It was held in the conference hall of Institute of Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University. There were about 110 participants attended this conference. Most of them were from the 18 Lead Universities and Member Universities of CORE. The whole conference was emceed by Phillip Long from MIT. Professor Hu Shimin made the openning address on behalf of Tsinghua University. Later, Professor Huang Meiqi gave a speech in the conference on behalf of CORE.

On the first day, experts from MIT gave speeches to introduce challenges of iCampus projects are facing at present and in the future. Then representative of Microsoft Research introduced their purpose of sponsoring the projects of university research and the present processing.

iLab illustrations and skill trainings were arranged two days after the conference. The 45 participants were technicians and mangers from CORE Lead Universities and Member Universities. During the two-day conference, experts from University of Queensland explained the technical problems of iLab and demonstrated several experiments.

Most of participants spoke highly of the conference, and commented that it is beneficial, from which they got the chance to know the new international concepts and techniques, and got familiar with plenty of useful information after talking with so many excellent experts in MIT. Some university representatives expressed that they would set long-term relationship with MIT in the project of iLab and explore the future of iLab together.

PS: the congratulation speech from CORE by Chairman Dr. Wang Fun-Dan in the opening ceremony:

On behalf of IET Foundation and China Open Resources for Education (CORE), as an organizer of the First Conference of Asian MIT iCampus, it’s my great honor to give all participants my warmly welcome.

iCampus is an important part of the movement of global open education. It breaks through the concept of traditional campus, increases the rate of campus resources using, and promotes teaching quality. At the same time, it shares the open courseware, lab management, and campus culture globally. After its establishment, it creates more chances for teachers and students to learn and communicate with each other.

I am happy to see that so many labs and facilities can be shared around the world. It is MIT who pave the first step in the new field.

iCampus shares the advanced lab facilities, teaching methods and educational aids among countries and regions. It decreases the repeated constructions of institutes, saves a lot of money and resources, improves the relationship between universities and colleges, and promotes a lasting peace and common prosperity.

Finally, I wish our conference a great success, and give my best wish to you all.

Thanks for your listening!