AsiaEngage Regional Conference
The AsiaEngage (AE) Regional Conference is a regional platform organized bi-annually in fulfillment of the research, education, and engagement missions of higher education institutions to create mutually beneficial partnerships between multi-sector stakeholders – higher education institutions, industries, foundations, communities, NGOs and government agencies – to uplift the quality of peoples’ lives across ASEAN and Asia. The ASEAN University Network thematic network for University Social Responsibility & Sustainability (AUN USR&S), its permanent secretariat based at Centre for Industry and Community Partnership (I-COMM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), drives the AE Regional Conference in creating opportunities for sharing of innovative ideas, development of capacity to carry out meaningful and impactful engagement, forging of collaborative community and industry-engaged research, as well as enhancement of learning experiences.
AsiaEngage are support SDG
Following on the success of the 5th conference via online and the benefits that it brings to the university- community- industry engaged practitioners in Asia and beyond, the AUN USR&S Secretariat at UKM is proposing on organising the 6 th AsiaEngage Regional Conference in Malaysia this March 2024. UKM is pleased to collaborate with university member of the AUN USR&S thematic network, to organise the conference. The focus of the conference will be on the following five sub-themes, as essential considerations for driving forward meaningful and productive engagement efforts of higher education institutions:
- University – Community Engagement
- University – Civil Society Engagement
- University – Industry Engagement
- University – Government Engagement
- University – International Agency Engagement
- Micro-financing for young Social-entrepreneurship in ASEAN
- Ethics in digital entrepreneurship for sustainable growth in ASEAN communities
- Corporate social responsibility in developing sustainable growth for ASEAN
- Digital education and literacy for poverty alleviation strategies
- Diversity, multiculturalism, cross-cultural management
- Global/local environmental issues
- Funding social entrepreneur ventures for young Social-entrepreneurship
- Women/minority & immigrant entrepreneurship in ASEAN as a community
- Social policy and economic issues for entrepreneurship sustainable growth
- Human rights and social service issues in Social-entrepreneurship
- Economics and sustainability, entrepreneurship and sustainable development
- Role of NGOs and economic development in developing young Social-entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial opportunities for the disabled and the poor in ASEAN communities
- Technology/social innovation, technology-based social entrepreneurship
- Social challenges and technology innovations in developing a sustainable ASEAN community
