UCEC 2012University-Community Engagement Conference

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Tentative Program

Joint Conference on University - Community Engagement for Empowerment
and Knowledge Creation ( UCEC 2012 )
January 9-12, 2012, the Le Méridien Chiang Mai, THAILAND
day 4
9:00-9:30 Keynote Speaker V : Professor Peter Boothroyd, Professor Emeritus University of British Columbia, Canada on "Participatory Development, Social Reform, and Higher Education: the Community Engagement Nexus" 
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9:30 -11:00 Panel Discussion : Possibilities and Prospects for Effective University-Community Engagement: Comparing the Asia-Pacific Experiences

Associate Professor Dr. Ismail Baba, Dean, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Associate Professor Michael Cuthill, Director, Community Engagement Centre, University of Queensland Boilerhouse, Australia

Dr.Ir. Feri Arlius, Chairman, Student Service Learning Boards, Andalas University, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Associate Professor Dr.Henry Rozario John, P.G.& Research Department of Social Work, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tiruvalluvar University, India

Chair: Professor Dr. Anna Christina Abdullah, Director of Community Network Unit, Division of Industry & Community Network,Universiti Sains Malaysia , Malaysia

11.00-12.00 Participatory Closing Session : Emerging Agenda for UC Engagement

Facilitator: Professor Peter Boothroyd, Professor Emeritus University of British Columbia, Canada

Conference Summary : Assistant Professor Dr. Titiporn Siriphant Puntasen and Dr. Azlinda Azman

  • Closing Ceremony : TU Students Chorus

  • 13.00-15.00 Open Forum "Way Forward for UCEC" 
    Moderator: Professor Dato' See Ching Mey, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Division of Industry and Community Network , Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia