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UM Faculty Member Takes Part in ASEFInnoLab6 in Košice, Slovakia
Prof. Vanessa Camilleri from the Department of AI at the Faculty of ICT, University of Malta, recently represented the University at the 6th ASEF Higher Education Innovation Laboratory (ASEFInnoLab6), held 1–5 December 2025 in Košice, Slovakia.
On the first day of the event, together with Prof. Lim Tiong Hoo from the Universiti Teknologi Brunei, she presented their team’s work titled “Institutions at the Edge of AI: Policy and Ethics for Cross-Regional Innovation in Higher Education”. Co-authors of this work included: Annemarie (Mit) Leuridan from the Ghent University, Belgium, and Phatsaphan Charnwasununth from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
The paper examines how different higher-education institutions interpret and operationalise fairness, and identifies both gaps and common ground across institutional approaches. The study presented a comparative framework derived from international AI policy instruments, including the EU AI Act, UNESCO recommendations, the ASEAN Guide, and IEEE standards, enabling institutions to benchmark fairness across access, literacy, and governance. It concludes with guiding questions that universities can adapt for self-assessment, offering a practical entry point for translating high-level principles into actionable institutional strategies.
ASEFInnoLab6 brings together academics, higher-education professionals, and institutional managers from Europe and Asia to explore the role of universities in shaping the future of AI-driven education — specifically the challenges of anticipating emerging needs, designing inclusive learning pathways, and bridging academic learning with real-world applications.
Prof. Camilleri was honoured to contribute a Maltese and Mediterranean perspective to these global conversations and to collaborate with a diverse, international team. She looks forward to turning the insights and networks emerging from ASEFInnoLab6 into concrete initiatives that could benefit UM’s AI education, research, and policy-oriented work.
