Official Sponsors
The THE Summit Series is the essential forum for leaders
from across the academic community to meet and shape
the future for international higher education governance
and innovation. Our event is officially sponsored by:
University Impact Rankings 2019
Greetings from KAIST
We are privileged to host the
2019 Times Higher Education
Innovation & Impact Summit
at the Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and
Technology in Daejeon, where
innovation happens daily.
The THE University Impact Rankings will show how the
global higher education sector is working towards the
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Advance HE
The transformation
of universities’
impact in the
fourth industrial
revolution
Daejeon City
Elsevier
Golfzon
HSBC
Huawei
2-4 April 2019,
Daejeon, South Korea
Hyundai
Microsoft
Pearson
Perrett Laver
Qatar University
Enquiries
summit2019@kaist.ac.kr
Samsung
Saudi Aramco
+82 (42) 350 2406 or 2407
INNOVATION
& IMPACT
SUMMIT
summits@timeshighereducation.com
+44 (0)20 3194 9659
www.theworldsummitseries.com
The Wall Street Journal
INNOVATION
& IMPACT
SUMMIT
In partnership with
This summit will serve as a
global platform for developing
a shared vision of higher
education in the pursuit of
Sung-Chul Shin
educational excellence and
President, KAIST
innovation. Leaders from
higher education, industry and government will explore the
new roles and responsibilities for universities that the new
landscape of the Fourth Industrial Revolution generates.
Innovation is our institutional DNA. The Korean government
founded KAIST in 1971 during Korea’s budding industrial
stage to educate elite scientists and engineers committed to
economic growth in Korea. Since then, KAIST has been the
trailblazer of innovation, advanced science and technology,
and entrepreneurship. It is now one of the most innovative
universities in the world.
We are currently on an upward path to becoming a university
that will contribute to the happiness and prosperity of
humankind beyond Korea with unwavering innovation. We
will continue to strive to create new technological, economic
and social value under Vision 2031, a blueprint for becoming
a “global value-creative world-leading university”. This
long-term, innovative, strategic plan – well equipped with our
core values of creativity, challenge and caring – will enable
our unimpeded academic progress towards cutting-edge
research that will better serve the world.
The summit at KAIST will provide a creative environment
for innovation and collaboration between distinguished
participants. Sharing visions and experiences will inspire all
in their innovation initiatives.
I look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful spring
campus of KAIST in 2019.
What is the THE Innovation
and Impact Summit?
INNOVATION
& IMPACT
SUMMIT
Program
Tuesday | 2 April 2019
08:00-18:00
10:00-12:00
12:15-13:30
13:30-15:00
15:00-16:45
18:30-20:30
Registration: Lotte City Hotel Daejeon
THE Data Masterclass
Networking Lunch
Cultural Activities and Campus Tour
THE and Microsoft Global CTO Survey
Welcome Reception
Wednesday | 3 April 2019
07:30-08:30
08:50-09:00
09:00-09:15
THE Hiring Solutions Breakfast
Registration and Welcome Refreshments
Opening Remarks
Opening Keynote: "Higher Education - Coping
with the Knowledge Inflation and Preparing
for Success"
Panel Discussion 1: "The University of the
Future: Physical vs. Virtual"
Networking Refreshments
Reflection and practice of higher education
in an era of innovation
Networking Lunch
Lunchtime Workshop: "THE Branding
Solutions"
Panel Discussion 2: "Industry Development
and Skill Requirements - How Higher
Education Can Stay Ahead"
Keynote
Networking Refreshments
Panel Discussion 3: “Can Universities
Collaborate With Private Industry and
Stay Neutral for Society?”
Overview of Daedeok Technopolis
Gala Dinner
Exclusive Launch of the THE University
Impact Rankings 2019
Thursday | 4 April 2019
09:15-10:00
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is
10:00-11:00
delighted to be partnering with the global authority on higher
11:00-11:30
education, Times Higher Education for the Innovation and
Impact Summit 2019. The summit will build on THE’s global
dialogue to unite leaders of the best and most ambitious
universities with world-class policy-makers, researchers,
and companies that are shaping our future around the vital
questions on university impact, next April 2-4 in Daejeon,
South Korea.
The 2019 Impact and Innovation Summit will bring together
leading experts to unravel the opportunities and challenges,
successes and risks, of this new era of the Fourth Industrial
Revolution. During the three days of critical keynotes and
panel debates, networking events and workshops, we will
tackle the most pressing concerns for leaders on the culture
of artificial intelligence, the nature of industry collaboration,
and the development of future learning infrastructure.
How can established universities responsibly create
knowledge, build partnerships, attract investment, protect
their missions and adapt their culture in a new technologyled world? How may they safeguard their legacies and their
future? How can we understand and evaluate their impact?
11:30-12:15
12:15-13:30
12:30-13:20
13:30-14:45
14:45-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00~17:15
17:15~17:30
19:00-21:00
21:00-21:30
08:30-08:45
08:45-10:15
10:15-10:45
10:45-11:30
11:30-12:15
12:15-12:45
with KAIST with university leaders, innovators, investors,
12:45-14:00
13:00-13:50
14:00-14:45
research directors and policy-makers across the globe, to
14:45-16:00
We invite you to join this essential conversation, in partnership
build your network and understand the most pressing issues
in global higher education.
16:00-16:15
Welcome Refreshments
Full Reveal of the THE University Impact
Rankings 2019
Networking Refreshments
Keynote
Lightning Keynotes
Debate: "The Ethics and Societal Implications
of Artificial Intelligence"
Networking Lunch
Lunchtime Talk: "Towards a 2050 Society"
Keynote
Panel Discussion 4: "Universities, Industry,
and Government Collaborating for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution"
Closing Remarks
Our Speakers
Seung Kwon
Ahn
President
LG Science Park
Trevor Barratt
CEO
THE
Joseph Aoun
President
Khin Yong Lam
Vice President
Tze Yun Leong
Professor
Northeastern
University
Nanyang
Technological
University
National
University of
Singapore
Phil Baty
Chief Knowledge
Officer
Kirsti Lonka
Professor
Miranda Lou
Executive Vice
President
THE
YS Chi
Chairman
Charmaine Dean
Vice President
Elsevier
University of
Waterloo
Anne Glover
Chief Executive
Vivek Goel
Vice President
Amadeus Capital
Partners
University of
Toronto
Lino Guzzella
Former President
Tae-Jeong Heo
Mayor
ETH Zürich
Daejeon Metropolitan
City
University of
Helsinki
The Hong-Kong
Polytechnic
University
Marsha Lovett
Associate Vice
Provost
Max Lu
President and
Vice Chancellor
Carnegie Mellon
University
University of
Surrey
Seán Ó
hÉigeartaigh
Executive Director
Alice Oh
Associate
Professor
University of
Cambridge
KAIST
Alexandros
Papaspyridis
Tertiary Education
Industry Director
Yong Qiu
President
Tsinghua
University
Microsoft
Vikram Jandhyala
Vice President
Mooyoung Jung
President
Salah Sukkarieh
Director
Marina Ranga
Senior
Researcher
University of
Washington
UNIST
University of
Sydney
Dae Shik Kim
Professor
So Young Kim
Professor
Jin-Guang Teng
Vice President
Laura Tucker
CEO
KAIST
KAIST
SUSTech
Vertigo
Ventures
Myung-Ja Kim
President
Hiroshi Komiyama
Chairman
Korean Federation
of Science and
Technology
Societies
Mitsubishi
Research Institute
Toby Walsh
Scientia
Professor
Sung-Kwang
Yang
President
University of New
South Wales
Innopolis
Foundation
Stanford
University
(As of February 2019)