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 - 14:45  | WUN Presidents Forum 2023

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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.