Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference for the
2009 World Conference on Higher Education
“Facing Global and Local Challenges:
the New Dynamics for Higher Education”
Revised programme and dates
25-26 September 2008
Macao SAR, P.R. China
Co-organized and co-sponsored by
APEID, UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok
Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the
People’s Republic of China
Programme
Conference AgendaDay 1, 25 September 2008
08:00 – 09:00 / Registration
09:00 – 10:10 / Opening Ceremony
09:00 – 09:40 / Welcome Address, Alexis Tam, Chief of Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Video Congratulatory Message from UNESCO HQs, Georges Haddad, Director, Division of Higher Education, UNESCO Paris
Opening Address, Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, Chief, Section for Reform, Innovation and Quality Assurance, UNESCO Paris
Congratulatory Address
- Molly Lee, Coordinator of APEID, UNESCO Bangkok
- Chui Sai On, Honorable Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Group Photo
09:40 – 10:10 / Chair: Ivo Sousa, Macau Inter-University Institute, Macao SAR, P.R. China
Overview of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific, Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
10:10 – 10:30 / Break
10:30 – 12:40 / Plenary Session I
10:30 – 11:00 / Chair: Peter Taylor, Institute of Development Studies, UK
Keynote Speech I: Societal Commitment and Social Responsibility of Higher Education
Rajesh Tandon, Participatory Research Institute Asia, India
11:00 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:40
11:40 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:20
12:20 – 12:40 / Country Reports
Chair: Peter Cheung, The Federation for Continuing Education in Tertiary Institutions, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
· AUSTRALIA, Leo Goedegebuure, University of New England
· CAMBODIA (Kingdom of), Chealy Chet, Office of the Council of Ministers
· INDONESIA (Republic of) ,Nizam, Ministry of National Education
· JAPAN, Kazuo Todani, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
· LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, Khamphone Xaysomphou, Ministry of Education
12:40 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 / Parallel Session I
Session
(room) / Panel/Title of Presentations / Chair/Presenters
1A
(Lotus) / Special Topic
- Role of Regional Harmonization, Working together to Reshape Higher Education through Quality Assurance
- ASEAN Higher Education Area, , SEAMEO RIHED / Kai-Ming Cheng
Rod Manns
Supachai Yavaprabhas
1B
(Lotus2) / Strengthening Connection among Research, Teaching and Service Mission
- Strengthening Connections among Research, Teaching, and Service Missions of Higher Education Institutes: Implications for the 2009 WCHE and for Further Networking Initiatives / Peter Boothroyd
Titiporn Siriphant Puntasen
Peter Taylor
Fernando Kleiman
1C
(Peony) / Cross-National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education
- Cross National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education Systems in Asia
- Building Capacity toward Region-wide Curriculum and Teaching Materials Development in Agro-forestry Education in Southeast Asia
- Pedagogical Issues in Transnational Education: the Case of Postgraduate Pharmacy and Education Programs / Joseph Stetar
David Chapman
Jesus Fernandez
Benjamin Tak-Yuen Chan
1D
(Orchid) / Higher Education Policies: Access and Equity
- Access to Higher Education with Student Loans: the Choice of Needy Students in China
- Equity in Higher Education in Macao: Evidence and a Research Agenda
- The Development of Higher Education in Tibet: A Policy Perspective / Gerard Postiglione
Hong Shen
Keith Morrison
Wu Mei
1E
(Jasmine) / Academic Mobility in the Region
- Internationalization as Driver of University Reform in Mature Systems?: Mixed Evidence from Japan
- Japan’s 300,000 International Student Policy
- International Student Mobility and Asian Higher Education Framework for Global Network / Anwar Alsaid
Christopher Pokarier
Lrong Lim
Miki Sugimura
15:00 – 15:30 / Break
15:30 – 18:00 / Plenary Session II
15:30 – 16:00 / Chair: Berit Olsson, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden
Keynote Speech II: Research and Innovation in Higher Education
Charas Suwanwela, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
16:00 – 16:20
16:20 – 16:40 / Country Reports
Chair: Fanny Vong, Institute for Tourism Studies, Macao SAR, P.R. China
· MACAO, Special Administrative Region, P.R. China, Keith Morrison, Macau Inter-University
· MALAYSIA, Hassan Basri, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
16:40 – 18:00 / Chair: To Be Confirmed
Consultation on draft regional report of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific, Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
19:00 – 21:00 / Welcome Reception and Dinner (Venue: Lotus Room, Four Seasons Hotel – Venetian)
Day 2, 26 September 2008
08:30 – 10:00 / Parallel Session II
Session
(room) / Panel/Title of Presentations / Chair/Presenters
2A
(Lotus) / Special Topic
- Open and Distance Learning, , Wawasan Open University, Malaysia
- University Ranking, , Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China / David Chapman
G. Dhanarajan
Liu Nian Cai
2B
(Lotus2) / Higher Education for Sustainable Development
- Shifting Rhetorics into Reality: Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Universiti Sains Malaysia in the Apex Framework
- Universities and Their Responsibilities - Prerequisites and Underlying Principles
- Development, Environment, and Sciences Education / Gajaraj Dhanarajan
Ramli Mohamed
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Bastian Baumann
Ivo Sousa
2C
(Peony) / Cross-Border Higher Education
- Transnational Higher Education in China: Thirty years
- The Impact of ICT on Cross-Border Higher Education: Papua New Guinea Perspective
- Toward Enhancing Cross-border Higher Education between SAR of Macao and PR China / Jason Tan
Shengbing Li
Zhiqiang Wang
Prisca Mauve
Isabel Morais
2D
(Orchid) / University – Community Engagement
- Engaging and Re-engaging Higher Education in the 21st Century: Possibilities and Challenges
- Internationalization and Community Engagement of Higher Education Institutions: Global and Local Agenda
- Societal Commitment of Higher Education for Development: A Case Study on University-Community Linkage in Vietnam / Russell Bishop
Chan Lean Heng
Philipp Ivanov
Kiyohiko Kuroda
2E
(Jasmine) / Research in the Academic Profession
- Reshaping the Academic Profession in Hong Kong’s Universities
- Research Environment of Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutes: Features, Funding and Policy Implication
- Knowledge Creation in Higher Education / Hong Shen
Gerard Postiglione
Sam Ching Pey
Teresa Swirski
08:30 – 10:00 / Rapporteur Committee Meeting (venue: organization meeting room)
10:00 – 10:30 / Break
10:30 – 12:30 / Plenary Session III
10:30 – 11:00 / Chair: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Keynote Speech III: Trends and Issues Re-shaping Higher Education
Molly Lee, UNESCO Bangkok
11:00 – 11:20
11:20 – 11:40
11:40 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:20 / Country Reports
Chair: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
· MONGOLIA, Chuluuntsetseg Dagvadorj, Mongolian National Council for Education Accreditation
· PHILIPPINES (Republic of the) ,Nona S. Ricafort, Commission on Higher Education
· REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Sang-Duk Choi, Korean Educational Development Institute
· SINGAPORE, Jason Tan, National Institute of Education
12:20 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 / Parallel Session III
Session
(room) / Panel/Title of Presentations / Chair/Presenters
3A
(Lotus) / Special Topics
- Trends in Quality Assurance in the Asia-Pacific
- Financing Higher Education in Asia-Pacific / Supachai Yavaprabhas
Dorte Kristoffersen
Jandhyala BG Tilak
3B
(Lotus2) / Facing Global and Local Challenges: University – Community Partnership in Asia / Chan Lean Heng
Peter Taylor
Ethel A. Valenzuela
Rajesh Tandon
3C
(Peony) / Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
- Higher Education in South East Asia: Challenge and Change
- Higher Education in Asia Pacific: Access, Quality, Diversity and Equity
- ASEAN Higher Education: On the Road from Elite to Massification / David Chapman
Anthony Welch
Jouko Sarvi
Jianxin Zhang
3D
(Orchid) / Social Responsibility of Higher Education
- Social Responsibility: A Critical Role for Korean Universities in the 21st Century
- The Role of Returnees in Internationalisation at Korean Universities
- How to Combine Traditions and Social Responsibility in Higher Education / Jandhyala BG Tilak
Euiyoung Kim
Young Ha Cho
Sang Un Namgung
Rongnan Zhang
3E
(Jasmine) / The Multiple Functions of Higher Education Institutions
- Addressing Diversity and Disparity through Teacher Education
- The Next Challenge and Frontier: Digital Learners and Digital Teachers
- Higher Learning and the Pursuit of a Democratic Regionalism / Liu Nian Cai
Russell Bishop
Spencer Benson
Peter Quiddington
15:00 – 15:30 / Break
15:30 – 17:20 / Plenary Session IV
15:30 – 16:00 / Chair: Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic, UNESCO Paris
Keynote Speech IV: Towards a New Agenda in Higher Education
John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning
16:00 – 16:20
16:20 – 16:40
16:40 – 17:00
17:00 – 17:20
17:20 – 17:40 / Closing Remarks, Sheldon Shaeffer, Director, UNESCO Bangkok
Country Reports
Chair: Jouko Sarvi, Asian Development Bank
· South Pacific, Kabini Sanga, Victoria University
· THAILAND (Kingdom of) ,Chantavit Sujatanond, Commission on Higher Education
· VIET NAM (Socialist Republic of), Nguyen Thi Le Huong, Department of Higher Education
· CHINA (People’s Republic of) ,Libing Wang, Zhejiang University
17:40 – 18:00 / Adoption of Regional Report, Rapporteur Committee
18:30 – 20:30 / Farewell Dinner (Venue: Restaurante Madeira, St. Marcus Square - Venetian)
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