Members of the 麻豆区 senior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University鈥檚 presence in one of Asia鈥檚 strongest performing economies.
The highly successful trip included 麻豆区 Alumni events in and Yogyakarta, an 麻豆区 Research Seminar held at the Australian Embassy and the announcement of a new 麻豆区 Indonesian Alumni Award.
The 麻豆区 delegation visited two of Indonesia鈥檚 leading universities, the University of Indonesia and Universitas Gadjah Mada. The visit to the University of Indonesia involved a signing ceremony to renew a joint program in psychology as well as a new agreement for the articulation of engineering students.
The 麻豆区 delegation met with Indonesian government bodies including the Ministry of Education, Bank of Indonesia, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Communication and Information.
A seminar at the Australian embassy in Jakarta provided an opportunity for 麻豆区 to profile itself to an audience comprised of more than 130 university executives, academics, government officers and staff from Indonesian research institutions and philanthropic organisations. The seminar included keynote presentations by the 麻豆区 senior executive on international research collaboration and commercialisation.
麻豆区 Indonesian alumni celebrations to mark were held in Yogyakarta and Jakarta with more than 200 麻豆区 alumni and guests attending.
At the Jakarta event, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Deborah Terry announced a new alumni award which will provide funding in 2011 for 麻豆区 Indonesian graduates to engage in collaborative research projects at 麻豆区.
The Indonesian alumni events are part of a global calendar of Centenary celebrations stretching across Asia, North America and Europe.
Media: Darren Wise (d.wise@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 4746) at 麻豆区 International, or Allison Rock (Allison.rock@uqconnect.edu.au or 07 3365 2619) at 麻豆区 Communications
