The Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Presidents Forum 2020, themed "Knowledge is Power: The Resilience of Asian Universities in a VUCA World", jointly organized and hosted by AUA Executive Presidency 2020-2021 Nazarbayev University and the AUA Secretariat, will be held online from 15:00-18:40 on November 26th, Beijing time.
The AUA Presidents Forum 2020 will take place in the form of two panel discussions respectively titled "Timeless Knowledge: Traditions of Asian Universities in Persisting through a VUCA World" and "Timely Knowledge: Innovation of Asian Universities in Turning Risks into Opportunities".
Agenda
Master of Ceremony: Daniel Pugh, Dean, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University.
| REGISTRATION: 02:30 pm – 03:00 pm | 
| OPENING CEREMONY: 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm | 
| 03:00 pm –03:30 pm | Welcome Remarks | Shigeo Katsu President, Nazarbayev University | 
| Opening Remarks | QIU Yong President, Tsinghua University | 
| Guest of Honor Speech | TBC | 
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| SESSION #1: 03:30 pm – 04:45 pm Timeless Knowledge: Traditions   of Asian Universities in Persisting through a VUCA World | 
| 03:30 pm – 04:45 pm | Moderator: 
 Panelists: 
TAN Eng Chye, President, National University of SingaporeSubhasis Chaudhuri, Director, Indian Institute of TechnologyAgustin Kusumayati, University Secretary, Universitas IndonesiaChandrika Wijeyaratn, Vice Chancellor, University of ColomboSawako Shirahase, Executive Vice President, the University of Tokyo 
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| Break: 04.45 – 05.00 pm | 
| SESSION #2: 05:00 pm – 06:15 pm Timely Knowledge: Innovation   of Asian Universities in Turning Risks into Opportunities | 
| 05:00 pm – 06:15 pm | Moderator: 
 Panelists: 
Bundhit Eua-arporn, President, Chulalongkorn UniversityOH Se-Jung, President, Seoul National University 
Dato’ Ir. Dr.  Mohd. Hamdi Abd. Shukor, Vice Chancellor, Universiti MalayaNilar Aung, Pro-Rector, University of YangonWei Shyy, President, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 
| Break: 06:15 pm – 06:25 pm | 
| 06:25   pm – 06:40 pm | Closing Remarks | Shigeo Katsu President, Nazarbayev University | 
Registration
The event will be hosted via Zoom meeting and is open to all. 
If you would like to attend, please register via the link: https://nu-edu-kz.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gZwkTJ8wTwKQyRHFcjp-kg .
Source: AUA 
Editor: Guo Lili