APRU - Association of
Pacific Rim Universities


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Our distinguished keynote speakers include:

 
Professor Thomas O'Malia
Director
Center for Distance Learning
University of Southern California, USA

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Dr Andy DiPaolo
Executive Director
Stanford Centre for Professional Development,
Stanford University, USA

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Dr Timothy Shih
Professor and Chairman
Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Tamkang University, Chinese Taipei


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Dr Mukesh Aghi
Chief Executive Officer
Universitas 21 Global Pte Ltd
Singapore

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Professor Andrew Nee
Co-Director
The Singapore - MIT Alliance

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Listed below (in alphabetical order) is the list of distinguished conference speakers.

Dr W. A. M. Alwis
Director
Academic Affairs,
Republic Polytechnic
, Singapore
(biography)

 


Dr Mark Bullen
Acting Director
Distance Education & Technology
Continuing Studies
University of British Columbia, Canada
(biography)

Mr Justin Choo
Teaching Assistant
Department of Biochemistry
National University of Singapore
(biography)
Ms Anne Forster
Director, Innovation and Technology in Education Ventures;
Manager Special Projects, Vice Chancellor’s Office
The University of Sydney, Australia
(biography)

Dr Norm Friesen
Information Architect, CAREO Project
Athabasca University, Canada
(biography)

Mr Paul Gagnon
Educational Development Specialist/Instructional Designer
Department of Educational & Staff Development
Singapore Polytechnic
(biography)

Professor Kang Feiyu
Executive Deputy Dean
The School of Continuing Education
Tsinghua University, Beijing
China
(biography)
Dr Lana V. Kurilova-Rich
Director, International Projects Department
Far Eastern National University, Russia
(biography)
Associate Professor Lee Szu Hee
Senior Consultant
Division of Haematology
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science
Adelaide, Australia
(biography)
Mr Lim Kin Chew
Executive Manager
E-Learning Competency Centre, Singapore
(biography)



Ms Kim McShane
Lecturer, The Institute for Teaching & Learning
The University of Sydney
, Australia
(biography)

 



Dr Michiko Nakano
Director, Center for Distance Learning,
Co-chairperson, PAAL
Secretary General, JACET
School of Education,
Waseda University, Japan
(biography)

Mr Samuel Ng
Divisional Director
Educational Design & Technology,
Institute of Technical Education, Singapore
(biography)


Dr Ngoh Lek Heng
Deputy Director
Singaren, Singapore
(biography)




Dr Atsutoshi Oshima
Chief Consultant / e-Learning Specialist
UFJ Institute (UFJI), Japan
(biography)



Ms Gale Parchoma
Instructional Designer
University of Sasketchewan, Canada
(biography)

Professor Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Ph.D.
College of Arts & Letters, University of the Philippines-Diliman;

Former Dean, Joint Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities and
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of the Philippines Open University (1999-2002)

Philippines
(biography)
Mr Craig Peden
Higher Education Solution Specialist
Microsoft Australia
(biography)


Ms Georgina Phua Hwee Choo
Section Head, School of Info-Communications Technology
, Singapore
(biography)

 

 

Dr Geoffrey D. Potter
Faculty of Education,
University of Victoria BC
, Canada
(biography)

Dr Jaime Sánchez
Department of Computer Science
University of Chile, Chile
(biography)
Ms Fiona Spence
Learning Designer
Centre for Flexible and Distance Learning
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
(biography)


Dr Andrew Toon
Department Head
Mathematics, Computing & Technology
Singapore Institute of Management - Open University Centre Singapore
(biography)

 



Dr Lynda Wee
Consultant (Special Projects)
Principal’s Office
Republic Polytechnic
, Singapore
(biography)

 



Dr Yeo Gee Kin
Department of Information Systems
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
(biography)

 



Prof Zhang Shiyong
Department of Computer Science,
Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
(biography)

 

Dr Zhao Guodong
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Technology
Graduate School of Education
Peking University, China
(biography)