HANDBOOK'150324_ARC4_HANDBOOK_10.0.pdf4th 5ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC4) 26-27 March 2015, Hangzhou, China Handbook BACKGROUND The ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC) is recognised

4th ASEM Rectors’ Conference

(ARC4)

University-Business Partnerships:

Asia and Europe Seeking

21st Century Solutions

26-27 March 2015

Hangzhou, China

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4th ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC4)

26-27 March 2015, Hangzhou, China

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CONTENTS

4 ABOUT ARC4

7 ARC4 PROGRAMME

14 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

26 PROFILES

27 Keynote Speakers

29 University Participants

69 Government and International Organisation

Representatives

73 Business Representatives

76 Rapporteurs

78 Co-Organisers, Host and Partners

85 WORKING GROUPS

87 WG1: University-Business Partnerships

for Employability Skills


for Entrepreneurship


for New Learning Environments through

Technology

100 PRACTICAL INFORMATION

102 ORGANISERS



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ABOUT ARC4



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BACKGROUND The ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC) is recognised

as an Official Dialogue Partner of the ASEM

Education Ministers‟ Meeting (ASEM ME).

The 4th ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC4) delivers

policy recommendations directly to the 5th ASEM

Education Ministers‟ Meeting (ASEM ME5) to be

held in late April 2015 in Riga, Latvia.

The 1st ASEM Rectors‟ Conference (ARC1) took

place in 2008 in response to the ASEM Education

Ministers‟ Meeting (ASEM ME) launched in the

same year. Since then, ARC has been held

biennially in Asia and Europe alternatively. As a

high-level platform for inter-regional dialogue, the

past editions of ARC have brought together

hundreds of Asian and European university leaders

for solution-oriented discussions on emerging

higher education issues concerning both regions.

Another unique feature of ARC is the Students‟

Forum as its integral part. The Students‟ Forum

takes place in conjunction with the Rectors‟

Conference under the identical theme. Students

from various ASEM countries discuss the same

topics as the Rectors yet from youth perspectives.

Selected student-representatives will present the

results of their discussions face-to-face to the

Rectors.

The ASEM Rectors‟ Conference and Students‟

Forum have become one of the initial

commitments to the Global Action Programme on

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

which is the successor to the United Nations

Decade of ESD (2005-2014). It is one of the few

existing large-scale inter-regional projects aimed at

advancing ESD-related policies



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THEME The collaboration between higher education

institutions (HEIs) and the business sector is vital

to socio-economic development. However, in

today‟s fast-changing world, various emerging

challenges to sustainable development require

innovation in the HEI - Business relationship.

It is against this backdrop that ARC4 is themed

“University-Business Partnerships: Asia and

Europe Seeking 21st Century Solutions”. The

specific topics to be addressed reflect the key

issues facing the higher education sector in both

Asia and Europe. These include how universities

and the business sector can better cooperate to

equip students with employability skills, to cultivate

entrepreneurship, and to innovate learning

environments through information and

communication technologies.

OUTLINE ARC4 consists of 3 plenaries and 3 working

sessions. Each of the working session comprises 3

simultaneous Working Groups tackling the above-

mentioned issues. A side-event of ARC4 is the visit

to the Headquarters of the Alibaba Group, the

world‟s largest online business-to-business trading

platform for small businesses, headquartered in

Hangzhou. In addition, there will be a special

session for networking and partnership-

development among Asian and European

universities and enterprises.

EXPECTED

OUTCOME ARC4 is an excellent occasion for solution-oriented

university-business dialogue and Asia-Europe

exchange. Based on focused group discussions,

the attendees will jointly develop policy

recommendations for ASEM Education Ministers.

In addition, the participating universities and

organisations will benefit from the networking,

partnership-building and profile-enhancing

opportunities provided by the Conference.



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ARC4 PROGRAMME



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Wednesday , 25 March 2015

14:00 – 18:00 Arrival and Registration of Participants

19:00 – 21:00 Welcome Reception (Remarks by ARC4 Partners)

Thursday, 26 March 2015

09:00 – 09:30 Registration

09:30 – 10:30 OPENING CEREMONY

Opening Remarks:

Amb. ZHANG Yan

Executive Director, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

Amb. LÜ Yongshou

ASEF Governor for China

Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, P.R. China

Prof. SONG Yonghua

Executive Vice President, President, Zhejiang University

Keynote Speeches:

Mr DU Zhanyuan

Vice Minister of Education, P.R. China

Ms Mārīte SEILE

Minister of Education and Science, Latvia

Dr KIM Gwang-Jo

Director, UNESCO Office in Bangkok

Mr Jan TRUSZCZYNSKI

Former Director-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC)

European Commission

10:30 -- 10:50

10:50 – 11:00

Group Photo & Tea Break

Overview of the Conference Outline and Expected Results

Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN

Director, Education Department, ASEF

11:00 – 12:00 PLENARY 1 - INTRODUCTION

Objective: To review the trends and challenges related to university-business collaboration in

the 21st century from Asian and European Perspectives.

Chair: Ms Eva EGRON-POLLAK

Secretary-General, International Association of Universities (IAU)

Panellists:

Prof. Sibrandes POPPEMA

President, University of Groningen, Netherlands (host-university of ARC3)

Prof. Dinesh SINGH

Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi



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Dr ZENG Ming

Chief Strategic Officer, Alibaba Group

Ms Olga BALAKINA

Head of International Operations, Slush

12:00 – 13:00 PLENARY 2 - SETTING THE FRAMEWORK

Objective: To identify the key issues facing Asia and Europe related to the 3 Working

Group (WG) topics and to set the framework for subsequent discussions.

Chair: Prof. WANG Libing

Senior Programme Specialist in Higher Education, UNESCO Office in Bangkok

Panellists:

Prof. Nick MILES

Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Nottingham University & Provost of Ningbo Campus

WG1: University-Business Partnerships for Employability Skills

Ms Tea VARRAK

Vice-Rector for Innovation and Internationalisation

Tallinn University of Technology

WG2: University-Business Partnerships for Entrepreneurship

Prof. LEE Sing Kong

Vice-President (Education Strategies), Nanyang Technological University

WG3: University-Business Partnerships for New Learning Environments through

Technology

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:45 WORKING SESSION 1 - SHARING GOOD PRACTICES

Objective: To showcase good practices in university-business partnerships and exchange

views. Each of the 3 simultaneous working groups features 4 Rectors (2 from Asia, 2 from

Europe) presenting case studies, followed by open discussions.


Moderator: Prof. Dr Franck LEPREVOST

Vice-President, University of Luxembourg

Presenters:

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phout SIMMALAVONG

Vice-President, National University of Laos

Prof. Andris KANGRO

Vice-President, University of Latvia

Assoc. Prof. YEE Fook Cheong

Vice-President, Singapore Institute of Technology

Dr Éva SANDOR-KRISZT

Rector, Budapest Business School



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Moderator: Prof. James TANG

Dean of School of Social Science, Special Advisor to President

Singapore Management University

Presenters:

Prof. TONG Chee Kiong

Special Academic Advisor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Prof. Pericles MITKAS

Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Prof. Evgeny SHCHESNYAK

First Vice-Rector for Economics, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia

Prof. Claudio FEIJOO

Co-Director, Technical University of Madrid/Tongji University

WG3: University-Business Partnerships for New Learning Environments through Technology

Moderator: Prof. WONG Yuk-Shan

President, Asian Association of Open Universities

President, Open University of Hong Kong, China

Presenters:

Mr Munkhjargal DAVAASUREN

President, Mongolian National University of Education

Prof. Claire SOTINEL

Vice-President International, Université Paris Est Créteil

Prof. Dr Mongkol TECHAKUMPHU

Vice-President, Chulalongkorn University

Prof. Nicolas LEVRAT

Dean, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva

15:45 – 16:15 Tea Break

16:15 – 18:15 Visit to Alibaba Group Headquarters

19:00 – 21:00 Dinner

Friday, 27 March 2015

9:30 – 11:00 WORKING SESSION 2 – SEEKING SOLUTIONS

Objective: To explore potential solutions to challenges for university-business partnerships.

Each of the 3 simultaneous working groups features 2 Rectors (1 from Asia, 1 from Europe)

initiating the discussions. The opinions from the Students‟ Forum will be integrated into this

session.






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Discussion Initiators:

Assoc. Prof. Edwan KARDENA

Director of Partnership and International Relations

Special Representative of Rector, Institut Teknologi Bandung

Dr Markus WAECHTER

Managing Director, Technische Universität München (TUM) Asia



Dean of School of Social Science, Special Advisor to President

Singapore Management University


Prof. Mukhambetkali BURKITBAYEV

First Vice-Rector, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Prof. Jozef VERCRUYSSE

Campus President, Ghent University Global Campus






Prof. WANG Houjun

Vice President, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Prof. Damir BORAS

Rector, University of Zagreb

11:00 – 11:30 Tea Break

11:30 – 13:00 WORKING SESSION 3 – FORMULATING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

Objective: To develop policy recommendations for the 5th ASEM Education Ministers‟

Meeting (ASEM ME5) on key issues, in particular university governance innovation to

facilitate partnerships with the business. Each of the 3 simultaneous working groups

features 2 Rectors (1 from Asia, 1 from Europe) initiating the discussions. The suggestions

from the Students‟ Forum will be integrated into the recommendations.





Prof. Mohd Amin JALALUDIN

President/Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya

Prof. Dr Ivan ILCHEV

President, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"



Dean of School of Social Science,

Special Advisor to President Singapore Management University


Prof. Asghar MUHAMMAD

Rector, Pakistan National University of Sciences & Technology



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Prof. Michalis ATTALIDES

Rector, University of Nicosia






Dr Jose CRUZ

Vice-President for University and Global Relations

Ateneo de Manila University

Prof. Jan SKRHA

Vice-Rector for International Relations and Mobility

Charles University in Prague

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 PLENARY 3 - PRESENTING AND FINALISING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS

Objective: To summarize the discussions and present the policy recommendations of each

Working Group before finalising the deliverable for ASEM ME5.

Chair: Mr Marcin GRABIEC

Education and Culture Counsellor, EU Delegation to China

Panellists:

Prof. Ivan SVETLIK

Rector, University of Ljubljana


Prof. Angelina YUEN

Vice-President (Institutional Advancement & Partnership)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University


Prof. Brian NORTON

President, Dublin Institute of Technology

WG3: University-Business Partnerships for New Learning Environments through

Technology

15:00 – 16:30 NETWORKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS (with tea break)

16:30 – 17:30 CLOSING CEREMONY

Keynote Speeches:

Ms Mārīte SEILE

Minister of Education and Science, Latvia

Prof. SONG Yonghua

Executive Vice President, ZJU

Handing over ARC4 Policy Recommendations for ASEM ME5

Concluding Remarks:

Amb. ZHANG Yan

Executive Director, ASEF

19:00 – 21:00 Farewell Dinner



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END OF ARC4

Saturday, 28 March 2015

09:30 – 16:30

Cultural Tour in Hangzhou (Optional)



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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS



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Keynote Speakers

Organisation Designation Title and Name

Ministry of Education, People‟s

Republic of China Vice Minister Mr DU Zhanyuan

Ministry of Education and

Science, Republic of Latvia Minister Ms Mārīte SEILE

UNESCO Office in Bangkok Director Dr KIM Gwang-Jo

Directorate-General for

Education and Culture (DG EAC)

European Commission

Former Director-General Mr Jan TRUSZCZYŃSKI

University Participants

Country of

University University Designation Title and Name

1 Australia

Royal Melbourne

Institute

of Technology

Director, International

Partnerships

and Development

Ms Saskia HANSEN

2 Austria Vienna University of

Technology

Vice Rector for

Academic Affairs Prof. Kurt MATYAS

3 Bangladesh North South

University

Chairman, Board of

Trustees Mr Benjir AHMED

4 Bangladesh North South

University

Vice-Chancellor and

CEO Prof. Amin U. SARKAR

5 Belgium College of Europe Rector Prof. Dr Jorg MONAR

6 Belgium Ghent University

President of Ghent

University Global

Campus, Korea


7 Belgium Ghent University Policy Advisor for

China Platform Ms Isabelle DE COEN

8 Brunei

Darussalam

Brunei Institute of

Technology Vice-Chancellor Dr Zohrah SULAIMAN

9 Brunei

Darussalam

Brunei Institute of

Technology

Dean of School of

Business

Dr Hjh Noor Maya

binti Hj Md SALLEH

10 Brunei

Darussalam

Universiti Brunei

Darussalam Vice-Chancellor

Dato Paduka Dr Zulkarnain

bin HAJI HANAFI



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11 Bulgaria

Sofia Univeristy

"St. Kliment

Ohridski"

Rector Prof. Ivan ILCHEV

12 Cambodia Royal University of

Law and Economics Vice-Rector Dr Chan SAVARY


Phnom Penh Vice-Rector Dr Des PHAL

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China

China University of

Geosciences

(Wuhan)

Vice-President Dr HAO Fang

15 China China University of

Petroleum President Prof. SHAN Honghong


Petroleum


Office Prof. YAN Zifeng


Petroleum – Beijing Vice-President Prof. WU Xiaolin


Petroleum – Beijing


Office Prof. SUN Xudong

17 China Chongqing

University Vice-President Prof. BAI Chenguang

19 China

Fudan University Deputy Director,

International Office Ms TANG Wenqing

20 China Hunan University Vice-President for

International Affairs Prof. CAO Yijia

21 China Nanjing University Vice-President Prof. CHENG Chongqing

22 China

Northwest

Agriculture and

Forestry University

Vice-President Prof. LUO Jun

23 China Northeastern

University President Prof. ZHAO Ji

24 China Ocean University of

China Vice-President Prof. LI Huajun

25 China Ocean University of

China


Office Ms SONG Wenhong

26 China Shanghai Jiao Tong

University Vice-President Prof. ZHEN Huang



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27 China

Southwestern

University of

Finance and

Economics

Vice-President Prof. YANG Dan

28

China

Southwestern

University of

Finance and

Economics

Director, Office of

International Exchange

and Cooperation

Ms LIANG Ting

29 China

University of

Electronic Science

and Technology of

China

Vice-President Prof. WANG Houjun

30

China

University of

Electronic Science

and Technology of

China

Deputy Director, Office

of International

Cooperation and

Exchange

Mr ZENG Qigang

31 China Xiamen University Vice-President Prof. WU Daguang

32 China

Xidian University Assistant to the

President Prof. GAO Xinbo

33 China

Hong Kong

Polytechnic

University

Vice President for

Institutional

Advancement and

Partnership

Prof. Angelina YUEN

34 China

Hong Kong

Polytechnic

University

Senior Manager,

Chinese Mainland

Affairs Office

Mr Eddie HO

35 China Open University of

Hong Kong President Prof. WONG Yuk-Shan

36 Croatia University of Zagreb Rector Prof. Damir BORAS

37 Croatia University of Zagreb Vice-Rector Prof. Ivana ĈUKOVIĆ-BAGIĆ

38 Croatia University of Zagreb Director of Confucius

Institute Prof. Kresimir JURAK

39 Cyprus University of

Nicosia Rector Dr Michalis ATTALIDES

40 Czech

Republic

Charles University

in Prague

Vice Rector for

International Relations

and Mobility

Prof. Jan SKRHA

41 Czech

Republic

Czech Technical

University in Prague Rector Prof. Petr KONVALINKA



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42 Denmark University of Aarhus Acting Head of

Education Department Dr Claus HOLM

43 Estonia Tallinn University of

Technology

Vice-Rector for

Innovation and

Internationalisation

Mrs Tea VARRAK


Technology

Head of International

Cooperation for China Ms MA Siyi

45 France

Université Paris-Est

Créteil Val de

Marne

Vice-President for

International Affairs Prof. Claire SOTINEL

46 Germany

Technische

Universität

München

- Asia Campus

Managing Director Prof. Markus WAECHTER

47 Greece Aristotle University

of Thessaloniki Rector Prof. Pericles MITKAS

48 Hungary Budapest Business

School Rector Prof. Dr Evá SÁNDOR-KRISZT


School

Director for

International Relations Prof. Judit HIDASI

50 India Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dinesh SINGH

51 India Institute of

Technology Bombay Director Prof. Devang V KHAKHAR

52 Indonesia Institut Teknologi

Bandung

Director of Partnership

and International

Relations

Assoc. Prof.

Edwan KARDENA

53 Indonesia Universitas Gadjah

Mada

Vice-Rector for

Academic and Student

Affairs

Dr Iwan DWIPRAHASTO

54 Indonesia University of PGRI

Semarang

Vice-Rector for

Academic Affairs Dr Sri SUCIATI

55 Ireland Dublin Institute of

Technology President Prof. Brian NORTON

56 Kazakhstan Al-Farabi Kazakh

National University First Vice-Rector Prof. Mukhambetkali BURKITBAYEV

57

Kazakhstan

Kazakh National

Technical University Rector Prof. Dr Zheksenbek Makeevich ADILOV



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58 Korea Kyung Hee

University

Rector of Graduate

Institute of Peace

Studies

Prof. KWON Gibung

59 Lao PDR National University

of Laos

Vice-President of

International Affairs

Assoc. Prof.

Dr Phout SIMMALAVONG

60 Latvia Latvian University

of Agriculture Rector Prof. Irina PILVERE

61 Latvia Riga Technical

University

Vice Rector for

International

Cooperation and

Studies

Prof. Igors TIPANS

62 Latvia University of Latvia Vice Rector for

Academic Affairs Prof. Andris KANGRO

63 Lithuania Mykolas Romeris

University

Vice Rector for

Development

and International

Relations

Prof. Inga ZALENIENE

64 Luxembourg University of

Luxemburg

Vice President for

Organisation

and International

Relations

Prof. Franck LEPREVOST

65 Malaysia

Universiti

Kebangsaan

Malaysia

(The National

University of

Malaysia)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor

for Industry

and Community

Partnerships

Prof. Imran HO ABDULLAH

66 Malaysia

Universiti

Kebangsaan

Malaysia

(The National

University of

Malaysia)

Former Deputy Vice-

Chancellor

for Industry and

Community

Partnerships, ARC4

Advisory Board

Member

Prof. Dato‟ Dr Saran Kaur GILL

67 Malaysia Universiti Malaya Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dato‟ Dr Mohd Amin JALALUDIN

68 Malaysia Universiti Sains

Malaysia Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dato‟ Dr Omar OSMAN

69 Malta University of Malta

Head of Department of

International

Relations, ASEF

Governor for Malta

Dr Carmen SAMMUT



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70 Mongolia

Mongolian National

University

of Education

President Prof. Davaasuren MUNKHJARGAL

71 Mongolia

Mongolian National

University

of Medical

Sciences

President Prof. Batbaatar GHUNCHIN

72 Mongolia

Mongolian

University of

Science

and Technology

Vice-President Prof. Tumurpurev NAMNAN

73 Netherlands Maastricht

University

Dean of the Faculty of

Law Prof. Aalt Willem HERINGA

74 Netherlands University of

Groningen

President,

ARC4 Advisory Board

Member

Prof. Sibrandes POPPEMA

75 Netherlands University of

Groningen

Director for the

Groningen Confucius

Institute and Policy

Advisor for


Ms Xuefei KNOESTER-CAO

76 Norway Norwegian School

of Economics Deputy Rector Prof. Sunniva WHITTAKER

77 Pakistan

National University

of Sciences &

Technology

Islamabad

Rector Prof. Muhammad ASGHAR

78 Philippines Ateneo de Manila

University

Vice President

for University

and Global Relations

Dr Jose CRUZ

79 Philippines Philippine Women's

University President Dr Jose FRANCISCO

80 Philippines University of the

Philippines President Prof. Dr Alfredo PASCUAL

81 Romania

National University

for Political Studies

and Public

Administration

Founding

Rector Prof. Vasile SECARES

82 Romania

National University

for Political Studies

and Public

Administration

Chancellor Mr Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU



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83 Russian

Federation

Peoples' Friendship

University of Russia

Vice Rector for

Economics Prof. Evgeny SCHESNYAK

84 Russian

Federation

People‟s Friendship



Protocol Office Prof. Evgeny MARTYNENKO

85 Russian

Federation

Saint Petersburg

State University Deputy Rector Prof. Alexander GOGOLEVSKY

86 Singapore

Nanyang

Technological

University

Vice President for

Education Strategies Prof. LEE Sing Kong

87 Singapore National University

of Singapore

Director of


Office

Assoc. Prof. Anne PAKIR

88 Singapore Singapore Institute

of Technology

Vice President for

External Relations Assoc. Prof. YEE Fook Cheong

89 Singapore

Singapore

Management

University

Special Advisor to

President,

Dean of School of

Social Sciences

Prof. James TANG

90 Singapore

Singapore

University of

Technology

and Design

Associate Provost Prof. YEO Kiat Seng

91 Slovakia

Slovak University of

Technology

in Bratislava

Rector Prof. Robert REDHAMMER

92 Slovakia University of Zilina

Director of


and Cooperation

Prof. Michal ZABOVSKY

93 Slovenia University of

Ljubljana Rector Prof. Ivan SVETLIK

94 Slovenia University of

Maribor Rector Prof. Danijel REBOLJ

95 Spain

Technical University

of Madrid

- Tongji Campus

Co-Director Sino-

Spanish Campus

at Tongji University


96 Spain University of

Malaga Deputy President Prof. Jose A. NARVAEZ



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97 Sweden Uppsala University

Vice Chancellor's

Advisor on


Prof. Leif A KIRSEBOM

98 Switzerland University of

Geneva

Dean, Global Studies

Institute Prof. Nicolas LEVRAT

99 Thailand Burapha University President Prof. Sompol PONGTHAI

100 Thailand Chiang Mai

University

Vice President for


and Alumni Affairs

Assoc. Prof. Rome CHIRANUKROM

101 Thailand Chulalongkorn

University

Vice President for

Research and

Innovation

Prof. Mongkol TECHAKUMPHU


University

Assistant to the

President Dr Kris ANGKANAPORN

103 Thailand Mahidol University President Clin. Prof. Udom KACHINTORN

104 Thailand Prince of Songkla

University

Vice President for

International Affairs Prof. Pattara AIYARAK

105 United

Kingdom

University of

Nottingham

Pro-Vice-Chancellor,

Provost of Ningbo

Campus

Prof. Nicholas MILES

*Participants are listed in alphabetical sequence of country and universities.

Government and

International Organisation Representatives


1


Science of the Republic of

Latvia

Chief of Staff to

The Minister for Education

and Science

Ms Linda AUSTERE

2


Science of the Republic of

Latvia

Deputy Director on the

Latvian Presidency of the Council of

the EU

Ms Anita VAHERE-ABRAZUNE

3 Delegation of the European

Union to China Education and Culture Counsellor Mr Marcin GRABIEC

4 Embassy of the Republic of

Finland in China Education Counsellor Dr Mika TIRRONEN



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5

Embassy of the Republic of

Poland in China

Deputy Head of Mission Mr Krzysztof DOBROWOLSKI

6

Consulate General of the

Italian Republic

in Shanghai tbc tbc

7 Royal Norwegian Consulate

General in Shanghai tbc tbc

8

ASEM Education and

Research Hub

for Lifelong Learning (ASEM

LLL Hub)

Head of Secretariat Mr Anders MARTINSEN

9 UNESCO Office in Bangkok Senior Programme Specialist in

Higher Education Dr WANG Libing

Business Representatives


1 Aalto Entrepreneurship Society President Mr Julius HIETALA

2 Alibaba Group Chief Strategic Officer Dr ZENG Ming

3 China Educational Publications

Import & Export Corporation General Manager Mr FU Jun

4 Evonik Industries Vice-President Dr FENG Jing

5 Slush Head of International

Operations Organisation

Ms Olga BALAKINA

6 Wahaha Group Institute Executive Director Dr LOU Xiangming



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Student Representatives

Nationality Working Group University Name

1 China

WG1: University-

Business

Partnerships for

Employability Skills

University of Oxford Ms HAN Shuangmiao

2 India

WG3: University-

Business

Partnerships for

New Learning

Environments

through Technology

Indian Institute of

Technology Kharagpur Mr Arun TANKHA

3 Latvia

WG1: University-

Business

Partnerships for


University of Latvia Ms Inguna ZARINA

4 Luxembourg

WG2: University-

Business

Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship

University of Luxembourg Mr Giles WEBER

Rapporteurs and Assistant Rapporteurs

Working Group Designation Title and Name

1

WG1: University-Business

Partnerships for


Associate Director,

International Relations Office

National University of

Singapore

Mr Michael KLEMM

2


Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship

Director of Chinese Mainland

Affairs

Hong Kong Polytechnic

University

Dr Laura LO

3


Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship Aalto University Mr Lauri TAMMI

4


Partnerships for

New Learning

Environments through

Technology

Research Scientist

National Institute of

Education, Singapore

Dr Rachel LAM

5


Partnerships for

New Learning


Technology

University of Groningen Mr Bart-Jan vander SLEEN



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Co-Organisers, Host

and Partners


1 Asia-Europe Foundation

(ASEF) Executive Director Ambassador ZHANG Yan


(ASEF) Director, Education Department Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN


(ASEF)

Project Manager, Education

Department Ms Natalie HONG


(ASEF)

Project Officer, Education

Department Mr Marcel BANDUR


(ASEF)

Communications Executive, Public

Affairs Department Ms Maria Elena DE MATTEO

6

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(MFA) of the People‟s

Republic of China

ASEF Governor for China

MFA Representative Ambassador LÜ Yongshou

7


(MFA) of the People‟s

Republic of China

MFA Representative Ms ZHU Hongying

9 Ministry of Education of the

People‟s Republic of China

Deputy Director-General

Department of International

Cooperation and Exchanges

Ms CHEN Yinghui

10

Ministry of Education of the


Director

Division of International

Organisations,



Mr LUO Ping

11

Ministry of Education of the


Deputy Director

Division of International

Organisations,



Mr ZHAO Lei

12 Zhejiang University Executive Vice President Prof. SONG Yonghua

13

Zhejiang University

Deputy Director, Office of


Deputy Director, Transnational

Education Office

Mr XUE Fei

14 ASEAN University Network

Secretariat (AUN) Executive Director Assoc. Prof. Nantana GAJASENI

15 International Association of

Universities (IAU) Secretary General Ms Eva EGRON-POLAK



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PROFILES



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Keynote Speakers

TITLE AND NAME Dr KIM Gwang-Jo

DESIGNATION Vice Minister

ORGANISATION Ministry of Education of the People‟s

Republic of China

TITLE AND NAME Ms Mārīte SEILE

DESIGNATION Minister

ORGANISATION Ministry of Education and Science of the

Republic of Latvia



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TITLE AND NAME Dr KIM Gwang-Jo

DESIGNATION Director

ORGANISATION UNESCO, Bangkok Office

Mr Kim holds a B.A. degree in Public Administration from Korea

University, Seoul (1978), a Master‟s degree (1984) and a Ph.D.

(1994) in Education from Harvard University, U.S.A. Mr Kim has

worked in various capacities for the Government of the Republic of

Korea. As Deputy Minister of Education and Human Resources, he

initiated the “Global Human Resources Forum”, aimed at providing

an international platform for sharing information, knowledge and

best practices in human resources issues among leaders. He also

worked in the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea,

where he assisted former President Young Sam Kim in the fields of

education and social policy. Mr Kim also played a key role in an

education reform initiative that aimed to restructure the entire

Korean educational system. While at the World Bank in Washington

D.C. as a Senior Education Specialist, Mr Kim acquired widespread

international expertise, coordination, networking and overall

programmatic management and delivery skills. He is a member of

various professional associations on education policy, finance and

economics, and has published works in education and ICT, and

educational reform. Mr Kim was officially appointed on 19 January

2009.

TITLE AND NAME Mr Jan TRUSZCZYŃSKI

DESIGNATION Former Director-General

ORGANISATION Directorate-General

for Education and Culture (DG EAC),

European Commission

As Director General for Education and Culture in the European

Commission, Mr Jan Truszczyński was in charge of EU's Lifelong

Learning and Erasmus+ programmes in the years 2010-2014.

Retired since, he currently teaches European Integration at

Warsaw's Vistula University and the Polish Institute of Diplomacy. He

previously held different senior managerial positions (i.a. Poland's

Ambassador to the EU 1996-2001, Chief Negotiator of Poland's EU

accession 2001-2003, Deputy Foreign minister 2001-2005, Deputy

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AUSTRALIA

TITLE AND NAME Ms Saskia HANSEN

DESIGNATION Director, International Partnerships and

Development

UNIVERSITY Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Australia

Ms Saskia Loer Hansen is Director International Partnerships and

Development at RMIT and is responsible for the University's

transnational education partnerships, international relations and

scoping for new presences outside Australia.

AUSTRIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Kurt MATYAS

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs

UNIVERSITY TU Wien - Vienna University of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Austria

Since 2015, Professor Kurt Matyas has been Vice-Rector for

Academic Affairs at the TU Wien. Before this, he was Dean of

Studies of the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

Professor Matyas has been a Professor for Industrial Engineering at

the TU Wien since 2001 and has published more than 100

publications. He also manages many applied research projects with

companies.



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BANGLADESH

TITLE AND NAME Mr Benjir AHMED

DESIGNATION Chairman, Board of Trustees

UNIVERSITY North South University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Bangladesh

Mr Benjir Ahmed is one of the founding members of the North

South University (NSU), a distinguished industrialist and a

renowned social worker in Bangladesh. He served as Chairman of

the Board of Governors of North South University between 2006

and 2007 and was the President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce

and Industries. Mr Benjir Ahmed is the Chairman & CEO of

Raymond Group of Industries and has been elected as the

Secretary General of the Association of Non-Government

Universities of Bangladesh for 2014 and 2015. He obtained a

Master‟s Degree in Accounting from the University of Dhaka.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Amin U. SARKAR

DESIGNATION Vice-Chancellor and CEO

UNIVERSITY North South University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Bangladesh

Professor Amin U. Sarkar joined North South University as Vice-

Chancellor and CEO on 1 June 2013. Dr Sarkar's academic

leadership appointments included the positions of Dean of

Alabama A&M University's College of Business and Public Affairs for

six years, Dean of Black Hills State University's College of Business

and Technology for three years, Chairman of Georgia College &

State University's Department of Economics, Finance and

Marketing for three years, and Chairman of the State University of

New York (SUNY) at Fredonia's Department of Economics for four

years. Dr. Sarkar received an M.A. in Economics in 1983 and a

Ph.D. in Resource Economics in 1988 from University of California,

Berkeley.



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BELGIUM

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dr Jörg MONAR

DESIGNATION Rector

ORGANISATION College of Europe

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Belgium

Professor Jörg Monar is Rector of the College of Europe

(Bruges/Natolin, Warsaw) since 1 September 2013. His previous

positions include being Director at the College of Europe (2008-

2013), Professor and Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute,

Director and Professor at the Robert-Schuman-University

(Strasbourg, France) and Professor and Director of the Centre for

European Politics and Institutions Professor of Politics (Leicester,

United Kingdom). In addition to his research and teaching functions

Professor Monar has done advisory/consultancy work for the

European Parliament, the European Commission, and several

European governments and councils. Professor Monar holds a

Doctorate in Modern History from the University of Munich and a

Doctorate in Political and Social Sciences from the European

University Institute, Florence. He is also a founding editor of the

European Foreign Affairs Review.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Jozef VERCRUYSSE

DESIGNATION President

ORGANISATION Ghent University Global Campus, Korea

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Belgium

Professor Jozef Vercruysse is Campus President of Ghent University

Global Campus, Korea. He also coordinates the WHO Collaborating

Centre for the monitoring of anthelmintic drug efficacy for soil-

transmitted helminthes and has a seat on one of the External

Advisory Boards of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

TITLE AND NAME Ms Isabelle DE COEN

DESIGNATION Policy Advisor for China Platform

UNIVERSITY Ghent University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Belgium



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BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

TITLE AND NAME Dr Zohrah SULAIMAN

DESIGNATION Vice-Chancellor

UNIVERSITY Institut Teknologi Brunei

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Brunei Darussalam

Dr Zohrah Sulaiman started her career as a school teacher in

1988. A year later, she joined Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)

as a tutor. In 1994, she obtained her Ph.D. (Genetics) from the

University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Doctor Sulaiman

joined the Institut Teknologi Brunei as Acting Vice-Chancellor on 1

November 2012.

TITLE AND NAME Dr Hjh Noor Maya binti Hj Md SALLEH

DESIGNATION Dean of School of Business

UNIVERSITY Institut Teknologi Brunei

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Brunei Darussalam

Dr Hjh Noor Maya binti Hj Md SALLEH has worked in academia for

20 years. Besides teaching, she worked closely with various

industries in Brunei to supervise student internships. She had co-

authored and published a book on SMEs in Brunei, highlighting the

issues and problems faced by local small entrepreneurs.

TITLE AND NAME Dato Paduka Dr Zulkarnain bin HAJI

HANAFI


UNIVERSITY Universiti Brunei Darussalam

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Brunei Darussalam

Doctor Zul was appointed as the President and Vice-Chancellor of

Universiti Brunei Darussalam on 9 August 2008. In August 2012 he

was appointed as a Permanent Secretary (Higher Education),

Ministry of Education next to his appointment as the President and

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BULGARIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Ivan ILCHEV

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Sofia University “St. Kilment Ohridski”

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Bulgaria

Professor Ivan Ilchev is a corresponding member of the Bulgarian

Academy of Sciences. He has a Ph.D., Master of Arts in History, and

in 1993, became Doctor of History. He became Professor of Early

Modern and Modern History in 1995 and was appointed Rector of

Sofia University “St Kilment Ohridski” in November 2007.

CAMBODIA

TITLE AND NAME Dr Chan SAVARY

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector

UNIVERSITY Royal University of Law and Economics

(RULE)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Cambodia

Since 2014, Professor Chan Savary has been Vice-Rector for

Administration Affairs at RULE in Phnom Penh. Before this, he was

Dean of Faculty of Economic Informatics and Director of Academic

Study of the Master Programme at RULE. Professor Savary is a

lecturer for Marketing, Enterprise Economic and Benchmarking

with many publications in this field. He obtained his Ph.D. of

Management (Marketing) at I.A.E of Poitiers (France) in 1999 and

his Ph.D. of Law (Private Law) at AUF-Hanoi and at Khemarak

University in Phnom Penh in 2012.

TITLE AND NAME Dr Des PHAL


UNIVERSITY Royal University of Phnom Penh

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Cambodia

Dr Des Phal is Vice-Rector of the Royal University of Phnom Penh in

charge of Academic Affairs. He was Co-Chair of the Japan-

Cambodia Joint Symposium on Information Systems and

Communication Technology in 2011 and the first Asian Conference

on Information Systems (ACIS) in 2012. From 2007 to 2011, he

was Director of the IT Center of the Royal University of Phnom Penh.

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Bruxelles in Belgium. Dr Phal is the Programme Coordinator of

Master of Science in Information Technology Engineering. In 2007,

he was awarded an Obuchi/UNESCO fellowship to conduct

research on the system support for Mobile Computing at the

University of Technology of Dresden, Germany. In 2009, he was

awarded the title of Research Fellow in e-media & Virtual Reality

from KU Leuven Group T, Belgium. Dr Phal is a member of the

Editorial Board of the ASEAN Journal on S&T for Development.

CHINA

TITLE AND NAME Dr HAO Fang

DESIGNATION Vice-President

UNIVERSITY China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Dr Hao Fang is Vice-President of the China University of

Geosciences (CUG Wuhan). He is a Professor and Doctoral

Supervisor. He obtained his Bachelor‟s, Master‟s and Doctoral

Degrees from CUG Wuhan in 1986, 1989 and 1995 respectively.

He then joined the faculty in July 1989. He conducted cooperative

research in the United States Geological Survey from April 1998 to

April 1999, worked as the specially engaged Professor of Yangtze

River Scholar Reward Programme at the China University of

Petroleum (Beijing). He also acted as the Director of Academic

Committee of the China University of Petroleum (Beijing) from 2005

to 2010 and as the Director of Key National Laboratory of Oil and

Gas Resources and Exploration from 2007 to 2010.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. SHAN Honghong


UNIVERSITY China University of Petroleum

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Shan Honghong has a Ph.D. in Educational Qualifications.

Her research interests include heavy oil processing and vonversion,

chemical reaction engineering and industrial catalysis. Since July

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. WU Xiaolin


UNIVERSITY China University of Petroleum (Beijing)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Wu Xiaolin obtained her Ph.D. from the China University

of Petroleum (Beijing) in 2007. Since January 2003, she has been

Vice-President of the China University of Petroleum (Beijing).

Between November 1999 and February 2003, she was Dean of the

Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum (Beijing).

TITLE AND NAME Prof. BAI Chenguang


UNIVERSITY Chongqing University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Bai Chenguang graduated from the Department of

Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University in

1982 and received his Doctor of Engineering from Chongqing

University in 2003. He is a Professor of Metallurgy. In 2009, he was

appointed as Vice-Chairman of the University Council of Chongqing

University and Vice-President of Chongqing University. Prior to this,

he served as Secretary of the Party Committee of School of

Materials Science and Engineering and as Director of Office of

Human Resources of Chongqing University. He was a judge of the

National Science Foundation of China and a member of the

Chinese Society for Metals. Professor Bai serves as Standing

Director of the Salary Administration Research Branch of the

Chinese Association of Higher Education.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. CAO Yijia

DESIGNATION Vice-President for International Affairs

UNIVERSITY Hunan University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Cao Yijia received his Bachelor‟s Degree from Xi‟an

Jiaotong University in1988 and his Master‟s and Ph.D. Degree from

Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1990 and 1994

respectively. He conducted his post-doctoral research and worked

successively in the United Kingdom‟s Loughborough University,

Liverpool University and University of West England from

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2000, he became a Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor of Huazhong

University of Science and Technology. In December 2001, he was

appointed Professor of the Cheungkong Scholars Programme and

Ph.D. supervisor of Zhejiang University. He has been working in

Hunan University as Vice-President, Professor and Ph.D. supervisor.

He is also the winner of the State Outstanding Youth Foundation.

His major research fields include electric power system and its

automation, and electric information integration and network

control system.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. DENG Gang

DESIGNATION Director of International Cooperation

UNIVERSITY Kunming University of Science and

Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Deng Gang is the Director of International Cooperation

and Professor in Surveying Engineering at Kunming University of

Science and Technology, China. He received his M.Sc.Eng. from the

University of New Brunswick, Canada, in 1989. He served as

member of the ASEF Higher Education Programme Advisory

Committee between 2007 and 2014.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. CHENG Chongqing


UNIVERSITY Nanjing University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Cheng Chongqing has been Vice-President (International)

of Nanjing University (NJU) 2006. He is also a Cheunkong Professor

of Mathematics. He received his B.Sc. and M.Eng. from Southeast

University in 1982 and 1984 respectively. In 1988, he obtained a

Ph.D. in Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnic University. He

was Chair of the Department of Mathematics of NJU from 1998 to

2002 and Dean of the Graduate School from 2002 to 2011. His

research has received recognition in China and internationally, and

he has enjoyed the National Young Investigate Awards (1995), Qiu-

Shi Prize (1997), Morningside Medal (1998)，Prize for Natural

Science by Ministry of Education (2000) and National Second Prize

for Natural Sciences (2001). Professor Cheng gave a talk at the

26th International Congress of Mathematicians. Professor Cheng is

also the Editor of several academic journals such as Nonlinearity,

Sciences in China-Mathematics, and Acta Mathematical Sinica.



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TITLE AND NAME Prof. LUO Jun


UNIVERSITY Northwest Agriculture and Forestry

University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Luo Jun was a Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Goat

Research at Langston University of Oklahoma in U.S. between July

2000 to June 2003. Since June 2013, he has been Professor at

Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. In August 2014, he

was appointed Vice-President at the same university.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. ZHAO Ji


UNIVERSITY Northeastern University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor ZHAO Ji has a Ph.D. in Engineering. He is a doctoral

supervisor and was appointed as President of Northeastern

University of China in June 2014. He has long been conducting

research on intelligent precise manufacturing, and has been in

charge of more than 30 national and provincial key projects.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. LI Huajun


UNIVERSITY Ocean University of China

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Li Huajun is Vice-President of the Ocean University of

China. He attained his doctoral degree and professorship in 1982.



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TITLE AND NAME Prof. ZHEN Huang


UNIVERSITY Shanghai Jiao Tong University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Zhen Huang is Vice-President of the Shanghai Jiao Tong

University (SJTU). He is a member of the National Committee of the

CPPCC and a member of the China Association for Promoting

Democracy. Professor Huang obtained his Bachelor‟s Degree from

the Mechanical Engineering Department of SJTU in 1982 and his

Ph.D. in 1988. He was Deputy Chair of the Department of

Mechanical Engineering, Vice-Dean and Dean of the School of

Power and Energy Engineering, and Vice-Dean of the School of

Mechanical ad Power Engineering. He is currently Director of the

Energy Institute of SJTU. As Vice-President of SJTU, Professor

Huang is responsible for fostering talented people, i.e.

undergraduate, graduate, continuing and international education,

as well as recruitment of students.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. YANG Dan


ORGANISATION Southwestern University of Finance and

Economics

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Yang Dan is Vice-President for International Affairs at

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) in

China. Professor Yang plays a strong role in academic leadership

within SWUFE and internationally. He has published more than ten

textbooks and thirty articles in leading international journals

including: Accounting, Organization and Society, Decision Support

Systems, Economics Research Journal, etc. Professor Yang also

served as Academic Committee Member for the American Journal

of Business, Guest Editor for the Journal of Global Information

Technology Management, and Editorial Board Member for the

International Journal of Projects. Professor Yang has received

numerous honours and awards at national and provincial levels,

and has been Chief Representative for the International Accounting

Education Standards Board Consultative Advisory Group of the

Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants since 2010.

Professor Yang‟s research specialisations include initial public

offerings, behavioural accounting, investor protection, and Chinese

capital markets.



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TITLE AND NAME Prof. WANG Houjun


UNIVERSITY University of Electronic Science and

Technology of China

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Wang Houjun is Vice-President for International Affairs of

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC).

He majored in Automatic Detection System, Data Field Testing and

Fault Diagnosis. He completed nine national research projects,

three funding projects and published three books and about fifty

papers. He is Chairman of National Electronic Measuring &

Instrument.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. WU Daguang


UNIVERSITY Xiamen University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Wu Daguang is Vice-President of Xiamen University. After

graduating from the Research Institute of Higher Education Science

(Now Institute of Education), Xiamen University with a Ph.D. degree,

he further pursued his studies at the University of Hong Kong and

the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and later at the

University of California–Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar. Professor

Wu is a Professor of Higher Education and is engaged in teaching

and research in Western Higher Education, the Management of

Higher Education and Comparative Higher Education. He holds a

number of academic posts, including: Member of Academic

Committee of Xiamen University, Member of Social Science

Committee of National Education Ministry, and Member of

Academic Board of National Higher Education Committee.

Professor Wu has also been involved in the administration and

social activities of Xiamen University having been the Vice-Director

of Center for Higher Education Development and Director of Dean‟s

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Angelina YUEN

DESIGNATION Vice-President for Institutional

Advancement and Partnership

ORGANISATION Hong Kong Polytechnic University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Angelina Yuen is Vice-President (Institutional

Advancement and Partnership) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic

University (PolyU). Professor Yuen graduated from the University of

Hong Kong (HKU) with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Social Work

and Sociology in 1975, obtained a Master in Social Work from

University of Toronto, Canada in 1978, a Master in Education from

University of Manchester, England in 1983, and a Doctor of

Philosophy (Social Work and Social Administration) from HKU in

1995. Before joining PolyU in 1986, Professor Yuen worked as a

social worker, and taught at the Hong Kong Shue Yan College and

the National University of Singapore. Immediately prior to her

appointment as Vice-President (Institutional Advancement and

Partnership), overseeing institutional advancement and global

partnerships, she was Head of the Department of Applied Social

Sciences from 2004 to 2010 and concurrently as Associate Vice-

President from 2007 to 2010.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. WONG Yuk-Shan


UNIVERSITY The Open University of Hong Kong

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

China

Professor Yuk-Shan Wong is currently the President of the Open

University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Ph.D. in Plant

Biochemistry from McGill University of Canada in 1979. Since the

1980s, Professor Wong took part in teaching, research and

administration work at various universities.



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CROATIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Damir BORAS

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY University of Zagreb

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Croatia

Professor Boras has been Rector of the University of Zagreb since

October 2014. Prior to this, he has been Dean of the Faculty of

Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb since

2009 and full Professor at the Department of Information Sciences,

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, at the University of

Zagreb since 2006.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Ivana ĈUKOVIĆ-BAGIĆ



COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Croatia

Professor Ivana Ĉuković-Bagić is a full professor at the Department

of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine at

the University of Zagreb and is also an employee at the Dental

Clinic in Zagreb Clinical Hospital Center. She has been the Vice-

Dean for postgraduate studies since 2007 and Vice-Rector from

2014.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Kresimir JURAK

DESIGNATION Director, Confucius Institute


COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Croatia

Professor Krešimir Jurak is a member of the Sinology Department

and Director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Zagreb.



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CYPRUS

TITLE AND NAME Dr Michalis ATTALIDES

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY University of Nicosia

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Cyprus

Dr Michalis Attalides is Rector of the University of Nicosia and

coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European

Politics and Policies. He was recently appointed as Chairman of the

Geostrategic Council. He has been a lecturer in Sociology at the

University of Leicester, a counterpart to the UNESCO Expert at the

Cyprus Social Research Centre and a Guest Lecturer at the Free

University of Berlin. He has represented the Republic of Cyprus as

its Ambassador, before being appointed Permanent Secretary of

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr Attalides has also represented the

Cyprus government in the European Convention. He held a Jean

Monnet Chair ad personam at the University of Nicosia between

2011 and 2014. He has published a number of articles on society

and politics in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, and on the European

Union.

CZECH REPUBLIC

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Jan SKRHA

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for International Relations

and Mobility

ORGANISATION Charles University in Prague

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Czech Republic

After graduating from Charles University in 1979 (MD), Professor

Skrha has been working as a diabetologist and endocrinologist. He

has published more than 235 communications, 72 in international

journals, and participated in more than 200 congresses, symposia

and meetings. He has received several awards for his scientific

work. Professor Skrha has been a member of scientific

organisations such as the Czech Diabetes Society (Secretary,

President and Vice-chairman), European Association for the Study

of Diabetes (Secretary of the Postgraduate Education

Subcommittee, Honorary Treasurer), International Federation of

Danube Symposia on Diabetes mellitus (Secretary). He was a

General Secretary of the 28th Annual Meeting of the European

Association for the Study of Diabetes in Prague, Chairman of the

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the International Symposium on Non-Enzymatic Glycation and

Oxidative Stress in Diabetes mellitus. Professor Skrha has been

Vice-Rector of Charles University since 2006.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Petr KONVALINKA

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Czech Technical University in Prague

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Czech Republic

Professor Konvalinka was educated at the Czech Technical

University in Prague, and is Professor in Theory of Civil Engineering

Materials and Structures with a focus on Ultra High Performance

Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Experimental and Numerical Analysis.

DENMARK

TITLE AND NAME Dr Claus HOLM

DESIGNATION Chair of ASEM LLL Hub

Acting Head of Education Department

ORGANISATION Aarhus University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Denmark

ESTONIA

TITLE AND NAME Mrs Tea VARRAK

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for Innovation and


UNIVERSITY Tallinn University of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Estonia

Mrs Varrak became the Vice-Rector for Innovation and

Internationalisation at the Tallinn University of Technology in 2013

after serving on high-ranking positions such as the Chairman of the

Board of Enterprise Estonia, Deputy Minister and Secretary General

at the Ministry of Finance of Estonia.



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ESTONIA

TITLE AND NAME Ms MA Siyi

DESIGNATION Head of International Cooperation for

China

UNIVERSITY Tallinn University of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Estonia

Ms Ma Siyi has acquired an in-depth knowledge of higher education

systems in Estonia and Europe after studying, working and living in

Estonia for the past 14 years. Ms Ma holds the position of Head of

International Cooperation for China and is responsible for various

projects in Asia, mainly in China.

FRANCE

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Claire SOTINEL


UNIVERSITY Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

France

Professor Claire Sotinel is a historian, specialised in the Roman

World. She studied in Paris, spent a few years in Rome, and was by-

fellow at Churchill College (Cambridge) and All Souls College

(Oxford). She taught Ancient History in Bordeaux, Tours and now at

Créteil. She is currently Vice-President International of Université

Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne.

GERMANY

TITLE AND NAME Dr Markus WAECHTER

DESIGNATION Managing Director

UNIVERSITY Technische Universität München

– Asia Campus

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Germany

Dr Markus Wächter has over eight years of experience heading

TUM Asia, the subsidiary of the Technische Universität München in

Singapore, which was set up as the first German academic venture

abroad in 2002. He has also set up TUM CREATE, a research centre

focusing on providing electro-mobility solutions.



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GREECE

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Pericles MITKAS

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Greece

Professor Pericles A. Mitkas received his Diploma of Electrical

Engineering from AUTh (1985), a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer

Engineering from Syracuse University, U.S., in 1987 and 1990

respectively. Between 1990 and 2000 he was a faculty member of

the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado

State University in America. Since 2000, he has been a member of

the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of AUTh. He is

also a Faculty Affiliate of the Informatics and Telematics Institute of

CERTH, where he directs the Intelligent Systems and Software

Engineering Laboratory. His research interests include databases

and knowledge bases, data mining, software agents, enviromatics

and bioinformatics. Professor Mitkas is a senior member of the

IEEE Computer Society and has served as Project Coordinator in

several US and EU research projects.

HUNGARY

TITLE AND NAME Dr Éva SÁNDOR-KRISZT

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Budapest Business School

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Hungary

Dr Éva Sándor-Kriszt majored in Accounting and Statistics at the

University of Economics, Budapest, and gained her Ph.D. in

Statistics at the Miskolc University, Hungary. She has been Rector

of Budapest Business School since 2007. She served as President

of the Hungarian Rectors‟ Conference in 2010 and 2011, and has

been its Co-President since 2011. She is a member of several

international professional organizations and committees. Her

research area has been focusing mainly on topics of statistics,

processes in higher education and women leadership issues. Her

publications have been appearing in scholarly journals domestically

and abroad. She holds a Doctor of Honour title from Kiev National

University of Trade and Economy. Since 2011 she has been

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Judit HIDASI

DESIGNATION Director for International Relations

UNIVERSITY Budapest Business School

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Hungary

Dr Judit HIDASI (Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics) has been active in

intercultural communication – both in education and training - for

two decades. Fluent in English, German, Hungarian, Japanese and

Russian, she has spent longer periods of study, research and work

in the Soviet Union (Leningrad), in Japan, the United Kingdom, Italy

and in China. She has been lecturing on intercultural business,

communication and international relations at universities world

over. Her training expertise focuses on issues of intercultural

communication and interaction in Central-Eastern Europe,

particularly Hungary and the Far-East. Between 1998 and 2001,

she worked as Deputy Head of Bilateral relations at the Hungarian

Ministry of Education. From 2001 to 2006, she was Professor of

Communications at Kanda University of International Studies. From

2006 to 2012, she was Dean of the Budapest Business School.

Since 2012, she has been Director for International Relations at

Budapest Business School.

INDIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dinesh SINGH


UNIVERSITY Delhi University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

India

Professor Dinesh Singh has served for nearly 15 years on various

academic administrative assignments before becoming Delhi

University‟s Vice-Chancellor on 29 October 2010. He is honoured

with various national and international awards and honours, and is

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Devang V. KHAKHAR


UNIVERSITY Institute of Technology Bombay

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

India

Professor Devang Khakhar has been serving as Director of IIT

Bombay since 2009 and has been a member of the Faculty of

Chemical Engineering since 1987. He is a Fellow of the Indian

National Academy of Science and the Indian National Academy of

Engineering. Professor Khakhar is also a Director on the Board of

Indian Oil Corporation.

INDONESIA

TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. Edwan KARDENA

DESIGNATION Director of Partnerships and International

Relations

UNIVERSITY Institut Teknologi Bandung

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Indonesia

Associate Professor Dr Edwan Kardena graduated from Cardiff

University, Wales in 1995. He is currently working as the Director of

Partnership and International Relations. He was the former Vice-

Chairman of the ASEAN-European University Network (ASEA-

UNINET). He is involved in university-business partnerships for the

Institut Teknologi Bandung.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dr Iwan DWIPRAHASTO

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for Academic and Student

Affairs

UNIVERSITY Universitas Gadjah Mada

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Indonesia

Professor Iwan Dwiprahasto obtained his Medical Degree at

Universitas Gadjah Mada in 1987, his Master‟s Degree in

Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Newcastle, New South Wales,

Australia in 1994 and his Ph.D. at the London School of Hygiene

and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2000. He is the Vice-Rector for

Academic and Student Affairs, Universitas Gadjah Mada,

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Indonesian Pharmacologist. Other professional affiliations include

the Board of Governors of the International Clinical Epidemiology

Network, Chairman of the National Committee JAMKESNAS,

Formula Medicine, National Committee for Evaluation of Medicines,

the National Committee on Patient Safety in Hospitals, National

Committee on Drugs Information Indonesia, National Committee for

Evaluation of drug-Traditional medicines, the Expert Committee

programme of HIV / AIDS in the Ministry of Health, Republic of

Indonesia.

TITLE AND NAME Dr Sri SUCIATI


UNIVERSITY University of PGRI Semarang

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Indonesia

Dr Suci graduated from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta in

Literature. She has been Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at the

University of PGRI Semarang since 2013 and the Secretary of

Indonesian Teachers' Association since 2009. She is a feminist

activist defending women teachers' rights in Indonesia.

IRELAND

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Brian NORTON


ORGANISATION Dublin Institute of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Ireland

Professor Brian Norton is President of Dublin Institute of

Technology, Ireland's largest third-level institution. He has

contributed to five books and over 350 research papers in the field

of solar energy.



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KAZAKHSTAN

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Mukhambetkali BURKITBAYEV

DESIGNATION First Vice-Rector

UNIVERSITY Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Kazakhstan

Mukhambetkali Burkitbayev is a Professor Doctor of Chemical

Sciences. He graduated from the Chemical Faculty of Kazakh State

University in 1975. His work experience includes a career path

from anIntern Researcher to a Professor, Dean of the Chemical

Faculty and First Vice-Rector.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dr Zheksenbek Makeevich ADILOV

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Kazakh National Technical University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Kazakhstan

Professor Zhexenbek Adilov is the Rector of Kazakh National

Technical University. He is a graduate of the Civil Engineering

Department of Kazakh Polytechnic Institute and Moscow Institute

of Civil Engineering. Professor Doctor Adilov was Director of the

Public Inspection and Information Department of the Ministry of

Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Previously

he was Rector of the Semipalatinsk State University, and was

appointed Rector of KazNTU in 2008. He is Vice-President of the

Kazakh National Academy of Sciences, Academician of the National

Academy of Engineering of the Kazakh National Academy of Natural

Sciences, Academician and member of three International

Academies.

KOREA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. KWON Gibung

DESIGNATION Rector, Graduate Institute of Peace

Studies

UNIVERSITY Kyung Hee University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Korea

Professor Kwon is currently Rector of the Graduate Institute of

Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University. He was Dean of Academic

Office for seven years previously, during which he assumed Acting

Rectorship two times for four years in total.



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LAO PDR

TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. Dr Phout SIMMALAVONG

DESIGNATION Vice-President for International Relations

UNIVERSITY National University of Laos

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Lao PDR

LATVIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Irina PILVERE

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Latvian University of Agriculture

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Latvia

Professor Irina Pilvere was elected Rector of the Latvia University of

Agriculture in 2014. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics in 2001

in the field of Agrarian Economics. Her main directions of scientific

interests are EU Common Agricultural Policy and its support

instruments, bioeconomy, agrarian economy, rural and food

processing development, finances and investments. For many

years she has worked for the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture.

Professor Pilvere was a Founder and Head of the Rural Support

Service in Latvia. She is currently the Head of the Bioeconomy

Association in Latvia. She has been working in projects on agrarian

economy, has lead projects about the EU common agricultural

policy for agricultural and rural development, land use, sustainable

use of agriculture resources, development tendencies of deer

breeding sector in Latvia etc. Professor Pilvere is a Corresponding

Member of the Latvian Academy of Science and a True Member of

the Latvian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science.



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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Igors TIPANS

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for International Cooperation

and Students

UNIVERSITY Riga Technical University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Latvia

Professor Igors Tipans is a graduate from St. Petersburg

Polytechnic University, Russia. He has a Cand.Phys.-math.degree

from Biophysics Institute, Moscow reg., Russia. He did his Post-

Doctoral work at Duke University, United States of America. He is

Professor of Mechanics and Vice-Rector of the Riga Technical

University. He has participated in several EU financed projects.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Andris KANGRO


UNIVERSITY University of Latvia

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Latvia

Professor Kangro studied at the University of Latvia‟s Faculty of

Physics and Mathematics from 1966 to 1971, and pursued his

doctoral studies at the University‟s Research Institute of Solid State

Physics from 1978 to 1981. He was previously Vice-Dean of the

Faculty of Education and Psychology from 1995-1998, and later

Dean from 1998-2004. He was appointed Dean of the Faculty of

Education, Psychology and Art in 2010, and in 2011 he became

Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.

LITHUANIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Inga ŽALĖNIENĖ

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for Development and


UNIVERSITY Mykolas Romeris University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Lithuania

Professor Inga Žalėnienė graduated from Mykolas Romeris

University, Lithuania in 2001. After graduation, she joined the

Department of Law at Stock Company, Lithuanian Savings Bank

and worked as a legal adviser. She finished her Ph.D. in Law in

2006. She was appointed as Vice-Dean of Law Faculty of Mykolas



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Romeris University in 2009. Inga Žalėnienė was appointed as Vice-

Rector for Research and International Relations of Mykolas

Romeris University in 2010 and currently works in this position. She

is mainly responsible for the execution of university‟s scientific

research and quality, organization of doctoral studies, international

relations and their development, coordination of the University„s

publishing process. Professor Žalėniene has been a Senate

Member of Mykolas Romeris University since 2010. She is a Board

Chair of Association of Lithuanian Serials, Executive Editor of the

scientific journal Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, Editor

of the scientific journal Societal Studies. Professor Žalėniene is a

member of Joint IAU-MCO Working Group on Ethics in Higher

Education.

LUXEMBOURG

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Franck LEPREVOST

DESIGNATION Vice-President for Organisation &


UNIVERSITY University of Luxembourg

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Luxembourg

Franck Leprévost is Professor at the University of Luxembourg. He

was previously Professor at the University of Grenoble, France,

between 2000 and 2003 and Researcher at the CNRS Paris from

1993 to 2000). He received his Ph.D. and Habilitation in

Mathematics in Paris in 1992 and 1997. Professor Leprévost has

been a Guest at the Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik (Bonn) and

at the Technische Universität Berlin, and a Research Fellow at the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

MALAYSIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Imran HO ABDULLAH

DESIGNATION Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Industry and

Community Partnerships)

UNIVERSITY Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The

National University of Malaysia)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Malaysia

Imran Ho-Abdullah is Professor of Cognitive and Corpus Linguistics

at the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dato‟ Dr Saran Kaur GILL

DESIGNATION Former Deputy Vice-Chancellor for

Industry and Community Partnerships

UNIVERSITY Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The

National University of Malaysia)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Malaysia

Professor Dato‟ Dr. Saran Kaur Gill has a diverse background

encompassing scholarly pursuits, human resource development

and management of large projects. She obtained her Ph.D. from

the University of London on a Commonwealth Academic

Scholarship. In 2004, she was appointed as a member of the

UNESCO Scientific Committee for the Asia-Pacific Region for Higher

Education, Research and Knowledge. In 2006, she successfully

competed for a Fulbright Award to research at the University of

Pennsylvania. In 2007, Prof. Dato‟ Dr. Saran Kaur Gill was

appointed the first Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the new portfolio of

Industry and Community Partnerships at Universiti Kebangsaan

Malaysia by the Government of Malaysia. Between 2007 and 2014,

she has strategically developed an innovative eco-system, creating

opportunities for meaningful partnerships between the university

and industry, NGOs, communities and government agencies.

Professor Gill is a member of the ARC4 Advisory Board.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dato‟ Dr Mohd Amin JALALUDIN

DESIGNATION President and Vice-Chancellor

UNIVERSITY Universiti Malaya

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Malaysia

Professor Dato‟ Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin commenced his position as

the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya on 8 November

2013. Prior to this appointment, he was the Head of the

Department of Otorhinolaryngology from October 1996 until

January 2000. He was promoted to the position of Associate

Professor in June 1996 and Professor on the 20 January 2000. In

February 2000, he was appointed as the Deputy Dean of FPUM and

became the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in April 2000.

Professor Jalaludin was appointed as the Director of the UM

Medical Center in June 2000 and on 1 August 2006, he was

appointed as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & International) of

the University of Malaya by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dato‟ Dr Omar OSMAN


UNIVERSITY Universiti Sains Malaysia

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Malaysia

Professor Omar Osman is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the

Universiti Sains Malaysia. Prior to this position, Professor Osman

was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Development)

from March 2007 to 27 September 2011. He served as the

Director of Corporate and Sustainable Development Division,

Universiti Sains Malaysia from 2005 to 2007. Professor Osman is

currently, besides his position as Vice-Chancellor, also a Professor

in Project Management and Sustainability at the School of Housing

Building and Planning, USM and teaches and supervises students

in construction project management at postgraduate level.

MALTA

TITLE AND NAME Dr Carmen SAMMUT

DESIGNATION Head, Department of International

Relations and ASEF Governor for Malta

UNIVERSITY University of Malta

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Malta

Dr Carmen Sammut is the Head of Department of International

Relations at the University of Malta. She lectures in international

communications, public diplomacy and on issues of culture and

gender in international affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Media and

Communications from Goldsmiths College (University of London),

and an M.A. (distinction), PGCE and B.A. from the University of

Malta. She originally started a career in journalism as a foreign

news writer for public broadcasting. For many years she

participated in the Media Ethics Commission of the Institute of

Journalists and chaired a commission for the renewal of the Code

of Ethics. Dr Sammut is Chairperson of the Il-Majjistral Nature and

History Park and a member of the Board of Governors of Valletta

2018 Foundation. She is currently the member of the ASEF Board

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MONGOLIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Munkhjargal DAVAASUREN


UNIVERSITY Mongolian National University of

Education

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Mongolia

Professor Davaasuren has a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction

from the University of Wyoming. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in

Educational Planning and Management from the International

Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, Paris and a Master‟s

Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Aichi University.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Batbaatar GHUNCHIN


UNIVERSITY Mongolian National University of Medical

Sciences

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Mongolia

Professor Batbaatar Gunchin has been President of the Mongolian

National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS) since 2013. He

also serves as Chairman for the Academic Council of MNUMS,

Chairman of the Defense Committee of Doctor of Philosophy in

Medicine, Chairman of the Professional Committee of Clinical

Immunology in Ministry of Health and president of Mongolian

Society of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. He received his

M.D. in 1992, and M.S. in 1994 from the National Medical

University. Professor Batbaatar Gunchin received his Ph.D. in

Immunological Science from the Health Sciences University of

Medical Sciences in 2008.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Dr Baatar OCHIRBAT

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Mongolian University of Science and

Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Mongolia

Professor Ochirbat Baatar graduated from the National University of

Mongolia majoring in mathematics. He has been working at the

Mongolian University of Science and Technology for 15 years. He

was the Director of School of Computer Science and Management,

and Vice-President of Research and Development.



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THE NETHERLANDS

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Aalt Willem HERINGA

DESIGNATION Dean of the Faculty of Law

UNIVERSITY Maastricht University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Netherlands

Professor Aalt Willem Heringa is Comparative Constitutional and

Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University. From

2003 until 2011, he served two terms as Dean of the Law Faculty

and sat on the Management Team of Maastricht University. In

2013 he was Co-Dean of the China EU School of Law in Beijing,

China. Since then he was appointed as Director of the Montesquieu

Institute Maastricht and Head of Department. Apart from teaching

and research, he served on various committees reviewing the

quality of research and education in Dutch and foreign law schools.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Sibrandes POPPEMA


UNIVERSITY University of Groningen

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Netherlands

Professor Sibrandes Poppema studied Medicine, specialised in

Pathology. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Groningen and

did his postdoc studies at Harvard. From 1987 till 1995 he was

Professor of Pathology at the University of Alberta. In 1999 he

became Dean of Medicine and Vice-President of the UMCG. In

2008 he was appointed President of the University of Groningen

and introduced the three societal challenges Healthy Ageing,

Energy & Sustainability, and Sustainable Society. Since then, the

university has progressed into the top 100 of the major university

rankings. Professor Poppema is an expert on Hodgkin Lymphoma,

published 250 articles, cited around 11.000 times and has an H-

index of 56. He was awarded a Knighthood in the Order of the

Netherlands Lion in 2007. He is a member of the Netherlands

Academy of Technology and Innovation. In 2011, he was appointed

Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Korea. Professor

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TITLE AND NAME Ms Xuefei KNOESTER-CAO

DESIGNATION Director for the Groningen Confucius

Institute and Policy Advisor for


UNIVERSITY University of Groningen

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Netherlands

Ms Xuefei Knoester-Cao holds a Master degree in International

Business from the University of Groningen. She is the Director of

Groningen Confucius Institute and Senior Policy Advisor in the area

of International Relations to the Board of the University of

Groningen. She is also a Board Member of the European Study

Centre in Tsinghua University and Project Leader of the Dutch

Studies Centre in Fudan University, China. She worked among

others as a business consultant in Shanghai and researcher in

Economics in the Netherlands Economic Institute.

NORWAY

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Sunniva WHITTAKER

DESIGNATION Deputy Rector

UNIVERSITY Norwegian School of Economics

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Norway

Professor Whittaker was born in Norway, but grew up in Canada

and France. She holds a degree in conference interpreting from

ESIT, Paris. Professor Whittaker has a Ph.D. in French Linguistics,

and has been working at NHH since 1996. She became professor

in 2003, and assumed the role as Head of the Department from

2013. Professor Whittaker was elected Deputy Rector in 2013.

PAKISTAN

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Muhammad ASGHAR

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY National University of Sciences &

Technology (NUST)

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Pakistan

The career of engineer Muhammad Asghar spans over 39 years of

active military service, planning and administration of higher

education, infrastructural development, and

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THE PHILIPPINES

TITLE AND NAME Dr Jose CRUZ

DESIGNATION Vice-President for University and Global

Relations

UNIVERSITY Ateneo de Manila University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Philippines

Dr Jose M. Cruz, SJ is the Vice-President for University and Global

Relations of the Ateneo de Manila University. A historian by training,

his investigations have mainly been on 17th century Philippines. He

earned his A.B. from Ateneo de Manila University and his M.A. and

Ph.D. from Cornell University.

TITLE AND NAME Dr Jose FRANCISCO


UNIVERSITY Philippine Women‟s University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Philippines

TITLE AND NAME

Prof. Dr Alfredo PASCUAL

DESIGNATION

President

UNIVERSITY

University of the Philippines

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

The Philippines

Professor Alfredo E. Pascual is the 20th President of the University

of the Philippines (U.P.), the country‟s national university. He

assumed the position in February 2011 for a six-year term, after

having served as a Regent representing the alumni on the U.P.

governing board. Founded in 1908, U.P. is now a system of seven

constituent universities and a constituent college with a total of

60,000 students and 12,000 faculty and staff members in 17

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ROMANIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Vasile SECARES

DESIGNATION Founding Rector

UNIVERSITY National University for Political Studies

and Public Administration

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Romania

Professor Ph.D. Vasile Secăreș, founding Rector of the National

University for Political Studies and Public Administration (1990-

2004) is a well-known specialist in the field of international

relations and former Chief of Staff of the Presidential

Administration. Currently, Professor Secăreș is the Head of the

Quality Assurance Council.

TITLE AND NAME Mr Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU

DESIGNATION Chancellor

UNIVERSITY National University for Political Studies

and Public Administration

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Romania

Mr Alexandru Mihai Ghigiu is Assistant Lecturer and Chancellor of

the National University of Political Studies and Public

Administration Senate. He is also a Member of the University Board

of Directors. Between 2012 and 2014, Mr Ghigiu was Senior

Advisor to the Romanian Minister of National Education.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Evgeny SHCHESNYAK

DESIGNATION Vice-Rector for Economics

UNIVERSITY People‟s Friendship University of Russia

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Russian Federation

Professor Schesnyak Evgeny graduated from the Engineering

Faculty of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in

1980 (major "Engineering"). In 2003, he was awarded the scientific

degree of Doctor of Science in Economics. He has published more

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TITLE AND NAME Prof. Evgeny MARTYNENKO

DESIGNATION Head of International Protocol Office

UNIVERSITY People‟s Friendship University of Russia

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Russian Federation

Professor Martynenko Evgeny graduated from the Law Faculty of

the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in 1984 (major

"International Law"). In 1988 he was awarded the scientific degree

of Ph.D. in International Law. He has published around 60 scientific

articles.

SINGAPORE

TITLE AND NAME Prof. LEE Sing Kong

DESIGNATION Vice-President (Education Strategies)

UNIVERSITY Nanyang Technological University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Singapore

Professor Lee Sing Kong is Vice-President (Education Strategies)

and a Professor of Biological Sciences at Nanyang Technological

University. He obtained a 1st Class Honours in Horticultural Science

from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1974. He

received his Ph.D. in 1985 from the National University of

Singapore (NUS) in Plant Biotechnology. Professor Lee also holds a

concurrent appointment as the Managing Director of NIE

International, the consultancy and training private arm of the

National Institute of Education Singapore.

TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. Anne PAKIR

DESIGNATION Director, International Relations Office

UNIVERSITY National University of Singapore

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Singapore

Professor Anne Pakir (Department of English Language and

Literature, National University of Singapore) is Director of

International Relations (IRO) at NUS. She obtained her Ph.D. in

Linguistics from the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She was President

of the International Association for World Englishes (1998-2000), a

member of the TOEFL Board, Princeton NJ (2004-2009) and

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TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. YEE Fook Cheong

DESIGNATION Vice-President (External Relations)

UNIVERSITY Singapore Institute of Technology

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Singapore

Dr Yee Fook Cheong is an Associate Professor and Vice-President

(External Relations) of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT).

He holds responsibilities in corporate communications, in strategic

partnerships with industry, community and government agencies,

and in integrated work-study arrangements and career services for

SIT students.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. James T. H. TANG

DESIGNATION Special Advisor to President and

Dean of School of Social Sciences

UNIVERSITY Singapore Management University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Singapore

Professor James T.H. Tang is a specialist in international relations

with special reference to China/Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific

region. Prior to joining Singapore Management University, he was

Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at

the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Professor Tang began his

academic career at the National University of Singapore in 1988.

He joined HKU in 1991 and served as Head of the Department of

Politics and Public Administration (1999-2002), Dean of Social

Sciences (2002-2006), and Founding Director of the Master of

International and Public Affairs programme. Professor Tang was a

Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.

(2005-06).

TITLE AND NAME Prof. YEO Kiat Seng

DESIGNATION Associate Provost (Graduate Studies

& International Relations)

UNIVERSITY Singapore University of Technology and

Design

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Singapore

Professor Yeo Kiat Seng received both his B.Eng. (EE) and Ph.D.

(EE) from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Professor Yeo is

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Industry Association, and is a widely known authority in low-power

RF/mm-wave IC design and a recognised expert in CMOS

technology.

SLOVAKIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Robert REDHAMMER

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY Slovak University of Technology in

Bratislava

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Slovakia

Professor Robert Redhammer is Rector of the Slovak University of

Technology in Bratislava (STU) with overall responsibility for the

university since March 2011. He was Vice-Rector for Science and

Technology. Since 2003 he has been in charge of and CEO of the

STU Scientific, Ltd. Bratislava, a university fully owned company

operating as a University research valorisation business unit. He

initiated and managed the establishment of the University‟s

technology business incubator in Bratislava with a specialised start-

up programme InQb for stimulation innovative entrepreneurship

helping to start over 40 companies. Professor Redhammer was a

Vice-Dean for research and development, Ph.D. study and

information technology at the Faculty (School) of Electrical

Engineering and Information Technology STU (1997-2003).

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Michal ZABOVSKY

DESIGNATION Director of International Relations and

Cooperation

UNIVERSITY University of Zilina

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Slovakia

Professor Michal Zabovsky received his Ph.D. in Applied Informatics

from the University of Zilina, Slovakia. Working with University of

Zilina for 16 years, he serves as Managing Director of University

Science Park and Associated Professor in Applied Informatics.

Professor Zabovsky manages science and technology projects that

range from applied research in transport, manufacturing and data

processing to own research in the field of database systems,

analytical data processing and knowledge engineering. He teaches

undergraduate and graduate courses in Slovakia, Poland and

Finland.



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SLOVENIA

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Ivan SVETLIK

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY University of Ljubljana

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Slovenia

Professor Ivan Svetlik is a President of the Slovenian Rectors‟

Conference, Rector of the University of Ljubljana and full Professor

in Human Resources and Social Policy at the University of

Ljubljana, Slovenia. He was Vice-Rector of the University of

Ljubljana (2005-2008), the Minister of Labour, Family and Social

Affairs of Slovenia (2008-2012), and a Member of the Editorial

Committee of the European Journal on Vocational Training edited

by CEDEFOP. He has been involved in the country‟s systems of

labour market, social security, education and training reforms and

as a consultant in these areas in the Balkan countries and in HRM

in various companies.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Danijel REBOLJ

DESIGNATION Rector

UNIVERSITY University of Maribor

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Slovenia

Professor Rebolj has been Visiting Professor of Civil and

Environmental Engineering at Stanford University since 2009. He

was coordinator of the international postgraduate programme in

Construction informatics. His research interests include high

potential IT for Architecture, Engineering and Construction. Since 5

May 2011, Professor Rebolj has been Rector of the University of

Maribor.



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SPAIN

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Claudio FEIJOO

DESIGNATION Co-Director, Sino-Spanish Campus at

Tongji University

UNIVERSITY Technical University of Madrid – Tongji

Campus

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Spain

Professor Claudio Feijóo holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in

Telecommunication Engineering and a M.Sc. in Quantitative

Economics. He is Professor at the Technical University of Madrid

where he researches on the socio-economic impact of emerging

information society technologies. Currently he serves as Co-Director

of the Sino-Spanish Campus at Tongji University in Shanghai. He

has been involved in numerous research, development and

consulting projects in Europe, Latin America, North Africa and Asia.

He lectures regularly in international seminars and courses and has

authored more than 200 publications in books, journals and

conferences. He is Guest Lecturer at IE Business School on digital

business, and member of the Board of the International

Telecommunications Society. On the entrepreneurial side, he has

been participating in numerous start-up companies, both as a

practitioner and mentor.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Jose A. NARVAEZ

DESIGNATION Deputy President

UNIVERSITY University of Malaga

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Spain

Professor Narvaez is a full Professor in Human Physiology at the

University of Málaga since 2002. He worked at the Karolinska

Institute (Sweden) where he specialised in Neurobiology. He is the

Head Researcher in numerous research projects. Focusing on

chemical neurotransmission in the nervous system, he has

authored over a hundred papers within this area. Between 1998

to1991, he was Director of the Health Science University School.

He later filled the posts of Director of the Scientific Policy (2000-

2003) and President of ANECA‟s Health Sciences Committee

(2003-2005). Between 2004 and January 2012 he held the

position of Vice-President for Research at the University of Málaga.

Since January 2012, he has been Deputy President of the

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SWEDEN

TITLE AND NAME


DESIGNATION Vice-Chancellor‟s Advisor on International

Relations

UNIVERSITY Uppsala University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Sweden

Professor Leif A. Kirsebom isa Professor in Biology and the Vice-

Chancellor's Advisor on International Affairs at Uppsala University.

He received his Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology at Uppsala

University in 1985. After a post-doctoral training between 1986 to

1988 in the Nobel Laureate Dr S. S. Altman‟s laboratory at Yale

University, USA, he started his own research group at Uppsala

University. His research interests are within the fields of RNA

biology, mycobacteria among which the causative agent of

tuberculosis belongs, and the development of new antibiotics.

During 1998 to 2011 he served as the Head of the Department of

Cell and Molecular Biology, and since 2012 he is the Director of the

Biomedical Center, at Uppsala University. He is also involved in

teaching classes in microbial genetics and RNA biology. Together

with a colleague he started Bioimics AB, a small research company

devoted to the development of new antibiotics.

SWITZERLAND

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Nicolas LEVRAT

DESIGNATION Dean, Global Studies Institute

UNIVERSITY University of Geneva

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Switzerland

Professor Nicolas Levrat has been Professor at the Law Faculty of

the University of Geneva since 2001. He was Director of the

European Institute at the University of Geneva from 2007. In 2012,

he launched the Global Studies Institute at the University of

Geneva, which in 2014 attracted more than 1000 students.



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THAILAND

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Sompol PONGTHAI


UNIVERSITY Burapha University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Professor Pongthai started his academic and professional

appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,

Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University. In addition, he has been

appointed member of the Committee of Medical Council of

Thailand, where his most recent post has been as President of the

Burapha University.

TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. Rome CHIRANUKROM


UNIVERSITY Chiang Mai University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Associate ProfessorRome Chiranukrom is currently Vice-President

for International Relations and Alumni Affairs at Chiang Mai

University, Thailand. He received his first degree from St. Olaf

College, Minnesota, United States of America, and his postgraduate

degree in Theoretical Linguistics from Essex University, United

Kingdom.

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Mongkol TECHAKUMPHU

DESIGNATION Vice-President for Research and

Innovation

UNIVERSITY Chulalongkorn University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Professor Mongkol Techakumphu is Professor at the Faculty of

Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. Since 1988, he has

beenteaching in Animal Reproduction in this Faculty. He obtained

his Ph.D. (Doctorat de 3e cycle) from the University of Paris VI

(Pierre Marie Curie), Paris, France (1980-1984). He has been the

Head of the Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology and

Reproduction, the Deputy Dean as well as Dean of Research and

Planning. Currently, he is Vice-President of Chulalongkorn

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TITLE AND NAME Dr Kris ANGKANAPORN

DESIGNATION Assistant to the President

UNIVERSITY Chulalongkorn University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Dr Angkanaporn has been working at Chulalongkorn University for

almost 29 years, both as academic staff (18 years) and executive

staff in the past 11 years. As a veterinarian, he has experience in

looking after pets as well as livestock animals. He is responsible

for managing both internal and external research funds of the

university including the strategic programme on Industrial and

Social Engagement with external private companies, both

domestically and internationally.

TITLE AND NAME Clin. Prof. Udom KACHINTORN


UNIVERSITY Mahidol University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Clinincal Professor Udom Kachintorn received fellowship training in

gastroenterology at the University of California, San Diego. He was

the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital and received

the Best Hospital Administrator Thailand Award 2013.

TITLE AND NAME Dr Pattara AIYARAK


UNIVERSITY Prince of Songkla University

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

Thailand

Dr Pattara Aiyarak is Vice-President for International Affairs at

Prince of Songkla University. He is an Associate Judge of the

Central Intellectual Property & International Trade Court. A

computer and physics scientist, Dr Aiyarak has a Ph.D. in Physics

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UNITED KINGDOM

TITLE AND NAME Prof. Nick MILES

DESIGNATION Pro Vice-Chancellor and Provost

UNIVERSITY University of Nottingham, Ningbo-China

COUNTRY OF

UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Professor Nick Miles is a Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of

Nottingham and is the 4th Provost of the University of Nottingham

Ningbo China appointed in 2010, having previously held the

seconded post of Dean of Science and Engineering. He has led the

University through a period of substantive growth from 2,000 to

6,500 students and 300 to 800 staff with a current turnover in

excess of £50 million. He has advised Chinese, Australian, British,

Irish, American and Canadian universities/governments on

establishing international campuses; the Ethiopian government on

postgraduate capacity building across engineering and technology

and was a member of a review team for an international university

in Uzbekistan. He received the Camilla Award from the City of

Ningbo (2013) in recognition of developing international education,

the Zhejiang Province Friendship Award (2014) and an OBE for

services to United Kingdom/China educational interests in the

Queen‟s 2013 Birthday Honours list.



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Government and


Ministry of Education and Science

of the Republic of Latvia TITLE AND NAME Ms Linda AUSTERE

DESIGNATION Chief of Staff to

The Minister for Education and Science

ORGANISATION Ministry of Education and Science

of the Republic of Latvia

TITLE AND NAME Ms Anita VAHERE-ABRAZUNE

DESIGNATION Deputy Director on the

Latvian Presidency of the Council of the

EU

ORGANISATION Ministry of Education and Science of

the Republic of Latvia

Delegation of the European Union to China

TITLE AND NAME Mr Marcin GRABIEC

DESIGNATION Education Counsellor

ORGANISATION Delegation of the European Union to

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Embassy of the Republic of Finland

in China

TITLE AND NAME Dr Mika TIRRONEN

DESIGNATION Education Counsellor

ORGANISATION Embassy of the Republic of Finland in

China

R Mika Tirronen is Counsellor of Education and Science in the

Embassy of Finland in Beijing, where he started in September

2012. He is in charge of the cooperation in education and

science between Finland and China. He is appointed to the

position by the Ministry of Education and Culture and

authorised by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. From 2004-2012,

he worked in the Academy of Finland as Programme Director in

charge of several International Research Programmes, e.g.

Programme on Neuroscience with China and Canada,

Programme on Substance Use and Addictions with Canada and

Russia, and Programme on Human Mind with China. He has

also served more than six years as the Chairman of China

operations in the Academy of Finland, managing the research

funding co-operation between the Academy and the Chinese

national funding agencies. In 1994, He obtained his Ph.D. in

Molecular Genetics from the University of Helsinki. In addition

to his responsibilities in the Embassy, he directs the CIMO

office in Shanghai, which is in charge of the Student Mobility

between Finland and China, working under the Ministry of

Education and Culture of Finland.

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

in China

TITLE AND NAME Mr Krzysztof DOBROWOLSKI

DESIGNATION Deputy Head of Mission

ORGANISATION Embassy of the Republic of Poland

in China

A graduate of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Jagiellonian

University in Cracow and the National School of Public

Administration in Warsaw; Mr Dobrowolski joined the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of Poland in 1999. From 2004 to 2008 he served

as Deputy Head of the Polish Embassy in Bangkok. Between

2009 and 2011 he held the positions of Deputy Director of the

Asia-Pacific Department and concurrently Poland‟s ASEM SOM

Deputy Leader. Since 2011 he has been posted at the Polish

Embassy in Beijing as Deputy Head of Mission.



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Royal Norwegian Consulate General

in Shanghai

TITLE AND NAME Ms Siri BORGEN

DESIGNATION Consul

ORGANISATION Royal Norwegian Consulate General

in Shanghai

Consulate General of the Italian Republic

in Shanghai

TITLE AND NAME tbc

DESIGNATION tbc

ORGANISATION Consulate General of the Italian

Republic in Shanghai

ASEM Education and Research Hub

for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL Hub)

TITLE AND NAME Mr Anders MARTINSEN

DESIGNATION Head of Secretariat

ORGANISATION ASEM Education and Research Hub

for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL Hub),

Denmark



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UNESCO

TITLE AND NAME Dr WANG Libing

DESIGNATION Senior Programme Specialist inigher

Education

ORGANISATION UNESCO Office in Bangkok

Dr Libing Wang is currently APEID Coordinator and Senior

Programme Specialist in Higher Education, based in UNESCO

Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok,

Thailand. Prior to joining UNESCO, he was Professor of

Comparative Education at Zhejiang University, People‟s Republic

of China. His career in China was closely related to UNESCO as

he served as Director of UNESCO-APEID Associated Centre at

Zhejiang University for more than ten years. He was Secretary of

the Global University Network for Innovation: Asia and the Pacific

(GUNI-AP) from 2002 to 2012, and coordinated the operation of

the regional network since its inception in 2002. He was a

member of the Asia - Pacific regional follow-up committee to the

1998 World Conference on Higher Education and a long-time

consultant to the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO. Mr

Wang received his doctoral degree in Comparative Education in

1994 at Hangzhou University, People‟s Republic of China.



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Aalto Entrepreneurship Society

TITLE AND NAME Mr Julius HIETALA


ORGANISATION Aalto Entrepreneurship Society, Finland

Julius is an active member in the Finnish startup and

entrepreneurship scene and currently works on a summer

startup accelerator programme aimed at early stage

companies. He is Presient of Aaltoes, a purely student run

entrepreneurial society and a national movement by the

students of Aalto University. The goal of Aaltoes is to change

the overall attitude towards entrepreneurship and startups

and bring resources and inspiration to the aspiring

entrepreneurs. He also runs a programme that is introducing

entrepreneurship to high school students by letting them work

on case studies with different startups. He is also completing

his BSc in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering at

Aalto University and is one of the organisers of Slush, the

largest startup conference in the Nordics.

Alibaba Group

TITLE AND NAME Dr ZENG Ming

DESIGNATION Chief Strategic Officer

ORGANISATION Alibaba Group, China

Zeng Ming has been chief strategy officer of Alibaba Group

since January 2008. He joined the company in August 2006 as

executive vice president of strategy, and served as acting

president of China Yahoo! from November 2006 to December

2007. Prior to joining Alibaba Group, Zeng Ming served as a

professor of strategy at Cheung Kong Graduate School of

Business in Beijing, China. Between 1998 and 2002, he was a

faculty member at INSEAD. Zeng Ming has published widely in

the world's top management journals, and has also published

various well-received articles and books on Chinese

enterprises. Zeng Ming obtained his doctorate in international

business and strategy from University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, USA in 1998, and his bachelor's degree in

economics from Fudan University in 1991.



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China Educational Publications

Import & Export Corporation

TITLE AND NAME Mr Jun FU

DESIGNATION General Manager

ORGANISATION Chinese Educational Publications Import

& Export Corporation

Evonik Industries

TITLE AND NAME Dr Jing FENG


ORGANISATION Evonik Industries, China

Dr Jing Feng is Vice-President of Evonik Industries and heading

Corporate Innovation Department in Greater China Region. Dr

Feng was born in Beijing, and went to study Chemistry in

Germany after high school in 1991. He received a diploma

from the Technical University of Berlin in 1996 and was

awarded a doctorate degree of Organic Chemistry by the

Humboldt University of Berlin in 2001. After four years working

as Research & Teaching Associate in the University of Stuttgart

he started his industrial professional career in R&D in Lonza

AG. in 2008 he joined Evonik Industries and was appointed

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Slush

TITLE AND NAME Ms Olga BALAKINA

DESIGNATION Head of Internatioanal Operations

Organisation

ORGANISATION Slush, Finland

Olga Balakina is the Head of International Operations at Slush -

slush.org, which is the biggest technology and startup event in

Europe and Asia. Olga has had a significant role in building the

student-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem in Finland. She has

been a member of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society for years,

sitting in the board in 2014. She has also had a huge

contribution in developing Slush the event it today is. During

the past two years Olga has focused on the relationships with

some of the main partners at Slush, Skolkovo among others.

Also, in 2015 Olga co-founded project aiming to engage the

whole Finnish startup ecosystem to Asia.

Wahaha Group Institute

TITLE AND NAME Dr LOU Xiangming

DESIGNATION Executive Director

ORGANISATION Wahaha Group Insitute, China



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Rapporteurs

WG1: University-Business Partnerships for


TITLE AND NAME Mr Michael KLEMM

DESIGNATION Associate Director, International

Relations

ORGANISATION National University of Singapore

Mr Michael Klemm is Associate Director at the National University

of Singapore. Before, Mr Klemm worked for NTUC Learninghub, the

International Labour Organisation and World Vision in India,

Indonesia and Sri Lanka. He chairs the "Internship Committee"

within the European Chamber of Commerce Singapore.


Entrepreneurship

TITLE AND NAME Dr Laura LO

DESIGNATION Director of Chinese Mainland Affairs

UNIVERSITY Hong Kong Polytechnic University,

Dr Laura Lo completed her undergraduate and Master‟s degree in

the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic

University (PolyU) respectively. She then obtained her doctorate

from Renmin University. She is currently working as the Director of

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New Learning Environments through Technology

TITLE AND NAME Dr Rachel LAM

DESIGNATION Research Scientist

UNIVERSITY National Institute of Education, Singapore

Rachel Lam received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an

emphasis in Learning and Cognition from Arizona State University,

United States of America. She has done educational research in the

laboratory and classroom at the secondary and tertiary levels, as

well as in community-based education settings. Rachel has taught

both undergraduate and graduate courses on a variety of topics in

educational psychology, instructional methods, and child

development for several years. In addition, she has worked in

community and non-profit settings including libraries, preschools,

childcare centres, and parent support organizations. Rachel has

extensive experience presenting a variety of topics related to issues

in education to parents, teachers, childcare providers, librarians,

social workers, medical and mental health professionals, and the

business community. She has been invited to speak at regional,

national, and international conferences and has served in the role

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Co-Organisers, Host

and Partners

Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

TITLE AND NAME Ambassador ZHANG YAN


ORGANISATION Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

Ambassador Zhang Yan is the 6th Executive Director of the Asia-

Europe Foundation (ASEF). His latest deputation before joining

ASEF was as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the People‟s Republic of China to the Republic of India

(2007 - October 2012). He is a veteran diplomat, with

experience spanning over 30 years, serving in many countries

including Liberia, Switzerland, the United States, Singapore,

Austria and India. He has closely worked with the United

Nations dealing with the Security Council, as well as

Disarmament and Arms Control. Ambassador Zhang holds a

Bachelor‟s Degree from the Beijing Foreign Studies University

(1976). Later he studied at Carleton University and McGill

University in Canada (1976-78) and the China National

Administrative Institute (1995). He has participated in the

United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme (1984).

He was born in the Zhejiang Province in China and is married

with a daughter.

TITLE AND NAME Ms Leonie NAGARAJAN

DESIGNATION Director, Education Department


Ms Leonie Nagarajan has been heading ASEF‟s Education

Department since February 2014. As Chief of Staff, she

advised and supported three ASEF Executive Directors in the

planning and implementation of the Foundation‟s long-range

strategy (2008 – 2015). Prior to joining ASEF, Ms Nagarajan

worked in Public Affairs and the media, including the Haus der

Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the Berliner Zeitung, Pretoria News

and the Icelandic national broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV).

Having studied in Reykjavik, Iceland and Berlin, Germany, she

received her Master's degree in Communication Sciences with

minors in cultural and political sciences from the Free

University and Humboldt University of Berlin.



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TITLE AND NAME Ms Natalie HONG

DESIGNATION Project Manager, Education Department


Natalie Hong joined ASEF in June 2014 as Project Manager in

charge of ASEF‟s Education Policy Programme. Prior to joining

ASEF, Natalie worked for Xinhua News Agency in China and S.

Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological

University (NTU) in Singapore. With a B.A. in Russian Language and

Literature received from Beijing Foreign Studies University, Natalie

obtained M.Sc. in International Relations from NTU and M.A. in

Economy, State, and Society from University College London and

Corvinus University of Budapest. She also pursued Doctoral studies

in Political Science at the University of Geneva and the Université

libre de Bruxelles.

TITLE AND NAME Mr Marcel BANDUR

DESIGNATION Project Officer, Education Department


Marcel Bandur, a Slovak national, joined ASEF in August 2014.

Prior to this, Marcel worked in several NGOs in Bratislava, Warsaw

and Yerevan, where his job focused primarily on minority rights and

gender equality. In Singapore, he worked for the Dean‟s Office at

the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), National University

of Singapore (NUS). Marcel received his B.A. (Hons) degree in

International Relations at the University of Durham, United

Kingdom. He attained his MSSc research degree in Political

Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS).

TITLE AND NAME Ms Maria Elena DE MATTEO

DESIGNATION Communications Executive, Public Affairs


Maria Elena De Matteo is an Italian national, who joined ASEF in

December 2013 as Communications Executive, Public Affairs. Prior

to her appointment at ASEF, she worked in both the private and

government sector in Japan and in the Netherlands as

communication and project manager. She also volunteered several

years for non-profit organisations, working on human rights, youth

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with a Bachelor Degree in International Relations. She then

obtained a Master in International Relations and Asian Studies

from “L‟Orientale” University in Naples, Italy, and, at the same time

received two scholarships to complete her studies at SOAS

(University of London) in the UK and at Waseda University in Japan.


of the People‟s Republic of China

TITLE AND NAME Ambassador LÜ Yongshou

DESIGNATION ASEF Governor for China

MFA Representative

ORGANISATION Ministry of Foreign Affairs


Ambassador Lϋ has been a Commissioner of the United Nations

Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission since 2005.

Before assuming his current post, Ambassador Lϋ was Second and

First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of China to the United

Nations and the Permanent Representative of the United Nations

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

Previously, he was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

to the Republic of Ghana. He has also worked in the Department of

International Organizations and Conferences at the Chinese

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served as the Attaché of the

Embassy of China in the Republic of Liberia.Ambassador Lϋ

pursued his studies at the Department of Foreign Languages of

Shandong University and the Beijing Foreign Studies University

TITLE AND NAME Ms ZHU Hongying

DESIGNATION MFA Representative

ORGANISATION Ministry of Foreign Affairs




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Ministry of Education


TITLE AND NAME Ms CHEN Yinghui

DESIGNATION Deputy Director-General

Department of International Cooperation

and Exchanges

ORGANISATION Ministry of Education


TITLE AND NAME Mr LUO Ping


Division of International Organisations


and Exchanges



TITLE AND NAME Mr ZHAO Lei

DESIGNATION Deputy Director

Division of International Organisations


and Exchanges





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Zhejiang University

TITLE AND NAME Prof. SONG Yonghua

DESIGNATION Executive Vice-President

ORGANISATION Zhejiang University

Professor Yonghua Song is Executive Vice-President of Zhejiang

University. He is the Vice- President of the Chinese Society for

Electrical Engineering. He received his B.Eng. and Ph.D. from

Chengdu University of Science and Technology and China Electric

Power Research Institute and was awarded DSc by Brunel

University for his achievements in power system research. He held

various positions at Tsinghua University, Bristol University, Bath

University and John Moores University before he was appointed

Professor of Power Systems at Brunel University. Here he was Pro-

Vice Chancellor for Graduate Studies from 2004. In 2007, he

became a Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor at the University of

Liverpool，holding Executive President position at Xi‟an Jiaotong –

Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. In 2009 he was appointed

Assistant President for International Affairs of Tsinghua University

and was Director of Chinese National Office of the Recruitment

Programme of Global Experts (1000 Talents Programme) until

December 2012.

TITLE AND NAME Mr XUE Fei

DESIGNATION Deputy Director

Office of International Affairs,

Deputy Director

Office of Transnational Education Office

ORGANISATION Zhejiang University



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ASEAN University Network Secretariat

TITLE AND NAME Assoc. Prof. Nantana GAJASENI


ORGANISATION ASEAN University Network Secretariat

Associate Professor Nantana Gajaseni has been appointed as

the Executive Director of the ASEAN University Network (AUN)

Secretariat in May 2009. With knowledge, leadership and

experiences gained throughout her previous posts as Deputy

Executive Director of AUN Secretariat and the Co-Director of the

ASEAN-EU University Network Programme (AUNP), Dr Gajaseni

has become a proficient practitioner in the field of higher

education cooperation. Dr Gajaseni‟s academic role as Associate

Professor at the Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University,

allows her to utilise her expertise in freshwater ecology and

environmental economics. Through these roles, she has been

actively involved in the environmental development and natural

resource management as well as in promoting intraregional

academic collaborations which have been recognized for the

concrete contributions to human capacity building and overall

development especially in ASEAN region.

International Association of Universities

TITLE AND NAME Ms Eva EGRON-POLAK

DESIGNATION Secretary General

ORGANISATION International Association of Universities (

Eva Egron-Polak has been Secretary General and Executive

Director of the International Association of Universities, an

international NGO based at UNESCO, Paris, since 2002. She was

educated in French Literature, Political Science and International

Political Economy in the Czech Republic, Canada and France.

Prior to joining the IAU, Ms Egron-Polak held several senior

positions at the Association of Universities and Colleges of

Canada (AUCC), such as Vice-President, International and

Canadian Programmes. At the IAU Ms Egron-Polak is involved in

various policy issues in higher education – internationalisation,

provision of equitable access to and success in higher education,

etcetera - with a continuing preoccupation with issues of

academic values, ethics, and higher education‟s social

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member of many committees at UNESCO, the European

Commission, OECD, etcetera, and has written and presented

numerous papers and book chapters on a variety of higher

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WORKING GROUPS



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WORKING SESSIONS

Session 1:

Sharing Good

Practices

Thursday, 26 March 2015

14:00 – 15:45

Session 2:

Seeking Solutions


09:30 – 11:00

Session 3:

Formulating Policy

Recommendations


11:30 – 13:00



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Country of


1 Austria Vienna University of

Technology

Vice-Rector for

Academic Affairs Prof. Kurt MATYAS

2 Bangladesh North South University Chairman, Board of

Trustees Mr Benjir AHMED

3 Bangladesh North South University Vice-Chancellor and

CEO Prof. Amin U. SARKAR

4 Belgium College of Europe Rector Prof. Dr Jörg MONAR

5 Belgium Ghent University Policy Advisor for

China Platform Ms Isabelle DE COEN

6 Brunei

Darussalam

Brunei Institute of

Technology Vice-Chancellor Dr Zohrah SULAIMAN

7 Bulgaria Sofia University “St.

Kliment Ohridski” President Prof. Ivan ILCHEV


Petroleum President Prof. SHAN Honghong


Geosciences (Wuhan) Vice-President Dr HAO Fang

10 China Chongqing University Vice-President Prof. BAI Chenguang

11 China Fudan University Deputy Director,

International Office Ms TANG Wenqing

12 China

Southwestern University

of Finance and

Economics

Vice-President Prof. YANG Dan

1

University-Business Partnerships

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13 China

Southweastern University

of Finance and

Economics

Director, Office of

International

Exchange and

Cooperation

Ms LIANG Ting

14 China Xidian University Assistant to the

President Prof. GAO Xinbo

15 Croatia University of Zagreb Vice-Rector Prof. Ivana

ĈUKOVIĆ-BAGIĆ

16 Czech

Republic

Czech Technical

University in Prague Rector Prof. Petr KONVALINKA

17 Denmark University of Aarhus

Acting Head of

Education

Department

Dr Claus HOLM

18 Denmark University of Aarhus

Head of Secretariat

of the ASEM

Education and

Research Hub for

Lifelong Learning

(ASEM LLL Hub)

Mr Anders MARTINSEN

19 Germany

Technische Universität

München

- Asia Campus

Managing Director Prof. Markus WAECHTER


School Rector

Prof. Dr Éva

SÁNDOR-KRISZT


School

Director for

International

Relations

Prof. Judit HIDASI

22 Indonesia Institut Teknologi

Bandung

Director of

Partnership and

International

Relations

Assoc. Prof. Edwan

KARDENA

23 Lao PDR National University of

Laos

Vice-President for

International

Relations

Assoc. Prof. Dr

Phout SIMMALAVONG

24 Latvia University of Latvia Vice-Rector for

Academic Affairs Prof. Andris KANGRO

25 Lithuania Mykolas Romeris

University

Vice-Rector for

Development

and International

Relations

Prof. Inga ŽALĖNIENĖ



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26 Luxembourg University of Luxembourg Vice-President Prof. Franck LEPREVOST

27 Malaysia Universiti Malaya Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dato‟ Dr Mohd Amin

JALALUDIN

28 Malta University of Malta

Head of Department

of International

Relations

Dr Carmen SAMMUT

29 Netherlands University of Groningen Rector Prof. Sibrandes POPPEMA

30 Netherlands University of Groningen

Director for the

Groningen Confucius

Institute

and Policy Advisor for

International

Relations

Ms Xuefei

KNOESTER-CAO

31 Romania

National University for

Political Studies and

Public Administration

Founding Rector Prof. Vasile SECARES

32 Romania

National University for

Political Studies and

Public Administration

Chancellor Mr Alexandru Mihai GHIGIU

33 Singapore National University of

Singapore

Director of

International

Relations Office

Assoc. Prof. Anne PAKIR

34 Singapore Singapore Institute of

Technology

Vice-President for

External Relations

Assoc. Prof. Fook Cheong

YEE

35 Slovenia University of Ljubljana Rector Prof. Ivan SVETLIK

36 Spain University of Malaga Deputy President Prof. Jose A. NARVAEZ

37 Thailand Burapha University President Prof. Sompol PONGTHAI

38 Thailand Chiang Mai University

Vice-President for

International

Relations

and Alumni Affairs

Assoc. Prof. Rome

CHIRANUKROM

39 United

Kingdom University of Nottingham

Pro Vice-Chancellor,

Provost of Ningbo

Campus

Prof. Nicholas MILES



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Government and


Organisation Designation Title and Name Working Group

1

Ministry of

Education and

Science

of the Republic of

Latvia

Chief of Staff to

The Minister for

Education and

Science

Ms Linda AUSTERE

University-Business

Partnerships for Employability

Skills

2

Ministry of

Education and

Science

of the Republic of

Latvia

Deputy Director

on the

Latvian

Presidency of the

Council of the EU

Ms Anita VAHERE-

ABRAZUNE

University-Business


Skills

3

Delegation of the

European Union to

China

Education and

Culture

Counsellor

Mr Marcin GRABIEC

University-Business


Skills


Working Group University Name

1

University-

Business

Partnerships for

Employability

Skills

University of Latvia, Lativa Ms Inguna ZARINA

Rapporteur and Assistant Rapporteur


1

University-Business

Partnerships for


Associate Director,


Office


Singapore

Mr Michael KLEMM

2

University-Business

Partnerships for


University of

Oxford,United Kindgdom Ms Shuangmiao HAN



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Co-Organiser, Host and Participants


1

ASEAN University

Network

Secretariat (AUN)

Executive

Director

Assoc. Prof.

Nantana

GAJASENI

University-Business Partnerships for


4

ASEM Education

and Research Hub

for Lifelong

Learning (ASEM

LLL Hub)

Head of

Secretariat

Mr Anders

MARTINSEN

University-Business Partnerships for




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Country of


1 Belgium Ghent University

President of Ghent

University Global

Campus, Korea


2 Brunei

Darussalam

Brunei Institute of

Technology

Dean of School of

Business

Dr Hjh Noor Maya

binti Hj Md SALLEH

3 Brunei

Darussalam

Universiti Brunei

Darussalam Vice-Chancellor

Dato Paduka Dr

Zulkarnain

bin HAJI HANAFI

4 Cambodia Royal University of Law

and Economics Vice-Rector Dr Chan SAVARY


Petroleum

Director,

International Office Prof. YAN Zifeng

6 China Ocean University of China Vice-President Prof LI Huajun

7 China Ocean University of China Director,

International Office Ms SONG Wenhong

8 China Northeastern University President Prof. ZHAO Ji


10 China

University of Electronic

Science and Technology

of China

Deputy Director,

Office of

International

Cooperation and

Exchange

Mr ZENG Qigang


12 China Hong Kong Polytechnic

University

Senior Manager,

Chinese Mainland

Affairs Office

Mr Eddie HO

2


for Entrepreneurship



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13 Cyprus University of Nicosia Rector Dr Michalis ATTALIDES


Technology

Vice-Rector for

Innovation

and


Mrs Tea VARRAK


Technology


Cooperation for

China

Ms Siyi MA

16 Greece Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki Rector Prof. Pericles MITKAS

17 Indonesia Universitas Gadjah Mada

Vice-Rector for

Academic and

Student Affairs

Prof. Dr Iwan

DWIPRAHASTO

18 Kazakhstan Al-Farabi Kazakh National

University First Vice-Rector

Prof. Mukhambetkali

BURKITBAYEV

19 Korea Kyung Hee University

Rector of Graduate

Institute of Peace

Studies

Prof. KWON Gibung

20 Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan

Malaysia

(The National University of

Malaysia)

Deputy Vice-

Chancellor for

Industry

and Community

Partnerships

Prof. Imran HO ABDULLAH

21 Malaysia

Universiti Kebangsaan

Malaysia

(The National University of

Malaysia)

Former Deputy Vice-

Chancellor for

Industry and

Community

Partnerships

Prof. Dato‟ Dr Saran Kaur

GILL

22 Mongolia Mongolian National

University of Medical

Sciences

President Prof. Batbaatar

GHUNCHIN

23 Mongolia Mongolian University of

Science and Technology Vice-President

Prof. Tumurpurev

NAMNAN

24 Norway Norwegian School of

Economics Deputy Rector Prof. Sunniva WHITTAKER

25 Pakistan


Sciences & Technology

Islamabad

Rector Prof. Muhammad

ASGHAR

26 Philippines University of the

Philippines President Prof. Dr Alfredo PASCUAL



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27 Russian

Federation

Peoples' Friendship


Vice-Rector for

Economics Prof. Evgeny SCHESNYAK

28 Russian

Federation

Peoples' Friendship



Protocol Office

Prof. Evgeny

MARTYNENKO

29 Singapore Singapore University of

Technology and Design Associate Provost Prof. YEO Kiat Seng

30 Singapore Singapore Management

University

Special Advisor to

President,

Dean of School of

Social Sciences

Prof. James T.H. TANG

31 Slovakia Slovak University of

Technology in Bratislava Rector Prof. Robert REDHAMMER

32 Slovakia University of Zilina

Director of

International

Relations

and Cooperation

Prof. Michal ZABOVSKY

33 Spain Technical University of

Madrid - Tongji Campus

Co-Director Sino-

Spanish Campus

at Tongji University


34 Thailand Prince of Songkla

University

Vice-President for

International Affairs Dr Pattara AIYARAK

Government and



1 UNESCO Office in

Bangkok

Senior Programme

Specialist in

Higher Education

Dr WANG Libing

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship



1

Aalto

Entrepreneurship

Society

President Mr Julius HIETALA

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship



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2 Alibaba Group Chief Strategic Officer Dr ZENG Ming

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship

3

China

Educational

Publications

Import & Export

Corporation

General Manager Mr Jun FU

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship

4 Evonik Industries Vice-President Dr Jing FENG

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship

5 Slush


Operations

Organization Ms Olga BALAKINA

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship

6 Wahaha Group

Institute Executive Director Dr LOU Xiangming

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entepreneurship

Student Representative


1

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Mr Giles WEBER



1

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship

Director of Chinese Mainland Affairs

Hong Kong Polytechnic University Dr Laura LO

2

University-Business

Partnerships for

Entrepreneurship Aalto University, Finland Mr Lauri TAMMI



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Country of


1 Australia Royal Melbourne

Institute of Technology

Director for

International

Partnerships and

Development

Ms Saskia HANSEN


Phnom Penh Vice-Rector Dr Des PHAL


Petroleum-Beijing Vice-President Prof. WU Xiaolin


Petroleum – Beijing


Office Prof. SUN Xudong

5 China Hunan University Vice-President for

International Affairs Prof. CAO Yijia

6 China Nanjing University Vice-President Prof. CHENG Chongqing

7 China Northwest Agriculture

and Forestry University Vice-President Prof. LUO Jun

8 China

University of Electronic

Science and

Technology of China

Vice-President Prof. WANG Houjun

9 China Shanghai Jiao Tong

University Vice-President Prof. HUANG Zhen

10 China Hong Kong Polytechnic

University

Vice-President for

Institutional

Advancement and

Partnership

Prof. Angelina YUEN

11 China The Open University of

Hong Kong President Prof. WONG Yuk-Shan

12 Croatia University of Zagreb Rector Prof. Damir BORAS

3


for New Learning Environments

through Technology



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13 Croatia University of Zagreb Director of the

Confucius Institute Prof. Krešimir JURAK

14 Czech

Republic

Charles University in

Prague

Vice-Rector for


and Mobility

Prof. Jan SKRHA

15 France Université Paris Est

Créteil Vice-President Prof. Claire SOTINEL

16 India Indian Institute of

Technology Bombay Director Prof. Devang V. KHAKHAR

17 India University of Delhi Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dinesh SINGH

18 Indonesia University of PGRI

Semarang

Vice-Rector for

Academic Affairs and

Cooperation

Dr Sri SUCIATI

19 Ireland Dublin Institute of

Technology President Prof. Brian NORTON

20 Kazakhstan

K. Satpayev Kazakh

National Technical

University

Rector Prof.Dr Zhexenbek Makeevich

ADILOV

21 Latvia Riga Technical

University

Deputy Rector for

International

Cooperation and

Students

Prof. Igors TIPANS

22 Malaysia Universiti Sains

Malaysia Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dato‟ Dr Omar OSMAN

23 Mongolia Mongolian National

University of Education President

Prof. Davaasuren

MUNKHJARGAL

24 Netherlands Maastricht University Professor Prof. Aalt Willem HERINGA

25 Philippines Ateneo de Manila

University Vice-President Dr Jose CRUZ

26 Singapore Nanyang Technological

University

Vice-President for

Education Strategies Prof. LEE Sing Kong

27 Slovenia University of Maribor Rector Prof. Danijel REBOLJ

28 Sweden Uppsala University

Vice-Chancellor's

Advisor on



29 Switzerland University of Geneva Director of Global

Studies Institute Prof. Nicolas LEVRAT



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University Vice-President Prof. Mongkol TECHAKUMPHU


University

Assistant to the

President Dr Kris ANGKANAPORN

32 Thailand Mahidol University President Clin. Prof. Udom KACHINTORN

Government and



1 Embassy of the Republic

of Finland in China

Education

Counsellor Dr Mika TIRRONEN

University-Business

Partnerships for New

Learning Environments

through Technology

2 Embassy of the Republic

of Poland in Beijing

Deputy Head of

Mission

Mr Krzysztof

DOBROWOLSKI

University-Business



through Technology

3

Consulate General of the

Italian Republic

in Shanghai

tbc tbc

University-Business



through Technology



1

University-Business

Partnerships for

New Learning


Technology

Indian Institute of Technology

Kharagpur Mr Arun TANKHA



1

University-Business

Partnerships for

New Learning


Technology

Research Scientist

National Institute of Education,

Singapore

Dr Rachel LAM



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2

University-Business

Partnerships for

New Learning


Technology

University of Groningen, the

Netherlands Mr Bart-Jan vander SLEEN



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PRACTICAL

INFORMATION



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FORUM VENUE Qizhen Hotel

(within Zhejiang University campus)

866 Yuhangtang Road,

Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058,


http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/

ACCOMODATION Dragon Hotel

120 Shuguang Road

Hangzhou, China

Tel: +86 571 8799 8833

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.dragon-hotel.com

CONTACT

DETAILS

Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)

www.asef.org

Ms Natalie HONG

Project Manager,

Education Department

T.: +86 15968119154

E: [email protected]

Mr Marcel BANDUR

Project Officer,

Education Department

T: +86 15968116514


Zhejiang University


Mr XUE Fei

Deputy Director,


T: +86 571 88981165


Ms QIN Jirong

Project Officer,

Conference Centre

T: + 86 1329187275


CONTACT DETAILS

In urgent cases, please call:

Ms QIN Jirong

Student Coordinator Zhejiang University

+86 13291872757

Emergency Numbers

General Emergency Number 110

(Police, Ambulance, Fire)

Police 110

Ambulance 120

Fire 119


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.dragon-hotel.com/

http://www.asef.org/








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ORGANISERS



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CO-ORGANISERS

The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) promotes

understanding, strengthens relationships and facilitates

cooperation among the people, institutions and

organisations of Asia and Europe. ASEF enhances

dialogue, enables exchanges and encourages

collaboration across the thematic areas of culture,

economy, education, governance, public health and

sustainable development. ASEF is a not-for-profit

intergovernmental organisation located in Singapore.

Founded in 1997, it is the only institution of the Asia-

Europe Meeting (ASEM). Together with about 700

partner organisations ASEF has run more than 650

projects, mainly conferences, seminars and workshops.

Over 17,000 Asians and Europeans have actively

participated in its activities and it has reached much

wider audiences through its networks, web-portals,

publications, exhibitions and lectures.

For more information, please visit www.asef.org

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of

China

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

http://www.asef.org/



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HOST

Zhejiang University is a comprehensive research

university with distinctive features and a national as well

as international impact. Research at Zhejiang University

spans 12 academic disciplines, covering philosophy,

economics, law, education, literature, history, art,

science, engineering, agriculture, medicine,

management and etc. With 7 faculties and 37

colleges/schools, Zhejiang University has 14 primary

and 21 secondary national leading academic

disciplines.

For more information, please visit

www.zju.edu.cn/english/

PARTNERS

Created in 1950 under the auspices of UNESCO, the

International Association Universities (IAU) brings

together more than 650 institutions and organisations

worldwide for exchange and action on common concerns

in the area of higher education.

For more information, please visit www.iau-aiu.net/

The main objective of the ASEAN University Network

(AUN) is to strengthen the existing network of co-

operation among leading universities in ASEAN. This is

done by promoting co-operation and solidarity among

ASEAN scholars and academicians, developing

academic and professional human resource, and

promoting information dissemination among ASEAN

academic community. The network has brought together

the ASEAN countries' individual quest for academic

collaborations in the identified priority areas that would

deepen understanding of the dynamic ASEAN, and

accordingly hasten regional identity and solidarity.


http://www.aunsec.org/


http://www.iau-aiu.net/

http://www.aunsec.org/



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SUPPORTERS

Chulalongkorn University, the oldest higher education

institution in Thailand, was founded in its present form

in 1917 by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). It is named after

his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), who laid the

foundations for modern education in the country. In

keeping with the shared vision of both kings, it has

maintained a reputation for academic excellence and

been a pillar of the kingdom ever since. Today, it

consists of 19 faculties, two teaching institutes, three

colleges and 10 institutes, with a total enrolment of

more than 40,000 undergraduate and graduate

students.

For more information, please visit www.chula.ac.th/

Office of Higher Education Commission, Thailand

IN THE

FRAMEWORK

OF

The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an

intergovernmental forum for dialogue and cooperation

established in 1996 to deepen relations between Asia

and Europe, which addresses political, economic and

socio-cultural issues of common concern. ASEM brings

together 53 members: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh,

Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia,

China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark,

Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,

India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan,

Korea, the Lao PDR, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,

Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands,

New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines,

Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation,

Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Viet

Nam plus the ASEAN Secretariat and the European

Union.


www.aseminfoboard.org

http://www.chula.ac.th/

http://aseminfoboard.org/

http://www.aseminfoboard.org/



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NOTES



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#ARC4

Hosted by Zhejiang University, the ARC4 Students‟ Forum is co-organised by Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education of the People‟s Republic of China. The International Association of

Universities and the ASEAN University Network contribute as ARC4 partners, and Chulalongkorn University and the office

of Higher Education Commission of Thailand as supporters.

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