Konstantin Matthies

Konstantin heads the New Seller Recruiting Lead Management for Amazon Marketplace Japan. He is an experienced consultant with AlphaBeta based in Singapore. He is also a trained microeconomist and economic theorist with deep experience in economic modelling, analysis, and quantitative methods.

He demonstrated history of working on topics in the tech, digital economy, sustainability, smart cities, trade, and education, with particular focus on ASEAN and global emerging markets. Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

A Model for Sending Students to Work in USA Right After Graduating in Asia

Stony Brook University, one of the flagships of the United States’ largest comprehensive university system (SUNY), opened a new Korea campus in 2012 that it now uniquely shares with 3 other world-class universities. SUNY Korea students spend three years at the Korea campus and one year at the New York campus, graduating with a Stony Brook degree and setting themselves up to work more easily in the West or Far East immediately upon graduation. This presentation addresses progress and growth of the campus, as well as potential for replication in other Asian countries.

Udemy for Government

Udemy is working with governments worldwide, through Udemy for Government offering, a curated content collection of more than 3,500 courses, to support and enhance civil service training and in upskilling and reskilling the government workforce.

Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

How has ITE responded to the age of digital disruptions and uncertainty? What is the thinking behind its revised curriculum delivery model? Come and hear how ITE has reshaped its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) pedagogic model to embrace the new realities of change, from skills acquisition ('Learning to Do') to the development of holistic profession-specific competencies encompassing skills, knowledge and values ('Learning to Be') under its newly-implemented Discipline-Specific Pedagogies (DSP).