The European Quality Assurance Forum, co-organised by EUA, ENQA, EURASHE and ESIB, is a European conference on quality assurance in higher education that brings together the main stakeholders in the field – universities and other higher education institutions, quality assurance agencies and students. The thematic focus of the third forum, which will take place in November 2008, is "New trends in quality assurance" and will concentrate on new and innovative developments in the sector such as learning outcomes and qualifications frameworks and their implications for quality assurance. Furthermore it will include a comparative focus on international quality assurance approaches. The forum will provide a platform for discussion and exchange of experiences among the main stakeholders in quality assurance. This will be achieved by a mix of plenary sessions on the new trends and small workshops and discussion groups for the exchange of good practice examples. Contributions for the forum will be sought through an open call for papers from all stakeholders involved. The results of the forum will be publicised in a forum publication that collects the best keynote speeches and paper contributions. The main objective of the European Quality Assurance Forum is to bring together the different actors of the European quality assurance community – rectors, academics, quality assurance officials – students and quality assurance agencies – on an annual basis for discussion and exchange on current issues in quality assurance that bridges national boundaries and leads to truly European discussion on quality assurance in higher education and will create a common European understanding of quality assurance through direct communication among different stakeholder groups and across geographical backgrounds. Co-ordinator ? European University Association, BE Andrée SURSOCK Rue d'Egmont 13 BE-1000 Brussels Tel: +32 2 2305544 Fax: +32 2 2305751 Email: andree.sursock@eua.be