Building on the results of the 1st ASEM Rectors’ Conference held at the Free University in Berlin in October 2008 and the 2nd Asia-Europe Meeting of Ministers for Education (ASEMME2) in Hanoi in May 2009, the 2nd ASEM Rectors’ Conference was jointly organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Korea University (KU) and the ASEAN University Network (AUN).
Conference discussions focused on the role of universities in building knowledge societies. Specifically, the Conference covered knowledge transfer, research collaboration, the mobility of staff, higher education governance and accountability as well as curricular reforms for teaching global citizenship.