Founded in 2003, the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) is a non-governmental and non-profit network who has been striving for “Enhancing the Quality of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region” and "Dissolving Boundaries for a Quality Region".

After 20-year development, APQN has 192 members from 45 countries and territories, becoming the largest and the most influential international organization on higher education in this Region. APQN has played a crucial and unique role in improving the QA mechanism, exchanging theory and practice experiences, promoting substantive co-operations, establishing Consultant Bank, reviewing Asia-Pacific Quality Register (APQR) and Asia-Pacific Quality Label(APQL) in this Region.

Welcome to the Official Website of the 2025 APQN Academic Conference and Annual General Meeting (AAC & AGM)!

We are pleased to announce that the website for the 2025 APQN AAC & AGM is now live.

link: https://apqn2025.hkcaavq.edu.hk/en/index/

2025 APQN Academic Conference (AAC) and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) and Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) in Hong Kong SAR, China

20-23 November 2025

I Background

APQN and HKCAAVQ would like to extend a warm invitation to all professionals and stakeholders in the higher education and training and quality assurance community to participate in this great event for in-depth exchanges on the latest development, innovations, good practices for enhancing the quality of higher education in the Asia Pacific region.

II Conference Themes

The theme of the conference is:

Embracing Industrial Collaboration for Quality Higher Education

Sub-themes:

Discussions during the conference will be structured around the following sub-themes:

1. Professional Relevance and quality of Higher Education: Collaboration and Integration with Industry
2. Innovation and quality in Higher Education Curriculum and Pedagogy in line with industry collaborations
3. Fostering quality of flexible learning pathways
4. Driving for excellence in Higher Education: Role of External Quality Assurance

The Conference website will be launched on 1 April 2025. All the details will be uploaded and updated on the website. Please mark the following key dates:

III Timeline - key dates and events.

Time	Key Event
1 April, 2025	Launch of Conference website
1 Apr – 15 Jul 2025	Call for papers
1 Aug – 30 Sep 2025	Early bird registration
1 – 31 Oct 2025	Regular registration
20 – 23 Nov 2025	Conference date