About Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN)
Founded in 2003, the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) is a non-governmental and non-profit network who has been striving for “Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region” and "Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region".
After 20-year development, APQN has 192 members from 45 countries and territories, becoming the largest and the most influential international organization on higher education in this Region. APQN has played a crucial and unique role in improving the QA mechanism, exchanging theory and practice experiences, promoting substantive co-operations, establishing Consultant Bank, reviewing Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) and Asia-Pacific Quality Label(APQL) in this Region.
2025 APQN Academic Conference (AAC) and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) and Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) in Hong Kong SAR, China
20-23 November 2025
I Background
APQN and HKCAAVQ would like to extend a warm invitation to all professionals and stakeholders in the higher education and training and quality assurance community to participate in this great event for in-depth exchanges on the latest development, innovations, good practices for enhancing the quality of higher education in the Asia Pacific region.
II Conference Themes
The theme of the conference is:
Embracing Industrial Collaboration for Quality Higher Education
Sub-themes:
Discussions during the conference will be structured around the following sub-themes:
- Professional Relevance and quality of Higher Education: Collaboration and Integration with Industry
- Innovation and quality in Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy in line with industry collaborations
- Fostering quality of flexible learning pathways
- Driving for excellence in Higher Education: Role of External Quality Assurance
The Conference website will be launched on 1 April 2025. All the details will be uploaded and updated on the website. Please mark the following key dates:
III Timeline - key dates and events.
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Time |
Key Event |
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1 April, 2025 |
Launch of Conference website |
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1 Apr – 15 Jul 2025 |
Call for papers |
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1 Aug – 30 Sep 2025 |
Early bird registration |
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1 – 31 Oct 2025 |
Regular registration |
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20 – 23 Nov 2025 |
Conference date |
