First Day Keynote Speaker
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Professor Bundhit Eua-arporn obtained Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University
(CU), Thailand, and a PhD degree in Electrical Energy System from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, UK, in 1992. Before being appointed as the president of Chulalongkorn University (CU) in May 2016, he was the Dean of Faculty of Engineering, CU during 2014-2016. In 2015, he worked closely with the engineering alumni to establish an innovation club at the Faculty of Engineering, CU which has been a key element in driving innovation of the university since then. In 2016, he set up the CU Innovation Hub which opened up the opportunities for students and academic staff from different disciplines to work together.
Second Day Keynote Speaker
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Shijie YU
Deputy Director, Ministry of Education Research Center for Online Education (Beijing, China), Director, Tsinghua MOOC, Tsinghua University
Prof. Shijie Yu, Ph.D. is the Deputy Director of Ministry of Education Research Center for Online Education. In addition, he is appointed as Director of Tsinghua University Online Education Office, and Deputy Director of Internet Education Working Committee of the Internet Society of China.
He has spearheaded several research projects on the provincial as well as ministerial levels，and won the Second Prize of National Scientific & Technology Progress. Additionally, five of the courses he has either taught or participated in have achieved distinction for national quality curriculums. In recent years, he has published over 30 research papers, 20 of which are published in SCI, EI and CSSCI and has edited and participated in the compilation of 10 monographs. Over the years, Prof. Shijie Yu has obtained the honor of Advanced Worker, Excellent Graduate, the First Prize of Tsinghua Technology Achievement, and Beijing Excellent University Instructor and Advanced Worker of Capital College Social Practice.
He has also held senior positions in various key departments including Deputy Dean of Department of Precision Instrument, Deputy Director of Student Affairs Office, Deputy Director of News Centre, Director of Admission Office and President’s Office of Tsinghua University. Prior to these he has also served as President of University Admission Research Society of Subordinate Universities of Ministry of Education, Secretary General of MOOCAP Council, and Executive Director of Admission & Examination Research Society of Beijing Association of Higher Education.
First Day Plenary Speaker
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Dr. Daniel Tan
Director
Centre of Academic excellence & Professional Advancement (CAPA)
UCSI University – Kuala Lumpur campus He obtained his BSc from University of Aston, Birmingham, England. He subsequently achieved
a PhD from the University of Manchester,Institute of Science and Technology and a post-graduate
Diploma in Teaching in Higher Education from the National Institute of Education,Singapore. His technical interests cover educational technology and infrastructure design, learning science, Internet and ICT security, cloud technologies, human factors design and usability. Dr Tan has over 28 years of experience in teaching, eLearning architecture,design and policy making. He also has a strong understanding and substantialhands-on experience at the integration and synergy of education
technology and content for effective outcomes.Previously, as Director of CELT (Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching) at the Nanyang Technological University, he led a team to develop andimplement an eLearning campus eco-system. This environment, comprising a holistic approach towards learning and teaching supported by system design, learning platform, and server architecture has resulted to a change in learning culture on the campus (over 2000 course sites, with typically
22 million page views per academic week, and 600 million page views per year), together with edUtorium – the faculty development program with over 4000 training seats per
year, and participative pedagogical design). Project UniWood, their campus-wide lecture recording initiative is considered one of the most advanced in the world,
with a yield of over 1.6 million viewings per year, with a corresponding aggregated viewing time of over 80 years. Through this innovative eLearning initiative, the
University has won recognition by being a winner of the Intelligent20 Award 2003, CIO Asia100 Award 2004, EMC Best Practice Award 2004, National Health Group Distinguished Contributor Award 2005, ZDNet Asia Smart50 Award 2006, SiTF eLearning Organization of the Year 2006, the prestigious ascilite Award 2008 and
the Leadership Award for ‘Best in Project Work Management’ in the IMS Global Learning Impact Awards 2009. It also won the POPAI Award 2011 for Digital Signage Systems.
Dr Tan was recognized for the 2012 Global e-Learning Award for Excellence in eLearning at the 2012 LearnTech Conference in recognition of his leadership and contribution
to the field of Education. NTU was also most recently recognized for the Blackboard Catalyst Award for Communications Strategy 2013 in their exemplary adoption and utilization
of the rapid and mass messaging platform to effectively engage and connect with the campus community and public. The work and outcomes in the adoption of technology
for learning and teaching at NTU has been regarded as exemplary. He has frequently been invited to speak as a keynote speaker at various international events.Dr Tan was conferred
The Public Administration Medal (Silver) at the Singapore National Day Awards 2007 for his outstanding contributions to advancing the quality of educational development,
instructional and media support services, student learning and professional teaching in the University as well as the educational community in the nation.