Speakers

•       Keynote Speaker/Academic Chair
•       Dr. Pedro Isaías
•       Associate Professor, Information Management & Information Systems,             Universidade Aberta, Portugal
•       Co-editor of Interactive Technology and Smart Education Journal
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• Pedro Isaías is an associate professor at the Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University) in Lisbon, Portugal, responsible for several courses and director of the master degree program in Electronic Commerce and Internet since its start in 2003. He holds a PhD in Information Management (in the speciality of information and decision systems) from the New University of Lisbon. Author of several books, book chapters, papers and research reports, all in the information systems area, he has headed several conferences and workshops within the mentioned area. He has also been responsible for the scientific coordination of several EU funded research projects. He is also member of the editorial board of several journals and program committee member of several conferences and workshops.

 

 

      Keynote Speaker/Conference Chair

      Dr. Chanita Rukspollmuang

 

 

• Dr. Chanita is an Associate Professor in Development Education Program at the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She received her bachelor degree in Law (with honor) from Thammasat University, Thailand and graduated from Michigan State University, USA, with a Doctorate in Socio-Philosophical Foundations of Education. Her areas of specialization include sociology of education, development education, comparative education, education law, as well as education for sustainable development.
• Before joining the Faculty of Education, she worked at the Center of Educational Policy, Office of the National Commission of Education, Thailand. Dr. Chanita has just ended her term as Dean of the Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.  Her present positions are Director, R&D Center for Educational Policy, Management, and Leadership, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Vice-President, Thailand Comparative and International Education Society (TCIES), and President of Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA).

 

     

      General Chair

      Dr. Tan Jing Hee

      Executive Director & Chairman of its Academic Board of East Asia Institute

      of Management

• Dr. Tan Jing Hee is an Executive Director of East Asia Institute of Management as well as the Chairman of its Academic Board. He started work as a Retail Manager in a family business dealing with pharmaceutical products, toiletries and film development and processing. Dr Tan went on to become Senior Science Master of a government secondary school. After five years, he re-joined the private sector as a Merchandising Manager of Robinsons Departmental Store, with responsibilities over 6 departments in Menswear Division. In 1973, he joined the Singapore Institute of Management, initially as Information, Publications and Research officer before moving into management development responsibilities. During his 25 years stay in the institute, he helped to build it into the premier HRD organisation in the region. While in SIM, Dr Tan was also involved in establishing enterprise-wide MBO systems in six medium and large organisations in Singapore. In 1987, he co-edited a book on Developing Managers In Asia, published by Addison-Wesley. Dr Tan was the Chief Operating Officer of SIM before leaving it to pursue other interests. In 1994, he wrote doctoral thesis on Developing A Factor Model of Management Work in Singapore, for which he was awarded his Ph.D from Henley Mangement College/Brunel University.

 

Committee Member

Dr. Tan Jing Hee

Executive Director & Chairman of its Academic Board of East Asia Institute of Management

Dr. Chanita Rukspollmuang

• Director, R&D Center for Educational Policy, Management, and Leadership, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Vice-President, Thailand Comparative and International Education Society (TCIES), and President of Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA)

Dr. Pedro Isaías

• Associate Professor, Information Management & Information Systems, Universidade Aberta, Portugal, Co-editor of Interactive Technology and Smart Education Journal

Dr. Lin Wang

• Associate Dean, Ad-Interim, for Undergraduate Programs and Student Success, The University of Texa Rio Grande Valley