On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Vietnam-UK Diplomatic Relations, with the idea of promoting bilateral cooperation in priority areas, including innovation and education, the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK & Ireland (VIS), the Embassy of Vietnam in the UK, and Middlesex University are jointly organising the event “50 years and Beyond: VN-UK Partnership in Innovation and Education” on 19th June in Hendon, London.
The purpose of the event:
• To celebrate the 50-year VN_UK diplomatic relations, to highlight what we have achieved in key areas of education, training and economic cooperation and what opportunities we have going forward in promoting higher education, research and innovation via international collaboration with the UK.
• To underline Vietnam’s ambition to become an innovative country embracing emerging technologies, addressing climate change and sustainable development and how leadership can empower collaborative innovation and facilitate the resource and capability exchange between universities and industries of the two countries.
• To help promote the connection of networks of governmental agencies, universities, businesses and relevant parties of the two countries to make a difference in innovation and education.
Registration link: can be found here
Programme
12:30pm – Networking lunch (for invited VIP guests only)
2:00pm – Opening speeches
Professor Huan Nguyen – Chair, Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK & Ireland (VIS), Middlesex University
Professor Nic Beech – Vice-Chancellor, Middlesex University
HE Nguyen Hoang Long, Vietnam’s Ambassador to the UK and Ireland
2:15pm – Distinguished Lecture
Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam “Leadership during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Innovation and Education”
3:15pm – Panel discussion
“Role of leadership for Innovation in Higher Education: Factors in VN-UK collaborations”, facilitated by Dr Yen Tran, Associate Professor in Innovation Management, Edinburgh Business School – Heriot-Watt University
Featuring panellists:
Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam
Professor Balbir Barn, Academic Dean of Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University
HE Nguyen Hoang Long, Vietnam’s Ambassador to the UK and Ireland
Jamie Bettles – Founder and Managing Director, Pagoda Project company (International Collaborative Education Platform)
4:00pm – Networking
5:00pm – Close
We (VIS UK & Ireland) would like to express our gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support.
Sponsors: HanCoffee, Carrick Education, VietCentric, Fuwa Biotech, VietBrite, GP Brands, Cay Tre, Rikkeisoft, Everything-Vietnam, NomNom, VBUK.
