Keynote speakers

Prof Leong is a highly accomplished individual with a distinguished career spanning both academia and government service. He holds a Bachelor, Masters and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the National University of Singapore. His dedication to education has been recognised with numerous teaching awards, including the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award on several  occasions and the NUS Outstanding Educator Award in 2015.

Beyond academia, Prof Leong has made significant contributions within the Singaporean government. As the director of MOE's Experimental Systems & Technology Laboratory from 2014 to 2019, he led efforts at MOE to deploy technology to improve operational efficiency and shape the future of learning. Notably, among the systems that he oversaw were the development and deployment of the SLS and SCMobile.

Currently, he is also serving as the Director of the AI Centre for Education Technologies, Director of the Centre for Computing for Social Good & Philanthropy and Chief Data Officer of AI.SG.

Prof Chen currently serves as the Head of the Learning Sciences and Assessment Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE). Her research interests include Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), learning analytics, AI for education, and mobile learning, and how these technologies can be used on transforming and enhancing teaching and learning practices.

Her dedication and impact are evident through numerous accolades, including:

• Keynote speaker at international conferences

• Dozens of Best Paper Awards

• Distinguished Researcher Award from the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education

• Excellence awards for research, teaching, and education

• Editorial leadership roles in prestigious journals

• Beyond research, Prof. Chen actively contributes to the field through her involvement in professional organizations like the Asia Pacific Society of Computers in Education and the Global Chinese Society of Computers in Education. She has also chaired and organized major conferences, showcasing her commitment to advancing educational technology globally.

Prof. Chen's diverse background, including her prior experience as a journalist, brings a unique perspective to her research and leadership.