UTAR holds first ISER

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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