CUHK hosted the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Conference and Annual General Meeting from 25 to 30 April. The conference brought to Hong Kong 400 delegates comprising the network's leadership, as well as researchers, experts, administrators, practitioners and policymakers from all over the world, to assess progress of the network, review and plan its research programmes. A number of academic meetings and conferences were also held during the period. The event ended with a presidents forum held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where over 30 WUN presidents and Chinese presidents considered the reform agendas for higher education in China and the world.