Keynote Speakers

Prof. Maggie M. Wang
The University of Hong Kong, China

Member, Advisory Group on Academic Reviews, HKU
Director, Lab for Knowledge Management & E-Learning
Eastern Scholar Chair Professor 東方學者講座教授, East China Normal University
Former Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, MIT, and University of Cambridge
Editor-in-Chief, Knowledge Management & E-Learning (ESCI & Scopus indexed)
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (SSCI indexed)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Science Teaching (SSCI indexed)
Editorial Board Member, Education Technology & Society (SSCI indexed)
Membership: AERA, IEEE, ISLS, NARST, GCSCE

Dr. Minhong (Maggie) Wang is Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Knowledge Management & E-Learning, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the Advisory Group on Academic Reviews of HKU. She is also Eastern Scholar Chair Professor at East China Normal University and Visiting Research Professor at the Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education of Beijing Normal University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Management & E-Learning (indexed in Scopus & ESCI). Her research focus is on learning technologies for cognitive development, creative thinking and complex problem solving, knowledge management and visualization, and artificial intelligence applications. She has published 125 journal articles (78 in SSCI/SCI indexed journals; 26 articles in top 10 journals in multiple disciplines). She is recognized as ESI Top 1% Scholar in (a) Social Sciences, General, and (b) Economics & Business. More details can be found at http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/magwang.

 

Invited Speaker

Dr. Adela Lau
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China

Dr Adela Lau is the Deputy Director of HKU SAAS Data Science Lab at Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science of University of Hong Kong. Dr Lau published over 40 journal and conference papers and funded over 30 research and industrial collaboration and consultancy projects in the area of machine learning, business intelligence, social media and big data analytics, intelligence applications, risk management, information system adoption, ontology/taxonomy building, business process re-engineering, portal design, knowledge management, e-learning, public/community health studies, healthcare systems and nursing clinical quality control & assessment. She gained several awards including NANDA Foundation Research Grant Award (USA), Faculty Merit Award in Services (HK), and Inaugural Teaching and Learning Showcase Award (HK). She was the former director of Center for Business Development at Madonna University in USA, and the co-director of the Center for Integrative Digital Health at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and led the IT team for healthcare product innovation. Dr Lau was an active committee member of Knowledge Management Research Center at PolyU and Data Science Center at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in which she initiated and developed industrial applied-research consultancy projects. She was also the UG coordinator of the Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program at HKUST, and was responsible to lead, execute, and coordinate the program works including curriculum design, enrichment programs, and administration across three schools of business, science, and engineering.

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