Introduction

Sustainable Leadership and Academic Excellence Conference aims to provide appropriate environments that stimulate continuous professional development through reflecting on and learning from the various practices in these environments. Leadership has become a global trend and an essential requirement in the process of comprehensive development and modernization of professional performance in different sustainable societal change and contribute to promoting and developing the national economy, while academic excellence is a significant pillar in any institution in light of the current challenges influencing its sustainability amidst the digitalization of teaching and learning. Hence, the initiatives of the University of Bahrain and its Unit for Teaching Excellence and Leadership (UTEL) have long been centred on sustainable leadership and academic excellence in response to the international trends in the field and in fulfillment of the national requirement concerned with developing sustainable quality performance. This conference is the manifestations of these initiatives, as it aims to showcase the best local, regional, and international practices in creating sustainable leadership environments in all institutions and to achieve professional and academic excellence.

This conference will be on two folds: Sustainable leadership and Academic excellence. It aims to promote excellence, sustainability and innovation in leadership and academic practices, and facilitate the sharing of experiences among experts in the fields.