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Not just architecture, but also urban planning.  How can we make our fields more relevant in an increasingly globalized world? Otherwise, the influx of international students may not sustain. 

Every country will experience different phases of development. Rapid urbanization will not stay forever for any country. Architecture and planning education should not just respond to urbanization, but instead should incorporate the changes, and identify what the needs are and how we should respond to them. As our student body becomes more diverse, this means we need to understand more about our students. Where do they come from? What do they want to do after graduation? It may also mean that we need to promote more exchanges of idea for people who conduct research in different contexts to see what we can learn from each other and why the knowledge we produced in one country might be useful to other countries.  

I think we need to reflect on our teaching, in particular, our curriculum offering. Are we equipping our students with the knowledge on the new technology as well as instilling them values we hold dearly in our profession so that our students could be in the drivers' set in this transformation. I agree with Rob that this has implications for who we hire and what line of research each of us needs to undertake. It may also mean that we need to help our students to explore new career opportunities beyond the traditional sectors.