4 September 2019
On 4–5 September, the 5th Eastern Economic
Forum is to host the 8th APEC Conference on Cooperation in Higher Education in
Asia-Pacific Region. Official delegations of the Asia-Pacific region countries,
including ministers of education, rectors of leading universities, directors of
relevant departments, scientists and experts will attend the event. The
conference title is ‘APEC in the 21st Century: A New Approach
to Education’. Recommendations and proposals
following the conference will be presented at the APEC summit, which takes
place in Chile in November 2019.
Plenary session with the participation
of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Kotyukov and the rector of the Far Eastern Federal University Nikita
Anisimov will be the highlight of the conference. Rector of Tokai University
(Japan) Kiyoshi Yamada, Rector of Amity University (India) Atul Chauhan and
Executive Director of the Organization for University Mobility in Asia and the
Pacific (UMAP) Yuko Kobayakawa will also address the meeting. The session will
discuss the prospects and limitations of cooperation in science and technology
between APEC countries, the role of universities in the economic development of
Asia, the shift of universities towards becoming competitive world-class
research centres, and the strengthening of cooperation between universities in
Russia and Asia-Pacific countries. The plenary session of the conference is
scheduled for 4 September.
Another important event of the APEC
Education Conference is the ‘Regional and Global Networks: New Tools
for the Collaboration’ session. Deputy Director of the
Department of State Policy in Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and
Science of the Russian Federation Alexander Babich, Vice Rector for International
Relations at FEFU Victoria Panova, Chair of the APEC Human Resources
Development Working Group Dong Sun Park, Pro Vice-Chancellor International at the
University of Southern Queensland Ren Yi will present at the session. The
session will present successful regional and global projects in the field of
education implemented under the UN, APEC, BRICS, G20 and other international
organizations and associations. Participants will also consider the role of
scientific and educational centres in achieving the goals set forth by the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the establishment of regional and global research and hi-tech
scientific centres.
The Eastern Economic Forum hosts the
APEC Conference on Cooperation in Higher Education for the fifth time.
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