Connecting Asia & Australia, Building the Future Together
Asia-Australia Network for Education and Enterprise (AANEE)
Dedicated to bridging education and innovation between Asia-Pacific and Australia, promoting cross-border training, technology transfer, and industry-academia collaboration.
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Mission & Vision
Our Core Values
Education Exchange
Promote exchange and cooperation in education and skills training between Asia and Australia, advancing bilateral and multilateral vocational education standards alignment
Technology Transfer
Build platforms for technology transfer and innovation application, promoting cross-border incubation and commercialization of research outcomes
Industry Collaboration
Advance university-industry collaboration and integration, cultivating talents with international perspectives and practical capabilities
Cooperation Network
Build a long-term, open, and sustainable cooperation network connecting universities, enterprises, governments, and industry associations
Core Services
Three Key Service Areas
Education & Training
- Healthcare & Life Sciences
- Information Technology & Digital Innovation
- Business Management & Financial Services
- Cross-border recognized training programs
- Workshops, faculty training, blended learning projects
Technology Transfer & Innovation
- Cross-border incubation and commercialization of research
- Pitch events, roadshows and investment
- Health big data, clean energy & sustainability
- International forums, tech showcases, investment matching
- Cross-border technology transfer platform
Academia-Industry Collaboration
- Bridge universities and enterprises
- Joint R&D, practical teaching, talent pipeline
- Joint training bases and research centers
- Co-developed courses, shared faculty, internships
- Scholarships, internship and employment pathways
Our Team
Our Leadership and Advisors
Dr Celina Ping Yu
Founding Chair
Dr. Celina Ping Yu is an Associate at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne, and an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern and Hainan Universities. A leading expert in cross-cultural education and innovation, she has extensive experience in international program design and industry–academia collaboration. As Vice President of the Australia China Business Council (Victoria) and the China Chamber of Commerce in Australia (Melbourne), and a member of Victoria’s International Education Advisory Council, she actively fosters Australia–Asia cooperation. Dr. Yu has been recognised with the 2024 Globee® Gold Award for Women in Business and the 2023 Asian Australian Leadership Award.
Prof Erjiang Fu
Honorary Chair
Prof Dragan Gasevic
Senior Advisor
Professor Dragan Gašević is Distinguished Professor of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology and the Director of the Centre for Learning Analytics (CoLAM) at Monash University. His research interests center around data analytic, AI, and design methods that can advance understanding of self-regulated and collaborative learning. Previously, he was a Professor and the Sir Tim O’Shea Chair in Learning Analytics and Informatics (Feb 2015–Feb 2018) in the Moray House School of Education and the School of Informatics and Co-Director of Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. He was the Canada Research Chair in Semantic and Learning Technologies and Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University (Jan 2007–Jan 2015). He is a founder and served as the President (2015–2017) of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR), the world’s leading research and professional organization in learning analytics. He has held several honorary professorships and industry fellowships in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. He served as a founding program chair of the International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge (LAK) in 2011 and 2012, the general chair in 2016, a founding program co-chair of the Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI) in 2013 and 2014, and a founding editor of the Journal of Learning Analytics (2012–2017) and Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence (2020–present). In 2019–2023, he was recognized as the national field leader in educational technology in The Australian – the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally. He led the EU-funded SHEILA project that received the Best Research Project of the Year Award (2019) from the Association for Learning Technology. In 2022, he received the Lifetime Member Award, the highest distinction of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) and named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest computing society.
Prof Gu Min
Senior Advisor
Professor Gu Min, Senior Advisor, is a dual fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Australian Academy of Science, and a pioneer in nanophotonics and 3D optical imaging. Born in Shanghai in 1960, he received his B.S. in Applied Physics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Optics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1988. He founded and directed the Centre for Micro-Photonics at Swinburne University of Technology, where he also served as Pro Vice-Chancellor. He later became Pro Vice-Chancellor at RMIT University, Dean of the School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, and Director of an ARC Centre of Excellence. His long-term research focuses on nanophotonics, 3D optical imaging, and big data storage, with applications in smart manufacturing, clean energy, and environmental monitoring, driving innovation in the optoelectronics industry.
Prof Leon Sterling
Senior Advisor
Professor Leon Sterling is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne, serving as an Academic teaching Specialist in Software Engineering.
Leon Sterling’s research involved in groups including:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group, Our diverse researchers address many different approaches to AI, encompassing deep learning, data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, and agent-based systems.
- Education Focused
Advancing digital learning through interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computing, education, and wellbeing to inform practice and design inclusive, future-ready learning environments. - Computer Science Research Group
Our diverse research group includes expertise in programming languages, algorithms, distributed computing, cybersecurity and cryptography.
Prof Deli Chen
Senior Advisor
Prof Mark Wang
Senior Advisor
Professor Mark Wang, Senior Advisor, is a tenured professor at the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at The University of Melbourne and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. He leads the “Urbanization and Sustainable Development in China” research group, focusing on issues such as land acquisition and resettlement, water resource management for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and low-carbon transition policies. He has published over 160 SSCI papers and 7 academic monographs, and received the “Australia-China International Medal” from the Institute of Australian Geographers in 2018. Professor Wang graduated from Shanxi Normal University in 1982, received his Master’s degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1985, and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 1995. He began teaching at The University of Melbourne in 1996, serving as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Land and Environment and Head of the Graduate School. He has long promoted joint training programs such as “2+2” and “1+1” with Chinese universities and established joint laboratories and field bases with institutions like Nanjing Agricultural University and Inner Mongolia University, cultivating numerous high-level young talents for sustainable development cooperation between the two countries.
Prof Hongjian Zhu
Senior Advisor
Professor Zhu has been Director of the Cancer Signalling Research Laboratory in the Department of Surgery (Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne, since 2006. He received the Boerhaave Visiting Professorship from Leiden University Medical Center in 2017 and earned his PhD in Chemistry in 1994, followed by postdoctoral research at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of cancer, particularly growth factor and cytokine signalling and the role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in cancer development. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals, with total citations exceeding 11,000 (h-index: 49).
Professor Zhu has secured more than AUD 12 million in competitive funding, including seven NHMRC grants. He was the first researcher from mainland China to serve on an NHMRC expert review panel, is President of the Australia–China Association for Biomedical Sciences, and founded the Australia–China Institute for Translational Biomedical Research in Nanjing in 2019.
Prof Baohua Jia
Senior Advisor
Professor Jia Baohua, Senior Advisor, is a Distinguished Professor at RMIT University, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Engineering, founding Director of the Centre for Atomic-scale Materials and Nanomanufacturing, and a top ARC Future Fellow. Her research focuses on atomic and nanomaterials design, laser micro/nano-fabrication, and energy conversion for new energy applications. She has led research projects with a total funding of over AUD 90 million, holds over 20 patents, and has published over 400 papers (including in Nature series, Advanced Materials, etc.) with an H-index of 85. She is currently the Chair of the Australian Innovation and Translation Alliance, founding Chair of the Australian Nanomanufacturing Future Challenge, a Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA), and founding Editor-in-Chief of the Nature series journal npj Nanophotonics. She also serves as a judge for the Light: Science & Applications National Doctoral Student League and the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35. Her honors include the 2024 Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award, 2023 RMIT Distinguished Professor, and 2021 ARC Future Fellow, with her achievements widely reported by international media.
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