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Presidents' Forum of Southeast and South Asia and Taiwan Universities (abbr. SATU Presidents' Forum) is first held in 2003 to provide a venue for academics to share their valuable experiences, and as a result, the quality of higher education and international cooperation in the region could be improved.In year 2005,the International Secretariat of SATU Presidents' Forum was established at National Cheng Kung University to coordinate and promote related activities.

Overview
The structure of SATU includes the Presidents’ Forum, Steering Committee, and the International Secretariat. The Presidents’ Forum is currently comprised of 75 outstanding member universities and 56 observer universities, both from 9 countries. Brunei,India,Indonesia,Malaysia,Philippines, Singapore,Taiwan,Thailand,Vietnam. For more than a decade, SATU has served as a platform for academics in this region of the globe to exchange and share valuable experiences for enhancing higher education and international cooperation, the impact of the SATU Presidents' Forum continues to be both apparent and significant.

website
http://conf.ncku.edu.tw/satu/

History
In response to the emerging changes in the Southeast Asia region and Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) organized the Presidents’ Forum of Southeast Asia Universities (SATU Presidents’ Forum) in October 2003 in Taipei, Taiwan. The organization, a collaboration initiated by the presidents of prestigious universities in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, reached an accord that higher educational institutions in this region should create a venue to advance the quality of higher education and to encourage international academic cooperation. Since then the SATU Presidents’ Forum has been utilized by its members to constructively adapt to changing economic, social, political, and educational conditions, including those brought about by the forces of globalization. This consortium of universities continues to foster regional communication and academic collaboration. The structure of SATU includes the Presidents’ Forum, Steering Committee, and the International Secretariat. The first Steering Committee was elected in 2005 to provide leadership and guidance for the Forum. The Steering Committee, currently made up of 16 members, meets annually to initiate two-year calendars of events and review the activities executed by the International Secretariat. Institutional members of the Steering Committee are comprised of a maximum of two universities (one is elected by member universities, the other is appointed by the SATU chairperson) from each represented country. Each committee member serves a two-year renewable term. The chairperson of the Forum also serves as the chairperson of the Steering Committee. In November 2006, the first biennial SATU Presidents’ Forum was held at NCKU with the participation of over one-hundred university leaders. Panel discussions were held on a range of contemporary issues facing the region’s higher educational institutions. Following the success of the 2006 Presidents’ Forum, the SATU Summit on Industry-Academia Collaboration and a Business Plan Competition was held at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2007. This SATU Summit was an immense achievement, resulting in the first five memberships for Indian universities and the region of South Asia being represented in SATU. The full name for SATU then became the Presidents’ Forum of Southeast and South Asia and Taiwan Universities. Also during the Summit students formed joint partnerships amongst themselves to compete in a realistic scenario with students as entrepreneurs. This Business Plan Competition was a very successful idea. In 2008, the issue of a university’s responsibility in the 21st century was explored during the Forum. The first SATU Youth Forum was held in conjunction with the biennial 2008 Presidents’ Forum and was met with enthusiastic response. Nearly 70 students from member universities gathered for three days and had workshops with the themes of Life after University, Breaking Language Barriers, and Global Humanity Challenges. In 2010 the Forum’s General Assembly responded to the theme The Next Ten Years: A Decade of Innovation, Advancement and Sustainability. Representatives from 77 universities jointly signed the 2010 SATU Manifesto, vowing to take on the responsibilities of being a proactive driving force for solving some of the grand challenges facing humanity, such as global sustainability, the advancement of human understanding, innovations for human health, and economic development. In the same year, the second SATU Student Business Competition was conducted at NCKU, in which students were motivated to come up with a creative business plan proposal that reflected the theme of Building towards a Sustainable Future. The 2012 SATU Presidents’ Forum convened at National Cheng Kung University with the participation of 105 representatives from eight countries. The Forum focused on the theme of Bridging University and Industry: Development of Academia-Industry Collaboration to further strengthen the bonds for future collaboration between these two sectors. In the 2012 General Assembly, it is agreed to amend the constitution to include a USD 600 biennial membership fee to further the organization’s goals. The International Secretariat began collecting the fee in 2013. The SATU project called the Joint Research Scheme (JRS) provides a platform for international collaboration among SATU member universities. In 2012 JRS, four joint research projects were financially awarded for principal investigators at NCKU research centers and corresponding co-principal investigators from SATU member universities. In 2013 and 2014, a total of 14 (seven each year) joint research projects initiated by NCKU were implemented under the scheme, and 15 more projects were proposed by the University of Malaya in 2014, with 11 co-principal investigators identified as collaborators.

Objectives
1.To strengthen academic cooperation among Taiwan and Southeast and South Asian countries. 2.To foster internationalization through academic and cultural exchange and collaboration. 3.To promote the quality of education, research and community services. 4.To establish exchange programs for our universities’ students, faculty and administrative staff. 5.To foster partnerships between industry and academia. 6.To facilitate sustainability in economics, society and the environment.