BiosofFacilitatorsandSpeakers

InternationalFacilitators

Prof.YikeGuo–GuestofHonour

Professor Yike Guo, received a first-class honor degree in computing science from TsinghuaUniversity,China,in1985,andhisPh.D.incomputationallogicfromImperialCollegeLondonin1993.Hisresearchfocus is intheareaofbigdataanalyticswithbroadapplicationtoscience,engineering,andmedicineusingdataminingandmachinelearningtechnology.Guohasservedin leadership roles at two corporations—CEO at InforSense, a spinout company of ImperialCollegeLondonthathefounded,andchiefinnovationofficeratIDBSLimited,anworldleadingcompanyinscientificdatamanagement—thathavetransformedhisresearchachievementsintotechnologyproductsthathavemorethan50,000usersworldwide.In2017,hewasnamedoneofthe10mostinfluentialdatascientistinChina.

Prof.MollyLee–GuestCoordinator

Dr.MollyN.N.LeeisaneducationconsultantfromMalaysia.SheholdsaPh.D.inInternationalDevelopmentEducationandaMasterdegree inSociologyfromStanfordUniversity,aMasterdegree on Education Planning and Development from University of London Institute ofEducation.Herspecializationisoneducationdevelopmentindevelopingcountrieswithafocusoneducationalpoliciesandreforms.SheistheformerProgrammeSpecialistinHigherEducationatUNESCOAsiaandthePacificRegionalBureauforEducationinBangkokandtheCoordinatoroftheAsia-PacificEducationDevelopmentandInnovation(APEID)unit. PriortojoiningUNESCOBangkok,shewasaProfessorofEducationinUniversitiSainsMalaysia,Penang.Shehaspublishedwidely on education inMalaysia as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. Her current research

projectsareonhighereducationpoliciesinMalaysia,universitygovernanceandmanagementinSoutheastAsiaandhybriduniversitiesinAsia.

Dr.JamilSalmi–OpeningKeynote

Dr.JamilSalmiisaglobaltertiaryeducationexpertprovidingpolicyadviceandconsultingservicesto governments, universities, professional associations, multilateral development banks andbilateralcooperationagencies.UntilJanuary2012,hewastheWorldBank’stertiaryeducationcoordinator.HewrotethefirstWorldBankpolicypaperonhighereducationreformin1994andwastheprincipalauthoroftheBank’s2002TertiaryEducationStrategyentitled,“ConstructingKnowledge Societies: New Challenges for Tertiary Education."During the past twenty-threeyears,Dr.Salmihasprovidedadviceontertiaryeducationdevelopment,financingreformsandstrategicplanningtogovernmentsanduniversityleadersinabout95countriesallovertheworld.Dr.Salmi’s2009bookaddressesTheChallengeofEstablishingWorld-ClassUniversities.His2011book,co-editedwithProfessorPhilAltbach,wasentitledTheRoadtoAcademicExcellence:TheMaking of World-Class Research Universities. His latest book, Tertiary Education and theSustainableDevelopmentGoals,waspublishedinAugust2017.

OtherFacilitators

Dr.NithBunlay

AfterreturningfromHiroshimaUniversity,Japanin2005withhisPhDinLanguageandCultureEducation, Dr. Nith Bunlay founded and directed Graduate Program of Education at Royal

UniversityofPhnomPenh.Inlate2011,hewaspromotedtobetheDeputyDirectorGeneralofHigher Education and has since been actively involved in developing and monitoring theimplementationofpoliciesandstrategiesofhighereducationsub-sector.SupportingtheHigherEducation Quality and Capacity Improvement Project, Dr. Nith plans and leads all highereducationcapacitydevelopmentprogramsincludingorganizingin-countryworkshops,sendinguniversityfacultytopostgraduatesstudies,andtomanyworkshopsandconferencesabroad.Some of the focus of the capacity building activities are higher education administration,leadership,researchpromotion,agriculturaleducationandtraining,andSTEMeducation.Asforhis involvement in academic society, Dr. Nith founded Cambodia Society for Research andDevelopment (CSRD) and is currently the the Secretary General of that society. Dr. Nith hasparticular interests in Curriculum Development, Human Resource Development, ProfessionalDevelopment, InternationalizationofHigherEducation,StudentMobility,andCreditTransfer.Forhisvoluntaryexperiences,hehasbeenactivelyinvolvedinCommunityDevelopment,YouthDevelopment,StudentExchanges,andCross-culturalUnderstandingactivities.

Dr.NopraenueS.Dhirathiti

Dr Dhirathiti is an Assistant Professor in Public Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences andHumanities,andalsoholdsanadministrativepostasaDeputyDeanforInternationalRelationsandCorporateSocialCommunicationattheFacultyofGraduateStudies,MahidolUniversity.Sheholds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science (International Relations) from ChulalongkornUniversity, Thailand and twootherMaster’sDegrees in Politics and theWorld Economy andInternational Relations from LSE,University of London,U.K. and International Relations fromHitotsubashi University, Japan, respectively. She holds a doctoral degree in Politics andInternational Studies from University ofWarwick, U.K. She has been conducting research inhigher education policy and governance both in Thailand and Asia Pacific. Recently, she hasfocusedontheissueoflifelonglearningpolicyamongtheelderlypeopleandco-productionineducation.Herinterestisalsointheareaofhumansecurityandthewayinwhichpeoplecanbeempoweredthrougheducation.SheisnowconductingseriesofresearchfundedbytheThailandResearchFund,theNationalResearchCouncilofThailandandtheOfficeofHigherEducationonco-production in lifelong learningaswellas theharmonisationofhighereducation inASEAN.

BeforejoiningMahidol,shewasappointedaseniorspecialistinhighereducationresearchattheASEANUniversityNetwork (AUN) during 1998-2000 and SEAMEORegional Centre forHigherEducation and Development (SEAMEO RIHED) during 2007-2009. She also involved as aninternationalconsultantfortheRETAprojectonDynamicAsiaattheAsianDevelopmentBankbetween2010-2012.

Prof.Hsiao-chinHsieh

Prof.HsiehhasbeenworkingasProfessorinCenterforGeneralEducation,InstituteofLearningSciences, National TsingHuaUniversity since 1998 and has been serving as Vice PresidentofStudent Affairs at National Tsing Hua University since 2014. She obtained Ph.D degree inEducation Policy Studies from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Prof. Hsieh’s researchinterests includeSociologyofEducation,EducationalStratification,EducationalPolicy;GenderEducation, Higher Education, General Education; Gender and Science Education, AlternativeEducation.

Prof.JinghuanShi

Professor Jinghuan Shi, the executive vice president of the Institute of Education, TsinghuaUniversity,andadoctoraltutor.ProfessorShiisthe11thBeijingCPPCCmember,andPresidentof Beijing Female Professors Association. Her main research interests are higher education,historyofeducation,internationalandcomparativeeducation,andteachereducation.

Speakers

Prof.Kai-mingCheng

Prof.Kai-mingChengisEmeritusProfessorattheUniversityofHongKong.HewasChairProfessorofEducation,DeanofEducation,Pro-Vice-ChancellorandSeniorAdvisortotheVice-ChancelloroftheUniversity.AttheadministrativelevelheworkedinhumanresourcesandcampusIT,buthismajorcontributionwasinfundraisingandnetworking.HeisnowDirectorofEducationPolicyUnitattheFacultyofEducation.HecreatedtheSummerInstituteonhighereducationatHKU.Hiscurrentattentionisonthefundamentalchangesinsocietyandtheirchallengestoeducation,andtheattentiontolearningasthecorebusinessofeducation.Hewasfoundingco-convenoroftheStrategicResearchThemeonLearningScience.HehasbeenconsultantwiththeWorldBank,UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP and the Asian Development Bank. Recently, he is also involved indiscussionsabouteducationreformsintheUS.Currently,heismemberoftheNationalAdvisoryCommitteeonCurriculumReforminChina.LocallyheismemberoftheEducationCommissionandwasinstrumentalinthecomprehensivereformwhichstarted1999.HechairedtheAdvisoryCommitteeonTeacherEducationandQualifications(2002-08)andtheStandingCommitteeonLanguageEducationandResearch (2009-15).Healsochairs theHongKongRegionalAdvisoryCommittee for PISA 2015. He publishes extensively, and has delivered over 200 keynotes ininternational meetings. He writes columns in Hong Kong Economic Journal Daily, ShanghaiEducationandEscuela(Spain).

Prof.LinGoodwin

Prof.LinGoodwinwastheEvendenProfessorofEducationandvicedeanatTeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkpriortojoiningtheUniversityofHongKongin2017.SheservedasthevicepresidentoftheAmericanEducationalResearchAssociation-DivisionK:Teachingand

Teacher Education (2013-2016). In 2015, shewas honored as a Distinguished Researcher byAERA’sSpecialInterestGroup:ResearchontheEducationofAsianandPacificAmericans,andwasnamedtheinauguralDr.RuthWongProfessorofTeacherEducationbytheNationalInstituteofEducation,Singapore.Goodwin’sresearchfocusesonteacher/teachereducatordevelopment;multicultural understandings and curriculum enactments; issues facing Asian/Asian Americanteachers and students inU.S. schools; and on international analyses/comparisons of teachereducationpracticeandpolicy.Herworkappearsintopjournals,includingtheJournalofTeacherEducationandTeachersCollegeRecord.An international consultantaround issuesof teachereducation,GoodwiniscurrentlyworkingwitheducatorsinPoland,Thailand,andSingapore.

Dr.JisunJung

DrJung’sresearchfieldscoverHighereducation(Highereducationresearchasafieldofstudy,Academic profession, Doctoral education,Master's education, University towork transition);Educational policy (Teacher education, Human resource policy); Education and Society(Globalizationandeducation,Genderandeducation).Herrecentpublicationincludethebookof"ThechangingacademicprofessioninHongKong",co-editedwithGerardA.PostiglionefromTheUniversityofHongKong,thepaperof“LearningexperienceandperceivedcompetencyofdoctoralstudentsinHongKong”and“Students’perceptionofEdDandPhDprogrammesinHongKong”.

Dr.AnatolyOleksiyenko

Dr. Oleksiyenko is a researcher of higher education policies and academic organization. Hecontributes a synergy of unique cultural, theoretical and practical perspectives to studies inglobalhighereducation.Dr.OleksiyenkoiscurrentlyconductingacomparativeresearchonglobalcompetitionandcollaborationstrategiesofresearchuniversitiesinEastAsia,EasternEuropeandNorth America. Dr. Oleksiyenko’s comparative study on Sino-Russian competition andcollaborationintheacademicR&DwasfundedbytheResearchGrantsCouncilofHongKong,andhereceivedtheEarlyCareerAwardfromtheUGCin2012.Dr.Oleksiyenkoalsoadvancedopportunities for higher educationpolicy studies by having launched theM.Ed. specialism inHigher Education, the first of its kind in Hong Kong. The specialism has been shapingcompetenciesofhighereducationpolicyresearchers,academicmanagers,andcollegeteacherslocallyandglobally.Dr.OleksiyenkoalsoplaysanactiveroleinknowledgeexchangeintheFacultyandbeyond.Thusin2011,heco-foundedtheCommunityforHigherEducationResearchinHongKong andco-organizedmorethan40researchseminarsoverthe last fouryears. In2015,hefoundedtheUkrainianCommunityforHigherEducationResearch.

Prof.GerardPostiglione

Prof.PostiglioneisChairProfessorinHigherEducation,FacultyofEducation,TheUniversityofHong Kong. He is former Associate Dean for Research and Head of the Division of Policy,AdministrationandSocialScienceEducation.Hehaspublished16booksandover150articlesand chapters. In 2006, he received the Outstanding Research Supervisor Award from TheUniversityofHongKong. In2011,hereceivedtheBestBookAwardfromtheNorthAmericanComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety.In2014,hereceivedtheHumanitiesandSocialSciencePrestigiousFellowshipAwardbytheHongKongGovernmentResearchGrantsCouncil.In2015, he received a LifetimeContributionAward from theNorthAmericanComparative andInternationalEducationSocietyforstudies inhighereducation. In2016,hewas inductedasaFellow of the American Educational ResearchAssociation for his contribution to research. In2016, his autobiographywas published in Leaders in the Sociologyof Education. In 2017, hereceived a second Best Book Award. A collection of his researchworkswill be published byRoutledgePressin2018.HehasbeenaconsultanttotheAsianDevelopmentBank,Departmentfor International Development (UK), Institute of International Education (US), InternationalDevelopmentResearchCenter (CA),OrganizationofEconomicCooperationandDevelopment(OECD), UnitedNations Development Programme,UnitedNations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization, World Bank, and other international agencies. He also advised

internationalfoundations,includingtheCarnegieFoundationfortheAdvancementofTeachingontheacademicprofession.HewasseniorconsultanttotheFordFoundationoneducationalreformandculturalvitalityinChinaforoneyear.HispolicyreportshavebeenreceivedbyChina’sNationalReformandDevelopmentCommission, StateEducationCommissionandMinistryofEducation.HedirectedtheWahChingCentreofResearchonEducationinChinafor10years.Prof.RuiYang

Prof. Yang is Associate Dean for Cross-border and International Engagement, Faculty ofEducation,TheUniversityofHongKong.HeisaprofessorintheDivisionofPolicy,AdministrationandSocialSciencesEducation,FacultyofEducation,TheUniversityofHongKong.Prof.Yang'sresearch insteres include Comparative and Cross-cultural Analysis of Educational Issues;Globalization, Internationalization and Educational Reforms; International Relations inEducation; Chinese Educational Traditions and Their Modern Transformation; Education inChineseSocieties;HigherEducationReforms;Social,PolicyStudiesinEducation.

Prof.TerryAu

Prof.TerryAugraduatedfromTsuenWanGovernmentSecondarySchoolin1978andcontinuedher education atHarvardUniversity and StanfordUniversity,where sheobtainedher PhD inPsychology in1987.ShewasAssociateprofessoratBrownUniversityandProfessoratUCLA,priortojoiningtheUniversityofHongKongin2002asChairProfessorofPsychologyandservingasHeadoftheDepartmentofPsychologyfrom2003-2005and2007-2008.Withherrichcross-disciplinaryhumanresourcesexperience, shewasappointedtobe the interimVice-President

and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Staffing and Resources) in January, 2016. She is adevelopmental psychologist by training, and her research interests include: language andconceptual development; health, science, and languageeducation; developmental challengessuchaschildhoodanxietyandautism.HerresearchhasbeenfundedbytheNationalScienceFoundation(NSF),theNationalInstitutesofHealth(NIH),andtheNationalInstituteofMentalHealth(NIMH)intheU.S.,aswellastheResearchGrantsCouncilofHongKong(RGC-HK).

Mr.DavidBishop

Mr. Bishop is a Principal Lecturer at theUniversity ofHongKong and the InternationalMBAProgramatFudanUniversity,Shanghai.HehasbroadlegalexperienceintheUnitedStatesandacross Asia, particularly China. Mr. Bishop has worked on major real estate, private equity,financing,andM&Adeals,andparticipatedinnumerousnegotiationsinChina,HongKong,andTaiwan.Hehasalsoactedasoutsidecounselinconnectionwithvariouscorporate,technology,lifesciencesandcommercialmattersforMNCsoperatinginAsia.Inadditiontoarobustprivatelegalexperience,Mr.Bishopfocusessignificanttimeonactivitiesandprogramsprovidingdirectbenefittothecommunity.Heconsultscompaniesabouttheirethics,CSR,probono,andsocialentrepreneurshipinitiatives,andisfounderanddirectorofmultiplenon-profitcompanies.

Dr.CeciliaChan(HostofHighTable)

Dr. Chan has been involved in the implementation of outcomes-based approach to studentlearning, assessment, feedback and technology enhanced learningpedagogies and tools. She

providesconsultationstofacultyregardingthedesignandassessmentofinnovativeeducationalresearchprojects,grantsand initiatives.Shealso leads,buildsandsupports facultyefforts toincorporate community to develop skills and knowledge related to the scholarship andassessment of teaching and learning. Dr. Chan’s research interests include: Engineering andScience Education, Development of Generic Skills, Assessment, Community of Practice,TechnologyEnhancedLearning.

Prof.PaulCheung

Prof.CheungisDirectoroftheTechnologyTransferOfficeandProfessorintheDepartmentofElectrical&ElectronicEngineeringattheUniversityofHongKong.HeisalsoProgrammeDirectoroftheMScinE-CommerceandInternetComputingprogrammeattheUniversity.HejoinedtheUniversity of Hong Kong since 1980 andwas Dean of Engineering from 1994-2000. HewasAssociateVice-President(Research)from2012-15,andjuststeppeddownfromthatpositionon1January2016.Heisresponsibleindrivingmanyinnovationandentrepreneurshipsinitiativesin the University including the DreamCatchers, the Entrepreneurship Academy and theTSSSU@HKUprogram.Prof.CheungreceivedhisB.Sc.(Eng)degreewithFirstClassHonoursandPh.D.degreefromtheImperialCollege,UniversityofLondon,bothinElectricalEngineeringin1973and1978,respectively.Hisresearchinterestsincludecomputerarchitecture,digitalsystemdesign,digitalsignalprocessingandbiomedicalengineering.ProfessorCheungisactiveinservingthe professional community, and was the IEEE Asia Pacific Director from 1995-96 and IEEESecretary in 1997. From 2007-14, he was a Director of the IEEE Foundation and was theFoundation’sVice-President(2010)andTreasurer(2013-14).HewasChairoftheIEEEAwardsBoard from 2007-08 and chaired the IEEEMedal of Honor Committee from 2009-12. He iscurrentlytheChairoftheIEEEHonoraryMemberSelectionCommittee.

Prof.RickGlofcheski

RickGlofcheskiobtainedhisBAatWilfridLaurierUniversity,hisLLBatUniversityofWindsor,andhisLLMatCambridgeUniversity,England.AfterpractisinglawinCanada,mainlyincivillitigation,hejoinedtheUniversityofHongKong.Hisprimaryareasofteachingandresearchareintortlaw,labourandemploymentlaw,andteachingandlearninginhighereducation.Hehasalsotaughtcriminallaw,contractlaw,legalsystem,andmedicallaw.RickistheEditor-in-ChiefofHongKongLawJournal.HeisaPanelMemberoftheBarAssociationQualificationCommittee.HewasHeadoftheDepartmentofLawfrom1996-99.HeistheauthorofTortLawinHongKong(HongKong:SweetandMaxwellAsia,3rdedn,2012,920pp).Heisauthorandco-editorofEmploymentLawandPractice inHongKong(Sweet&MaxwellAsia,October2010, 900pp), forwhichhewasawarded (jointly with Farzana Aslam) the University Research Output Prize 2011. Rick wasselectedfortheawardofUniversityTeachingFellow(2004),theinauguralUniversityOutstandingTeachingAward(2009),theinauguralUniversityDistinguishedTeachingAward(2010),andtheinaugural Hong Kong-wideUniversity Grants Committee Teaching Excellence Award, inrecognitionofoutstandingteachingandhisleadershipandcontributionstotheadvancementofteachingandlearning.

Prof.IvanHolliday

Prof.IanHollidayreadforaBA/MAinSocialandPoliticalStudiesatGonvilleandCaiusCollege,Cambridge,graduatingwithfirst-classhonoursin1982.HethenmovedtoNewCollege,Oxford,graduatingwithanMPhilinPoliticsin1984andaDPhilinPoliticsin1989.In2006,hecametotheUniversityofHongKongforafive-yeartermasDeanofSocialSciences.SinceJanuary2015,

hehasbeenVice-PresidentandPro-Vice-Chancellor(TeachingandLearning).FormostofhistimeinHongKong,ProfessorHolliday’sresearchhasfocusedonMyanmarpoliticsandgovernance.He istheauthorofmorethan100academicpublications.Hewasfoundingco-editorofPartyPoliticsandtheJournalofAsianPublicPolicyandrelauncheditorofContemporaryPolitics,andservesontheeditorialboardsofaboutadozeninternationaljournals.Prof.Hollidayispassionateaboutteachingandlearning.AsDeanofSocialSciences,hespearheadedtheintroductionofagraduationrequirementthatundergraduatestudentscompleteoff-campuscredits inthetwinareasofsocial innovationandglobalcitizenship.Healsocreated,anduntil2014directed,theFaculty’sMOEIprogramme.LaunchedontheThai-Myanmarborderin2008,andtodayoperatinginCambodia,MyanmarandThailand,MOEIenablesundergraduatestudentsfromtheUniversityofHongKonganditsglobalpartnerstodeliverintensive-modeEnglishclassestochildrenandyoungadultsinimpoverishedandmarginalizedcommunities.Acrosssevencyclesfrom2008to2014,morethan300MOEIstudentstaughtEnglishtomanythousandsofyoungSoutheastAsians.

Prof.JohnKao

Prof.Kaoassists thePresident/Vice-Chancellorof theUniversityofHongKong in leadingandstrengtheningtheUniversity’sglobalnetworksofcollaboration,buildingkeyrelationshipswithrelevantstakeholdersinMainlandChinaandoverseas,maximizingopportunitiesacrossteachingand learning, research, knowledge exchanges and technology transfer, and deepening theUniversity’spresenceandengagementworldwide.

Prof.GabrielLeung

Prof.LeungbecamethefortiethDeanoftheLiKaShingFacultyofMedicineinAugust2013.Prof.Leung,aclinicianandarespectedpublichealthauthority,concurrentlyholdstheChairofPublicHealthMedicine.PreviouslyhewasProfessorandHeadofCommunityMedicineandservedasHongKong’sfirstUnderSecretaryforFoodandHealthandfifthDirectoroftheChiefExecutive'sOfficeingovernment.Prof.Leungspecialisesinthefieldofpublichealthmedicine,astatutorilyaccredited specialty that covers the full rangeofpublichealth sciencesand their constituentdisciplines. Prof. Leung maintains a substantial teaching commitment in the undergraduatemedicalandpostgraduatepublichealthcurricula.HisteachinghasbeenrecognisedbytheawardoftheUniversityTeachingFellowshipandtheFacultyTeachingMedal,respectivelythehighesthonourforteachingachievementsconferredbytheUniversityandthemedicalschool.Hehasmentored15PhDand4MPhilresearchpostgraduatestodate.

Ms.HelenLockey

After completing a BEd teacher training degree, Helen started her career teaching in asecondaryschoolandsubsequentlyinthehighereducationsector.Aftersevenyearsintheclassroom,shemovedintoamanagementandadministrationroleinwhichshewaspartofaseniormanagementteamrunningalargedepartment.Inthelastdecade,shehasworkedinthree president's offices, primarily gathering, analysing and reporting on educational andinstitutional intelligence for academic, strategic and financial planning purposes. Apedagogically-informedadministrator,Helenensuresthatdata isholisticallyconsideredbyincorporatingacademic,administrativeandprofessionalperspectives.

Prof.MattewPryor

MathewPryorisHeadoftheDivisionofLandscapeArchitectureandanAssociateProfessor(Teaching)withinHKU’sFacultyofArchitecture.HeteachesDesignStudioaswellastechnicalcoursesinprofessionalpractice,plantingandecologyandsustainabledevelopmentpractices.MathewisaFellowandPastPresidentoftheHongKongInstituteofLandscapeArchitects,and Chair of their Publications Committee.He is also a Registered LandscapeArchitect inHong Kong, and a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute in the UK. He is also aCertifiedArborist.Beforejoiningacademia,Mathewworkedformorethan20yearsinprivatepractice and has extensive experience in strategic planning, master planning, design,documentationandcontractadministrationonawiderangelandscapeprojectsthroughoutChinaandSouthEastAsia.Hehasspecialistexperienceinthedevelopmentofmega-projectsincludingthemeparks,majorurbanparksandcivicopenspaces,streetscapeimprovements,tourist enhancement schemes, and waterfront promenades. He has also undertakennumerous environmental remediation projects including creation and enhancement ofwetlands,and theecological restorationofdegraded landscapes.He isbestknown forhisworkontheHKWetlandPark,HKDisneylanddevelopment,andonthelandscapetreatmentofslopes.Hiscurrentresearchstudiesincludealong-runninginvestigationonthescienceandpractice of tree transplanting in Hong Kong, as well as on street trees, environmentalremediation,productivegreenroofs,publicopenspaceandwalkabilityinthecity.

Prof.BernadetteTsui

Prof.BernadetteTsui’srichexperienceininstitutionaladvancementiscapturedinherbook“TheCitywithaHeart-StoriesofGivingfromHongKongandHongKongUniversity”<情義之都——從港大到香港的捐贈傳奇>,published in2014. She isHonoraryProfessorofPracticeat TheUniversity of Hong Kong, and her academic interests include philanthropic studies, NGOmanagementandcivilsociety.ShealsoteachesfundraisingforTheEducationUniversityofHongKong(EMAinArtsManagementandEntrepreneurship)aswellastheHongKongAcademyforthePerformingArts(MasterofFineArtsinTheatreandEntertainmentArts).SheisanadvocateofCASE-CouncilforAdvancementandSupportofEducation,headquarteredinWashingtonDC- currently serving as CASE Asia-Pacific's faculty for the training institutes in Hong Kong andMainlandChina.ShereceivedherBAandMPhilindramafromHKU,andpursuedtheatrestudies

atNewYorkUniversityaswellasinJapanandGermany.Shestartedasastagedirectorandlaterworkedintelevisionandradio.ShehasaregularcolumnintheHongKongEconomicJournal,HongKong'sleadingbusinessnewspaper.

Mr.HenryWai

Mr.HenryWaiisaBachelorofArtsandMasterofArtsgraduateoftheUniversityofHongKong.HeisalsoaFellowoftheCharteredSecretariesandAdministratorsoftheUK.Mr.WaiworkedinabankandalsoatextilecompanybeforejoiningtheUniversityasajunioradministrator.Duringhis40plus years in theUniversity,hehasbeenworking inalmostall areasof theUniversityadministration. Since2002,hehasbeentheRegistrarof theUniversity,andtheHeadof theRegistry (which looksafteroperations inall administrativeareas, except finance,estatesandcampus development, and student affairs). He has worked with 6 Vice-Chancellors of theUniversityand4CouncilChairmen,andwitnessedallthechangesintheUniversityinthepastfourdecades.

Dr.MaggieZhao

Dr.Zhaodirectsandoverseesalloperation,projectandresearchactivitiesconductedintheUnitand leads the administration, analysis and reporting of the institutional surveys on studentlearningexperiences.SheearnedherdoctorateinPsychometricsandM.S.inStatisticsbothfromUniversity of Massachusetts, and has obtained extensive experience in leading large-scaleeducationalassessmentprograms.PriortojoiningHKU,Maggieworkedasapsychometricianfor

EducationalTestingService(ETS)andcontributedtoseveralotherassessmentorganizationsintheUnitedStates.Withover tenyearsofacademicandprofessionalexperiences,sheheavilyengaged in various research projects in the advancement and application of quantitativemethods in the education, social, behavioral and health sciences, and gained a substantiveperspective in developing innovative solutions for assessment and evaluation. Her researchinterestsliebroadlyineducationalandpsychologicalmeasurementandassessment,quantitativemethods,andscienceoflearning.

Prof.AlbertChau

DrAlbertChauWai-lapasVice-PresidentforTeachingandLearning(VPTL)ofHongKongBaptistUniversity(HKBU)fromJuly2016.AsVPTL,DrAlbertChauisresponsiblefortheUniversity’steachingandlearningforthenurturingofcreative,caringandethicalglobalcitizens.Heleadsthedevelopmentofcurriculumandacademicprogrammes,qualityassurance,innovativelearningsuchasexperientiallearningandeLearning,studentrecruitmentandplacement,andglobalisationofteachingandlearning.DrChaureceivedhisBScinIndustrialEngineeringandPostgraduateCertificateinPsychologyatTheUniversityofHongKong(HKU),andMScandPhDinpsychologyattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison,USA.HethentaughtattheDepartmentofPsychologyatHKU,servingasassistantprofessorandassociateprofessor.HewasAssociateDeanoftheFacultyofSocialSciences(2000-2002),DirectorofGeneralEducation(2002-2015),andDeanofStudentAffairs(2005-2015).DrChauiscurrentlyConsultantoftheNewYork-basedStephenASchwarzmanEducationFoundation.

Prof.RolandChin

Prof.RolandChinassumedofficeasthefifthPresidentandVice-ChancellorofHongKongBaptist

Universityon1September2015.PriortojoiningHKBU,ProfessorChinwasProvostandDeputyVice-ChancellorandChairProfessorofComputerScienceofTheUniversityofHongKongfrom2010to2015.Beforethat,hewasDeputyPresidentandProvost(2006-2010),Vice-PresidentforResearchandDevelopment(2003-2006),andChairProfessorofComputerScience(1992-2010)atTheHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology.From2001to2003,hewassecondedtoApplied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) as Vice President for InformationTechnology.ProfessorChinobtainedhisBachelor’sandPhDdegreesinElectricalEngineeringattheUniversityofMissouri,Columbia,in1975and1979respectively.HeworkedattheGoddardSpaceFlightCenterinMarylandoftheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration(NASA)fortwo years before starting his teaching career at the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineeringattheUniversityofWisconsin,Madison,from1981to1995.Prof.Chin’sresearchisin the areas of computer vision, image processing, and pattern recognition. His work wasrecognised by awards such as the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the NationalScience Foundation (NSF), and appointments to serve on editorial boards of top journalsincludingtheIEEETransactionsonPatternAnalysisandMachineIntelligence,IEEETransactionsonImageProcessing,andPatternRecognition.HisresearchwassupportedbyfundingbodiesintheUSandHongKong,includingtheNSF,NASA,theAreasofExcellenceSchemeoftheUniversityGrants Committee (UGC), Research Grants Council (RGC), and Innovation and TechnologyCommission(ITC).