Dr. Jeremy Pagram
Keynote Speaker & Conference-Co-Chair
Former Technologies Coordinator School of Education Edith Cowan University
Jeremy was a senior researcher for the School of Education in the Faculty of Education and Arts and Associate Director for the Centre for Schooling and Learning Technologies. Australian Council for Computers in Education Educational Leader of the Year. He specialised in Research methods and supervision with 36 completions so far. Though now semi-retired he is remaining active in research and is currently investigating photogrammetry of models for 3D printing and CNC production.
Dr. P John Williams
Keynote Speaker & Conference Co-Chair
Professor of Education and the Director of Graduate Research, School of Education, Curtin University
P John Williams is a Professor of Education and the Director of Graduate Research in the School of Education at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia, where he teaches and supervises research students in STEM and technology education. Apart from Australia, he has worked and studied in a number of African and Indian Ocean countries and in New Zealand and the United States. His current research interests include STEM, mentoring beginning teachers, PCK and electronic assessment of performance. He regularly presents at international and national conferences, consults on Technology Education in a number of countries, and is a longstanding member of eight professional associations. He is the editor of the Australasian Journal of Technology Education, advisory editor of the International Journal of Technology and Design Education, series editor of the Springer Contemporary Issues in Technology Education and is on the editorial board of five other professional journals. He has authored or contributed to over 250 publications, and is elected to the International Technology and Engineering Education Association’s Academy of Fellows for prominence in the profession.
Dr. Tan Jing Hee
General Chair
Deputy Chairman of the Management Council, Chairman of East Asia Institute of Management Academic Board.
Dr. Tan Jing Hee is the Deputy Chairman of the Management Council, Chairman of East Asia Institute of Management Academic Board. 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.