QS Higher Ed Summit: Asia Pacific 2023

Universities in the Asia Pacific have continuously focused on ensuring that graduates are equipped with the relevant skills and knowledge to succeed in the workplace, despite the constant presence of disruptors in the workspace, such as the rise of automation and the gig economy. Join us from 7-9 Nov in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia as we explore the intersection between universities and the future of work, and how institutions in the region can create the right outcomes for students through a more creative and considered approach to education.

The summit will also address strategies in developing students’ creativity, adaptability and critical thinking skills; how industries can engage with universities for talent building; new areas in industry research partnerships; and the ways AI has impacted the sector. Through discussions among experts from academia, industry and policy, the conference aims to contribute to a better understanding of how universities can prepare students for the ever-changing landscape of the future of work and society.

Don’t miss out on this thought-provoking and forward-looking summit. Register now and be part of the conversation driving positive change in the region’s higher education landscape.

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Thank You to Our 2022 Speakers

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Prof Dr (H C) K H Ma’ruf Amin

Vice President of The Republic of Indonesia

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Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim

Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of Indonesia

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Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment

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Prof Ir Nizam

Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology (Dirjen Dikti Ristek), Indonesia

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Assoc Prof Dr Pasit Lorterapong

Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), Thailand

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Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua-Valenzuela

Director
SEAMEO Secretariat

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Asst Prof Dr Supatra Davison

Assistant President for ASEAN Affairs and the Creative Economy
Prince of Songkla University

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Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi

Chairman
Elsevier

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Ben Sowter

Senior Vice President
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Prof Ari Kuncoro

Rector
Universitas Indonesia

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Prof Dr rer nat Abdul Haris

Vice Rector of Academic and Student Affairs
Universitas Indonesia

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Asst Prof Dr Niwat Keawpradub

President
Prince of Songkla University

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Dr Dian Ekowati

Head, Planning and Development Board
Universitas Airlangga

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Dharma Simorangkir

President Director
Microsoft Indonesia

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Ririn Salwa Purnamasari

Senior Economist, East Asia and Pacific Poverty and Equity Global Practice
World Bank

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Prof Leonard Kwok-Hon Cheng

President
Lingnan University

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Desi Anwar

Journalist
CNN Indonesia

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Prof Dawn Freshwater

Vice-Chancellor
University of Auckland

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Rongyu Li

Vice-President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
The University of Queensland

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Imelda Mulyani Harsono

Executive Vice President Director
Samator Group

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Prof Nigel Healey

Vice President Global and Community Engagement
University of Limerick

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Prof Liz Johnson

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
Deakin University

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Prof Andrew MacIntyre

President Pro Vice-Chancellor
Monash University Indonesia

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Dr Edward Harcourt

Senior Vice President
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Dr Keiko Ikeda

Vice-Director, Professor, Institute for Innovative Global Education
Kansai University

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Dr Vishnu Juwono

Head of Transformation, Risk Management, and Monitoring Evaluation Bureau
Universitas Indonesia

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Prof Dr Indang Ariati Ariffin

Director of Research Management Centre
Management and Science University

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Prof Joshua Ka Ho Mok

Vice-President
Lingnan University

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Dr Jingwen Mu

Strategic Planning Manager
University of Auckland

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Prof Chris Rudd OBE

Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of Campus, Singapore
James Cook University

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Dr Diah Wihardini

Director
BINUS Global Binus University

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Tim Edwards

Chief Marketing Officer
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Prof Pei-Shan Tsai

Dean of Office of Global Engagement Professor of Nursing
Taipei Medical University

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Sari Karmina

Lecturer and Manager of Office of International Affairs
Universitas Negeri Malang

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F Astha Ekadiyanto

Director of Center for Independent Learning
Universitas Indonesia

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Prof Datuk Dr Rohana Binti Yusof

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic and Internationalisation (Kuala Lumpur Campus)
UCSI University

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Dr Takeshi Takama

Chief Executive Officer
su.re.co

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Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar

Associate Professor (Business, Communication and Design Cluster) & Deputy Director (Community Leadership and Social Innovation Centre)
Singapore Institute of Technology

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Leigh Kamolins

Director of Analytics & Evaluation
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Prof Jatna Supriatna

Chairman of Research Center for Climate Change
Universitas Indonesia

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Marie-Laure Caille

Director
The Human Factor

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Prof Sharma Shalendra

Associate Vice-President (Quality Assurance and Internationalization)
Lingnan University

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Dr Arif Perdana

Associate Professor
Monash University, Indonesia

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Claire Whittingham

Managing Director
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Rangga Husnaprawira

Chief Product Officer
GovTech Edu

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Danny Kosasih

Founder and CEO
Didik & Co

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Dr Lisa Lam

Director, Centre for Innovative Service-Learning
Hong Kong Baptist University

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Dr Douglas Proctor

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
Swinburne University of Technology

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Izwal Mazlan

Head of Career Resources & Employer Relations (CaReER)
Taylor’s University Malaysia

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Prof May Tan-Mullins

Dean International and Chief Sustainability Officer
James Cook University

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Dr Muryanto Amin

Rector
Universitas Sumatera Utara

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Dr Ahmad Gamal

Director of Innovation and Science Techno Park
Universitas Indonesia

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Dr Yin Ling Lai

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Operations)
INTI International University, Malaysia

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Prof Dr Ignacio C Cordova, Jr

College Dean
Our Lady of Fatima University (Philippines)

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Dr Andreas Göthenberg

Executive Director
STINT, The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education

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Dr Tatum Syarifah Adiningrum

Senior Manager Academic Development
BINUS University

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Dr Fajar Suryawan

Head of Data Management and Ranking
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

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Prof Partha Sharathi Mallick

Director, Ranking and Accreditation
Vellore Institute of Technology

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Prof Wiwandari Handayani

Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering
Universitas Diponegoro

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Prof Dr Mohd Shahir Liew

Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research Innovation & Commercialisation
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

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Dr Murugan Mariappan

Asst. Director, Office of Ranking & Accreditation
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

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Prof Rafis Abazov

Director of the Institute for Green & Sustainable Development and Visiting Professor
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University (KazNARU)

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Fathimath Nasiha Abdul Muhaimin

Head of Centre of the Centre for Foundation Studies
The Maldives National University (MNU)

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Prof Dr Ali Khatibi

Senior Vice President for Post Graduate, Business & Social Science Cluster
Management and Science University

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Assoc Prof Herma Dina Setiabudi

Deputy Director (Rankings Division), Centre for Corporate & Quality Affairs
Universiti Malaysia Pahang

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Prof Dr Eng Himsar Ambarita

Director of Internationalization and Global Partnership
Universitas Sumatera Utara

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Grace Marcelina Gunawan

Head of Learning
PINTAR

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Dr Gatot Fatwanto Hertono

Director of Academic Development and Learning Resources
Universitas Indonesia

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Dr Aftab Ara

Research Coordinator
Global Sustainable Future

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Dr Dase Hunaefi

Deputy Director for International Collaboration and Relations
IPB University

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Dr Karthik Krishnan

Associate Dean, Office of Research and Partnerships
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence

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Sardar Yasir Mehmood Dogar

High Court Lawyer, Research Associate and Lecturer
University of Punjab-Law Department, Lahore High Court

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Collins Chong Yew Keat

Assistant Registrar
Universiti Malaya

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Harshita Tripathi

Senior Manager, Office of Research and Partnerships
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence

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Assoc Prof Mohd Hafiz Mohd Hanafiah

Deputy Dean (Research and Industry Linkages)
Universiti Teknologi MARA

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Prof Djoko Triyono

Chair of the Work Team for World Class University
Universitas Indonesia

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Dr Chia-Shu Lin

Professor, Department of Dentistry
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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Monica Hornung Cattan

Head of Programs
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Anton John Crace

Editor & Program Designer
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Prof Jun Hyun Hong

Professor of Public Service
Chung-Ang University

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Zoya Zaitseva

Head of Partnerships & Charity
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Jacob Saw

Institutional Support Specialist
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Henna Mansuri

Institutional Support Specialist
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Dr Rukuh Setiadi

Associate Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Universitas Diponegoro

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Azlina Kamal

Education Specialist
UNICEF

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Afifah Darke

Deputy Editor
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Hiromi Sakae Ogawa

Executive Director
Envision Inc.

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Dr Geneva Stein

Director of Graduate Programs
Minerva University

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Allan Chou

Founder
RAIDiCal

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Dr Charles Chang

Deputy Dean of Academics, Professor of Finance, Director of the Fintech Research Center
Fanhai International School of Finance at Fudan University

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Dr Agustin Kusumayati

Secretary to the University
Universitas Indonesia

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Dirk Hopfl

Founder & Managing Director
eduALTO

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Prof Sibrandes Poppema

President
Sunway University

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Dr Stanislaw Paul MAJ

SPM Consulting
Assumption University of Thailand

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Dr Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin

Deputy Head of the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) and Senior Analyst at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Dr Khalid AlQumaizi

Dean, College of Medicine
AlMaarefa University

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Dr Muhammad Jawad

Assistant Professor
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan

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Girish Gopalakrishnan

Head of Products
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Prof Venky Shankararaman

Vice Provost (Education)
Singapore Management University

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Shane Dillon

Founder & CEO
Cturtle

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Gordon Scott

Managing Director
Successful Graduate

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Dr Robert Partridge

Dr. Robert Partridge Executive Director of Student and Academic Services
The University of Glasgow

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Dr Nurtami Soedarsono

Vice-Rector of Research and Innovation
Universitas Indonesia

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Dr Ahmad Syafiq

Director for Career Development and Alumni Relations
Universitas Indonesia

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Shabnam (Shay) Ivković

Director – International Strategic Initiatives, Co-operative & Experiential Education
University of Waterloo

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Dr Norah McRae

Associate Provost – Co-operative & Experiential Education
University of Waterloo

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Dr Roger Y Chao Jr

Assistant Director / Head - Education, Youth and Sports Division
The ASEAN Secretariat

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Prof Dato Mohd Ekhwan Hj Toriman

Vice Chancellor
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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Prof Christian Luong

President
The American University of Science

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Michael Stewart Knight

Director of Linguistics and Applied Language Sciences, American School of Linguistics and Applied Language Sciences
The American University of Science

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Robert Wenn

Academic Specialist
The American University of Science

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Robert Bruce McKeith

Academic Specialist
The American University of Science

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Bridget Leary

Corporate Partnerships Manager
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Jeroen Prinsen

Regional Director Asia Pacific
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