VinUniversity connects university leaders to co-shape the future of education in the age of artificial intelligence
December 1, 2025
On December 6, VinUniversity will host the “Presidents Innovation Forum” – a high-level forum on Breakthrough Innovation in Higher Education in the AI era. The event will bring together national and international education leaders to create a strategic dialogue platform where they can share visions, experiences, and co-develop new university models for the age of artificial intelligence.
Throughout the event, speakers and participants will discuss four central questions:
- What should universities preserve, let go of, and reinvent in the AI era-and what will be the value of a university degree in the future?
- What new competency standards and job descriptions will faculty members need when AI can teach, grade, and support student advising?
- What pedagogical models can sustain curiosity, creativity, and emotional engagement in classrooms where AI is ever-present?
- What competencies will universities of the future assess in students, and how should those competencies be evaluated?
The Forum is co-chaired by Dr. Le Mai Lan – President of VinUniversity, and Professor Lily Kong – President of Singapore Management University (SMU). Leading the discussions are distinguished university leaders including Assoc. Prof. Hoang Minh Son – President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi; Assoc. Prof. Huynh Quyet Thang – President of Hanoi University of Science and Technology; Prof. Christian Wolfrum – Deputy President and Provost of Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); Prof. Scott Thompson-Whiteside –Pro Vice-Chancellor and General Director of RMIT University Vietnam; Prof. Mai Thanh Phong – President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology; Prof. Stephen Boyle – President of Monash University Malaysia; and Prof. Wenjun Zeng – Vice President of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo (China), among others.
Notably, the forum will also feature Prof. Simon Lee – Global Head of NVIDIA AI Technology Center – together with “AI-native” students who will represent both the voice of industry and the emerging generation of learners.
With a spirit of contribution and collaboration, the forum aims to connect university leaders, businesses, and policymakers to drive substantive innovation, bringing Vietnamese higher education closer to global standards-fully aligned with the ethos of VinFuture Week: knowledge, technology, and education for the future of humanity.
