Keynotes & Featured Talks
Presidential Keynote
Professor Dr. Andrew P. Lian
Professor of Foreign Language Studies, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam; Professor Emeritus, University of Canberra, Australia; President of AsiaCALL, the Asia Association of Computer-Assisted Language-Learning, a research and professional association focusing on the uses of technology to enhance second/foreign language learning in Asian contexts.
Biodata: (Orcid) (Scopus) https://andrewlian.com/new/index.php/resume/
Larry Chong Keynote Address
Keynote 1
Dr Regina Kaplan-Rakowski, University of North Texas, USA
Dr Regina Kaplan-Rakowski is an Assistant Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas. She is also Vice President of the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO). Her research interests include immersive learning technologies (e.g., virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality), emotional responses to learning technologies, and computer-assisted language learning. She serves on the Editorial Board of Educational Technology & Society (ET&S) and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).
Keynote 2
Associate Professor Dr. Pham Vu Phi Ho, Van Lang University
Assoc. Prof. Pham Vu Phi Ho, Ph.D., Assoc. Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University, Vietnam. He used to be a Vice-President of Ba Ria – Vung Tau University, and Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Van Hien University, Vietnam. Pham has published 64 research articles in both local and International Journals (ISI/Scopus-indexed), and 9 books and 3 course books used for undergrad students at HCMC Open University, VN, and one-course book was used for both the undergraduate and graduate level at Lourdes College, Higher Education Department, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. One coursebook was used to train Postgrad students (MA & PhD) in English Language Studies at Van Lang University and Tra Vinh University. He has international experience in teaching English at Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; especially, he worked as a Professor for Gyeongju University, South Korea, in 2014. He is the Vice President for Administrative Affairs of AsiaCALL and the managing editor of its Online Journal. He is now the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of TESOL & Education. He is also an editor for the Asian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Scopus), and a peer reviewer for some international Journals indexed in ISI/Scopus such as Computer Assisted Language Learning, Open Sage, International Journal of Instruction... His main interests include Academic Writing, peer responses, translation, Teaching methodologies, and Technology-enhanced learning.
Keynote title: Coming soon.....
Keynote 3
Dr. Ania Lian, Charles Darwin University, Australia
Senior Lecturer in Education, College of Education, Charles Darwin University, Australia, Vice-President of AsiaCALL Research and Innovation. Dr. Ania Lian is the Editor-in-chief of the AsiaCALL Online Journal.
Biodata: Orcid ID, Scopus ID
https://www.cdu.edu.au/research-and-innovation/higher-degree-research/find-supervisor/education-arts/dr-ania-lian
Keynote 4
Professor Dr. Jeremy White, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
Dr. Jeremy White is a professor in the College of Information Science and Engineering at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. He has taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Japan for the past 20 years. He earned his PhD from Kyoto University; his dissertation research was related to Minecraft and task-based learning to encourage English language communication. Dr. Jeremy White is now co-editor of the Computer-Assisted Language Learning Electronic Journal (Scopus-Q1).
Keynote 5
Associate Professor Dr. Le Van Canh, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), Vietnam
Associate Professor Le Van Canh is currently working as a visiting professor at the Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (IUH), Vietnam. Before moving to IUH, he had worked as an English language teacher, a teacher educator, and a teacher education researcher at ULIS-Vietnam National University, Hanoi for more than 40 years. His research interest is teacher education and teacher professional development. His research is published in international journals and edited volumes published by leading international publishers. He is the leading editor of Building Teacher Capacity in English Language Teaching in Vietnam (Routledge 2020), and a co-editor of Situating Moral and Cultural Values in ELT Materials: The Southeast Asian Context (Springer 2018). He is a frequent invited keynote speaker at several international professional conferences within and outside Vietnam. He also serves as a reviewer for numerous international journals.
Featured Talk 1
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu, HUFLIT
Associate Professor. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu is currently Vice-President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages - Information Technology (HUFLIT), and Chairman of STESOL founded by Association of Vietnamese Universities and Colleges. With training experience from more than 25 countries, his main expertise is building digital transformation competency and providing consultation services to higher education institutions and businesses across Vietnam. He won Vietnam Technology Innovation Award in 2012 and got recognized as Vietnam Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Master Trainer in 2014. His research interests include Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Computer Assisted Language Learning and ELT Methodology.
Featured Talk 2
Associate Professor Dr. Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah
Dr. Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi, Associate Professor, teaches courses related to English language, communication and Applied Linguistics at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA). Her research and publication are mainly in the areas of second language acquisition (SLA), task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT), and technology-enhanced language learning (TELL). Nik has developed language related curriculum and training modules for use at the university and in industry. She is currently the Dean of Centre for Modern Languages UMPSA and a Chair of Malaysian Public Universities Language Deans Council. Nik is a member of English Language Higher Education Assessment Malaysia (ELHAM), a project funded by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia to align English language curriculum at higher education institutions in Malaysia to CEFR. As a strong advocate of providing quality education, she has been an assessor at Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) since 2012 and she is currently a member of MQA Accreditation Committee (Arts).
Featured Talk 3
Dr. Michael Choy is an experienced educator and researcher in the area of pedagogy, workforce development, facilitation, learning design and development. Having been a trained teacher and a psychologist in the Ministry of Education in Singapore, he has experience in working with students with learning difficulties. He has also trained more than 10,000 adult educators and teachers across Vietnam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore in the area of instruction, learning styles, design skills and pedagogy over the past 25 years. When he was Assistant Director and Head, Design and Development Unit at the Institute for Adult Learning, WDA, he was managing curriculum and MOOC (Massive Online Open Courseware) development. He was also managing and mentoring the 70 adult educators at IAL.
Presentation title: "Creating Smart ReallyBots: A No-Code/Low-Code Approach to Revolutionizing Learning and Performance in Higher Education"