On the afternoon of September 9, 2016, the 8th International Forum for University Presidents on Information and Communication Technology Education (IFUP-ICT 2016), themed by “Talent Cultivation and Education Collaboration in the Information Age” and moderated by WANG Yajie, Party Secretary of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications ,was held by Beijing Jiaotong University.  ZHAO Wei, President of University of Macau, CHEN Zhiya, Party Secretary of Xidian University, LI Bailian, Vice Provost of North Carolina State University, Alberto Almandra, Vice President of Technical University of Madrid, WU Linzhi, Vice President of Harbin Engineering University, Matthew Hebb, Associate Vice President of Dalhousie University and Richarf Coll, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific gave the keynote speech respectively and conducted in-depth discussions with all the presented guests.

After the forum, President NING Bin and WANG Yajie, Party Secretary of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, held talks with each other and held the Flag Handover Ceremony. On behalf of the Forum Committee, President NING Bin handed it over to Richard Coll and wished the next forum a complete success.