We are proud to announce the Official Launch of the ASEFInnoLab White Papers for Universities on Navigating AI Innovation Ecosystems on 19 February 2025 at 16:00-17:30 SGT / 09:00-10:30 CET via Zoom.
Since its establishment in 2021, the ASEF Higher Education Innovation Laboratory (ASEFInnoLab) has provided a platform for higher education stakeholders across Asia and Europe to connect, exchange knowledge, and collaboratively address global challenges.
The fifth edition of ASEFInnoLab, themed “Universities’ Role in AI Innovation Ecosystems,” explored the evolving role of universities in the AI era in three subthemes: AI Governance, AI in Education, and AI for Sustainable Development. A major milestone from its online phase was the publication of 16 outstanding position papers, offering forward-thinking perspectives on how universities can shape and respond to AI-driven transformations by 2060.
Building on this momentum, we convened a select group of participants in Shanghai, China, for the ASEFInnoLab5 Onsite Event. This gathering led to the development of a series of white papers—each dedicated to one of the project’s core themes. These white papers provide a comprehensive exploration of AI’s intersection with higher education and innovation ecosystems, offering university leaders and administrators valuable insights to inform institutional strategies and decision-making.
Join us on 19 February as we officially launch these high-level white papers and introduce guiding principles and bold actions that your university leadership can pursue as it navigates this fast-paced age of AI.
In this session, Editors of the White Paper on AI Governance, White Paper on AI in Education, and White Paper on AI for Sustainable Development will each present the highlights of their thematic working group’s output. There will be a Q&A session after each segment, so that the audience can delve deeper into the key points of each paper. Have a look at our tentative programme here.
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ASEFInnoLab5 began with an online programme from May to June 2024 which gathered 87 participants from 31 countries from Asia and Europe—61 of them worked to produce a 156-page compendium of forward-looking position papers. Outstanding members of the cohort were invited to join the onsite leg held at Fudan University in Shanghai, China from 21 to 25 October 2024. Our impressive group of 51 participants form 22 countries engaged in a week-long interactive learning experience to produce high-level white papers. Inputs from this event also informed the design of the upcoming ASEFInnoLab edition.
The launch of the ASEFInnoLab White Papers is the last activity for this project, which will now give way to the ASEFInnoLab6 Project.
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