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22 June 2010

Members of the 91É«ÊÓƵsenior executive have recently returned from a tour to Indonesia, consolidating the University’s presence in one of Asia’s strongest performing economies.

The highly successful trip included 91É«ÊÓƵAlumni events in and Yogyakarta, an 91É«ÊÓƵResearch Seminar held at the Australian Embassy and the announcement of a new 91É«ÊÓƵIndonesian Alumni Award.

The 91É«ÊÓƵdelegation visited two of Indonesia’s leading universities, the University of Indonesia and Universitas Gadjah Mada. The visit to the University of Indonesia involved a signing ceremony to renew a joint program in psychology as well as a new agreement for the articulation of engineering students.

The 91É«ÊÓƵdelegation met with Indonesian government bodies including the Ministry of Education, Bank of Indonesia, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Communication and Information.

A seminar at the Australian embassy in Jakarta provided an opportunity for 91É«ÊÓƵto profile itself to an audience comprised of more than 130 university executives, academics, government officers and staff from Indonesian research institutions and philanthropic organisations. The seminar included keynote presentations by the 91É«ÊÓƵsenior executive on international research collaboration and commercialisation.

91É«ÊÓƵIndonesian alumni celebrations to mark were held in Yogyakarta and Jakarta with more than 200 91É«ÊÓƵalumni and guests attending.

At the Jakarta event, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Deborah Terry announced a new alumni award which will provide funding in 2011 for 91É«ÊÓƵIndonesian graduates to engage in collaborative research projects at 91É«ÊÓƵ.

The Indonesian alumni events are part of a global calendar of Centenary celebrations stretching across Asia, North America and Europe.

Media: Darren Wise (d.wise@uq.edu.au or 07 3365 4746) at 91É«ÊÓƵInternational, or Allison Rock (Allison.rock@uqconnect.edu.au or 07 3365 2619) at 91É«ÊÓƵCommunications