UoA Executives attend APRU 29th Annual Presidents’ Meeting
Professor Peter Høj AC on a panel at the APRU Presidents' Meeting.
Professor Peter Høj AC, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Jessica Gallagher, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International and External Engagement) recently attended the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) 29th Annual Presidents’ Meeting.
The theme of this year’s meeting was Human Longevity in a Changing World: Innovation, Education and Leadership for a Resilient Future
The three-day meeting explored and exchanged knowledge on the interconnectedness of global challenges related to human longevity - such as healthcare innovation, socio-economic inequality, and geopolitical tensions - while emphasising the role of international collaboration and interdisciplinary research and education.
It highlights how universities, through collaborative research and forward-thinking leadership, can drive solutions to extend healthy life expectancy, address disparities, and prepare the next generation to contribute meaningfully to these global issues. This theme highlights:
• AI and Longevity: Global Challenges and International Research Collaboration.
• University Innovation for Longevity: Biotechnology, and Public Health.
• The Role of Higher Education and Social and Economic Policy in Facing Aging Populations.
• Engagement of next generation of leaders and scholars to ensure sustainable, resilient, equitable solutions to aging.
As part of the meeting, Professor Høj participated in the AI and Longevity: Global Challenges and International Research Collaboration panel.
Professor Høj spoke about how the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s researchers are operating in a deeply connected knowledge eco-system, allowing for multi-disciplinary work and bold advances in AI.
The University’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) is at the forefront of global AI research, with a reputation for excellence at an important inflection point for the field.
Professor Høj also noted that the University’s Responsible AI Research Centre (RAIR) was opened last December. RAIR will bring AIML’s world-class researchers in AI and machine learning together with scientific experts from CSIRO with support from the South Australian Government. The Centre’s four key themes - tackling misinformation; safe AI in the real world; Diverse AI; and AI that can explain its actions – also align to the Australian Government’s National Science and Research Priorities, released in August 2024.