Program

08:15 – 08:30 (GMT+8) // 09:15 – 09:30 (GMT+9)

Registration

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08:30 – 08:40 (GMT+8) // 09:30 – 09:40 (GMT+9)

Welcome and Introduction

Michael FUNG President, HEPA Association; Singapore

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08:40 – 09:10 (GMT+8) // 09:40 – 10:10 (GMT+9)

Joint Opening Addresses

Hyungju PARK President, Ajou University; Korea

Thiam Soon TAN President, Singapore Institute of Technology; Singapore

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09:10 – 10:10 (GMT+8) // 10:10 – 11:10 (GMT+9)

Keynote Presentations

Moderator: Michael FUNG Deputy Chief Executive (Industry), SkillsFuture Singapore, Ministry of Education; Singapore

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Are We Ready to Give Up Teaching?

Sunggi BAIK Professor Emeritus and Former President, POSTECH; Korea

Updating Higher Education to Adapt to the Changing Times

Joan MOH Divisional Director, Higher Education (Planning, Skills and Academic Research), Higher Education Group, Ministry of Education; Singapore

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10:10 – 10:20 (GMT+8) // 11:10 – 11:20 (GMT+9)

Group Photo and Break

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10:20 – 11:40 (GMT+8) / 11:20 – 12:40 (GMT+9)

Panel Discussion: Managing Recent Disruptions in Higher Education

Moderator: Mary HO Impact Officer, Vertigo Ventures; Canada

Discussants:

• Stephen WELLER Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian Catholic University; Australia

• Raghu RAMAN Dean, School of Business & Director, Amrita Center for Accreditations, Rankings & Eminence, Amrita University; India

• Euiho SUH Vice President, School of Business, Ajou University; Korea

• Clarence TI Deputy President (Administration), National University of Singapore; Singapore

• Wenqin SHEN Associate Professor, Peking University; China

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11:40 – 12:20 (GMT+8) // 12:40 – 13:20 (GMT+9)

Topical Presentation 1: Educating a New Demographic

Session Chair: Alison LLOYD Associate Vice-President (Institutional Research and Strategic Planning) Hong Kong Baptist University; Hong Kong SAR

Responding to the Challenges in Higher Education through Workplace Learning

Arthur POH Director, National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning, Singapore Institute of Technology; Singapore

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12:20 – 13:20 (GMT+8) / 13:20 – 14:20 (GMT+9)

Lunch Break

13:20 – 14:40 (GMT+8) // 14:20 – 15:40 (GMT+9)

Topical Presentations 2: New Ways of Teaching

Session Chair: Guy PERRING Regional Director (Asia), I-Graduate; Malaysia

Supporting Students on Learning through High Tech and High Touch in our New Normal

May LIM Director, Centre for Learning Environment and Assessment Development, Singapore Institute of Technology; Singapore

Next-Generation Assessment Spurs Smarter Learning

Hamish COATES Professor and Director, Higher Education Division, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University; China

How to Implement Generic Skills Development Programmes into our Curricula

Izumi SEKIZAWA Co-director of the Centre for Research and Development in Higher Education, Higashi-Nippon International University; Japan

Beyond the Teaching and Learning - Toward the New Educational Paradigm of the Future Society

Gu-Wuck BU President, Youngsan University; Korea

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14:40 – 15:20 (GMT+8) // 15:40 – 16:20 (GMT+9)

Topical Presentation 3: AI in Education

Session Chair: Mun Heng TSOI Vice President (Planning), Singapore Institute of Technology; Singapore

Challenges to Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jin-Hyung KIM President, The JEI University and Professor Emeritus, KAIST; Korea

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15:20 – 15:30 (GMT+8) // 16:20 – 16:30 (GMT+9)

Break

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15:30 – 16:45 (GMT+8) // 16:30 – 17:45 (GMT+9)

Parallel Interactive Sessions

A. Post-COVID Adjustments

Facilitator: Ernest CHAN Associate Vice President (Planning and Coordination), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Hong Kong, SAR

B. Rankings and World-Class University Development

Facilitator: Sung Pyo JUN Professor Emeritus, University of Ulsan, Korea

C. Future of Education

Facilitator: Kin Leong PEY Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies and SUTD Academy, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Singapore

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16:45 – 17:15 (GMT+8) // 17:45 – 18:15 (GMT+9)

Large Group Sharing

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17:15 – 17:30 (GMT+8) // 18:15 – 18:30 (GMT+9)

Closing Remarks

Michael FUNG President, HEPA Association; Singapore

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17:30 pm (GMT+8) // 18:30 pm (GMT+9)

Group Photo