APRU Forum Session (May 29, 2007)
Higher Education
and Emerging Economies: Developments in the Asia Pacific and
International Cooperation in China
Breakfast Talk
"Fitting in to the World...the Melbourne Model"
Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis, University of Melbourne
Keynote Speech I
New Emerging Economies and Higher Education: The China Case, and the
Issue of Regionalization
His Excellency Zhang Xinsheng, Vice Minister for Education,
People's
Republic of China
Keynote Speech II
"Science and Technology in the 21st Century"
Professor Franklin Yang Chen Ning, Distinguished Physicist,
Winner of 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics
Keynote Speech III
"Beyond the Enlightenment Mentality: The Humanistic Spirit in the
21st Century"
Professor Tu Weiming, Director, Harvard-Yenching Institute,
Professor, Harvard University
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APRU Projects and
Future Directions (May 30, 2007)
APRU
CIO 2007 Conference at USC
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Presidents Open Forum (May 30, 2007)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
HKUST Institute for Advanced Study
President Paul Chu
University of Sydney
The United States Study Centre and Sydney University
Vice-Chancellor Gavin Brown
University of Oregon
How We Talk With Each Other
President David B Frohnmayer
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo - Aiming at the Pinnacle of Global Knowledge
President Hiroshi Komiyama
Seoul National University
Initiatives for Science Technology at Seoul National University
President Lee Jang-Moo
Taiwan University
Pushing the Frontiers of Excellence: Advanced Research at Taiwan
University
President Si-Chen Lee
Osaka University
Osaka University's Strategic Initiative for Human Security in the
Pacific Rim and Beyond: Opening of the Global Collaboration Center (GLOCOL)
President Hideo Miyahara
Kyoto University
Consolidating the Achievements of Natural Disaster Mitigation
Research
President Kazuo Oike
University of Chile
University of Chile: Facing the XXI Century
Rector Victor Perez
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya's Centre for Civilizational Dialogue
Vice-Chancellor Datuk Rafiah Salim
Waseda University
Waseda's Global Initiatives in Nurturing Young Talents
President Katsuhiko Shirai
University of California, Santa Barbara
Going Green at UC Santa Barbara
Chancellor Henry Yang

