A Talk by Chulalongkorn University Vice President at the THE Asia Universities Summit 2023

From June 21-23, 2023, Professor Kaywalee Chatdarong, Ph.D., Vice President for Strategic Planning, Innovation and Global Engagement, participated in the THE Asia Universities Summit 2023 at the Henry Cheng International Conference Centre in Hong Kong.  The event brought together 500+ delegates to discuss what it will mean to be an Asia university in 2015 and whether there is such a thing as a distinctly “Asian” university in such an economically, culturally, and socially diverse region.

During the panel discussion on June 21, 2023, Vice President Kaywalee delivered a talk on “Innovation and Technology in the Asian Partnership Agenda.” She shared her thoughts on how universities explored the emerging role of innovation and technology in driving collaborations across the region as new element of the internationalization agenda. The panelists in this session included Associate Vice-President and Presidential Chair Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Director of the Office of International Cooperation, University of Science and Technology of China.

Also, during the panel discussion on June 22, 2023, Vice President Kaywalee delivered a talk on “Advancing Higher Education in Asia with Industry Micro-Credentials and Blending Learning.” She shared her thoughts on how to improve graduate employability with industry-relevant skills. The panelists in this session included Head of Asia Coursera, Chancellor of MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, and Dean of the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam.