The World Conference on Higher Education: 5-8 July 2009, UNESCO Paris

"The New Dynamics of Higher Education" is the theme of the World Conference on Higher Education. It will bring together key stakeholders to forge a new commitment to the development of higher education. A global platform for innovative thinking, the 2009 World Conference will take stock of the changes in higher education and research since the last World Conference in 1998, address the dynamics shaping the strategic agenda for the development of higher education and identify concrete actions to meet national development objectives and individual aspirations.

http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=56642&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Asian Universitity Ranking 2009

QS Quacquarelli Symonds (compiler for THES World University Ranking) has published the 2009 Asian University Ranking:

http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/asianuniversityrankings/asian_university_rankings_top_200_universities/

Malaysian Universities that made the list are:
39 Universiti Malaya (UM)
51 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
69 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
82 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
90 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
171Multimedia University (MMU)