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Annual Presidents Meeting 2008
Presentations
June 26: Welcome Dinner
June 27: APRU Forum
- Keynote Speech
- Government Leaders Session
- Business Leaders Session
June 28:
JUNE 26: WELCOME DINNER
Speech by Special Guest, Dr Sadako Ogata, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Tradition and Innovation in Higher Education: Redefining Co-existence, Managing Change and Enhancing Opportunities
Keynote Speech
University Internationalization Policies in
Japan
Mr Isao Kiso, Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry
of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Government Leaders Session
- "Policy Making admist Increasing Globalization in the Pacific Rim"
Speech by Professor Heizo Takenaka
Professor Heizo Takenaka, Keio University; former Minister of
Internal Affairs & Communications, Japan
Diplomacy and its Role for Knowledge Exchanges
Mr Shotaro Yachi, Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Business Leaders Session
- "Innovation, Technology, and Globalization in the Pacific Rim"
Development of Innovative Talent
Mr Kakutaro Kitashiro, Senior Advisor, IBM Japan, Ltd.
Toyota for the Future - In Pursuit of 3
Sustainabilities
Mr Katsuaki Watanabe, President and Representative Director, Toyota
Motor Corporation
13th Annual Presidents Meeting in 2009
President Jean-Lou Chameau, California Institute of Technology
Overview of APRU World Institute's (AWI)
2007-2008 Activities
Dr Richard Drobnick, APRU Secretary General Emeritus, AWI Managing
Director, and
Director, Center for International Business Education and Research,
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
JUNE 28: PRESIDENTS OPEN FORUM
Osaka University
Re-creation of Tradition: Connecting
Historical Roots with Frontier Research
President Kiyokazu Washida
Far Eastern National University
Far Eastern National University: Recent Accomplishments and
Strategic Development Issues
President Vladimir Kurilov
National Taiwan University
Internationalization at NTU: Plans and
Benchmarks
President Si Chen Lee
University of British Columbia
Leading by Example: UBC and Sustainability
President Stephen Toope
University of California, Santa Barbara
Global Collaboration
Chancellor Henry Yang
University of Indonesia
Universitas Indonesia: Towards 2012
Rector Gumilar Rusliwa Somantri
University of Tokyo
G8 University
Summit: Global Sustainability and the Role of Universities
President Hiroshi Komiyama
Zhejiang University
Innovative International Partnerships: Eliminating Barriers and
Grasping Opportunities
President Wei Yang