16.30 – 18.00 | Informal cocktail reception
Venue: Sierra Madre 1, MS Milenium Hotel (Conference Hotel)
AGM PROGRAM BEGINS
All venues listed are on the Tecnológico de Monterrey campus (TEC) unless noted otherwise.
08:10 | Bus departs Conference Hotel for campus
09:00 – 12:30 | Welcome and Research Highlights
Venue: Rectoria Sala Mayor
• Welcome
PETER LENNIE - WUN Executive Director
DAVID GARZA - Rector, Tecnológico de Monterrey
• WUN Research Highlights
RALPH MANCHESTER - University of Rochester and MEMORY MUTURIKI -University of Cape Town.
Student Mental Health Working Group Co-Chairs.
ALF COLES - University of Bristol.
Innovating the Mathematics Curriculum in Times of Change.
TSAIR-FUH LIN AND CHUNG-YING LIN - National Cheng Kung University, and JOSEPHINE ESAETE- Makerere University.
Global Research Group – SDGs in Asia.
JESUS VALDEZ-RESENDIZ - Tecnologico de Monterrey.
Development of a low cost-high efficiency electric vehicle battery charger for emerging markets.
ROB DE CONTO and MATTHEW LACKNER - University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Establishing The Low Carbon Energy Transition in a Changing Climate.
PAUL REVILL - University of York.
Informing health resource allocation decisions: models of interdisciplinary research emphasising local engagement and policy impact
BUKOLA SALAMI - University of Alberta.
One Child, Every Child: A Transformational Child Health Research Initiative.
ANDREAS NEEF - The University of Auckland.
Report on a WUN Academic Air Policy Review.
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and group photo
14:00 – 16:30
Governance Group Meetings
Special topic discussions
Partnership Board
Benchmarking of University Performance Section 1: Research
Section 2: Operations and Costs
Venue: Rectoria Sala Mayor
Academic Advisory Group
The implications of Large Language Models like ChaptGPT for education and research
Venue: La Caretta
Coordinators
Developing International Priority Partnerships
Venue: Rectoria, Ceddie Meeting Room
16:45 | Bus departs campus for Conference Hotel
18:40| Bus departs Conference Hotel for dinner venues
19:00 – 21:30
Governance Group Working Dinners
Partnership Board
Venue: Rectoria Sala Mayor
Academic Advisory Group
Venue: La Caretta
Coordinators
Venue: Stadium Banorte, Borregos Room
21:45 | Bus departs dinner venues for Conference Hotel
07:45 | Bus departs conference hotel for campus
08:30 - 13:45
Governance Group Business Meetings
Partnership Board
Venue: Rectoria Sala Mayor
Academic Advisory Group
Venue: Congress Center
Coordinators
Venue: Rectoria, Ceddie Meeting Room
13:45 | Bus departs campus for Conference Hotel
14:30 - 16:30 | Unstructured time for delegation meetings
Venue: Conference Hotel meeting rooms available on request
16:30 - 17:15 | AGM Plenary Session
Venue: Sierra Madre 1, Conference Hotel
18:00 | Bus departs Conference Hotel for dinner venue
19:00 - 22:00 | Conference Dinner
Venue: Fundidora Park
07:45 | Bus departs conference hotel for campus
08:30 - 14:45 | WUN Presidents Forum 2023
Universities’ contributions to a sustainable world
Venue: Rectoria Sala Mayor TEC
The WUN Presidents Forum 2023, entitled Universities; Contributions to Environmental Sustainability, is focused on the role of universities exemplars of leadership in
environmental sustainability. Divided into key themes of ‘Leadership in Research,’ ‘Leadership in Education and the Curriculum,’ and ‘Leadership in Policy and Practice,’
three panels of WUN principals will discuss and debate how universities are responding to the global environmental crisis, and what more they can and should do.
08:30 | Keynote address
09:10 | Session One: Leadership in Research
11:00 | Session Two: Leadership in Education and Curriculum
13:00 | Session Three: Leadership in Policy and Practice
14:30 | Concluding Remarks
14:45 | Program ends
For those who must leave immediately after the program, buses will depart at 14:50 for the airport and conference hotel. A cocktail reception will be held for those who can stay on and a bus departs Campus for Conference hotel at 16:40.
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