[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":51},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-un-sdsn-university-presidents-meeting-for-east-asia-and-pacific":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"cover":39,"date":40,"description":12,"extension":41,"link":42,"meta":43,"navigation":44,"newsId":37,"path":45,"seo":46,"slug":47,"source":48,"stem":49,"__hash__":50},"news\u002Fnews\u002F2-UN-SDSN-University-Presidents-Meeting-for-East-Asia-and-Pacific.md","HKUST Business School Representative Attends UN SDSN University",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":35},"minimark",[9,13,26,29,32],[10,11,12],"p",{},"On 14 October 2026, the 4th University Presidents Meeting (UPM) for East Asia and the Pacific, hosted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN), was held online. Prof. Mengqian Lu, Director of the HKUST World Sustainable Development Institute, attended on behalf of the HKUST Business School.",[14,15,16,17,16,22],"figure",{},"\n  ",[18,19],"img",{"src":20,"style":21},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.meteonex.hkust.edu.hk\u002Fportals\u002FWSDI\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Funesco_news\u002FUPM会议.png","width: 80%",[23,24,25],"figcaption",{},"\n  The 4th UN SDSN University Presidents Meeting for East Asia and the Pacific, attended by 141 participants online.\n  ",[10,27,28],{},"The meeting aimed to examine the evolving role of higher education in advancing sustainable development, with topics including strengthening regional cooperation, reinforcing the science-policy interface, and harnessing the transformative potential of new technologies. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, President of SDSN, delivered the opening remarks. Christine Arab, Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific at UN Women, and Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim, Director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), each delivered keynote speeches, offering multilateral perspectives on mobilising higher education in service of sustainable development.",[10,30,31],{},"During the presidential roundtable, Sibrandes Poppema, President of Sunway University (Malaysia); Nicole Webster, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Tasmania (Australia); Bernard S. Oca, President of De La Salle University (Philippines); and Sun Sun Lim, Provost of Singapore Management University, each presented their institutional strategies for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals. The session was followed by an open discussion, with presidents and senior administrators from over 150 universities across East Asia and the Pacific participating in the exchange.",[10,33,34],{},"The meeting further strengthened HKUST's engagement with SDSN and regional universities. Going forward, HKUST will continue to leverage its strengths in sustainability education and research, deepen relevant collaborations, and contribute to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.",{"title":36,"searchDepth":37,"depth":37,"links":38},"",2,[],"https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.meteonex.hkust.edu.hk\u002Fportals\u002FWSDI\u002Fpublic\u002Fimages\u002Funesco_news\u002Fcover\u002Fid0-2.png","2026-10-19","md",null,{},true,"\u002Fnews\u002F2-un-sdsn-university-presidents-meeting-for-east-asia-and-pacific",{"title":5,"description":12},"un-sdsn-university-presidents-meeting-for-east-asia-and-pacific","local","news\u002F2-UN-SDSN-University-Presidents-Meeting-for-East-Asia-and-Pacific","LzqCMRTJyNXe8mH2Tie6brSHZb6u96muLZ9qZE_kfOU",1792913558079]