Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research inaugurated today the 13th Conference of the Arab Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi. In an inaugural address, Sheikh Nahyan called on the institutions of higher education and scientific research in the Arab world to create an advanced system of the higher education to achieve the objectives of scientific and economic development through best practices, according to a report of the UAE news agency "WAM".