The University of Brescia hosted the 20th Plenary Meeting of the ASEA–UNINET network “For a Peaceful and Sustainable Development”.
From the 8th to the 12th of September 2025, the University of Brescia welcomed over 100 delegates for the 20th Plenary Meeting of ASEA-UNINET, the network of European and Asian universities founded in 1994 from Austria, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand Universities (asea-uninet.org). The network’s mission is to foster ongoing internationalization in higher education and research, promoting cooperation and academic diplomacy to strengthen ties and shape the future of education and science between Universities in Central Europe and ASEAN Countries. Prof. Roberto Ranzi, Coordinator of UNITA - Universitas Montium at UNIBS has been the President of ASEA UNINET in 2024 until September 2025.
Throughout the meeting, participants engaged in discussions on major global challenges, including climate change, global health, renewable energy, ecological economics, and digital humanism.
As part of the five-day programme, ASEA–UNINET hosted a keynote session on European Universities Alliances, delivered by Professor Alessandra Florio Pla, Vice-Rector for International Education at the University of Turin.
During the event, the network officially welcomed nine new member universities, including three UNITA partners (UNITO, UNITBV, UVT) and Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL), already a GEMINAE partner of the Alliance. This expansion reflects ASEA–UNINET’s ongoing commitment to building high-quality research collaborations and strengthening academic relations between Europe and ASEAN countries and is aligned with the UNITA Internationalisation strategy.