| Introduction | Participants | Programs | Conclusion | Photos |

► Introduction

In order to realize the missions addressed in the 2006 Presidents’ Forum of Southeast Asia and Taiwan Universities (hence, SATU Presidents’ Forum) and to facilitate international cooperation and cross-cultural understanding among Forum members, Mahidol University and National Cheng Kung University co-organize the 2007 SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration and Business Plan Competition.

First, the aim of “SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration” is to create a venue for chief officers of outstanding multinational corporations (hence, MNCs) to share their experiences and insights in leading their business as well as the local economy into prosperity. Emphases on the role of top universities in facilitating the mentioned process should be appropriately strengthened during the discussions.

Moreover, the “Business Plan Competition” intends to provide students and entrepreneurs, local or transnational, the opportunity to work together and to turn innovative ideas into real business practices. The event also brings together the finest research and technology ideas from prominent universities and technological institutions in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Through the competition, more eligible graduates for business will be cultivated and stronger partnerships between academic research centers and entrepreneurial communities will be established.

► Participants

Participants of SATU Steering Committee meeting

Participants from NCKU
• Prof. Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, President
• Prof. Chiang Kao, Former SATU Chairman
• Prof. Da Hsuan Feng, Senior Executive Vice President
• Prof. H. Jenny Su, Vice President for International Affairs
• Prof. Wen-jen Hsieh, Executive Secretary of SATU Presidents’ Forum
• Ms. Joyce Hsu, Vice Director of Office of International Affairs
• Ms. Serene Tsai, Assistant of International Relations Division, OIA
• Ms. I-Ting Chu, Assistance of NCKU News Center
• Ms. Anne Chung, Assistant of SATU Presidents’ Forum

Participants of SATU Steering Committee Meeting
• Prof. Pornchai Matangkasombut, President of Mahidol University
• Awang Haji Jalil bin Haji Mail, Registrar of Universiti Brunei Darussalam
• Prof. Ir. Muhammad Anis, M.Met, Vice Rector of University of Indonesia
• Prof. Neth Barom, Vice Rector of Royal University of Phnom Penh
• Assoc. Prof. Omar Osman, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Prof. Amelia P. Guevara, Vice President of University of the Philippines
• Prof. Tan Eng Chye, Provost and Deputy President of National University of Singapore
• Prof. Vu Minh Giang, Vice President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi
• Prof. Tai-Jen George Chen, Vice President of National Taiwan University
• Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director of India Institute of Technology Delhi

Participants of SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration

Session I: “Science Park: The best option in promoting industry--academic research collaboration”

• Chair: Prof. Damodar Acharya, Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
• Co-Chair: Prof. Dr. Da Hsuan Feng, Senior Executive Vice President of NCKU
• Panelists:
• Prof. Dr. Chachanat Thebtaranonth, National Science and Technology Development Agency
• Dr. Der-Ray Huang, Director General of the Science Park Administration, Taiwan
• Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Associate Director of Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Session II: “Conducting private sector’s research on university campus” 

• Chair: Prof. Dr. Chiang Kao, former Chairman of SATU Presidents' Forum
• Co-Chair: Prof. Gautam Barua, Director of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
• Panelists
• Mr. Henry Shieh, CEO of Delta Electronics (Thailand) PCL. 
• Asst. Prof. Dr. Veara Loha, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
• Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Dean of Alumni & International Relations, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

► Programs

2007 Activities of Presidents’ Forum of Southeast Asia and Taiwan Universities

► Conclusion

The 2007 SATU Steering Committee Meeting, convened at Mahidol University on November 19-20, 2007, as well as SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration and Business Plan Competition.

Consensuses achieved in the 2007 SATU Steering Committee Meeting were as the follows:

1. Five top universities of India, namely, India Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, and Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, should be invited as new members of SATU Presidents’ Forum.
2. India Institute of Technology Delhi was elected to be the representative in SATU Steering Committee.
3. With new members enrolled from India, official name of SATU Presidents’ Forum was changed to be “Presidents’ Forum of Southeast and South and Taiwan Universities.” Yet the abbreviation—SATU Presidents’ Forum— remained.
4. It was concurred by all Steering Committee members that the second SATU Presidents’ Forum will be conducted in 2008 by National Cheng Kung University at its campus. Exact subjects and detailed itinerary will be submitted by the Secretariat in early 2008.
5. Along with the second SATU Presidents’ Forum, the “Symposium for Case Studies” will also be organized by National Cheng Kung University to follow and expand the ideas of “Industry-Academia Collaboration” addressed in the 2007 SATU Summit. 

The “SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration” is a great venue for chief officers of outstanding multinational corporations (hence, MNCs) to share their experiences and insights in leading their business as well as the local economy into prosperity. Emphases on the role of top universities in facilitating the mentioned process should be appropriately strengthened during the discussions.

And the “Business Plan Competition” provided students and entrepreneurs, local or transnational, the opportunity to work together and to turn innovative ideas into real business practices. The event also brought together the finest research and technology ideas from prominent universities and technological institutions in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Through the competition, more eligible graduates for business were cultivated and stronger partnerships between academic research centers and entrepreneurial communities were established.

► Photos