The INnovation Summit
A premier, invitation-curated gathering of the Asia-Pacific’s university leadership.
INSPIRE ASIA is the annual flagship INnovation Summit of the Australian Academies Group: a premier, invitation-curated gathering of university owners, presidents and senior executives from across the Asia-Pacific.
It is deliberately intimate. Every seat is filled selectively, so that every conversation in the room is a conversation between decision-makers and the thought leaders shaping education.
It is deliberately mobile. Each year, INSPIRE ASIA convenes in a new host city, carrying one permanent brand — and one permanent conviction — across the region: the future of higher education is shaped by shared intelligence.
And it is deliberately generous. INSPIRE ASIA is not a sales seminar. It exists to share what works — the platforms, the practice, the pathways, the partnerships — so that every institution in the room leaves ahead of where it arrived, without the pressure of having to invent everything itself.
One summit. Many cities. A permanent conviction.
An annual edition
One summit per year, one host city, one theme — building a compounding archive of ideas, speakers and outcomes.
A travelling home
The summit moves; the network stays. Delegates from every edition remain part of the INSPIRE ASIA community.
A signature moment
Every edition features a live, unscripted demonstration of shared intelligence in practice — AI and educator working together, on stage, in real time.
A standing invitation
From the second edition onward, institutions and cities across Asia may express interest in hosting. Host an Event
Australian Academies Group
INSPIRE ASIA is presented by the Australian Academies Group (AAG) — an Australian education group connecting universities across Asia with Australian qualifications, industry-aligned learning and international pathways, through its institutions in Perth and its transnational and online delivery platforms. AAG builds partnerships for internationalisation: it shares what it has developed so that partner institutions can move faster than they could alone.
A personal welcome
INSPIRE ASIA began with a simple conviction: no university has to face this moment alone. My own family bridges Australia and the Philippines, so it means a great deal — personally as well as professionally — that the summit begins its journey in Manila.
We have kept the room deliberately small, so that every conversation counts. What works, we share.
Dr. Ingrid Ursua
Founder & President, Australian Academies Group
Dr. Ursua brings more than 25 years in Australian vocational education — delivering online learning since 2004 — including 16 years leading internationalisation across the ASEAN region. Through AAG she owns and operates two registered Australian training institutes — the Australian Academy of Higher and Professional Learning (AAHPL) and the Australian Institute of Hospitality and Management (AIHM) — and founded eVersity, through which the first publicly delivered AI-integrated learning programs in the Philippines were introduced. She serves as Commissioner for Continuing Professional Development and Education with the International Alliance of Certified Hospitality and Tourism Professionals, and on the AILP Advisory Board for Tourism and Hospitality Education at Our Lady of Fatima University in the Philippines.
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