Dear all distinguished guests, especially to our honourable keynote speakers, invited speakers, and the committee of the International Conference on Educational Development and Quality Assurance (ICED-QA 4). A warm welcome from me, from Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia.

As the Rector of Universitas Andalas, I really appreciate the people behind this great activity, the collaboration and cooperation between scholars, researchers, academics, students, policymakers who focus on the issues of educational development and quality assurance. We all know that when we are talking about quality assurance and educational development, we face various challenges. Still, at the same time, by holding this conference, we are also confident that we are going to step forward, together agree to create solutions to minimalize problems.

This conference is going to discuss a lot of things related to education and quality assurance. There are 6 keynote speakers from some countries, such as Indonesia, USA, Singapore, and Brunei Darussalam. I know this conference will become a fruitful discussion. Again, I would like to thank all the keynote speakers and presenters for sharing your experience and expertise at the ICED-QA 4, 2021. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the keynote speakers and the seminar participants. My high appreciation is addressed to the Chairperson of the Seminar and the entire committee. I hope you all have a very successful conference.

Thank you.

Rector
Prof. Dr. H. Yuliandri, S.H., M.H.