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Dialogue 12
After ChatGPT, How are Universities Responding to Graduates Impacted by AI?
Managing Director, Asia Pacific, LinkedIn
Feon Ang
President, Keio University
Kohei Itoh
President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
Xiang Zhang
President, National University of Singapore
Tan Eng Chye
When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, this year's graduating class had just started university. This spring they graduated — the first cohort to complete an entire bachelor's degree in the age of generative AI.
Four years is a blink in university terms. Institutions used to change measured in decades suddenly faced a technology that touched everything at once: how students learn, how faculty teach, and how learning is assessed. These were new questions with no ready answers, and universities largely scrambled.
Almost four years later, where are we? Have universities found their footing, or are they still improvising? A harder question looms: in a world where AI disrupts every industry and no curriculum can keep pace with real-world knowledge, how do universities prepare students for a future no one can yet describe?
PANELIST
Feon Ang
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
LinkedIn
Feon Ang is Managing Director, Asia Pacific, at LinkedIn, leading its business strategy across the region. As of January 2026, she also oversees LinkedIn Sales Solutions globally, building on 13 years leading LinkedIn Talent Solutions in APAC. An award-winning leader, Feon has consistently driven revenue growth through strategic leadership, innovation, and high-performing teams. Previously, she spent over 13 years at Gartner as Regional Vice-President, managing strategic APAC accounts and establishing offices across Southeast Asia and China. Recognized among LinkedIn's first female leaders honored globally for leadership excellence, she is passionate about nurturing talent, especially women in tech. She holds a BBA from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
PANELIST
Kohei Itoh
President
Keio University
Professor Kohei Itoh is President of Keio University, where he has served as a faculty member since 1995 and became a full professor in 2007. A leading researcher in quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum physics, he has published more than 330 journal papers and leads major quantum information initiatives in Japan. He serves as Program Director of Quantum Information Technology in the MEXT Quantum Leap Flagship Program and chairs the Japanese government’s expert panel on Quantum Technology Innovation. Previously, he served as Dean of Keio’s Faculty and Graduate School of Science and Technology and chaired the Keio AI and Advanced Programming Consortium. He is also a Council Member of the Science Council of Japan and has served on executive boards of major scientific societies. He holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a recipient of the Japan IBM Prize and JSPS Prize.
PANELIST
Xiang Zhang
President and Vice-Chancellor
The University of Hong Kong
Professor Xiang Zhang is President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong, where he leads the university’s mission to build a vibrant intellectual community grounded in curiosity, critical thinking, and compassionate values. A world-renowned scholar in nanophotonics and materials physics, he is best known for developing the first optical superlens, pioneering plasmonic lithography, and inventing the world’s first optical “invisibility cloak,” recognized by TIME as one of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of 2008. Before joining HKU, he held senior academic and research leadership roles at the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His honors include the Fitzroy Medal, Julius Springer Prize, Max Born Award, and Eringen Medal. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a foreign member of leading academies including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academia Sinica.
MODERATOR
Tan Eng Chye
President
National University of Singapore
Professor Tan Eng Chye was appointed President of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 1 January 2018. He is the University’s 5th president, and the 23rd leader to head Singapore’s oldest higher education institution. Prof Tan, who attended Raffles Institution (1974 to 1979), obtained his Bachelor in Mathematics (First Class Honours, 1985) at NUS and his PhD (1989) at Yale University. He joined NUS as a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics in 1985, as a Senior Tutor, and has held visiting positions at various leading universities such as the Rutgers University, University of Washington at Seattle, University of California at Berkeley and University of Maryland, USA; Universities of Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan; as well as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
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Uniting Thought Leaders to Navigate the Future of Asian Universities
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Dialogue 12
After ChatGPT, How are Universities Responding to Graduates Impacted by AI?
PANELIST
Feon Ang
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
LinkedIn
PANELIST
Kohei Itoh
President
Keio University
PANELIST
Xiang Zhang
President and Vice-Chancellor
The University of Hong Kong
MODERATOR
Tan Eng Chye
President
National University of Singapore
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