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

 

APRU World Institute Report

 

 

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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

 

 

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