor to Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation for Digitalization and Information Technology. Bobur Rakhimov is a graduate of the Samarkand branch of Tashkent University of Information Technologies and holds a Master's degree in IT. He is the author of the first Smart Museum in Central Asia and the winner of the "Best Innovative Project" category at the international exhibition "InnoWeek-2018." He holds five international certificates of authorship. Today, he is the head of the IT company LLC "SmartChain," which develops and promotes a number of major innovative and technological projects for Uzbekistan.
	Prof. Isak Frumin Head of the Observatory of Innovations in Higher Education at Constructor University
Isak Frumin, Head of the Observatory of Innovations in Higher Education at Constructor University, Professor in the Department for Higher Education Research at the University for Continuing Education Krems, and the Founder and former Director of the Institute of Education at HSE University (National Research University Higher School of Economics) in Moscow. He is the author of more than two hundred publications and recently edited Building Research Capacity at Universities: Insights from Post-Soviet Countries (with Maia Chankseliani and Igor Fedyukin, 2022).
	Dr. Borhene Chakroun Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division of UNESCO Headquarters
Borhene Chakroun is an engineer and has a PhD in Education Sciences from Bourgogne University in France. Borhene worked, during the 1990s, as a trainer, chief trainer, and project manager. He has also worked as short-term consultant for the EU, World Bank and other international organisations before coming to the European Training Foundation (ETF) in 2001. At the ETF, Borhene worked as Senior Human Capital Development specialist. He is now Director of Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems Division at UNESCO HQ. Borhene conducted a range of policy reviews and skills systems diagnosis in different contexts. He has authored and co-authored various articles and books in the field of skills development and lifelong learning. Much of his most recent work focuses on global trends in reforming education and training systems and global agenda for skills development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. He is also the coordinator of the Global Education Coalition launched by UNESCO to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.