The conference took place on December 10-11, 2018 in Berlin. The conference tackled issues of procedures of assessment and maintenance of quality in the higher education system.

Director of institute of strategic research and development in education, EdD, associate professor Elena Ilaltdinova, the advisor to the president Olga Kim and the director of the center of quality management of education EdD, associate professor Ekaterina Sedykh took part in the conference.

The conference tackled issues of procedures of assessment and maintenance of quality in the higher education system, new models of institutional and program accreditation and instruments of mutual recognition of the higher education were considered.

Heads of the international networks of the agencies of a quality assurance in the field of higher education of INQAAHE, EQAR,as well as representatives of a number of the European agencies by assessment and a quality assurance took part in the event. In the course of discussion reports of the managing director of ASIIN, doctor Iring Vasser, the president of ENQA doctor Christoph Grolimund, the senior research associate of the commission on the higher education of the North Central Association doctor Gloria Rogers, the USA and other recognized experts in the field of quality were made.

Subsequent to the results of interaction Minin University began the procedure of entry into the Asia-Pacific network of a quality assurance (the Asia-Pacific Quality Network, APQN) as the institutional member. This decision will promote researches in the field of quality management of the higher education and to its effective use for the purpose of improvement of quality of the higher education in the region.