About ASPIRE

Chairperson’s Message

As the ASPIRE League embarks on another year of collaboration, we continue seizing every opportunity to unite our strengths in research and innovation.

The ever-evolving landscape of global challenges calls for our collective efforts to explore sustainable solutions for societies at large. In this spirit, we co-create platforms that enable open dialogue and the exchange of best practices, bringing together the diverse expertise of our faculty, researchers and students for interdisciplinary collaborations. Our commitment to driving impactful changes through science and technology will remain at the forefront of our many initiatives.

Together, let us inspire and forge a better future for Asia and beyond.

Professor Tim ChengVice-President for Research and Development The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

ASPIRE League chairpersons, past and present

2009 - 2010: Prof. Ichiro Okura, Executive Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2011: Prof. Yong Taek Im, Associate Vice President, Office of Special Projects and Institutional Relations, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2012: Prof. Chang D. Yoo, Associate Vice President, Office of Special Projects and Institutional Relations, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2013 - 2014: Prof. Yuan Si, Vice President, Tsinghua University

2015 - 2016: Prof. Joseph HW Lee, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, The Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology (HKUST)

2017 - July 2018: Prof. ER Meng Hwa, Senior Advisor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

July - December 2018: Prof. Alan Chan, Vice President (Alumni and Advancement), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

2019 - 2021: Dr. Tetsuya Mizumoto, Executive Vice President (Education), Tokyo Institute of Technology

2022 - 2023: Prof. Man-Sung Yim, Associate Vice President of the International Office, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2024: Prof. Yang Bin, Vice President, Tsinghua University

2025: Prof. Tim Cheng, Vice-President for Research and Development, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology