Events, News & Happenings

The Asia Pacific Advanced Network recently hosted a successful webinar led by industry partner Inspera, attracting over 20 participants from across the region 

Titled NORDIC SUCCESS STORIES FOR NRENS ASIA Shaping the Future of Digital Education: Nordic Insights for the Asia Pacific NREN Community, the session featured distinguished speakers from Inspera, SUNET, SIKT, and Malmö University, who shared Nordic best practices and real-world experiences in scaling digital assessment ecosystems and upholding academic integrity across higher education networks. Discussions focused on large-scale digital assessment implementation, BYOD exam environments, and advanced originality and plagiarism detection solutions.

The webinar reflects APAN’s ongoing commitment to connecting academia and industry to drive innovation and digital advancement across the Asia-Pacific region.

Panelists include: Kim James Waldgrave Head of Asia & MENAT, Inspera, Minette Henriksson, Coordinator of Educational Services,SUNET, Lars Kviteng, SSenior Advisor and Product Manage, SIKT and Sam Berglund, System Administrator, Malmö University

Watch the session highlights here: https://youtu.be/6FRhD8sYHF4

The Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) and Asi@Connect continue to strengthen their collaboration through several upcoming initiatives aimed at benefiting the regional research and education community. Both parties are exploring opportunities to support fellowships, working groups, knowledge-sharing activities, and capacity-building programmes that will further enhance regional cooperation, innovation, and digital transformation across the Asia-Pacific NREN ecosystem.

Asia Pacific Advanced Network

The Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN Ltd) is the international partnership of the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across the region. It spans over half of the world’s population, and its members are fundamental in the provision of high-speed network connectivity domestically and internationally. 

Activities

Technology Area
Working groups focusing on technology related research collaborations
Committees
APAN Committees are formed by the APAN board to carry out key activities.
Application Area
Working groups focusing on application related research collaborations
Setup of Working Group
People with similar interest coming together
Conferences & Meetings
Bi-annual conferences and meetings held in members countries
Task Force
Task Forces are established in APAN to achieve a specific goal

Books

APAN Mini Handbook
APAN PULSE 001
APAN PULSE 002