APEC CCHE 2018

Description

From 11 to 12 September 2018, within the framework of the IV Eastern Economic Forum at Far Eastern Federal University. The seventh APEC International Conference on Cooperation in Higher Education “Education in Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities for APEC” was held. Within the framework of the conference, in addition to thematic sessions, the Working Session on the work on the APEC Report on Education and Economic Development, organized jointly with the APEC Education Network, was held for the first time. The report, which aims to gather information on best practices in education, was presented at the 2018 APEC Summit Senior Officials Meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The conference was attended by 100 delegates - representatives of the leading universities of the region's countries, educational ministries and relevant departments, international organizations, as well as analytical and expert centers accompanying the strategic development of national education systems of APEC economies. The program included a plenary session and three consecutive thematic sessions: "Science and Technology Parks in Universities", "Development of 21st Century Skills in the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution", "Universities in Modern Conditions of Interaction with Government and Commercial Institutions”.

Results

• Education and Economic Development; Cross-Border Education and Academic Mobility;
• Qualification Framework, Skill Development, and Career and Technical Education; Education Innovation in the Digital Age;
• 21st Century Competencies and Structural Education Reform. Collaboration between the education institutions, local administrations, industry and business for the advanced human resources development;
• Introducing new models for technology transfer and Industry-Academia Partnerships: opportunities and challenges;
• Promoting stronger partnerships and linkages between universities and SMEs. Digitalization of education and digital possibilities in STEM education;
• Development of the digital economy competencies: producing specialists equipped with the 21st-century skills;
• Overcoming knowledge divide and promoting digital connectivity;
• Addressing quality and credibility of online and ICT-based learning. Best practices for setting up, developing and managing Science and Technology Parks;
• Capacity building and technical assistance activities of STP in partnership with business;
• International cooperation between Science and Technology Parks;
• Creating Innovation Centers for Converging Technologies in the Asia-Pacific region. Innovation 4.0: Transforming education for promoting Creative Economy;
• Digitalization of education: new means and tools of the educational process;
• Regional integration and development of science diplomacy in APEC for the 2030 Agenda.