In the MAPLE 2019 Annual Strategic Summit, organized jointly by QS Branding and Conferences, the regional subsidiary of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, and Zayed University, Prof. Simchi, the Dean of International Affairs office of Sharif University of Technology, invited as the representative of Iran, delivered a talk entitled “Internationalization Barriers for Universities in Iran and How We Deal with Them”.
Maple 2019 was the 9th Strategic Summit for the Advancement of University Excellence held on 22-25 April in Dubai. The main aim of the conference under the theme of Promoting Research in the Middle East and Africa was to provide a platform for discussions that help drive change and impact societies positively in the area.
At this conference, governmental officials, university administrators, directors of research centers, editors of academic journals, as well as young and expert researchers were invited to discuss the barriers to university research excellence faced by researchers in the Middle East and Africa together with ways to overcome these challenges for the benefit of the region and the wider world.
