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ABS APAC Summit Forges Way Forward for Cross

The Association of Business Schools (ABS) recently held its first Business and Management Education Leadership Summit for the Asia Pacific region.

The summit saw over 40 senior leaders from the business and management education sector meet at Nottingham University in Kuala Lumpur, speakers included:

• Prof. Chew-Ging Lee, Dean, Nottingham University Business School Malaysia • President of the Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools, Prof. Ricardo Lim, Dean of AIM, Philippines • Gavin Anderson Director, British Council Malaysia • Professor Alec Cameron, Dean Australian School of Business, The University of South Wales • Pradeep Thevannoor. Director at SCMS Group of Educational Institutions • Prof. Dr Roziah, Director, Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) • Prof. Peter McKiernan, Dean Murdoch Business School • Paul Marshall, CEO, ABS and Prof. Angus Laing, Chair ABS and Dean, Business and Economics Loughborough University.

The summit builds on the recent reciprocal arrangement between the ABS and the Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools.

The event focussed on the themes of: Innovation, student experience and capacity building, a joint communiqué will be issued detailing more about the next steps.

Chairman of the ABS, Prof. Angus Laing, Dean Business and Economics at Loughborough University said:

“The summit has been a first for the ABS, developing and working on our strategic plan to deliver a wider range of benefits and services to our members, whilst forging links with our colleagues and counterparts worldwide.

Business and management by its nature is global and the ABS needs to represent this at the highest levels.

We are delighted that so many senior representatives from the APAC region were in attendance and look forward to issuing published works going forwards“.

Prof. Chew-Ging Lee, Dean of Nottingham University Business School Malaysia said:

Currently, Asia is the focus of the world’s economic and political activities in the 21st century. Its rapid development has led to an increasing complexity of doing business in a region bounded by vast differences in economic, business, cultural, institutional and socio-political conditions. The decision of ABS to hold its summit in Malaysia with the support of the Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools offers an opportunity for British business schools to interact with business schools in the Asia Pacific region to develop an in-depth understanding of the growing and diverse needs and expectations of students, employers, alumni, universities and governments in Asia.

President of the Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools, Ricardo Lim, Dean of AIM, Philippines was delighted to be able to cement the relationship with ABS and said:

“The ABS, Australian, and AAPBS agendas are alike, and yet different. We share many common problems, so we can share useful solutions. At the same time we in the AAPBS can learn best practices in education management from our UK and Australian counterparts; we hope to share our diverse, interesting experiences through case studies and extensive networks. We hope to collaborate by joint conferences, seminars, exchanges. Most important is that while we all understand that we have to compete in this small space of Asia, we also see the opportunities which are best tackled in a concerted, joint way. Everyone wins.” The ABS would like to thanks the following sponsors/supporters of the event:

Association of Asia Pacific Business Schools

British Council

CarringtonCrisp

Communications Management

Hobsons

Nottingham University Business School

Novo

Nordisk.

We intend to publish an article on the insights and outcomes of this meeting.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Association of Business Schools .