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.
• ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s researchers are operating in a deeply connected knowledge eco-system, allowing for multi-disciplinary work and bold advances in AI.
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n 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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Government’s National Science and Research Priorities, released in August 2024.