Monday, October 12, 2026

Best of EduTech Asia 2026

In three weeks I will be off to Singapore for EduTech Asia 2026. So I thought it was time to see what was on the program. I am not, although I have told organizers I am happy to fill in, or chair a session. These are from the higher education stream, delegates can also attend Leadership and  K12 streams.

Nov 4

10:20 Are we driving learning in the age of AI, or are we the passengers?, Danny Liu, Professor of Educational Technologies, The University of Sydney

11:20 Panel: Rise of the Machine – what the next decade means for jobs and skills:

  1. Gaurav Rekhi, Chief Operating Officer, International Campuses Dubai and Malaysia, Manipal University College Malaysia
  2. Mabel Tan,Deputy Vice Chancellor Student Affairs and Alumni, UCSI University
  3. Rhea-Luz Valbuena, Executive Director, School Of Computing And IT, Asia Pacific College
  4. Ana Hol,A/ Dean, A/Prof. Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, Western Sydney University

12:20 How Singapore Management University (SMU) is redesigning learning for the AI era, Venky Shankararaman, Vice Provost (Education Strategy and Innovations), Singapore Management University

16:50 Building “Trilingual” skills (Design x AI x Domain) for the future of innovation, John Leong, Chief Lifelong Learning and Innovation Officer, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Nov 5

9:20 Leading the middle ground in AI – navigating between rejection and uncritical adoption, Hai Siang Chia, Principal Specialist, Technologies for Learning Branch, Education Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Singapore

11:30 Pedagogy vs innovation: bridging the gap between technology and teaching practice
  1. Mui Kim Chu,Associate Professor, Singapore Institute of Technology
  2. Ericson Dimaunahan, Assistant Vice President, Office of Digital Education, Learning Technologies and Analytics, MapĂșa University
  3. Stephen Tay, Acting Deputy Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, National University of Singapore
  4. Nurul Nisa Omar, Associate Professor, Sunway University


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