Speakers
Our high-quality speakers are essential to ensuring our events engage audiences and provide relevant, up-to-date and innovative content for our delegates. If you are an innovator or influencer in your field, or know someone who is, please apply to speak here.
Sir Dr Jeffrey Cheah KBE AO
Founder and Chairman, Sunway Group
Founder and Chancellor, Sunway University
Lucia Karina
Vice-President of Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Tanghua Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Data Science and the School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong
Aiman Albarakati
Founding Director
International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Saudi Arabia
Alona Armstrong
Professor in Energy and Environmental Sciences, and Director, Energy Lancaster
Lancaster University
Sutan Muhammad Azhar Abdul Wahhab
Group Head of Global Sourcing and Strategic Partnership
Paragon Technology and Innovation
Kenneth Barrientos
Team Leader and Programme Officer
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
Vanessa Barrs
Dean and Chair Professor, Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences
City University of Hong Kong
Mohammed Ali Berawi
Director, Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
Universitas Indonesia
Amy Bilton
Director, Centre for Global Engineering, and Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Lorenzo Boffi
Associate Director, Corporate Partnerships
Habitat for Humanity International, Asia-Pacific
Christopher Chao
Senior Vice-President of Research and Innovation
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Adel Chaouch-Orozco
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Translation
City University of Hong Kong
Sir Dr Jeffrey Cheah KBE AO
Founder and Chairman, Sunway Group
Founder and Chancellor, Sunway University
Wing Kai Stephen Chiu
Associate Dean of International Engagement and Chair Professor of Sociology
The Education University of Hong Kong
Henry Shu-Hung Chung
Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
City University of Hong Kong
Francis Ron de Guzman
Assistant Secretary for Reintegration Services
Department of Migrant Workers, Philippines
Yun Arifatul Fatimah
Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Digitalisation
Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang
Chin Pong Ho
Assistant Lecturer and Chinese Medicine Practitioner, School of Chinese Medicine
Hong Kong Baptist University
Shuo Sue Hua
Associate Curator and Adjunct Lecturer, University Museum and Art Gallery and the Museum Studies Programme, Faculty of Arts
University of Hong Kong
Ronghuai Huang
UNESCO Chair on AI in Education and Dean of Smart Learning Institute
Beijing Normal University
Ulziisuren Jamsran
Representative and Liaison to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
UN Women Indonesia
Rannie Kamil Williams
Assistant Vice-President of Destinations, ESG and Research
Injourney Tourism Development Corporation
Raj Kannan
Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia Leader for Infrastructure and Real Estate
Deloitte – Strategy, Risk and Transactions
Lucia Karina
Vice-President of Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Franziska Sophia Knogler
Student Representative
Higher Education Sustainability Initiative-Student Action Group and the European Students’ Union
Arin Ike Kristanti
Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Sustainable Agrifood Entrepreneur
Rizqi Aulia Group
Kenneth Mei Yee Leung
Chair Professor and Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health
City University of Hong Kong
Yupeng Li
Assistant Professor, Department of Interactive Media and Director of the AI and Social Good Lab
Hong Kong Baptist University
Bosen Liu
Partnership and Agenda Setting on Higher Education
Education, Climate Action, Innovation, and Standardization
Teck Seng Low
Senior Vice-President of Sustainability and Resilience
National University of Singapore
Sunita Lukkhoo
Head of Regional Representation, Southeast Asia and the Pacific
European Investment Bank
Belinda Mensah
Programmes Officer, Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability Unit
All-Africa Students Union
Muhammad Miftahussurur
Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Community Development
Universitas Airlangga
Diyana Mohd Amin
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance
Iskandar Investment
Nicolene Murdoch
Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Partnerships and Transnational Education
Western Sydney University
Thomas Owen-Smith
Principal Consultant and Regional Vice-President, Asia and the Middle East
SUMS Consulting
Wahyu Radita
Head of Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Culture
Godrej Consumer Products Indonesia
Niels Schiller
Chair Professor and Head, Department of Linguistics and Translation
City University of Hong Kong
Hidayat Setiadji
Vice-President Corporate Sustainability and Health, Safety and Environment
Bio Farma (Persero)
May Tan-Mullins
Provost, Chief Executive Officer and Professor of Sustainability
University of Reading Malaysia
Tu Anh Trinh
Director, Institute of Smart City and Management
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
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