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Bringing together research opportunities and institutional linkages

across the Asia-Pacific

Researcher mobility among APEC Economies

Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)

Australia, Sydney and Macquarie University

Welcome and brief introduction

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Research outcomes and impact

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International partnerships

Distinctly

Australian

Thoroughly

Global

collaboration

Purpose, Key Issues, EDNET and Desired Outcomes


Purpose of the workshop APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

To expand regional and global education and research linkages

To promote cross border education cooperation

To enhance education, research and industry links

To identify priorities for working together to enhance

research cooperation, including researcher mobility

across the Asia Pacific

Key issues APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

Research cooperation contributes APEC’s economic and social development

Researcher mobility contributes to innovation through

collaborative networks stimulating new ideas

Research is becoming more internationalised with

low cost telecommunications and air travel to

collaborate and share research infrastructure

Key issues APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

Researcher mobility supports:

Development of knowledge and innovation networks

within and between countries/economies

Development of hubs or centres of innovation in

specific fields

Transfer of ‘best practices’ throughout the APEC region

Development of hubs ‘co-collaborators’ for future

innovative R&D, thereby formulating linkages between

Higher Education institutions in various settings

APEC’s Education Network APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

APEC Governments can work together to:

Share information about education and research policies

and practices thereby enabling international cooperation

Collect evidence and share good practice about the

outcomes from education and research policies/practices

Expand education and research cooperation amongst

member economies for mutual benefit

Desired outcomes APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

Help APEC economies to fully appreciate the role of

researcher mobility in improving knowledge exchange,

increasing the quality and impact of research; and

encouraging innovation through strengthened regional and global connections

Help identify possible strategies for enhancing research

cooperation, including researcher mobility across APEC

Help inform the October 2016 APEC Education Ministers’

Meeting and the development of an APEC Education

Strategy in 2016

Potential desired outcomes APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

Developing better, more comparable data and

information about scale and characteristics of research cooperation in APEC

Undertaking research on the factors that influence

research cooperation and their economic & social benefits

Increasing access to information about research

cooperation opportunities, particularly for

early-career researchers

Assembling data

Exploring the increasing role and impact of multidisciplinary

approaches to research cooperation in finding solutions to

increasingly complex challenges


Sharing information across APEC on research systems and

governance arrangements, including considerations of

research ethics, and their outcomes to help inform good

practice and identify potential barriers to cooperation

Education and research systems and governance


Identifying opportunities and challenges in better linking

the region’s research sectors with industry for greater

economic benefits

Research and industry links

Examining the role of, and barriers to, research-industry

links to support APEC regional value chains


Examining opportunities for greater engagement on

STEM policy, including strengthening pathways to

STEM careers, encouraging the take up of STEM

education and identifying how governments can ensure

APEC economies develop greater numbers of STEM

qualified workers

Science, technology, engineering, mathematics

Session 1: The policy context


Session 1: The Policy Context APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

9.40 am

Dr Sarah Richardson, Principal Research Fellow,

Australian Council for Educational Research and Dr

Ren Yi, Director, Research Training and International

Research Training Partnerships, Macquarie University

Presentation on

Discussion Paper

‘Education is the pre-eminent source of economic development

in the 21st century, creating more and higher jobs and bolstering

productivity growth. Education is also a fundamental component

of economic activity. Cooperation in the education sectors of

APEC economies fosters innovative growth as students,

researchers and education providers build scientific,

technological and linguistic communities.’

Session 1: The Policy Context

Session 2: Encouraging research mobility


Session 2: Encouraging Researcher Mobility APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop

11.40 am

12.00 pm

China

Prof Shang Shizhuan, Director, Asian and African

Affairs, Department of International Cooperation,

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Australia

Nancy Pritchard, Director, International Programs,

Australian Academy of Sciences

Mid and Late Career

Researchers

Mid and Late Career

Researchers


Session 2: Encouraging Researcher Mobility

1.35 pm

2.05 pm

Chaired by Facilitator Sakkie Pretorius

Group Spokespeople

Group Discussion

Report Group Findings


Session 2: Encouraging Researcher Mobility

Session 3: Building institutional partnerships


Session 3: Building Institutional Partnerships APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop


2.20 pm

2.25 pm

Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius

USA

Dr Chris Martin, Science Program Officer,

The Kavli Foundation

Session Introduction

Institutional Partnerships

Session 3: Building Institutional Partnerships


3.30 pm

4.25 pm

Thailand

SEAMEO Dr Chantavit Sujatanond, Director,

SEAMEO RIHED, Commission on Higher Education

Chaired by Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius

Regional approaches

to grow institutional

collaboration

Group Discussion

Chile

Prof Flavio Salazar-Onfray, Vice President of

Research Development, University of Chile

4.55 pm Group Spokespeople Report Group Findings

5.15 pm Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius Review of Day 1

Session 3: Building Institutional Partnerships

Session 4: Welcome and overview


Session 4: Welcome and Overview APEC Researcher Mobility Workshop


Welcome and Overview

9.00 am Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius Welcome and Overview

‘There is very little choice for governments; either they invest in

policies that are premised on a higher degree of [researcher]

circulation or they run the risk of undermining the very

developments that policy wants to foster, that is, a highly

educated globally competent workforce.’

Session 5: The role of research in powering economic growth in APEC


9.10 am

9.15 am Japan

Mr Masaki Sato, Director, Japan Science and

Technology Agency


Research and Industry

links contributing to

economic growth


10.00 am Chaired by Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius Group Discussion


Research Powering Economic Growth


10.45 am Report Group Findings Group Spokespeople

‘Academic institutions keen to promote collaboration

with industry must improve their research performance

and encourage researcher mobility. These two factors

could reduce the constraints deriving from location in

an under-industrialised area, improve the visibility of university research, and extend researchers’ networks.’




1. What research- industry links exist in your economy

– and between your economy and other APEC

economies?

2. Do you have examples of research-industry links

(either domestic or international) that have worked

well?

3. What arrangements are in place in your economy to

support/encourage research-industry links (either

domestic or international links)?

4. What challenges do your research institutions face in

developing partnerships with industry?

5. What ideas do you have for expanding research-

industry links across the APEC region?

Session 6: Ensuring integrity in researcher mobility



Integrity in Researcher Mobility

11.05 am

11.10 am


Australia

Dr Ren Yi, Director, Research Training and

International Research Training Partnerships,

Macquarie University


Embedding research

integrity in researcher

mobility

Session 7: Opportunities to increase research mobility across Asia-Pacific



1.00 pm Panel discussion led by

group spokespeople Chaired by Facilitator Prof Sakkie Pretorius

‘A firm mandate at the outset of an international

collaboration effort facilitates recognition and trust.

It is a key element of an effective foundation for international

collaboration.’

Opportunities across the Asia-Pacific


Opportunities across the Asia-Pacific

1. What do we/don’t we know about researcher

mobility? Are there limitations placed on policy

makers by the lack of comparable data?

2. What opportunities exist to expand researcher

mobility, institutional collaboration and research-

industry links in APEC?

3. What challenges do we face?

4. What are our ideas for boosting researcher mobility,

institutional collaboration and research-industry

links?

5. Who/which stakeholders should do what?

Session 8: Closing and Wrap-up



Closing

2.00 pm

2.15 pm APEC Dr Wang Yan, Education Network

Coordinator

Wrap Up of Program

Closing Remarks


2.25 pm Indonesia Closing Remarks

2.35 pm Australia Prof Craig Ritchie, Department of

Education and Training Closing Remarks

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

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