Asia Pacific rectors to meet in Surabaya

Asia Pacific rectors to meet in Surabaya

SEMARANG, Central Java: President Abdurrahman Wahid is
scheduled to be one of the key speakers at a three-day meeting of
Asia Pacific university rectors which begins in Surabaya, East
Java, on Monday.

Chairman of the Indonesian Rectors' Forum (FRI), Eko Buhardjo
said here that the meeting was jointly organized by the forum and
the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP).

Eko, who is also the rector of state-owned Diponegoro
University, said the meeting titled Empowering University
Small/Medium Enterprise Partnership: Living Together in Global
Village, will discuss a wide range of relevant issues including
intellectual rights and their legal aspects, especially in
developed countries, inter-campus technology sharing and cross
cultural business communication.

Other speakers at the meeting are Higher Education Director
General Satriyo Soemantri Brodjonegoro, rector of the Bandung
Institute of Technology Liliek Hendradjaja, Narudin Alie of the
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),
Yasuyuki Aoshima from the United Nation Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and speakers from South Korea,
Japan and the United States.(har/lup)