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The Higher Education Planning in Asia (HEPA) Forum 2026 will bring together planners, administrators, and professional service leaders from across Asia and beyond to explore how institutions can respond to today\u2019s fast-changing higher education landscape.<\/span>\u00a0The core focus of the forum will be on three pivotal themes: Innovation<\/b><\/span>, Sustainability<\/b><\/span>, and Engagement<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n Document<\/title>\r\n\r\n<\/head>\r\n<body>\r\n <table border=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\" >\r\n <tr>\r\n <th style=\"background-color: #FFBF5E;\">Day 1: 31 MARCH 2026, TUESDAY<\/th>\r\n <th style=\"background-color: #FFBF5E;\">Day 2: 1 APRIL 2026, WEDNESDAY<\/th>\r\n <th style=\"background-color: #FFBF5E;\">Day 3: 2 APRIL 2026, THURSDAY<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td style=\"width: 33%\"><b> Morning:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li>Opening Ceremony<\/li>\r\n <li>Keynote Address I<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: green;\">Activity: Welcome to the HEPA Community!<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: green;\">Panel Dialogue: Context Setting<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <br>\r\n <b> Afternoon:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li style=\"color: blue;\">Thematic Session I: Innovation<\/li>\r\n\r\n <li style=\"color: orange;\">Campus Tour<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <br>\r\n <b> Evening:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li style=\"color: orange;\">Conference Dinner<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <\/td>\r\n <td style=\"width: 33%\"><b> Morning:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li>Recap of Day 1<\/li>\r\n <li>Keynote Address II<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: blue;\">Thematic Session II: Engagement<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: blue;\">Thematic Session III: Sustainability<\/li>\r\n\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <br>\r\n <b> Afternoon:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li style=\"color: blue;\">Thematic Session IV: Collaboration<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: orange;\">Cultural Activity<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <\/td>\r\n <td style=\"width: 33%\"><b> Morning:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li>Recap of Day 2<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: green;\">World Caf\u00e9 - From Ideas to Institutional Practice<\/li>\r\n <li style=\"color: green;\">Highlights & Reflections: Sharing of Key Takeaways<\/li>\r\n <li>Closing Ceremony<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n <br>\r\n <b> Afternoon:<\/b>\r\n <ul>\r\n <li style=\"color: orange;\">Field Visit<\/li>\r\n <\/ul> \r\n\r\n <br>\r\n <b> End of HEPA Forum 2026<\/b>\r\n <\/td>\r\n \r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n <p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n *Program is subject to change without prior notice.\r\n <\/p>\r\n<\/body>\r\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4253dcd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4253dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-float\" href=\"https:\/\/hepa-association.org\/forum\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HEPA-2026_Program-24-Mar-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405416d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"405416d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db6088f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db6088f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Updated as of 24 March 2026<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fb0e99 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0fb0e99\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3855717 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3855717\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49fb2bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"49fb2bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{"default_state":"expanded","max_items_expended":"one","n_accordion_animation_duration":{"unit":"ms","size":400,"sizes":[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Welcome Address<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Kin Leong PEY<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>President, Higher Education Planning\r\n in Asia (HEPA) Association<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Opening Address<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>Jon GARIBALDI<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>Provost and Pro-Vice Chancellor, The\r\n University of Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>9:20am to 9:40am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Keynote Presentation I: For a Shared Future: Higher Education in\r\n China's 15th Five-Year Plan Period and Ningbo's Practices <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Jinhui CHEN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Deputy Party Secretary, Ningbo Education Bureau<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Session Chair:<\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Kin Leong PEY<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>President, Higher Education Planning\r\n in Asia (HEPA) Association<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal 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margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Activity: Welcome to the HEPA Community!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>One-minute self-introduction by each organization s\r\n representatives to share their key areas of interest and expectations for\r\n attending the forum. This activity fosters networking and idea-sharing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 rowspan=2 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>11:00am to 12:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Context Setting: Navigating the Shifts, Shaping Higher\r\n Education <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>This 60-minute panel revisits key themes and actions\r\n emerging from HEPA 2025, reflecting on how progress has unfolded across\r\n innovation, engagement, and sustainability over the past year. Set against\r\n rapid advances in AI, increasing institutional complexity, and a VUCA\r\n environment, speakers will highlight what has changed, what challenges\r\n persist, and why these issues matter now.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>The session sets the tone for HEPA 2026 by connecting past\r\n insights to present realities and framing the Forum as a platform for\r\n continued collaboration, learning, and collective action.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Panelists:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Wolfgang MUENCH<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research, LASALLE College\r\n of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Sean MCMINN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Director, Center for Education Innovation, The Hong Kong\r\n University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>James BIRKETT<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Registrar, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Roy TAN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Programme Chair, HEPA 2026 Forum Organizing Committee\r\n & Chief Agility Officer, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>12:00pm to 1:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:4.05pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Lunch<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>LA Hotel<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>1:00pm to 3:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> Thematic Session I: Innovation in Higher Education Professional\r\n Services<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Exploring how universities can harness technology, agile processes,\r\n and creative problem-solving to transform professional services and deliver\r\n greater institutional value.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Participants can choose to attend one of the three concurrent breakout\r\n sessions. Each breakout session will host three\/four presentations (15min\r\n each), followed by a Q&A session (15min). Participants will regroup for\r\n the Large Group Sharing by the Moderators of each breakout session.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 rowspan=2 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-top:none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>1:00pm to 2:30pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Parallel Breakout Session I (a): Learning\r\n & Teaching Innovation in an AI-Mediated World<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>This session explores how universities are redesigning learning and\r\n teaching in response to AI and immersive technologies. Presentations examine\r\n curriculum innovation, pedagogical frameworks, and faculty practices that\r\n enable meaningful, ethical, and future-ready learning experiences.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Embracing\r\n Collaborative Creativity: A Strategic Framework for AI Pedagogy in Arts\r\n Education <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Damaris CARLISLE<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Lecturer-in-charge of The Learning Centre, LASALLE\r\n College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> From Classroom\r\n to Culture Futures: Building a Scalable Ecosystem for Next-Generation\r\n Cultural Leadership <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Wolfgang MUENCH<\/span><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 10.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Natalia GRINCHEVA <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research<\/span><\/i><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><i><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Arts\r\n Management<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts\r\n Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Rethinking the\r\n Common Core Curriculum: Flexible Pathways and Wise AI Literacy for an\r\n AI-mediated World <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sean MCMINN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director, Center for Education Innovation, The Hong\r\n Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iv.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>"Preparatory\r\n Strategies for the AI Singularity in Higher Education"<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>BU Gu Wuck <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>President, Youngsan University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>TSOI Mun Heng<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><i><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director, Office of the President,\r\n Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Parallel Breakout Session I (b): Institutional\r\n Intelligence, Metrics & Decision Support<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>This session focuses on how universities are\r\n strengthening institutional decision-making through data, analytics, and\r\n governance frameworks. Speakers will share approaches to using AI, metrics,\r\n and evidence-based reporting to support strategic planning, quality\r\n assurance, and organizational development.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> An AI Framework\r\n for Universities in APAC <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Franck ZHANG <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Regional Director Eastern China, QS Quacquarelli\r\n Symonds<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Data Informed\r\n Annual Report for Academic Department <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Snow WANG <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Head of Institutional Research and Branding Office,\r\n Lingnan University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Mapping the\r\n Interdisciplinary Research Frontiers for University Strategic Planning <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Lei ZHANG <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Colin STROMSOY<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><i><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director of Sport, The University of\r\n Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 03<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>1:00pm to 2:30pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Parallel Breakout Session I (c): Student-Centric\r\n Innovation & Future Learning Experiences<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>This session examines how universities are\r\n reimagining the student journey in a rapidly evolving higher education\r\n landscape. Presentations explore Gen Z expectations, transnational education\r\n contexts, and ecosystem-based approaches that place student experience and\r\n future readiness at the center of institutional innovation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> From Digital\r\n Natives to Educational Leaders: Gen Z s Call for Transformation in Higher\r\n Education <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Wiktoria FABIAN <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Junior Expert \/ Student, AGH University of Krakow,\r\n Poland<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Reimaging University\r\n Education for a Fast-changing Uncertain AI-future <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Kin-Leong PEY<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>President, HEPA Association <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> A Proposal to\r\n Overcome the Terminological Chaos in Research on Transnational Education in\r\n China <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Mattia MIANI <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Deputy Head Centre for English Language Education, The\r\n University of Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:3.0pt;margin-right:\r\n 0cm;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:\r\n 115%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'><span\r\n style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>    <\/span>iv.<span\r\n style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:\r\n 115%'>"Innovation of General Education in AI" <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sooyeon KIM <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Vice President and Professor, Youngsan University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Sophia LI<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Senior Regional Director (Greater China), Times Higher Education<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Project Room 2 and 3 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>2:30pm to 3:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Large Group Sharing on Parallel Sessions <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Moderator of each parallel session to provide an overview of the key\r\n insights and discussions<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 rowspan=2 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>3:00pm to 3:20pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Day 1 Wrap-Up <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>3.30pm to 5.00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Campus Tour to Li Dak Sum Incubator & Ingenuity Lab<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Note: Transport to Forum Dinner will be arranged for\r\n pick-up after tour<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n 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margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7751\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7751\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Day 2: 1 APRIL 2026, WEDNESDAY <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<html>\r\n\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=windows-1252\">\r\n<meta name=Generator content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)\">\r\n<style>\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<\/head>\r\n\r\n<body lang=EN-SG link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'>\r\n\r\n<div class=WordSection1>\r\n\r\n<table class=a border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=720\r\n style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:\r\n 6.75pt'>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Recap of Day 1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 rowspan=2 style='width:62.35pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-left:none;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>9:00am to 9:30am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>Keynote Presentation II: The\r\n Software 3.0 University: AI Agents, Human Intent, and the Future of the\r\n Academy <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'>Yisu ZHOU<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal;border:none'><i><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Professor and China Director, Institute of\r\n Global Higher Education, Duke Kunshan University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal;border:none'><i><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Session Chair:<\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;text-indent:3.8pt;line-height:normal'><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>TSOI Mun Heng<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:\r\n 0cm;margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director, Office of the President, Singapore\r\n Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>9:30am to 11:00am <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Thematic Session II: Engagement as a Strategic Driver<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>This session explores engagement as a strategic capability in higher\r\n education spanning learners, leaders, and the wider workforce. Presentations\r\n examine how institutions design meaningful engagement across diverse\r\n contexts, from doctoral education and skills development to leadership\r\n mindsets and critical thinking. Together, the sessions highlight how\r\n engagement drives employability, institutional adaptability, and societal\r\n impact, underscoring the role of universities in preparing individuals and\r\n organizations for continuous change.<b> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Strengthening\r\n Engagement of Strategic Collaborations for Doctoral Students Career\r\n Readiness at a Transnational Higher Education in China <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Wenwen ZHANG <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Current PhD Candidate, The University of Nottingham\r\n Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Localizing\r\n Skills for Sustainable Futures: The Role of TVET in Rural Development and\r\n Workforce Resilience in the Philippines <br>\r\n <\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Lizamarie\r\n CAMPOAMOR-OLEGARIO<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Professor, University of the Philippines<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Barriers to\r\n the Demonstrability of Critical Thinking: A Reflexive Analysis <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Lito Oliver CORONADO <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Faculty Member, Bina Bangsa School Pantai Indah\r\n Kapuk, Indonesia<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>PANG Chong Ning<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Chief Procurement Officer, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>11:00am to 11.30am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Multifunction Room 02<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>11:30am to 1:15pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;line-height:115%'>Thematic Session III Sustainability Beyond the\r\n Campus: Fiscal Resilience, Resource Optimization and Risk Planning<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>This session focuses on how universities are strengthening\r\n institutional sustainability through data-driven planning, resource\r\n optimization, and performance intelligence. Presentations examine how\r\n evidence, metrics, and strategic resource stewardship enable institutions to\r\n navigate uncertainty, enhance agility, and sustain operational resilience.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Navigating\r\n Uncertainty: A Data-Driven Framework for Sustainable Resource Planning in\r\n Higher Education <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Liyuan SUN <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Deputy Director Strategy and Performance, University\r\n of Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Doing More\r\n with Purpose: Resource Optimization for Institutional Agility and Resilience <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Roy TAN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Programme Chair, HEPA 2026 Forum Organizing Committee\r\n & Chief Agility Officer, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Asia on the\r\n rise: How the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings Map Regional\r\n Sustainability Excellence <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sophia LI<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Senior Regional Director (Greater China), Times\r\n Higher Education<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>   \r\n <\/span>iv.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Transforming\r\n University Campus into a Living Lab <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Kenneth LEUNG<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director, Sustainability\/Net-Zero Office, The Hong\r\n Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <br>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Snow WANG <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Head of Institutional Research and Branding Office, Lingnan University<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>1:15pm to 2:15pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Lunch<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#EEECE1;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>LA Hotel<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>2:15pm to 3:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Thematic Session IV Collaborating for Systemic Impact<br>\r\n <\/span><\/b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>This session focuses on\r\n how universities translate partnerships into meaningful institutional and\r\n student impact. It explores how collaboration with other universities,\r\n industry, and communities is designed, governed, and sustained to support\r\n growth, innovation, and resilience. Participants will gain practical insights\r\n into building ecosystems that go beyond agreements to deliver real outcomes\r\n in education, research, and the student experience.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>      \r\n <\/span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Scaling\r\n Innovation through Collaboration: The Singapore Autonomous Universities\r\n Procurement Model <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>PANG Chong Ning<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Chief Procurement Officer, National University of\r\n Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>     \r\n <\/span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt \"Times New Roman\"'>        \r\n <\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> Delivering\r\n Globally Leading University Sport in Asia <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Colin STROMSOY <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;\r\n margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'>Director of Sport, The University of Nottingham\r\n Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Lizamarie CAMPOAMOR-OLEGARIO<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Professor, University of the Philippines<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>3:15pm to 5:00pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Cultural Activity: Visit to Tianyi Pavilion<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Note: Last entry at 4:30pm with Pavilion closing at\r\n 5:00pm. Transport will to Tianyi Pavilion will be arranged. Participants can\r\n consider touring Nantang Old Street after Tianyi Pavilion.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7752\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7752\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Day 3: 2 APRIL 2026, THURSDAY <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-7752\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f331f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75f331f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2cbcdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b2cbcdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<html>\r\n\r\n<head>\r\n<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=windows-1252\">\r\n<meta name=Generator content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)\">\r\n<style>\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<\/head>\r\n\r\n<body lang=EN-SG link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'>\r\n\r\n<div class=WordSection1>\r\n\r\n<table class=a border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width=720\r\n style='border-collapse:collapse;border:none;margin-left:6.75pt;margin-right:\r\n 6.75pt'>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Recap of Day 2<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>9:00am to 11:00am<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:115%;border:none'><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'> <b>World\r\n Caf From Ideas to Institutional Practice <\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Peer-led discussions to co-create strategies, expand\r\n collaboration opportunities, and translate forum ideas into institution-ready\r\n initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Participants will rotate across 3 tables (30min per\r\n rotation) with a Table Host on each table framing discussions around the\r\n guiding question aligned with the three forum themes. At the end of three\r\n rotations, participants will reconvene with Table Host sharing key insights,\r\n emerging practice or idea worth sharing, and potential collaboration\r\n opportunity (e.g peer learning, benchmarking, joint pilots etc).<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <table class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0\r\n style='margin-left:2.85pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'>\r\n <tr style='height:13.4pt'>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#4BACC6;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:13.4pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Table<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-left:none;background:#4BACC6;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:\r\n 13.4pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;text-align:center;\r\n line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-left:none;background:#4BACC6;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:\r\n 13.4pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;text-align:center;\r\n line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>2<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-left:none;background:#4BACC6;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:\r\n 13.4pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0cm;text-align:center;\r\n line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>3<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr style='height:12.9pt'>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Theme<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Innovation in Professional Services<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Engagement & Collaboration for\r\n Impact<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:12.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Sustainability, Resources & Risk<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr style='height:3.15pt'>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.6pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.15pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Focus<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.15pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>How universities work<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.15pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>People, partnerships, and shared\r\n ownership of change<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=134 valign=top style='width:100.7pt;border-top:none;border-left:\r\n none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.15pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin:0cm;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Trade-offs, stewardship, and long-term\r\n resilience<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>11:00am to 12:00pm <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Highlights & Reflections: Sharing of Key Takeaways<\/span><\/b><span\r\n lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'><br>\r\n This closing session brings the HEPA 2026 conversations together by surfacing\r\n collective insights, priorities, and emerging directions from across the\r\n Forum. Through live polling and participant reflections, the session seeks to\r\n understand what resonated most strongly, where institutions are facing shared\r\n tensions, and which themes require deeper collaboration or follow-through\r\n beyond the Forum.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>By capturing both immediate takeaways and forward-looking\r\n signals, this session helps translate dialogue into direction informing\r\n future HEPA initiatives, thematic focus areas, and opportunities for\r\n continued community-led action. It reinforces HEPA s role as an active\r\n community of practice, where learning does not end with the Forum but shapes\r\n ongoing engagement, experimentation, and collective progress across\r\n institutions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#DAEEF3;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:white;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>12:00pm to 12:30pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:white;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Closing Remarks <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Alain Chong<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Vice Provost for Global\r\n Engagement and Partnerships, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%'> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Roy TAN<\/span><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:115%;border:none'><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Programme Chair, HEPA\r\n 2026 Forum Organizing Committee<\/span><\/i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'> & <\/span><i><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>Chief Agility Officer,\r\n National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:#F2F2F2'> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>End of HEPA Forum 2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:white;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Multifunction Room 01<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>12:30pm to 1:30pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>Lunch<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt'>LA Hotel<\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td width=76 style='width:2.0cm;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:\r\n none;background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>1:00pm to 5:45pm<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=561 style='width:420.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Field Visit to <\/span><\/b><b><span lang=EN-US\r\n style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Geely Headquarters <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:black'>Explore how a leading Chinese automotive innovator drives\r\n smart mobility, digital transformation and sustainable design parallels to\r\n innovation and sustainability in IHLs. Two-way transport will be provided.<\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td width=83 style='width:62.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;\r\n border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;\r\n background:#FDE9D9;padding:5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm'>\r\n <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;\r\n margin-left:2.85pt;line-height:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:\r\n 9.0pt;color:white'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%'> <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/body>\r\n\r\n<\/html>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b4fef elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8b4fef\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07d08d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"07d08d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a89560 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a89560\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55cf3e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a55cf3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9558e74 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"9558e74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1561\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1561\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Day 1: Monday, 17 March 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1561\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1561\"><table class=\"a\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1024; mso-padding-alt: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;\" border=\"0\" width=\"652\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><a name=\"_Hlk187654398\"><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">8:15am to 8:45am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Registration<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Opening Addresses<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kin-Leong PEY<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">President, HEPA Association<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Naoto OHTAKE<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Science Tokyo (Host University)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">9:00am to 9:30am<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Keynote Presentation I <\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">(topic to be advised)<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Naoto OHTAKE<br \/><i>President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/i><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">9:30am to 10:00am<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Group Photo Taking<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">10:00am to 10:20am<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Activity: Welcome to the HEPA Community!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">One-minute self-introduction by each organization\u2019s representatives to share their key areas of interest and expectations for attending the forum. This activity fosters networking and idea-sharing.<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">10:20am to 11:15am<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Thematic Session I: Innovation in Higher Education<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Each presentation will be allocated 20 min followed by a 15 min Q&A session. <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -15.65pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l44 level1 lfo40; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">a.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cCollaborative Pathways to AI Integration: Leveraging Frameworks and Alliances for Transforming Higher Education\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Sean MCMINN<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Director, Center for Education Innovation, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -15.65pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l44 level1 lfo40; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">b.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cWhat if \u2026 Is AI Really Happening at Higher Education Institutions?\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Wolfgang MUENCH<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Damaris CARLISLE<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Lecture-in-charge of The Learning Centre <\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore <\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Mun Heng TSOI, <i>Director in the Office of the President, Singapore Institute of Technology<\/i><\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">11:15 am to<br \/>12:15pm<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Workshop: Leveraging AI for Personalized Learning and Institutional Performance <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">This interactive workshop will explore the various ways AI is and can be used to drive institutional planning and performance and how we can continue to advocate for the important role of<br \/>institutional research in the era of AI-powered analytics.<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"> <\/b>Findings will be shared with participants during and after the Forum.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\">Omer YEZDANI<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU;\">Chief Data Officer, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 7;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">12:15pm to 1:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Lunch<\/span><\/b><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 8;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">1:30pm to 2:30pm<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Cultural Experience: Japanese Tea Ceremony<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">An immersive cultural experience promoting mindfulness and reflection.<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 9;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">2:30pm to 3:25pm<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Thematic Session II: Future-Ready Talent<\/span><\/b><\/span><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Each presentation will be allocated 20 min followed by a 15 min Q&A session<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -15.65pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo29; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">a.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Skills<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"> for a Green Future\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Ethan CHONG<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 20.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Associate<\/span><\/i><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"> Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l30 level1 lfo29; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">b.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cInterdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) Curriculum at NTU\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Lay Poh <span style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">TAN<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Co-Director, ICC Office, (<span class=\"SpellE\">Programmes<\/span>), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Jingwen MU, <i>Director, Institutional Research and Strategic Planning, Hong Kong Baptist University<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 10;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">3:25pm to 3:55pm<b><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Coffee break<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 11;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-bottom: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">3:55pm to 4:55pm<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (a): Sustainability and Education<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Participants can choose to attend either of the four concurrent breakout sessions. Each breakout session will host three\/four presentations (15min each), followed by a Q&A session (15min).<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cDeveloping Sustainability Change Agents through Experiential Learning\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Devi MANI<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Head, Centre for Social Responsibility, Singapore Management University<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo42; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Advancing the Integration of Sustainability Education: Harnessing Data for Impact\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Chris <\/span><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">KNOLLMAN<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Senior<span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"> Project Coordinator, Office of Institutional Research and Planning, Hong Kong Baptist University<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo42; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u201c<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">A Common Degree Framework to Fit Both Pre-employment Training and Continuing Education Training Programmes\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Yeng Siang HO<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Deputy Director, Office of the Provost, Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">(to be advised)<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 12;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (b): AI in the Curriculum <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cHow to Overcome the Potential Crisis from AI\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Gu-<span class=\"SpellE\">wuck<\/span> BU<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">President, <span class=\"SpellE\">Youngsan<\/span> University, South Korea<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l18 level1 lfo35; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cFostering AI Literacy: Relationship Between AI Philosophy and Eastern Philosophy in the Context of Fine Art\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span class=\"SpellE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Taehee<\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">KIM<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Professor, <span class=\"SpellE\">Youngsan <\/span>University, South Korea<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><\/span>Kin-Leong PEY, <em>Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 13;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\">\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 14;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (c): Institutional Research (IR)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo50; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0<\/span>i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">“Concept of Establishing Academic Foundations, Human Resource Development, and Related Technologies for University Institutional Research (IR)”<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Masao MORI<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -17.4pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -17.4pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo50; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cDevelopment of Academic Ontology for Institutional Research: Analysis of Japanese and International IR Literature\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Toru SUGIHARA<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Associate Professor, <span class=\"SpellE\">Shukutoku <\/span>University<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo50; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cTraining Opportunities and Required Skills for Institutional Research Programs in Japan\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span class=\"SpellE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Shuntaro<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"> ISERI<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Full-time instructor, Kanda University of International Studies<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo50; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.6pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iv.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">“Category-Theoretic Approaches to Data Integrity in Higher Education\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span class=\"SpellE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Tsunenori<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"> INAKURA<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Researcher, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator:<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Takeshi MATSUDA, <i>Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University<\/i><\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 15;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">4:55pm to 5:30pm<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Large Group Sharing on Parallel Sessions I<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Moderator of each parallel session to provide an overview of the key insights and discussions<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 16;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">5:30pm to 5:40pm<b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Day 1 Wrap-Up <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Alison LLOYD<br \/><i>Co-Chair, HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research), Hong Kong University of Science<br \/>and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">6:00pm to 7:30pm<\/span><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Forum Dinner<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: _Hlk187654398;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1562\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1562\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Day 2: Tuesday, 18 March 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1562\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1562\"><div class=\"WordSection1\"><table class=\"a\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed; mso-table-overlap: never; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1024; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; margin-left: 6.75pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; margin-right: 6.75pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-left: left; mso-table-top: .05pt; mso-padding-alt: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 0cm; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;\" border=\"0\" width=\"652\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\"><tbody><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Recap of Day 1<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Roy TAN<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Program Chair, HEPA Forum 2025 Organizing Committee<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Chief Agility Officer, Office of the President, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">9:00am to 9:30am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Keynote Presentation II: Rethinking the Roles and Developing the Skills of Faculty and Staff in Higher Education Management in a Globalized World<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Shinichi YAMAMOTO<br \/><i><span style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Former Director, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">9:30am to 10:45am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Collaborative Workshop: Designing the Future: AI, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation in Universities<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\">Participants work in small groups to identify pressing challenges in higher education in areas of AI, sustainability and digital transformation, before brainstorming and prototyping solutions. Presenters from each small group will present discussion pointers during Group Sharing.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><strong>Group Sharing (30min) guided by Lead Facilitator:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo30; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"> Roy TAN, <em>Chief Agility Officer, Office of the President, National University of Singapore <\/em><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">10:45am to 11.15am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">11:15am to 12:20pm<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Thematic Session III: Engagement Strategies for a Globalized Higher Education Landscape<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Participants can choose to attend either of the two concurrent breakout sessions. Each breakout session will host three\/four presentations (15min each), followed by a Q&A session (15min).<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (a) Sustainability and Innovation<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraph\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l22 level1 lfo41; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0<\/span>i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u201cBuilding a Smart and Sustainable Campus\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">Gerry WEE<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Associate Vice President (Estates), Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Mun Heng TSOI <\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Director in the Office of the President, Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l22 level1 lfo41; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cBuilding Synergy in Higher Education through Collaborative Procurement Initiatives\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Chong Ning PANG<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 27.6pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Chief Procurement Officer, Central Procurement Office, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-HK; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l22 level1 lfo41; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u201cRedefining the Role of Administration\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Jenny ANG<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Manager, Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Anson WUN, <em>Assistant Director; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (b) International Collaboration<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-indent: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l25 level1 lfo31; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cThe Achievements and Challenges of Operating an International University Established Through Korea-Uzbekistan Cooperation\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span class=\"SpellE\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Jeongyong<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"> YOON<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 27.6pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Director, Office of Planning, <span class=\"SpellE\">Ajou<\/span> University, South Korea<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.0pt; line-height: normal; tab-stops: 27.6pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l25 level1 lfo31; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cConnecting the Dots: How Research Data Fuels International Partnerships\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Snow WANG<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Head, Institutional Research and Branding, Lingnan University, Hong<br \/>Kong, China<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Wolfgang MUENCH, <i>Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 7;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (c) Innovations in University Operations and Data<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo36; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cStrategic Management Framework Development for Mid-Term Planning Through ICT and Data-Driven Approaches in Higher Education\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Kunihiko TAKAMATSU<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Professor for Institute Management, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo36; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cSustainable Research Networks: Leveraging Bibliometric Tools for Research Partnership Life Cycle in Asia Higher Education\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Vivian CHENG<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Manager (Institutional Data), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: white;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo36; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 3.0pt 0cm 3.0pt 18.5pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cComposite aSSIST Index for University Quality Assurance\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Euiho SUH<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18.5pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Vice President, Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology (aSSIST), South Korea<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Moderator:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">(to be advised)<\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 8;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">12:20pm<br \/>to 12:45pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\">Large Group Sharing on Parallel Sessions II<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Moderator of each parallel session to provide an overview of the key insights and discussions<\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 9;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">12:45pm<br \/>to 1:45pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Lunch<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 10;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">1:45pm<br \/>to 3:00pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Action Planning Workshop: “Turning Ideas into Action: Institutional Strategies for<br \/>Innovation, Sustainability and Engagement “<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Adopting the World Cafe Discussion format, participants rotate through tables (15min per table) to share their key takeaways and action plans based on the three pivotal themes: Innovation, Sustainability and Engagement. Table hosts will <span class=\"GramE\">summarize<\/span> and present ideas shared when participants reconvene. This session promotes peer learning and provides a platform for cross-institutional collaborations.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Summaries by Tables Hosts (10min each): <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo30; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Innovation<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">: <\/span>Sean MCMINN, <em>Director, Center for Education Innovation, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/em><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo30; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Sustainability<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Alison LLOYD, <i>Co-Chair, HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee & Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: normal; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo30; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 27.6pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">\u00b7<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Engagement<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">: Roy TAN, <i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Program Chair, HEPA Forum 2025 Organizing Committee <\/span><\/i><\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">& Chief Agility Officer, Office of the President, National University of Singapore<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 11;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">3:00pm to 3:10pm<\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Closing Remarks <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Jun-ichi IMURA<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Executive Vice President for Institute Strategy, Institute of Science Tokyo<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Kin-Leong PEY<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">President, HEPA Association<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-padding-alt: 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt; mso-border-shadow: yes; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">End of HEPA Forum 2025<\/span><\/b><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 12; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\"><td style=\"width: 68.5pt; border: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 0cm;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"91\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">3:30pm to 4:30pm <\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.55pt; border: none; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 5.65pt 0cm 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\">Campus Visit <\/span><\/b><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 2.85pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\">A guided visit to the museum located at entrance of Institute of Science, Tokyo campus, offering cultural and educational insights.<\/span><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf93097 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"bf93097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2001\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2001\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Day 1: Monday, 17 March 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2001\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2001\"><div class=\"WordSection1\"><table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none;\" border=\"1\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">8:15am to 8:45am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Registration<br \/><\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Entrance Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Opening Declaration<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Masao MORI<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Vice-Chair; HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Professor; Institute of Science Tokyo<br \/><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Opening Addresses<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Kin-Leong PEY<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">President; HEPA Association<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Senior Vice Provost for Student Success<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">; NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Naoto OHTAKE<br \/><i>President and Chief Executive Officer; Institute of Science Tokyo (Host University)<\/i><\/span><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"3\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #FDE9D9; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">9:00am to 9:30am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #FDE9D9; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Keynote Presentation I: Higher Education and Research as a Newly Established University<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Naoto OHTAKE<br \/><i>President and Chief Executive Officer; Institute of Science Tokyo<\/i><\/span><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Session Chair:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><br \/>Alison LLOYD,<i> Chair; HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee and Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">9:30am to 9:40am<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Group Photo Taking<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">9:40am to 10:00am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Media Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">10:00am to 10:20am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Activity: Welcome to the HEPA Community!<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">One-minute self-introduction by each organization s representatives to share their key areas of interest and expectations for attending the forum. This activity fosters networking and idea-sharing.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 540.0pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #0070C0; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"720\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-variant: small-caps; color: white; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Thematic Session I: Innovation in Higher Education<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">10:20am to 11:15am<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Each presentation will be allocated 20 min followed by a 15 min Q&A session.<br \/><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Collaborative Pathways to AI Integration: Leveraging Frameworks and Alliances for Transforming Higher Education <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Sean MCMINN<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Director, Center for Education Innovation; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">What if Is AI Really Happening at Higher Education Institutions? <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Wolfgang MUENCH<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Damaris CARLISLE<br \/><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Lecturer-in-charge of The Learning Centre<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">LASALLE College of the Arts; University of the Arts Singapore<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Mun Heng TSOI, <i>Director in the Office of the President; Singapore Institute of Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <b><\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">11:15 am to 12:15pm<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Workshop: Leveraging AI for Personalized Learning and Institutional Performance<br \/><\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">This interactive workshop will explore the various ways AI is and can be used to drive institutional planning and performance and how we can continue to advocate for the important role of institutional research in the era of AI-powered analytics. Findings will be shared with participants during and after the Forum.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Omer YEZDANI<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Chief Data Office; University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia<\/span><\/i><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">12:15pm to 1:30pm<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Lunch<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-324 Lecture<br \/>Room, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">1:30pm to 2:30pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Cultural Experience: Japanese Tea Ceremony<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">An immersive cultural experience promoting mindfulness and reflection.<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 540.0pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #325A28; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"720\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%;\" align=\"center\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-variant: small-caps; color: white; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Thematic Session II: Future-Ready Talent<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">2:30pm to 3:25pm<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Each presentation will be allocated 20 min followed by a 15 min Q&A session<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.7pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.7pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Skills for a Green Future <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Ethan CHONG<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 20.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Associate<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Professor; Singapore Institute of Technology<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo2;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Interdisciplinary Collaborative Core (ICC) Curriculum at NTU <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Lay Poh TAN<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Co-Director, ICC Office; Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Jingwen MU, <i>Director, Institutional Research and Strategic Planning; Hong Kong Baptist University<b><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <b><\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">3:25pm to 3:55pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Matcha Service<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Media Hall & Collaboration Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">3:55pm to 4:55pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Participants can choose to attend either of the three concurrent breakout sessions. Each breakout session will host two to four presentations (15min each), followed by a Q&A session (15min).<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (a): Sustainability and Education<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.7pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.7pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Developing Sustainability Change Agents through Experiential Learning <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 20.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Devi MANI<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 20.85pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Head, Centre for Social Responsibility; Singapore Management University<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Advancing the Integration of Sustainability Education: Harnessing Data for Impact <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Chris <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">KNOLLMAN<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Senior Project Coordinator, Office of Institutional Research and Planning; Hong Kong Baptist University<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">A Common Degree Framework to Fit Both Pre-employment Training and Continuing Education Training Programmes <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Yeng Siang HO<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Deputy Director, Office of the Provost; Singapore Institute of Technology<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Mun Heng TSOI, <i>Director in the Office of the President; Singapore Institute of Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-323 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">3:55pm to 4:55pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (b): AI in the Curriculum<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">How to Overcome the Potential Crisis from AI <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Gu-wuck BU<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">President; Youngsan University, South Korea<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Fostering AI Literacy: Relationship Between AI Philosophy and Eastern Philosophy in the Context of Fine Art <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Taehee <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">KIM<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Professor; Youngsan University, South Korea<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Kin-Leong PEY, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Senior Vice Provost for Student Success<\/span><\/i><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">; NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-322 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">3:55pm to 4:55pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session I (c): Institutional Research (IR)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Concept of Establishing Academic Foundations, Human Resource Development, and Related Technologies for University Institutional Research (IR) <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><br \/>Masao MORI<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -17.4pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Professor; Institute of Science Tokyo<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 36.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -17.4pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Development of Academic Ontology for Institutional Research: Analysis of Japanese and International IR Literature <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Toru SUGIHARA<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Associate Professor; Shukutoku University<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Training Opportunities and Required Skills for Institutional Research Programs in Japan <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Shuntaro ISERI<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Full-time instructor; Kanda University of International Studies<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.6pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iv.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Category-Theoretic Approaches to Data Integrity in Higher Education <\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Tsunenori INAKURA<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-indent: 15.75pt; line-height: 115%;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Researcher; Institute of Science Tokyo<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Takeshi MATSUDA, <i>Professor; Tokyo Metropolitan University<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-326 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">4:55pm to 5:30pm<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Large Group Sharing on Parallel Sessions I<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator of each parallel session to provide an overview of the key insights and discussions<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-326 Lecture Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">5:30pm to 5:40pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Day 1 Wrap-Up<br \/><\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Alison LLOYD<\/span><br \/><i><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Chair; HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee<\/span><b> <\/b><\/i><\/span><i style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 63.55pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"85\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">6:00pm to 7:30pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 397.9pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"531\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Forum Dinner<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Blue Terminal<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">2-chome-10 Ookayama, Meguro City, Tokyo 152-0033, Japan<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 78.55pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"105\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2002\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2002\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Day 2: Tuesday, 18 March 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2002\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2002\"><div class=\"WordSection1\"><table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin: .75pt 6.75pt .75pt 6.75pt;\" border=\"1\" width=\"720\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">8:45am to 9:00am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Recap of Day 1<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Roy TAN<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Program Chair; HEPA Forum 2025 Organizing Committee<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Chief Agility Officer; Office of the President; National University of Singapore<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Multipurpose Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #FDE9D9; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">9:00am to 9:30am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #FDE9D9; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Keynote Presentation II: Rethinking the Roles and Developing the Skills of Faculty and Staff in Higher Education Management in a Globalized World<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Shinichi YAMAMOTO<br \/><i>Former Director, Research Institute for Higher Education; Hiroshima University<b><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Session Chair:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>Alison LLOYD,<i> Chair; HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee and Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">9:30am to 10:45am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Collaborative Workshop: Designing the Future: AI, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation in Universities<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Participants work in small groups to identify pressing challenges in higher education in areas of AI, sustainability and digital transformation, before brainstorming and prototyping solutions. Presenters from each small group will present discussion pointers during Group Sharing.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Group Sharing (30min) guided by Lead Facilitator<br \/><\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Roy TAN, <i>Chief Agility Officer, Office of the President; National University of Singapore<\/i><\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-324 Lecture Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">10:45am to 11:15am<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Media Hall, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 540.0pt; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #FF9900; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"720\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; text-align: center; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\" align=\"center\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; font-variant: small-caps; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Thematic Session III: Engagement Strategies for a Globalized Higher Education Landscape<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" rowspan=\"2\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">11:15am to 12:20pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Participants can choose to attend any of the three concurrent breakout sessions. Each breakout session will host two to three presentations (15min each), followed by a Q&A session (15min).<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (a) Sustainability and Innovation<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cBuilding a Smart and Sustainable Campus\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Gerry WEE<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Associate Vice President (Estates); Singapore Institute of Technology<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Mun Heng TSOI<br \/><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Director in the Office of the President; Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; text-indent: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cBuilding Synergy in Higher Education through Collaborative Procurement Initiatives\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Chong Ning PANG<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: .1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Chief Procurement Officer, Central Procurement Office; National University of Singapore<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-HK\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cRedefining the Role of Administration\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Jenny ANG<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Manager; Singapore Institute of Technology<\/span><\/i><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0 Anson WUN, Assistant Director; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-323 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">11:15am to 12:20pm<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (b) International Collaboration<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cThe Achievements and Challenges of Operating an International University Established Through Korea-Uzbekistan Cooperation\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Jeongyong YOON<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Director, Office of Planning, Ajou University, South Korea<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cConnecting the Dots: How Research Data Fuels International Partnerships\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Snow WANG<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Head, Institutional Research and Branding, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Wolfgang MUENCH, <i>Dean of Learning, Teaching & Research; LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore<\/i><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-322 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">11:15am to 12:20pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Parallel Breakout Session II (c) Innovations in University Operations and Data<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0<br \/><\/span>i.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201c<b>Strategic Management Framework Development for Mid-Term Planning Through ICT and Data-Driven Approaches in Higher Education\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Kunihiko TAKAMATSU<br \/><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Professor for Institute Management; Institute of Science Tokyo<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">ii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cSustainable Research Networks: Leveraging Bibliometric Tools for Research Partnership Life Cycle in Asia Higher Education\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Vivian CHENG<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 18.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Manager (Institutional Data); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.5pt; mso-text-indent-alt: -8.9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">iii.<span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u201cComposite aSSIST Index for University Quality Assurance\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Euiho SUH<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 18.5pt; mso-add-space: auto; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Vice President; Seoul School of Integrated Science and Technology (aSSIST), South Korea<b><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Question & Answer (15min)<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\"> Shotaro IMAI, Associate Professor; <i>Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-326 Lecture Room, <b><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">12:20pm to 12:45pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Large Group Sharing on Parallel Sessions II<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Moderator of each parallel session to provide an overview of the key insights and discussions<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-326 Lecture Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">12:45pm to 1:45pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Lunch<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #E5DFEC; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Collaboration Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 2<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">1:45pm to 3:00pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Action Planning Workshop: “Turning Ideas into Action: Institutional Strategies for Innovation, Sustainability and Engagement “<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Adopting the World Caf Discussion format, participants rotate through tables (15min per table) to share their key takeaways and action plans based on the three pivotal themes: Innovation, Sustainability and Engagement. Table hosts will summarize and present ideas shared when participants reconvene. This session promotes peer learning and provides a platform for cross-institutional collaborations.<b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Summaries by Tables Hosts (10min each):<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Innovation<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0Sean MCMINN, <i>Director, Center for Education Innovation; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/i><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><\/b><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Sustainability<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Alison LLOYD, <i>Co-Chair, HEPA 2025 Organizing Committee & Associate Provost (Institutional Data and Research); Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/i><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: 27.6pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo4; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Engagement<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">: <\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Roy TAN, <i>Program Chair; HEPA Forum 2025 Organizing Committee & Chief Agility Officer, Office of the President; National University of Singapore<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #EAF1DD; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-324 Lecture Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 3<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 2.0cm; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 2.9pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"76\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">3:00pm to 3:10pm<\/span><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 420.95pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 2.9pt;\" width=\"561\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Closing Remarks<br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Jun-ichi IMURA<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Executive Vice President for Institute Strategy; Institute of Science Tokyo<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Kin-Leong PEY<\/span><b><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">President; HEPA Association<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Senior Vice Provost for Student Success; NEOM University, Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/i><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #f2f2f2; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">End of HEPA Forum 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p><\/td><td style=\"width: 62.35pt; border-top: none; border-left: none; border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; background: #F2F2F2; padding: 5.65pt 5.4pt 5.65pt 5.4pt;\" width=\"83\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: 3.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; margin-left: 2.85pt; line-height: 115%; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-element-top: .05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">W9-324 Lecture Room, <\/span><b><\/b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;\">Level 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