Chi Huang

Dean and Professor of School of Foreign Languages, Chengdu University of Information Technology

Biography: Chi Huang is a professor at the School of Foreign Languages, a master’s supervisor in translation and international Chinese education, and serves as a member of both the Sichuan Provincial Foreign Language and Literature Teaching Guidance Committee and the New Liberal Arts Teaching Guidance Committee. She also holds the positions of council member of the Sichuan Provincial Association for Foreign Language Studies and vice president of the Sichuan Provincial Cognitive Linguistics Research Association.

She earned her degrees from Sichuan International Studies University and Sichuan University, and furthered her studies at Western Oregon University in the United States. With extensive experience in tertiary English education, she has taught a wide range of courses including College English, Intercultural English, Graduate English, Comprehensive English for English majors, Advanced English, Survey of English-speaking Countries, British and American Literature, Biblical Literature, Women’s Literature, and Selected Readings of Shakespearean Plays.

Her primary research interests include British and American literature and culture, women’s literature, and intercultural communication. She has authored over 30 academic papers published in various domestic and international journals and has guided students in publishing more than 40 research articles. To date, she has completed over 10 research and teaching reform projects, including initiatives funded by the Sichuan Provincial Social Science Association, provincial new liberal arts development programs, and the Ministry of Education’s "China Foreign Language Education Fund." Additionally, she has published six monographs, edited volumes, and textbooks, supervised seven provincial- and university-level innovation and entrepreneurship projects for undergraduates, and has been awarded multiple first, second, and third prizes for teaching achievements by her institution.

She is also the lead instructor and developer of a provincial-level first-class undergraduate course and a provincial-level curriculum ideological and political demonstration course.

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John O’Regan
Vice Dean and Professor of UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society

Biography:Professor John O’Regan is Vice-Dean and Professor at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, where he also serves as International Lead. He previously worked as a long-term trainer in intercultural communication for the Council of Europe. He is former Co-Chair of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) and former Editor of the journal Language and Intercultural Communication.His research interests include Global Englishes, intercultural communication, and critical discourse analysis. He has published extensively in leading international journals such as Applied Linguistics, Globalisation, Societies and Education, Language Sciences, and Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. He is the author of Global English and Political Economy (Routledge, 2021) and a co-editor of Language in a Globalised World: Culture, Communication and Translation (2014), Intercultural Dialogue: Questions of Research, Theory and Practice (2016), and Education and Global Neoliberal Discourses (2021).

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Yi Dai

Professor of Faculty of Education, City University of Macau

Biography: Dr. Dai Yi is Professor and PhD Supervisor at the Faculty of Education, City University of Macau, and Distinguished Research Fellow at the Engineering Research Center of Educational Cloud, South China Normal University. He holds a Bachelor‘s degree in Computer Science and Technology, and Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Educational Technology. He holds professional qualifications as Senior Secondary School Teacher (Advanced Level) and Senior Engineer. Dr. Dai previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Beijing Normal University and served as Director of the Information and Equipment Office at Zhuhai Research Institute of Education.

His research focuses on AI in education, digital textbooks and smart classrooms, and K-12 AI education. Dr. Dai has led several major research projects, including a key project of the Ministry of Education under the National Education Sciences Planning, a China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project, and projects under the Guangdong Education Sciences Planning. He has published over 20 papers in prestigious journals such as e-Education Research, China Educational Technology, and Modern Educational Technology, as well as in SSCI-indexed international journals. He is the author of one academic monograph and co-editor of two textbooks. As a core member of national working groups, He contributed to the development of national standards for digital textbooks. His research has been recognized with a Second Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award in Basic Education and a First Prize of the Guangdong Teaching Achievement Award.

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Nurul Farhana Jumaat

Associate Professor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Biography: Dr. Nurul Farhana binti Jumaat is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, with expertise in Educational Technology. Her research focuses on online learning design, instructional strategies in online and blended learning, and the effective integration of technology to enhance learner engagement and learning outcomes. In addition to her active research and postgraduate supervision, she serves as an Editor for the Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Innovative Teaching and Learning Journal, contributing to the quality and dissemination of educational research. Dr. Nurul Farhana is also actively involved as a researcher and member in international collaborative projects, including ICTeEfS, which focuses on research related to the use of ICT in education and teacher professional development, and the DX.SEA Erasmus+, which supports digital transformation, online learning innovation, and capacity building in higher education across Southeast Asia.

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