2026 APQN Academic Conference (AAC) and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) and

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU) in Pune, India

29 October - 1 November 2026

APQN and SIU 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.

The theme of the conference is:

Reimagining Quality Assurance in a Rapidly Changing Higher Education Landscape

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

1.Cross-Border Quality Assurance: Diverse Approaches to Excellence, Mutual Trust and Recognition

2.Responding to Change: Internal QA in the Era of Digital and Hybrid Education

3.Regional and Global Perspectives on Accreditation and Collaboration between QA Networks

4.The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Quality Assurance Processes

The Conference website has been launched on 15 June 2026. All the details will be uploaded and updated on the website [https://apqn2026.siu.edu.in/index.html].

Please mark the following key dates: