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TUESDAY 10 JUNE 2008
1.30pm - 7.00pm
REGISTRATION
7.30pm - 9.30pm

WELCOME DINNER
Guest-of-Honour: Mr Goh Chok Tong
Senior Minister, Republic of Singapore

 
WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2008
Time
  
8.00am
REGISTRATION
9.00am
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome Addresses
The Right Honourable Pehin Sri Dr Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
Chief Minister of Sarawak
Malaysia
His Excellency Miles Kupa
Australian High Commissioner to Singapore
Opening Address
Dr Tony Tan
Chairman, National Research Foundation and Chairman, Singapore Press Holdings Singapore
Keynote Lecture
Higher Education, Past, Present and Future
Republic of Singapore
Dr Ng Eng Hen
Minister for Education
10.30am
COFFEE / TEA BREAK
 
PLENARY LECTURES

PL 1 - Score - Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy
Honourable Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot
Malaysia

PL 2 - Internationalisation of Education - The Queensland Experience
Honourable Paul Braddy
Australia
11.00am
11.45am
12.30pm
LUNCH
2.00pm
PL 3 - Is Asia Ready to be a Higher Education Power?
Professor Wang Gungwu
Singapore
PL 4 - Future Challenges for Offshore Programmes
Professor Helmut Lueckenhausen
Malaysia
2.40pm
3.30pm
COFFEE / TEA BREAK
4.00 -
5.30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS -
Business and Networking Thru Alumni Connections
Theatre
Meeting Room 304
Meeting Room 305
CS 1 - Panel Sharing on Universities Alumni Networking
Alumni Relations - Why Do We Do This?
Mr Geoffrey Sauer
 Australia
Imperatives in Alumni Cultivation
A/Professor Teo Choo Soo
 Singapore
Promoting Australian Education in China
Mr David Chan
Hong Kong
CS 2 - Panel Sharing on New Initiatives in International Alumni
Development of a Global Health Community of International Alumni
Professor John Marley,
Australia
Alumni Create an International Voice for Monash University
Mr John Kearsey
Australia
Staying Relevant to your Alumni Community and Learning from Best Practices
Mr Mohan Balagopal
Singapore
CS 3 - Panel Sharing on Successful Networking and Business Connections
More Jobs, More Opportunities
Ms Susan McNulty
Australia
Alumni Initiatives in Jakarta
Dr Shannon Smith
Indonesia
Key Human Capital Issue on the CEO's Radars: Sunway Group's Experience
Puan Sri Datin Seri
Dr Susan Cheah
Malaysia
THURSDAY 12 JUNE 2008
Time
  
8.00am
REGISTRATION
9.00am

PLENARY LECTURES -
Literacy and Economic Empowerment Beyond 21st Century
PL 5 - Literacy and Economic Empowerment: Global Perspective
Honourable John Dowd
Australia
Sponsor: Southern Cross University
PL 6 - Global Talent: Engine of Growth of Singapore
Ms Ng Siew Kiang
Singapore
10.30am
COFFEE / TEA BREAK
11.00am

PLENARY LECTURE -
Business and Entrepreneurship

PL 7 - Business Entrepreneurship in 2030
Professor Peter Sheldrake
Australia

11.45am
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Theatre
Meeting Room 304
Meeting Room 305
CS 4 - Gen Y Business Focus
Mr Richard Eu
Singapore

CS 5 - Sarawak - Where Business and Pleasure Meet
Mrs Jill Henry
Malaysia
CS 6 - Technopreneurship in Action
Dr Wilson Goh
 Singapore
12.30pm

LUNCH

Video Presentation
"Power from Within: Accomplishments Despite the Odds"
by Dr William Tan
Sponsored by University of Newcastle

 

2.00pm

PLENARY LECTURE -
Health and Wellness
PL 8 - Sub Health: The Chronic Catabolic State and the Possible Role of Chronic Infection
Professor Tim Roberts
 Singapore
2.45pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Theatre
Meeting Room 304
Meeting Room 305

CS 7 - Balancing the Population Imbalance with Passion
Dr Wei Siang Yu
Singapore

CS 8 - What would be the Next Big Thing in the World of Wine?
Mr George Wong
Singapore
CS 9 - Looking Like Sixteen at Sixty
Dr Kevin Chan
Singapore
3.30pm
COFFEE / TEA BREAK
4.00pm

PLENARY LECTURE -
Financial Health and Wealth

PL 9 - Global Markets: All Doom and Gloom?
Mr Arun Abey
Australia
4.45pm - 5.30pm
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Theatre
Meeting Room 304
Meeting Room 305

CS 10 - Asian Wealth
Mr Kong Eng Huat
Singapore

CS 11 - The "Spender Plan" for Africa CA Colombo Plan Type Initiative
Dato Ir Lee Yee Cheong
Malaysia
CS 12 - Understanding Your Financial Behaviour to Improve Personal Money Skills
Ms Carol Yip
Malaysia
7.30pm
GALA DINNER
(Marina Mandarin Hotel)
Guest-of-Honor: President S R Nathan
President, Republic of Singapore
FRIDAY 13 JUNE 2008
Time
8.00am
REGISTRATION
 

PLENARY LECTURES -
Environmental Health

9.00am
PL 10 - Ecological Landscape and Development in Singapore
Professor Leo Tan Wee-Hin
Singapore
PL 11 - The Future of Agriculture and the Green Environment
Professor James McWha
Adelaide, Australia
9.40am
10.30am
COFFEE / TEA BREAK
 

PLENARY LECTURES -
Into the Future
11.00am
PL 13 - Singularity - The Way Ahead?
Dr Alan Finkel
Australia
PL 12 - Impact of Nanotechnology on The Future of Science
Ms Kee Wai Fun
Malaysia
11.40am
12.30pm

CLOSING CEREMONY
Speeches:

  • The Right Honourable Pehin Sri Dr Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
  • Dr Tony Tan
  • Mr Simon Ho

HAND OVER TO AUIAC 2010
1.00pm
LUNCH
7.00 -
10.30pm
FELLOWSHIP NIGHT
(Night Safari)