UNAIR NEWSÌý“51¶¯Âþ (UNAIR)continues to show its progress as a world-class university.UNAIR has played its role in establishing international cooperation. UNAIR held the 6th ASEAN+3 Rector™s Conference on Wednesday-Thursday, September 20-21, 2023.The Rector™s Conference is a discussion platform with the theme:The Role of University Collaboration within ASEAN+3 Framework on Innovation and Industry Acceleration Ecosystem.The event is a part of an international collaboration with the ASEAN University Network (Ìý).
Become host
This year, AUN appointed UNAIR to host the Rector™s Conference. UNAIR Rector, Prof Dr Mohammad Nasih, SE, MT, Ak, expressed his gratitude to AUN Secretariat because they have trusted UNAIR to be the host of this Rector’s Conference.
œOf course, we™d like to express our gratitude. We really appreciate the AUN Secretariat for trusting UNAIR to host this event,” said Prof Nasih in his opening remarks of the 6th ASEAN+3 Rector’s Conference.
Some higher education leaders in Asia also attended the event. For example, from Xiamen University, Okayama University, Royal University of Law and Economics, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, and so on. Apart from that, also present was the leader of AUN, Dr Choltis Dhirathiti.
Strengthening collaboration
This Rector™s Conference has at least two specific objectives. The first is to increase collaboration between institutions. Secondly, it creates an opportunity for discussion regarding global issues”for example, the issue of energy transition and future technological developments.
Prof. Nasih, in his remarks, said that collaboration between institutions is important. It can increase the capacity of each institution in various fields, especially in the fields of research, technology, innovation, and marketing. Meanwhile, from UNAIR™s perspective, collaboration is the culmination of the university’s internationalization strategy.
œThis forum is also an opportunity for all of us to strengthen collaboration. This collaboration can increase our capacity in the fields of research, adoption of technology in development, as well as innovation and its commercialization,” he said.
Through this consortium, said Prof Nasih, the parties involved can collaborate in overcoming global issues, mainly through improving the quality of education in each university.
“Through this consortium, we hope we can overcome these issues together by improving the quality of education,” he stated.
Author: Yulia Rohmawati
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
