ABOUT THE PANEL


Knowledge creation has been the key role of universities and will continue to be their key strength. Knowledge is created through teaching and learning process, research, innovation, intellectual discourses, and publications. However, here, we are talking about converting this knowledge into value that goes beyond the knowledge creation process and is used to directly create a process, product, or service that is used by and is useful to a large segment of society. Faculties, students, and researchers are the core of the process of knowledge creation and the Academia is transforming itself to connect in more avenues with the industry. We will discuss about the common grounds towards the merge of basic and applied research, producing graduates who understands the pace of technological disruption, and are able to adhere life-long learning to support sustainable industrial growth. We are looking forward to discuss the common grounds to foster this Alliance towards the journey to 2030.



PANELISTS


Dr. Benno Boer

Chief of Natural Sciences
UNESCO, Bangkok

Prof. Thammarat Koottatep

Professor and Academic Chair
Asian Institute of Technology

Dr. Thitapha Smitinont

Executive Vice President
National Science and Technology Development Agency

Mr. Worawat Suvagondha

FEVP, Head of SCB Academy
Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited

Prof. Deepak Sharma

Vice President of Academic Affairs, AIT

Moderator