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DAY 1 Venue: NTNU Assembly Hall, Main Campus I >> Google Map
DAY 2 Venue: NTNU Continuing Education Building 2F Room 201 >> Google Map
2024 NTNU Forum
2024 Taiwan / France
Higher Education Leaders Forum
Taiwan-France Collaboration for Global Impact
About the Forum
The 2024 Taiwan-France Higher Education Leaders Forum, themed "Taiwan-France Collaboration for Global Impact," marks a momentous occasion as it brings together university presidents and higher education leaders from both countries in an in-person gathering, breaking free from the constraints imposed by the pandemic. This forum will be a pivotal event in fostering an in-depth understanding and collaboration among Taiwanese and French higher education institutions. It will serve as a dynamic platform for sharing the latest initiatives of higher education and research policy, and promoting exchanges in critical areas such as science, technology, language, industry-academia cooperation, and talent development. Through the event, high-level delegations from both countries will jointly explore new opportunities and forge a shared goal to strengthen partnership, foster higher education excellence, and push forward more rigorous talent cultivation in the present and for the future. DAY 1
March 11, 2024
NTNU Assembly Hall, Main Campus I DAY 2
March 12, 2024
NTNU Continuing Education Building 2F Room 201
Theme: Taiwan-France Collaboration for
Future Growth and Global Impact
Venue
National Taiwan Normal University
Language
English
March 11
DAY 1 Venue: NTNU Assembly Hall, Main Campus I >> Google Map
09:30-10:00
Registration
10:00-10:30
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Honored Guests
Mon-Chi Lio
Political Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education Taiwan
Franck Paris
Director, French Office in Taipei
Chih-Chung Wu
Ambassador, Taiwan's Representative Office in France
(Video Recording)
Béatrice Khaiat
Deputy Director General,
Campus France
Cheng-Chih Wu
Chairperson, Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan
Dean Lewis
Vice-President, France Universités
President, University of Bordeaux
10:30-11:20
Introductory Session
Internationalization of Higher Education: Crossing Taiwan and France Perspectives
Kao-Hsien Liao
Deputy Director General, Department of International and Cross-strait Education, Ministry of Education Taiwan- Béatrice Khaiat
Deputy Director General,
Campus France
Session summary: This session aims at introducing recent developments in French and Taiwanese higher education and research policy.
11:20-11:40
Coffee Break
11:40-12:10
Keynote
Building Industry-Academia Partnerships in Technology Development: The Taiwanese Way
Wen-Chang Chen
President, National Taiwan University
Chung-Chih Wu
Vice President for Research and Development, National Taiwan University
Session summary: Taiwanese universities are renowned worldwide for their innovative and successful way of cooperating with industrial ecosystems. French higher education leaders are eager to better understand Taiwanese policy mechanisms to boost industry-academia cooperation from the first-hand experiences of Taiwanese university representatives.
12:10-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:20
Session 1
Priorities of Scientific Cooperation and Talent Development between Taiwan and France
Moderator: Hassane Sadok
President, University Littoral côte d’Opale
W. John Kao
President, National Tsing Hua University- Dean Lewis
President, University of Bordeaux
Vice-President, France Universités 
Joanne Pagèze
Vice-President of Internationalisation, University of Bordeaux
Session summary: This session will cover best practices of Taiwanese and French universities in science cooperation and talent development in key scientific areas.
14:20-15:10
Tea Time and Networking
15:10-16:20
Session 2
European Panel - The European Engagement of French Universities: An Opportunity for Taiwanese Partners
Moderator: Frank Yung-Hsiang Ying
Executive Vice President, National Taiwan Normal University
Carle Bonafous-Murat
High level representative, France Universités in Brussels
Jean-Marc Ogier
President, La Rochelle Université
Coordinator, CONEXUS European University Alliance
Alexandre Wallard
Coordinator, Erasmus Mundus Program EMMaH
Thierry Burnouf
Vice Dean, College of Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Medical University
Session summary: Excellence in French higher education includes strategic engagement of French universities to develop European projects, European joint programs and European alliances. By extension, Taiwanese partners of French institutions would also have access to this European dimension. During this session, French universities will share concrete examples of their European initiatives that might also be opportunities for Taiwanese universities (Erasmus Mundus Programs and European Universities alliances).
16:20-16:40
Closing Remarks
Honored Guests
Nicole Yen-Yi LeeMarch 12
DAY 2 Venue: NTNU Continuing Education Building 2F Room 201 >> Google Map
09:00-09:30
Registration
09:30-10:50
Special Session
Panel on French and Mandarin as Global Languages: The Key Role of Universities
Moderator: Yun-Hua Yang
Executive Director, Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan
Yi-De Liu
Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan Normal University
Jean-François Huchet
President, l’INALCO
Jean-Yves Heurtebise
Director, Department of French Language and Culture, Fu Jen Catholic University
Nil Toulouse
Vice-President, International relations, University of Lille
Session summary: Mandarin and French are both global languages. During this session, participants will discuss their institutional strategies on French and Mandarin as foreign languages, innovative policies developed in the field of language teaching, and promotion of academic excellence in teaching French and Mandarin as foreign languages.
10:50-11:00