Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) held the first UTAR International
Symposium of Education and Research (ISER) at the newly completed Lecture
Complex II, UTAR Perak Campus on 18 October 2012.
Themed 'Bridging Research and Academic Excellence: Identifying New
Frontiers', the symposium aimed to provide a platform for academicians to
present and exchange their view on the latest issues of education and
research and to discuss ways to bridge the gap between academic and research
excellence.
Deputy Director General of the Department of Higher Education at the
Ministry of Higher Education, Professor Dr. Morshidi Sirat, who delivered
the keynote address at the opening of the symposium, said Malaysia need to
sustain development in Research, Innovation, Commercialisation and
Entrepreneurship (RICE).
"In this respect, it is noteworthy to look at the achievements of UTAR which
has made headways in research and development on diverse areas of
contemporary and emerging importance," he added.
"For a country to stay progressive, its people must continuously acquire
more knowledge. But in this intensely competitive global world of today,
learning knowledge is insufficient. Therefore, a country must continuously
create new knowledge to sustain its global competitiveness," said UTAR
President Ir Prof Academician Dato' Dr Chuah Hean Teik.
The panellists of the forum titled 'Globalisation of Higher Education:
Problems and Prospects' in the morning session comprised Chancellor of
University System of Taiwan Professor Ovid Jyh-Lang Tzeng, UTAR
International Advisory Committee member Academician Tan Sri Emeritus
Professor Datuk Dr. Augustine Ong Soon Hock and Deputy Vice Chancellor of
INTI Laureate International University Professor Dato' Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad
Bajunid. The moderator of the forum was Executive Chairman and Managing
Director of Nusantara Technologies Sdn Bhd and Industrial Advisor for UTAR
Faculty of Accountancy & Management Dato' Ghazali bin Dato' Mohd Yusoff.
The five invited speakers in the afternoon talk session were Prof. Ye
Feifan, President of Shaoxing University, Zhejiang, China; Prof. Chris
Messom, Deputy President (Academic), Monash University Malaysia; Prof. Dr.
Lee Sze Wei, Vice President (R&D and Commercialisation), UTAR; Prof. Michael
Villanueva, Vice President (External Affairs), Manuel S. Enverga University
Foundation, the Philippines; and Associate Prof. Ye Baisen, Vice President,
Yangzhou University. The moderator for the session was Dean of UTAR
Faculty of Arts and Social Science Dr. Sebastian K. Francis.
As a progressive university, UTAR regularly holds conferences and symposia
as platforms for related experts to address current issues relating to
academics and industry.
Prof. Dr. Morshidi delivering his keynote address
The crowd at the symposium
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