Plenary Session IV: Creating the future of higher education (Designing solutions) Speakers Chair/ Moderator: Marta Losada Falk, Former President, Antonio Nariño University (UAN), Bogotá, Colombia, and IAU Board member Francisco Marmolejo, Lead Education Specialist for India, The World Bank Group Sebastian Camargo Martinez, PhD Candidate , Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), Mexico Andrew Deeks, President, University College Dublin, Ireland, and IAU Board member Description The first plenary session imagined the future of higher education, the second plenary session considered how to blend heritage and traditions with change and innovation. The third plenary put the focus on the key values of higher education. In this fourth and final session, speakers will discuss what is required in order to move from aspirations to creating the future of higher education that we want. Four speakers with varying roles in higher education and from different regions will provide their thoughts on how we design solutions for the future.