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INSPIRE ASIA 2026|MANILA
INnovation Summit for Partnerships in Internationalisation & Regional Excellence
The Future of Higher Education Is Shaped by Shared Intelligence
A one-day executive summit on AI, lifelong learning, employability and internationalisation — exclusive, high-level conversations with the thought leaders shaping education’s next decade.
One Day
A full-day executive summit: the question in the morning, the answer in the afternoon.
One Room
Curated for university owners, presidents and senior executives. By approved registration only.
One Idea
Shared intelligence: the future no institution builds alone.
Convened by the Australian Academies Group — 25+ years in Australian education · two registered Australian training institutes · delivering events in the Philippines today.
What your institution takes home
Micro-credentials in practice
Working models for stackable, PQF-aligned micro-credentials, shared by institutions already delivering them.
AI with academic control
How AI supports teaching while your institution keeps control — closed platforms, content you own.
Industry-aligned employability
Learning designed with employers, so qualification and work-readiness become the same thing.
Pathways & partnerships
Australia-linked and regional pathways open to institutions ready to expand across borders.
Leadership dialogue with peers
A closed room of decision-makers asking the questions every institution is facing — together.
Clear next steps
The day closes on concrete follow-ups for every institution that wants to continue the conversation.
The first confirmed voices
Ed Ursua
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, GENG
One day, end to end
- 8:30 Registration & executive networking
- 9:00 Opening address
- 9:20 Three keynotes — Asia, the Philippines, AI
- 11:40 Live demonstration
- 12:40 Hosted lunch
- 1:40 Case-led afternoon sessions
- 3:50 Closing conversation
- 4:10 Executive reception
No university can out-invent this moment alone. But no university has to.
Higher education is changing faster than any single institution can respond. Artificial intelligence has entered the classroom whether universities invited it or not. Employers are redefining what “qualified” means. Students are choosing globally, comparing internationally, and moving across borders — physically and digitally.
INSPIRE ASIA convenes the leaders of the region’s universities with the educators, platforms, regulators and industries already building the answer — so that intelligence, in every sense of the word, is shared.
Three partnerships, one future
Human + Machine
AI that works with the educator, not instead of them. Technology that amplifies teaching rather than replacing it.
Institution + Institution
Knowledge that no longer stops at the campus gate or the national border. Networked, collaborative, borderless learning.
Academia + Industry
Universities and employers shaping graduates together — so that qualification and employability are the same thing.
Manila 2026
The annual INnovation Summit convenes its 2026 edition in Manila — one permanent brand travelling across Asia, welcoming the region’s higher education leadership in a new host city each year.
Explore Manila 2026One day. One room. One idea.
Attendance is by approved registration. Seats are limited and curated.
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