Reynaldo is the President and CEO, Mapua University and is also the Chairman, National Referencing Committee for the Philippine Qualifications Framework. He is the former Chairman, Science & Technology Committee, UNESCO National Committee for the Philippines, and also former Director of the Philippine Fulbright Commission. He is the former Chairman, Engineering Sciences and Technology Division, National Academy of Science and Technology, and former President of the Association for Engineering Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Shaun Wellbourne-Wood has worked in international development for more than 20 years. He is currently the Dean (ASEAN) for Curtin University in Australia, although based permanently in Indonesia since 2013. Shaun is also a senior applied research specialist for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) contributing to the energy transition; research, development, and innovation; and higher education contexts.

Bui Thanh Hang has been working in the Ministry of Science and Technology for over 3 years in the field of startup and innovation ecosystem development and 10 years of experience in communication and public relation management for development organizations, including Winrock International, USAID, ARC and DAI Global and Open Innovation and Technopreneur Institute (OITI) as expert. She is leading in setting up the national innovative communication network – communication/media partners in Vietnam.

Dr. Ly Thien Trang has been working for Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Finance as Vice President in charge of quality assurance, international accreditation, international projects, professional development and academic development, strategic consultancy. Dr. Trang has been working in higher education for 25 years. 

Shabbir H. Gheewala is a full professor at the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Thailand where he teaches Life Cycle Assessment and has led the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Lab for over 20 years.

Marong Phadoongsidhi is an assistant professor of Computer Engineering at the King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). He also holds a management position as an Assistant to the President for Management of Asset, Finance, and Information.

Dr. Sohel Rahman is a Professor of BUET. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He is a Distinguished Member of ACM, Distinguished Contributor of IEEE CS and a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He is a Distinguished Speaker of both ACM and IEEE CS.

Dr. Shang Gao is the APJ Regional Director for Amazon Web Services Skills to Jobs. Her team focuses on driving cloud and technology adoption in the education sector through education systems. She leads strategic dialogues and implement programs through governments in the region to build the future of cloud workforce and meet the industry demand. As the leading practitioner in cloud, AWS provides educational programs and platforms to help learners of all age gain skills and move forward on the path to employment. Dr. Gao is an Education Economist by training.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bundit Thipakorn has served more than 20 years as administrator and lecturer at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. After his term as Deputy Secretary General for Higher Education Commission ended in 2017, he has actively involved in a policy-related projects and activities of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research, and Innovation and KMUTT.

Prof. Paulina Pannen has been working in educational technology, digital transformation, and quality development in higher education in Indonesia. She writes scholarly articles and speaks at various forums. She is now involved in ICE Institute in Universitas Terbuka to offer flexi-learning using unbundled online course involving 33 HEIs.