On 3 April 2025, Asia Society Australia in partnership with RMIT University hosted an event to celebrate an exciting second phase of the RMIT Asia Hub.

Formerly known as the RMIT Asia Trade and Innovation Hub, the RMIT Asia Hub reflects a new era of broadening the university’s efforts to strengthen Australia’s Asia capability.

This event marks a relaunch of RMIT University's partnership with Asia Society Australia, which first began in 2021. The RMIT Asia Hub will build on Australia’s Asia Intelligence by pioneering innovative approaches to understanding and engaging with Asia.

The Hub aims to deepen Australian business, student and community understanding of Asia, by placing Asian Australians at the centre of its programming and leveraging the combined expertise and networks of its partners. The Hub now co-locates the Asia Society Australia, Australian APEC Study Centre and the Australia Vietnam Policy Institute (AVPI) in a modern facility in the heart of RMIT's Melbourne campus.

We look forward to this next chapter of collaboration in building Australia’s Asia Intelligence.