AUAP GENERAL CONFERENCE HELD AT PATTAYA, THAILAND ON NOVEMBER 19-21, 2018
As mandated in the Constitution of AUAP, the organization has to organize a General Conference once every two years. This time, the General conference was organized to coincide with the First AUAP Joint Conference with the Federation of Catholic Universities of France or IFCU. These two events were held at the Dusit Thani Pattaya Hotel in the Resort City of Pattaya, Thailand on November 18-21,2018. The Theme of the conference was “ Envisioning the Universities of Tomorrow in the Age of Emerging Technologies, Disruption and Change.”
A total of 138 delegates from 27 countries attended and about 47 higher education institutions were represented. Two Keynote Lectures were delivered and fourteen (14) other paper presentations were made by authors from Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States of America. The Keynote Speakers were the Chairman and Vice Chancellor of Jagran Lakecity University, Dr. Hari Mohan Gupta and Prof Dr. Anoop Swarup respectively.
Dr. Sunghee Nam, Chairman of AUAP Advisory Council, Dr. Rolando Garcia, President of Masters' Institute of Development Academy Seminary and Prof.Dr. Dr. Wichit Srisa-an, Emeritus Chair of AUAP Advisory Council delivered the Welcome Remarks at the Opening Ceremony the 1st AUAP and IFCU Joint International Conference and the 16th AUAP General Conference held on November 19 to 20, 2018 at Dusit Thani Pattaya Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand