The 3rd Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Rectors’ Conference will be held in The Netherlands in September 2012. This week-long biennial dialogue will focus on university-business cooperation as well as the universities’ stakeholder engagement. It will gather university leaders and higher education experts from ASEM countries. They will discuss topical higher education policy issues between Asia and Europe.
ASEF convened the 3rd ASEM Rectors’ Conference Partners’ Meeting in Singapore (20-21 October 2011). Senior officials from the University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands and representatives from the ASEAN University Network (AUN) participated in this meeting. This meeting was to prepare the programme for the 2012 conference, participants’ selection process and other side-events.