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Digital Education Odyssey 2.0: Crossing Dimensions
 - 28 July 2021   |   PROGRAMME -
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Time  Presentation
Opening Ceremony
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Speeches by:
Welcome Address
- by Keith Thong
   Group Managing Director of University Book Store Malaysia

Opening Speech
- by Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim
  Former Director General of Education Malaysia,
  Adjunct Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
  Senior Fellow at Institut Masa Depan Negara (Malaysia)

- Fine Arts by elc International School (Malaysia)

Keynote
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.Optimising Hybrid Classroom: Leveraging Smart Technology for effective physical and virtual learning
 - by Khoo Hung Chuan
   Director, Education Transform and Development,
   Lenovo Central Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
- by Victor Lam
   Business Development Lead, Google for Education,
   South East Asia (Malaysia)

Moderator:
Programme Manager,
PEMIMPIN GSL
(Malaysia)
Databases
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Stepping Out of the Echo Chamber: Utilizing Databases to Teach Critical Thinking and Empathy
by Masaki Morisawa
Senior Product Manager, Gale Asia (Japan)

 
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.Connected Learning
by Hannah Creelman
Training and Development, Britannica Digital Learning (Australia)
 

 
Hardware
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.From School Work to Team Work, From Team Work to Dream Work
by Ethan Tan
Co-Founder, Imago (USA)

Technology, Learning, and Impact
by Giancarlo Brotto
Global Education Catalyst, SMART Technologies (Canada)

Moderator:
Steven Loh
Country Manager,
Lenovo (Malaysia)
Learning Platforms
11.30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Hybrid-Learning: How Digitization is Shaping the Future of Schools
by Cecilia Cheng
Country Manager Malaysia, Classin (Singapore)

Using Technology for Optimal Teaching and Learning in the New Normal
by Bing Chen
CEO and Co-Founder, 2BeLive (USA)

Moderator:
Dato' Bruce Lim Aun Chong
Managing Director,
Technoriant Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
Education for Industry Relevance
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Pivot Towards Industry Relevance
by Lance Cheang
CEO, VLan Asia (Malaysia)

Entrepreneurship Reimagined
by Dash Dhakshinamoorthy
Founder, Startup Malaysia (Malaysia)

Moderator:
Tan Tuan Khai
President,
Internet Alliance (Malaysia)
12:30 p.m. - 1.15 p.m.LUNCH           
Innovations in ELT
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.Steering Towards Thinking
by Shoba Nair (Editor in Chief) and Nikson Low (Founder)
ilovereading.sg (Singapore)

 
Reading Comprehension
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.Helping Struggling Readers with New Edtech Solutions
by Dr. Duriya Aziz
Senior Vice President, Scholastic International (Singapore)

 
CEFR
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.A Postsecondary Syllabus for English in Malaysia: Mending a Broken Link
by Dr. Ramesh Nair
President, Malaysia English Language Teaching Association (Malaysia)

 
Newspaper in Education
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. The Future of Academic Libraries
by Matthew Hedrick
Senior Area Manager, Libraries Asia Pacific, PressReader (Australia)

Providing Worthwhile Content for Today's Young and Hungry Minds
by Stephen Keane
Founder and Chief Editor, News Bites Media (Ireland)

Moderator:
Abdul Rashid Yusof
Former Group Editor,
New Straits Times (Malaysia)
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.TEA BREAK
Taking English Classes Online
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Making Digital Learning Easy for Teachers
by Hani Malouf
Founder, Velawoods (UK)

 
Inspirational ELT Classroom
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Fun, Engagement and Motivation in the ELT Classroom Despite the Teaching Situation
by Harry Cullinane
ELT Pedagogical Consultant, ELI Publishing (Italy)

 
FORUM: Long Live Literature!
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Literature and Life-long Enjoyment of Reading
by Dr. Malachi Edwin Vethamani
Emeritus Professor, The University of Nottingham (Malaysia)

The Living Text
by Anthony Partington
Principal, GEMS International School, Metropark Tropicana (Malaysia)

Literature Research and Life Skills
by Masaki Morisawa
Senior Product Manager, Gale Asia (Japan)
 
Moderator:
Dr. Chithra Krishnan Adiyodi
Vice President,
Education, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF)
(Malaysia)






























































































































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