1. Best Practice Business Models, Partnerships and International Strategies for Long Term Success
Pre-Conference Workshops:
27th February 2017
Main Conference:
28th February & 1st March 2017
Post Conference Workshop:
2nd March 2017
Venue: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Professor Martin
Dunn
Associate Provost
for Research
Singapore University
of Technology and
Design
Professor Graeme
Wilkinson
Vice-Chancellor
Sunway University,
Malaysia
Professor Kil Hyun Kwon
Director of Center for
Excellence on Learning
& Teaching
Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST)
Professor Monique
Skidmore
Deputy Vice-
Chancellor Global,
University of
Tasmania, Australia
Dr. Björn Kjerfve,
Chancellor and
Professor
American
University of
Sharjah, U.A.E
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Transformation
and Disruption in
Higher Education
Sustainable Higher
Education Revenue &
Cost Management Models
Strategic Student
Recruitment and Enrolment
Meeting the
Employability
Challenge: Preparing
for Future Work
Ready Graduates
University- Industry
Partnerships and
Collaboration
Research Innovation and
Incubation Programs
Strategies for Growth:
Internationalization,
Offshoring and Expansions
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Dear Esteemed Educators,
The Asian Higher Education sector is entering a time of
great change. With the recent cuts to government funding
and changes in policy, universities must develop strategic
and effective means of becoming more autonomous,
self-sufficient and competitive. With a revolution in higher
education funding, the rise of alternative education methods
such as online learning and the increasingly competitive
private education world, significant disruption is widely
anticipated for the higher education sector in Asia!
The old mentality of solely relying on tuition revenue also
has to change. Income diversification must be planned for,
and new streams of revenue must be established to sustain
tertiary institutions and enable them to retain enrolments
and support excellence in research and learning outcomes.
This sets the unique theme for the 2017 discussion. I am
delighted to bring you the 2nd Annual Higher Education
Leaders Asia Forum, focusing on strategic business models,
partnerships, growth strategies and best practices to bridge
the gap between excellent quality and the required enrolment
necessary for long term success.
I invite you to explore our program, case studies and meet up
with our top speakers. We hope you will join us in this unique
opportunity to share, engage and brainstorm with your
colleagues.
I look forward to seeing you in February 2017.
Best Regards,
Bella Lai
Program Director
2nd Annual Higher Education Leaders Asia
WHAT 2016 DELEGATES
LIKED ABOUT THE
CONFERENCE:
HIGHLIGHTED CASE STUDIES
“Get to know and be exposed to
thoughts of visionary leaders from
Asia with more brilliant thoughts
presented on how to solve and bring
good towards our work in university
setting”
— Director of Finance,
Universitas Pelita Harapan
“It is a one stop comprehensive
session that puts together ideas and
suggestions from many universities
from across the continent. It is a cost
saving initiative at least for me”
— Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Institute Quality And
Knowledge Advancement
“This was an excellent
conference bringing
together local and
international experts”
— Executive Vice President,
University of Hong Kong
“The topics
addressed are useful
and important”
— VP Quality Assurance, IE
&Accreditation, American
University of Ras Al Khaimah
KAIST from Korea will share
insights on its Education
3.0 - The revolutionary
teaching and learning
system developed to make
it the most innovative
university in Asia in 2016
NTU Edge Lab will illustrate
value creation: Building
a university-industry
collaborative innovation
centre and the strategies
to raise funds for your
innovation centres
University of Nottingham
Malaysia will elaborate
on University-Industry
Collaborations (UIC) as a
mechanism to diversify
income streams
PAXTER (Paris-Singapore)
will reveal its findings on
the intensive research
on student mobility and
higher education trends to
forecast the “demographics
tsunami” and digitalization
trends in the next 15 years
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2017 SPEAKERS
Professor Graeme
Wilkinson
Vice Chancellor,
Sunway University,
Malaysia
Professor Trevor
Spedding
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Global Strategy) - South
East Asia, University of
Wollongong, Australia
Prof. Dr. Ahmad
Rafi Mohamed Eshaq,
President & CEO,
Multimedia University
Professor
Peter John Heard
Provost,
Sunway University,
Malaysia
Dr. Björn Kjerfve
Chancellor and Professor,
American University of
Sharjah, U.A.E
Dr. Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-
Singapore), Honorary
Chairman, the Conférence
des Grandes Ecoles,
France, Former President,
ESSEC Business School
(Paris-Singapore)
Professor Kil Hyun Kwon
Director of Center for
Excellence on Learning
& Teaching,
Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and
Technology (KAIST), Korea
Dr. Kevin Downing
Secretary to Council and Court,
Director Knowledge Enterprise
and Analysis, Director
Institutional Analysis Group,
City University of Hong Kong
Professor Lee Wing-on
Vice President
(Administration
and Development),
Open University of
Hong Kong
Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff
Vice-Chancellor
and President,
UCSI University, Malaysia
Chris Harris
Senior Director,
Industry Relations,
Kaplan Singapore
Professor Catherine
O’Sullivan
Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Office of Pathways and
Partnership,
Bond University, Australia
Viktor Cheng
Managing Partner,
NTU EDGE Lab
and TheLastMile,
Singapore
Professor
Ching-Ray Chang
Vice President of
Administrative affairs,
National Taiwan
University
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ho
Sinn Chye
Vice Chancellor & CEO,
Wawasan Open
University, Malaysia
Professor Dr.
Noorsaadah Abd.
Rahman
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(Research & Innovation),
University of Malaya
Prof. Dr. John
Arul Phillips
Dean, School of Education
& Cognitive Science,
Asia e University
Adam Thompson
Assistant President
- Academic Affairs,
Stamford International
University, Thailand
Professor Sherman Young
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Learning and Teaching,
Macquarie University,
Australia
Dr. Christine Chow
Principal Advisor Global
Business, RMIT University
Australia; Author,
Reshaping Universities for
Survival in the 21st Century:
New Opportunities and
Paradigms
Professor Helen Bartlett
Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Chief Executive, Monash
University, Malaysia
Simon Phillips
Regional Admissions
Director
(South East Asia),
Les Roches and Glion
Alan Go
Senior Advisor to CEO,
ERC Institute, Singapore
Professor Monique
Skidmore
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Global, University of
Tasmania, Australia
Professor Martin Dunn
Associate Provost for
Research, Singapore
University of
Technology and Design
Professor Dr. Pradeep
Kumar Nair
Deputy Vice Chancellor,
Taylor’s University,
Malaysia
Ryan Keough
Vice President,
University Advancement,
Asia-Pacific
International University
Dr Geoffrey Williams
Director,
Williams Business
Consultancy, Malaysia
Professor
Graham Kendall
Provost and CEO,
University of Nottingham
Malaysia Campus,
Pro Vice Chancellor,
University of Nottingham
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CONFERENCE DAY ONE
TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2017
08.00 Morning Refreshment and Registration
08:30 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
The Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
08:40 Speed Networking
OUTLOOK FOR ASIA’S HIGHER EDUCATION
08:50 Repositioning Asia’s Higher Education Sector in a Volatile,
Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) World
Mapping and addressing the current driving forces
impacting the development of higher education
Asia as one-stop destination: Optimizing the competitive
edges to attract global and regional students
Spearheading technology investment as the driving force
to move the university forefront
Decoding and meeting the changing needs of millennial
students
Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff
Vice-Chancellor and President,
UCSI University, Malaysia
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
The Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
Professor Monique Skidmore
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global,
University of Tasmania, Australia
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & DISRUPTION
09:25 How Can your Institution Prepare for the Next 15 Years in
the Age of Digital and Demographic Disruption?
An intensive research on student mobility and higher
education trends from 68 countries representing 90% of
students on the planet has been conducted at Paxter.
The findings will be illustrated in this session to forecast
the “demographics tsunami” and digital trends in the next
15 years. Prepare to discover these interesting findings and
stay abreast of the student mobility pathways.
Global and regional trends of academic demographics
Unlocking arising opportunities with digital strategies
How to leverage Asia’s values to attract students and
reshape multiple models of Asian universities
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
The Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
09:55 Digital Disruption Trends and how Universities Can
Effectively Ensure Sustainability
Gearing up for the evolution of new education delivery
models: MOOCs, online degrees, and learning analytics –
the commercial opportunities
Strategic Ed tech investment and strengthening the
capabilities of your CIO an ICT department
Seamlessly marrying new technologies with traditional
teaching methods for more effective outcomes
Change to be the new constant: Leveraging learning
analytics to drive the informed changes
Panelists
Professor Dr. Pradeep Kumar Nair
Deputy Vice-Chancellor,
Taylor's University
Prof. Dr. John Arul Phillips
Dean,
School of Education & Cognitive Science, Asia e University
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ho Sinn Chye
Vice Chancellor & CEO,
Wawasan Open University
Professor Kil Hyun Kwon
Director of Center for Excellence on Learning & Teaching,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST)
10:30 Morning Break and Networking Session
11:00 Propelling Research Commercialization, Technology
Transfer and Entrepreneurship to Uplift Innovation and
Financial Standing
Community and industry engagement to identify high-
impact research opportunities
Translating research into impactful outcomes to harness
the commercial returns
Scaffolding whole ecosystems for entrepreneurial
research, innovations, alliances and services
Solving the funding puzzle with successful practices on
winning research grants
Enhancing the commercial proof of concepts with young
start-ups incubation
Gauging the fine line between university’s knowledge
mission and industry’s drive for profit
Dr. Kevin Downing
Secretary to Council and Court, Director Knowledge
Enterprise and Analysis, Director Institutional Analysis Group,
City University of Hong Kong
11:30 Education 3.0 - the Revolutionary Teaching and Learning
System Developed at KAIST
KAIST is ranked the most innovative university in Asia
(August 2016, Thomson Reuters). The university has
developed Education 3.0, an innovative pedagogy and
instructional strategies to place the emphasis on flipped
learning and discussion within the classroom. The
revolutionary pedagogy and instructional approach offers
students the freedom in learning, facilitates globalized,
integrated and interactive learning by using online learning
contents, and well structured discussion frameworks. Based
on the various collected data, KAIST strives to gain insights
and make further development to the Education 3.0 initiative.
This session will highlight the development of Education 3.0,
how to increase its adoption and increase productivity of
learning.
Professor Kil Hyun Kwon
Director of Center for Excellence on Learning & Teaching,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST)
12:00 Balancing Pedagogy and Technology to Strengthen Higher
Education Delivery Models
Marrying pedagogy and technology to propel learning
outcomes
Spurring interactive and collaborative learning across the
campus
Teaching and learning excellence with the help of
pedagogy, space and technology
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CONFERENCE DAY ONE
TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2017
Building an innovative, up-to-date and relevant curriculum
that spurs innovation
Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ho Sinn Chye
Vice Chancellor & CEO,
Wawasan Open University
12:30 Networking Lunch Break
MEETING THE EMPLOYABILITY CHALLENGE: PREPARING
FOR FUTURE WORK READY GRADUATES
13:30 Meeting the Employability Challenge in the Age Of Sharing
Economy and Crowd-Based Capitalism
University graduates are now emerging into a rapidly
changing employment market. Some traditional job roles
are disappearing and new ones are emerging. These changes
are primarily driven by information and communication
technologies, which are both automating some traditional
jobs out of existence yet also creating new opportunities
for intelligent highly-driven new graduates to establish
new forms of business. The key issue for universities is how
best to prepare graduates for this rapidly changing World of
work. In this session you will hear about
How growth in higher education participation rates
worldwide is impacting graduate employability rates
The changing patterns of employment driven by ICT and
the growth in so-called “crowd-based capitalism”
The changing requirements for graduate employability
skills
How universities need to adapt their employability skills
training to address the changing employment market
Professor Graeme Wilkinson
Vice-Chancellor,
Sunway University
14:00 Creating Outstanding Campus Experience to Prepare
Future-Ready Graduates - the Case Study from Bond
University
Bond University has been named top of the class for student
experience for the 11th consecutive year in the latest edition
of The Good Universities Guide.
Bond was a stand-out across the education experience
measures, also ranking number one nationally for
Forming strategic partnerships with industry
Driving opportunities to generate external research
income
Balancing competing demands of stakeholders
Creating industry opportunities for students and
graduates
Combining world-class quality and business efficiency
Professor Helen Bartlett
President & Chief Executive / Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Monash University Malaysia
15:30 Afternoon Break and Networking Session
15:50 Unlocking the Diversified Revenue Streams for a Less
Tuition-Dependent Operation
Thinking differently about managing higher education
institutions: addressing the volatility of higher education
to economic conditions
Successful joint venture models
Assessing the demand to cultivate lifelong learning courses
Successful frameworks to drive philanthropic endowments
Panelists:
T. Ryan Keough
Vice President, University Advancement,
Asia-Pacific International University
Dr Geoffrey Williams
Director,
Williams Business Consultancy
Viktor Cheng
Managing Partner,
NTU EDGE Lab and TheLastMile, Singapore
Professor Graham Kendall
Provost and CEO, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus,
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham
Professor Graeme Wilkinson
Vice-Chancellor,
Sunway University
16:25 Streamlining Campus Operations to Boost Efficiency and
Save Costs to Re-Focus Funding for University’s Core
Missions
learner engagement, learning resources and teaching
quality. Bond University was awarded the highest rating for
skills development and student support, classing it among
Australia's very best universities.
The session will highlight the pathways to ensure students
experience with relevant career and industry exposure, the
knowledge applications via its academic and industry
collaboration initiatives.
Catherine O’Sullivan
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Office of Pathways and Partnership,
Bond University, Australia
14:30 Incorporating Industrial Partners as Part of Curriculum
Assessments
Why incorporate industrial partners in curriculum design?
What are the criteria for such industrial partners?
How do students and industry partners benefit?
Grading students on industrial engagement projects
Alan Go
Deputy CEO,
ERC Institute, Singapore
SUSTAINABLE HIGHER EDUCATION REVENUE
& COST MANAGEMENT MODELS
15:00 Reinventing Higher Education Business Models: Ushering
the Dawn of a Self-Financing and Autonomous University
Established some 17 years ago, Monash University Malaysia
has transformed its positioning from a small branch campus
to a world class, self-financing and research-led institution.
The joint venture between Monash University and the Jeffrey
Cheah Foundation is considered to be one of the most
successful transnational higher education partnerships in
the region.
Spearheading the dynamic partnership, Professor Bartlett
will share the success pathway to build a private university as
a sustainable business, balancing competing demands
from various stakeholders. This session will chart the journey
of a progressive higher education institution, which achieves
world-class quality at the same time as business
effectiveness.
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Sharing of professional services: what services can be
shared?
Integrating shared and non-shared services to optimize
cross-campus efficiency
One size doesn’t fit all: can the service model be tailored to
meet an institution’s fit?
Benchmarking the efficiency of shared services
Balancing cost with quality to achieve long term success
Professor Peter John Heard
Provost,
Sunway University
STRATEGIC STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND ENROLMENT
16:55 Understanding the Changing Expectations from Parents and
Students to Drive Highly Effective Student Recruitment
Campaigns in Asia
Rank and brand are still important, but more and more
students are asking, what is my return on investment? Today,
parents, students and career advisors are carefully assessing
higher education options and weighing up the real return of
their investment including career prospects, multicultural
exposure, campus experience, alumni network and of course,
career prospects.
With over 16 years’ experience in leading successful
international student admissions campaigns and enrolling
students into higher education institutions in Australia,
Singapore, USA, UK, Switzerland, Spain and China, Simon
will share some practical insights on the changing
expectations of students and how he prepares strategies and
action plans to recruit more students through better
designed more personalised and targeted campaigns.
What defines the millennia’s return of investment on higher
education? And who is really making the final decision?
Collaborating with career services offices and decision
influencers to customize and personalise student outreach
programs
Capturing diversified marketing channels to maximise the
touch points with the students
Forming strategic engagement with community and
academia to enhance branding
Simon Phillips
Regional Admissions Director (South East Asia),
Les Roches and Glion
17:25 Towards a University of Choice –Improving Student
Recruitment Strategies in a Highly Competitive Market
Decoding and meeting student’s expectation for a 21st
century university
Nurturing the reputation: what are other major values
besides ranking?
Redefining and strengthening your institution’s unique
value proposition offering to the students
Evaluating targeted recruitment and lead conversion
strategies
Leveraging Omni-channel marketing to nurture touch
points with the students
Panellists:
Simon Phillips
Regional Admissions Director (South East Asia),
Laureate Hospitality Education
Adam Thompson
Assistant President - Academic Affairs,
Stamford International University, Thailand
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Rafi Mohamed Eshaq
President / CEO,
Multimedia University
Alan Goh
Senior Advisor to CEO,
ERC Institute
18:00 End of Conference Day One
CONFERENCE DAY ONE
TUESDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2017
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY, 1ST MARCH 2017
08.30 Morning Refreshment and Registration
08:50 Opening Remarks from the Chairman
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
09:00 Asia Higher Education in the Post-Massification Era:
Knowledge Paradigm Shift to Stay Market-Sensitive for the
21st Century Knowledge Economy
With the massifying trend reshaping Asia higher education,
sustaining fully government-funded higher education
institutions becomes a challenge. Autonomous and self-
financing higher education is the natural and healthy
evolution to respond to the trend.
Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) is an esteem self-
financing institution, transformed from its fully-funded
structure. The recipe sustaining its success is the market-
sensitive curriculum planning, the sharpened focus on
pragmatic and market-oriented courses to meet the needs of
18,000 full-time and part-time students. The university
studies what kind of graduates the markets want and delivers
the manpower that is needed; thus stays sustainable.
Professor Lee Wing-on has been involved in the development
of these aspects and will share his perspectives, principles
and intent behind to stay sustainable, relevant and
indispensable in the 21st knowledge century.
Professor Lee Wing-on
Vice President (Administration and Development),
Open University of Hong Kong
RESEARCH INNOVATION & INCUBATION PROGRAMS
09:30 The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
Research and Innovation Enterprise – a Model for
Tomorrow’s University
Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)
(established in 2009)’s research and innovation enterprise
creates and translates knowledge that matters. It contributes
to Singapore's national priority of building an innovation-
based society and economy, both through important research
outcomes as well as the education of technically-grounded
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY, 1ST MARCH 2017
Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) program
currently works with over 2,000 partners locally and
internationally to provide experiential learning to over 7,000
students annually. This presentation will explore the
opportunities and challenges of this key initiative.
Professor Sherman Young
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning and Teaching,
Macquarie University
11:30 Building Strong Industry-Academia Collaborations for
Greater Funding and Less Tuition Fee-Dependent
The traditional model of higher education attraction based
on ranking is no longer the only working model due to the
changing demands from students and the industry. Young
entrepreneur universities are now gaining concrete
reputation for its proactive approaches, relevancy and
direct impact to its stakeholders. This session will focus on a
young university who embarked on the innovative journey to
build its institution’s brand and gain recognition from the
values it presents to the industry
From ivory tower to the incubator: reassessing your
institution’s positioning to students, industry and
community
Augmenting the institution’s recognition by strengthening
your position with the 2 key stakeholders: industry and
students
Re-affirming the values of your qualifications for the
students
Affirming the positioning to industry: access to quality
students, and affordable consultation
Professor Ching-Ray Chang
Vice President of Administrative affairs,
National Taiwan University
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 University-Industry Collaborations (UIC) as a Mechanism to
Diversify Income Streams
As an established private research university, The University
of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) has an active
research portfolio which is drawn from various sources but
which has an emphasis on business engagement.
This session will focus on the strategic engagement with
leaders via research. In this talk, provost Martin will describe
STUD’s research and innovation enterprise – an agile network
of centers, innovation clusters, and labs - to address
important societal problems worldwide; to create meaningful
impacts in and for Singapore; and to contribute richness to
the educational experiences across the university.
Empowering innovation through purposeful foresight,
design strategy, and entrepreneurial catalysis;
Emphasizing convergent research that brings deep
disciplinary knowledge to teams spanning multiple
disciplines and external stakeholders to address important
challenges at the edges and between traditional disciplines;
and iii)
Creating broad impact across academic, corporate, start-
up, and government constituencies.
Professor Martin Dunn
Associate Provost for Research,
Singapore University of Technology and Design
10:00 Value Creation: Building a University-Industry Collaborative
Innovation Centre
Why are corporations building innovation centres with
universities and the start-up ecosystem?
What are the key issues when building such collaborative
innovation models?
Key lessons learnt from funding, building and operating
innovation centres
Redefining partnership strategies to gain greater flexibility
in acquiring corporate and government funding
How to bring technology relevance and market accessibility
in a timely, sustainable fashion
Viktor Cheng
Managing Partner,
NTU EDGE Lab and TheLastMile, Singapore
10:30 Morning Break and Networking Session
UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
11:00 Corporate Partnership to Enhance Curriculum and Provide
More Opportunities for the Students
As part of its approach to student learning, Macquarie
University has an ambitious community and corporate
engagement program designed to provide work integrated
learning opportunities for all of its students. The university’s
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the business community and several business engagement
projects. UNMC has also established an R&D company
(MyResearch Sdn Bhd) as a vehicle to foster further
engagement with the industrial sector. The talk will illustrate:
The research studies that underpin UICs (University-
Industry Collaborations)
What percentage of revenues other universities, from
across the world, are able to generate from UICs
Is it possible to not be so reliant on student fees? What
diversification strategies are there?
How to secure funds, grants and scholarships from the
industrial sector, which result in a win-win
The different ways to leverage on the intellectual property
that exists within your University
Is it possible to leverage off the students, resulting in
benefits for all stakeholders?
How do you measure the success of a UIC?
Professor Graham Kendall
Provost and CEO,
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus,
Pro Vice Chancellor,
University of Nottingham
13:30 The Happy Couple: Fostering Mutually Beneficial University-
Industry Relationships
How to sell yourself? – Providing strategic expertise to
industry that transforms institution’s positioning
Strengthening university industry relationships for various
supports
Seizing the emerging research opportunities to drive
research competency and overcome funding constraints
Sustaining competitive research impacts with a focus on
outcomes and end-user adoption
Professor Dr. Noorsaadah Abd. Rahman
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation),
University of Malaya
Viktor Cheng
Managing Partner,
EDGE Lab and TheLastMile, Singapore
Chris Harris
Senior Director, Industry Relations,
Kaplan Singapore
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CONFERENCE DAY TWO
WEDNESDAY, 1ST MARCH 2017
15:00 Afternoon Break and Networking Session
15:30 Strengthening International Credit Transfers to Uplift
International Recruitment Strategies
Stamford International University, a member of Laureate
International Universities, is one of the most international
universities in South East Asia with 45% international
students coming from 112 countries and total enrollment
growth of 30% per year for the past four years. The university
has become the first in the region to be accredited by IACBE
for its student-centered business and management
programs.
Bridging the language gap through bi-lingual programs
Best strategies for obtaining IACBE accreditation: an 18
start to finish guide
How to implement a grass roots student-led international
student recruitment strategy
How to maximize the benefit of international collaborations
through offering targeted dual-degree programs
Adam Thompson
Assistant President - Academic Affairs,
Stamford International University, Thailand
16:00 Cultivating a Sustainable Offshore Strategy – the Case Study
of University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong executes a diverse transnational
global education strategy via its progressive overseas
campuses and offshore partners across locations including
Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. It also
comprehensively extends its outreach through student
mobility, distance education, and credit transfer.
Responsible for operations in South East Asia, Professor
Trevor Spedding will share strategic management insights,
which ensure successful and sustainable expansion without
compromising quality.
Professor Trevor Spedding
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy) - South East Asia,
University of Wollongong, Australia
Professor Martin Dunn
Associate Provost for Research,
Singapore University of Technology and Design
STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH: INTERNATIONALIZATION,
OFFSHORING & BRANCH CAMPUSES
14:00 Inter-Academia Partnership to Drive Competitiveness and
Research Capabilities
Advancing partnerships to yield value-added and
quantifiable outcomes
Re-evaluating MOU terms, benchmarking collaborative
performance and ensuring fair ‘Pie-sharing’
Cultivating the right partnering focus which aligns mutual
strengths of the institutions
Optimizing the knowledge exchange and grasping for
extended opportunities
Professor Monique Skidmore
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Global,
University of Tasmania
14:30 Transforming the Internationalisation Efforts with Effective
Cross-Border Mobility Programs
American University of Sharjah, a private not-for-profit
institution in U.A.E, is ranked #7 in QS Rankings - Arab
Region 2015. A decent 84% out of its 6,000 annual enrolment
are international students from 99 countries, making the
university highly recognised for its international standard.
The university’s internationalisation success comes from the
effective credentialing, partnering and mobility management
efforts.
Easing the visa and procedure hassle for an enhanced
international students experience
Expanding the outreach to the prospective students: online
programs, digital marketing and local recruitment agency
Tackling budget constraints in internationalization efforts
Generating internationalization opportunities via joint
programs, international accreditation, cross-border
research partnership
Dr. Björn Kjerfve
Chancellor and Professor,
American University of Sharjah
KEYNOTECASESTUDY
CASESTUDY
16:30 Expanding the Institution’s Footprint with International
Branch Campuses
The demand for International Branch Campuses is on the
rise, especially with the rising demand growing especially in
Asia and the saturated market in the local market. The
session will illustrate effective strategies for establishing
branch campus that can sustain long term growth for the
institution.
Strategies for building sustainable international expanding
and exporting models
Grasping rising opportunities from building international
branch campus
Critical success factors for IBCs
Managing organizational boundaries between the home
and branch campuses
Benchmarking the satellite campus performance
Christine Chow
Principal Advisor Global Business, RMIT University Australia;
Author, Reshaping Universities for Survival in the 21st
Century: New Opportunities and Paradigms
17:00 End of Conference
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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY 2017
(9:00-11:30) WORKSHOP A
How to Raise Funds for your Innovation Centre from Corporations,
Government and Investors
Hosting an innovation centre is a great way to bring together investors, students, faculty, entrepreneurs
and community business executives. It’s an important piece of the equation that creates the key
connections needed for building a vibrant innovation ecosystem. In this hands-on workshop, Viktor will
show and guide you through what it takes to put together an innovation centre project. He will share his
experiences from his wins, having raised tens of million dollars in his 25 year long career. This when done
right, opens up tremendous opportunities for new sources of investment, licensing and involvement with
your research enterprise.
Viktor Cheng
Managing Partner,
NTU EDGE Lab and TheLastMile, Singapore
About your Workshop Leader
Viktor Cheng is a recognized industry expert in the research, innovation and enterprise (RIE) value chain.
With exceptional knowledge of technology commercialization, start-up building, innovation centres creation,
intellectual property management and brand strategy, Viktor is the go-to person for all things innovation
and entrepreneurship. Corporations, start-ups, research agencies and universities seek his unparalleled
knowledge in formulating strategies and developing sustainable solutions to business requirements and
innovation ecosystem needs. Software solution providers look to Viktor for guidance in planning and targeting
offerings in the research innovation market.
Viktor has more than 25 years of technical and business experience within the research innovation and start-
up industry. His work for AIA EdgeLab, NTU New Media Centres and IPOS IP Hub has appeared on radio, on air,
in print and social media. His career-long focus has been on delivering high-value solutions for core issues
facing research agencies, innovation centres, universities and start-ups.
Viktor is currently the Managing Partner at NTU EdgeLab and TheLastMile Consultancy. Prior to his tenure at
TheLastMile Consultancy, Viktor was Director of Business and Operations at NTU New Media Research Centres
where he co-founded AIA-NTU EDGE Lab, a collaborative innovation lab looking at the insurance technology
industry. Before that, he was Deputy CEO at IPOS where he masterminded the national IP infrastructure and
capability development plans, culminating in the IP Hub Masterplan. Earlier on, he was a serial entrepreneur
who co-founded and exited several profitable technology start-ups.
(12:00-14:30) WORKSHOP B
Academic Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - How Can an Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem Designed within a University Shape Students’ Future and
Institutional Behavior
How can two case studies, involving a graduate school of engineering and a business school, both
famous for their entrepreneurial ecosystems, inspire better practices?
What type of comprehensive educational strategy can foster students’ willingness to actually create
companies?
Which are the components of an entrepreneurial ecosystem that can/could/should relevantly be built
within a university?
What are the main difficulties that have to be overcome in building these various elements?
Is faculty a resource or a hurdle to the construction of an academic entrepreneurial ecosystem?
How to work on student job-seeking projection to become an entrepreneur factory?
How executive education can be concerned by entrepreneurial academic ecosystem?
What type of results can be expected for an effective academic ecosystem?
How can stakeholders’ involvement be used as a leverage tool for accelerating the entrepreneurial
performance of the university?
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
About Your Workshop Leader
Educated as a scientist (Master of Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, then a PhD in biophysics), Pierre
was an actor in the field of Research in biophysics and Cellular biology for 10 years with Sanofi. In 2001,
he became Dean and President of ESSEC Business School (2001 – 2013). During that period, budget rose
by + 120%, 75% of the academics and 75% of the staff were recruited, the Asian campus was created in
Singapore, Real Estate doubled and ESSEC international rankings went up to # 2 world positioning for several
programs. An entrepreneurial Ecosystem was created, conducing to the creation of 50 companies yearly.
From 2009 to 2013, Pierre was the Chairman of the Conference des Grandes Ecoles, the French national body
representing the elite universities towards public authorities (government, parliament).
In 2013, Pierre created PAXTER SAS (Paris-Singapore) to help other academics or related entities design their
strategy and cope with the complexity of their environment. Additionally, Pierre has been acting as Business
Angel for fifteen years, in areas where his specific expertise can prove helpful: BioTech, MedTech and CSR.
WORKSHOPS
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POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
THURSDAY, 2ND MARCH 2017
(9:00-11:30) WORKSHOP D
Diversifying Revenue Streams for Financial Sustainability on Asia Higher
Education
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) around Asia are facing many challenges in creating affordable and
accessible routes to world-class learning experiences for the next generation of students. Reliance on
tuition fees is both burdensome for students and limiting for universities and new options for mixed income
strategies need to be explored, developed and adopted.
This workshop discusses and shares ideas on funding options for HEIs, which draw on new approaches,
create sustainable financing models and reduce the dependence on tuition fees. Learn the fundamentals of
planning, launching and stabilizing the financial
What are the challenges for financing higher education?
The basics – Fee income and Non-fee income
The Three “Rs” – rental, retail and recreation – creating value from our own community
Research and Grants – building a self-sustaining research eco-system
Endowments, Waqf and Charity – Alumni endowments; Big donor endowments; Earned income
endowments (income and asset sales);
Land-use / facilities usage and maximising space
Privatisation and Commercialisation – Privatisation – hospitals for example are already available
Investment portfolio income – how do we manage our investments, what are the likely returns and what
investment criteria should we take into account?
Dr. Geoffrey Williams
Director,
Williams Business Consultancy (Malaysia)
About Your Workshop Leader
Professor Dr Geoffrey Williams was Deputy Vice Chancellor of Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNIRAZAK). A
graduate of the University of Cambridge, he has held academic positions at London Business School,
Pembroke College University of Oxford and the Universities of London and Nottingham. He was elected
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2004) and Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management (2010).
Geoffrey is Founder and Director of the Academy of Responsible Management Sdn Bhd and Williams Business
Consultancy Sdn Bhd with a specialist practice in higher education management. His recent work has focused
on higher education funding in the private and public sector and he has published thought leadership articles
in the New Straits Times and elsewhere. Further information can be found at his listing at the Social Sciences
Research
(15:00-17:30) WORKSHOP C
Mastering Industry-University Partnership Strategies : the Rich and
Diversified Lessons of the Two-Century-Old “Grandes Ecoles” Experience
How to build a comprehensive overview of the multifaceted relationship between industry and university
How to design pedagogical tracks instrumental in building relations between industry and university?
How to empower students as university ambassadors to economic partners?
Can entrepreneurial ecosystem accelerate relations between industry and university?
How can research policy help accelerate, or not, relations between industry and university? Pull and
Push approaches
Can institutional governance contribute to fostering partnerships between university and industry?
How?
What are the best public governance practices as a leverage tool for developing relations between
industry and university?
How can Executive Education be a leverage agent for accelerating industry-university partnerships?
Can international development or co-development create opportunities to reinforce industry-university
partnerships?
Dr Pierre Tapie
Founder, PAXTER (Paris-Singapore), Honorary Chairman,
the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles, France
About Your Workshop Leader
Educated as a scientist (Master of Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, then a PhD in biophysics), Pierre
was an actor in the field of Research in biophysics and Cellular biology for 10 years with Sanofi. In 2001,
he became Dean and President of ESSEC Business School (2001 – 2013). During that period, budget rose
by + 120%, 75% of the academics and 75% of the staff were recruited, the Asian campus was created in
Singapore, Real Estate doubled and ESSEC international rankings went up to # 2 world positioning for several
programs. An entrepreneurial Ecosystem was created, conducing to the creation of 50 companies yearly.
From 2009 to 2013, Pierre was the Chairman of the Conference des Grandes Ecoles, the French national body
representing the elite universities towards public authorities (government, parliament).
In 2013, Pierre created PAXTER SAS (Paris-Singapore) to help other academics or related entities design their
strategy and cope with the complexity of their environment. Additionally, Pierre has been acting as Business
Angel for fifteen years, in areas where his specific expertise can prove helpful: BioTech, MedTech and CSR.
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY 2017
WORKSHOPS
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