Asia-Pacific Sub-regional Preparatory Conference for the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

Opening Ceremony

• 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 
  Welcome Address (pdf, 1mb)
  

• Chui Sai On, Honorable Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Government of Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
  Opening Remarks (pdf, 1.7mb)
  

• Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
  Overview of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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Plenary Sessions

• Rajesh Tandon, Participatory Research Institute Asia, India
  Keynote Speech I: Societal Commitment and Social Responsibility of Higher Education
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• Charas Suwanwela, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  Keynote Speech II: Research and Innovation in Higher Education
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• Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia
  Consultation on Draft Regional Report of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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• Molly Lee, UNESCO Bangkok
  Keynote Speech III: Trends and Issues Re-shaping Higher Education
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• John Daniel, Commonwealth of Learning
  Keynote Speech IV: Towards a New Agenda in Higher Education
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Country Reports

• AUSTRALIA, Leo Goedegebuure, University of New England
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• CAMBODIA (Kingdom of), Chealy Chet, Office of the Council of Ministers
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• INDONESIA (Republic of), Lr. Nizam, Ministry of National Education
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• JAPAN, Kazuo Todani, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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• LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, Khamphone Xaysomphou, Ministry of Education
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• MACAO, Special Administrative Region, P.R. China, Keith Morrison, Macau Inter-University
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• MALAYSIA, Hassan Basri, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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• MONGOLIA, Chuluuntsetseg Dagvadorj, Mongolia National Council for Education Accreditation
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• PHILIPPINES (Republic of the), Nona S. Ricafort, Commission on Higher Education
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• REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Sang-Duk Choi, Korean Educational Development Institute
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• SINGAPORE, Jason Tan, National Institute of Education
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• THAILAND (Kingdom of), Chantavit Sujatanond, Commission on Higher Education
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• VIET NAM (Socialist Republic of), Nguyen Thi Le Huong, Department of Higher Education
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• CHINA (People's Republic of), Libing Wang, Zhejiang University
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Parallel Session I

Special Topic

• Rod Manns
  Role of Regional Harmonization, Working together to Reshape Higher Education through Quality Assurance
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• Supachai Yavaprabhas
  ASEAN Higher Education Area
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Strengthening Connection among Research, Teaching and Service Mission 

• Peter Boothroyd, Titiporn Siriphant Puntasen, Peter Taylor, Fernando Kleiman
  Higher Education and Participatory Development: Opportunities for Strengthening the Linkage
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Cross-National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education

• David Chapman
  Cross National Collaboration in the Development of Higher Education Systems in Asia
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• Jesus Fernandez
  Building Capacity toward Region-wide Curriculum and Teaching Materials. Development in Agro-forestry Education in Southeast Asia
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• Benjamin Tak-Yuen Chan
  Pedagogical Issues in Transnational Education: the Case of Postgraduate Pharmacy and Education Programs
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Higher Education Policies: Access and Equity

• Hong Shen
  Access to Higher Education with Student Loans: the Choice of Needy Students in China
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• Keith Morrison
  Equity in Higher Education in Macao: Evidence and a Research Agenda
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• Wu Mei
  The Development of Higher Education in Tibet: A Policy
  Perspective
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Academic Mobility in the Region

• Christopher Pokarier
  Internationalization as Driver of University Reform in Mature Systems? Mixed Evidence from Japan
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• Lrong Lim
  Japan's 300,000 International Student Policy
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• Miki Sugimura
  International Student Mobility and Asian Higher Education Framework for Global Network
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Parallel Session II

Special Topic

• G. Dhanarajan
  Open and Distance Learning
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• Liu Nian Cai
  University Ranking
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Higher Education for Sustainable Development 

• Ramli Mohamed, Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
  Shifting Rhetorics into Reality: Transforming Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Universiti Sains Malaysia in the Apex Framework
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• Bastian Baumann
  Universities and Their Responsibilities - Prerequisites and Underlying Principles
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• Susan Pottier, Ivo Carneiro Sousa
  Development, Environment, and Sciences Education
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Cross-Border Higher Education

• Shengbing Li, Zhiqiang Wang
  Transnational Higher Education in China: Thirty years
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• Prisca Mauve
  The Impact of ICT on Cross-Border Higher Education: Papua New Guinea Perspective
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University - Community Engagement

• Chan Lean Heng
  Engaging and Re-engaging Higher Education in the 21st Century: Possibilities and Challenges
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• Philipp Ivanov
  Internationalization and Community Engagement of Higher Education Institutions: Global and Local Agenda
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• Kiyohiko Kuroda
  Societal Commitment of Higher Education for Development: A Case Study on University-Community Linkage in Vietnam
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Research in the Academic Profession

• Gerard Postiglione
  Reshaping the Academic Profession in Hong Kong's Universities
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• Sam Ching Pey
  Research Environment of Malaysian Private Higher Education Institutes: Features, Funding and Policy Implication
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• Teresa Swirski
  Knowledge Creation in Higher Education
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Special Topics

• Dorte Kristoffersen
  Trends in Quality Assurance in the Asia-Pacific
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• Jandhyala BG Tilak
  Financing Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
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Facing Global and Local Challenges: University - Community
Partnership in Asia

• Chan Lean Heng
  8th ASEAN IUC Resolutions on Building Social ASEAN
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• Peter Taylor
  Learning from experiences of university and community engagement in Vietnam 
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• Ethel Agnes P.Valenzuela
  Reorienting University and Community Partnerships towards Education for Sustainable Development
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• Rajesh Tandon
  Global Alliance on Community-Engaged Research
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Higher Education in Asia-Pacific

• Anthony Welch
  Access and Equity in SE Asian Higher Education: Finance, State Capacity, Privatisation, and Transparency
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• Jouko Sarvi
  Higher Education in Asia Pacific: Access, Quality, Diversity and Equity
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• Jianxin Zhang
  ASEAN Higher Education: On the Road from Elite to Massification
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Social Responsibility of Higher Education

• Euiyoung Kim, Young Ha Cho
  Social Responsibility: A Critical Role for Korean Universities in the 21st Century
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• Sang Un Namgung
  The Role of Returnees in Internationalisation at Korean Universities
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• Rongnan Zhang
  How to Combine Traditions and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
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The Multiple Functions of Higher Education Institutions

• Russell Bishop
  Addressing Diversity and Disparity through Teacher Education
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• Spencer Benson
  The Next Challenge and Frontier: Digital Learners and Digital Teachers
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• Peter Quiddington
  Higher Learning and the Pursuit of a Democratic Regionalism
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