Category: Delegate

Professor David Alfred Mfinanga

Professor David Alfred Mfinanga is an Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering and is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor responsible for administration, resources and students affairs at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania as from 5th December 2014.

He graduated with an Honours degrees in (Civil) Engineering in 1991 and obtained his Masters degree from Miyazaki University in 1995 and a PhD degree from Kyushu University in Japan in 1998. He has held various positions at the University of Dar es Salaam and he is still involved in the core academic functions as a normal staff member in the Department of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering.

Professor Mfinanga is committed to community service including involvement in several boards. He is recognized as a prolific African researcher in transport engineering and has published many papers in international journals. He has recently, together with other international co-authors, published a book titled “Paratransit in African Cities: Operations, Regulation and Reform” published by Earthscan. Professor Mfinanga is fluent in Kiswahili, English and Japanese (conversational).

Mr Salim Mahmood

Salim Mahmood, An Alumnus of the same university, he is heading the Marketing and Admissions department for the last 25 years. He has keen interest in the Educational sector and specialised in studies relating to the present Educational Policies of the Universities Grants Commission under the Ministry of Human Resources of the Government of India. He is familiar with all foundation requirements for new colleges under the liberalised scheme of the Govt Of India for Technical education in the unaided sector. This has given him a tremendous exposure to all aspects of functioning of a Professional Education institution in the Private sector. He has travelled to over 50 countries with active contacts in education sector.

He oversees Marketing, Counselling and the entire Student Recruitment process through a Team of Professionals based in Chennai. He also is in charge of establishing linkages with various Foreign Universities.

Professor Brian MacCraith

Professor MacCraith holds a Personal Chair in Physics at DCU. He was founding Director of both the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR) and the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute (BDI) at DCU. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He was appointed President of DCU in July 2010 and will hold this position for 10 years. As President, he has advanced DCU’s mission as a research-intensive, globally-engaged University of Enterprise that emphasises innovation in teaching, learning and research.

During his time as President, DCU has been ranked among the world’s leading young universities and is included both in the QS Top 50 under 50 and the THE 100 under 50.

Professor MacCraith has a strong commitment to student entrepreneurship (both social and commercial) and recently Chaired the National Review of STEM Education in Ireland for the Irish Government.

Dr Beverley Lucas

Dr Beverley Lucas has extensive teaching and curriculum development experience in Health Professional Education, Pharmacy and Postgraduate Medical Education. Her professional background is Nurse Education and as a Social Scientist, PhD (Edinburgh) her pedagogic research has been published in areas of Medical Education and Pharmacy practice.

She has undertaken related consultancies for the Department of Health and Academic Reviews for the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). She has held External Examiner appointments at the Universities of Manchester (Nursing), Salford (Postgraduate Education), Bristol (Postgraduate Medical Education) and Newcastle (Postgraduate Medical Education). She has significant Quality Enhancement experience and has served as Chair of three Faculty Programme Approval and Review committees. Beverley is a member of the RCGP Yorkshire Faculty Board and RCGP Joint Faculty Board.

Dr Kegang Li

Dr Kegang Li received Ph.D. degree in Mining Engineering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 2006. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China from 2008 to 2012. His primary research interest is in the field of Rock Mechanics, Slope and Underground Engineering Stability.

Dr Li is Professor, Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology and Head, Department of Resources Exploitation Engineering, Faculty of Land Resource Engineering.

Professor Lei Lianghai

Current Position:

Professor, Doctor Advisor, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Executive Dean of Financial Research Institute

Director of China Machinery Industry Accounting Audit Research Center

Educational background:

July 1986: Bachelor of Science, Department of Math, Suzhou Railway Normal College
1992: Master degree in System Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering
1996: Doctor of Economics, Finance Department, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
2000: Appointed full professor
2002: Appointed Doctor Advisor

Working experience:

July 1986-Sep.1989: Deputy Secretary, Secretary of the Communist Youth League, Suzhou Railway Normal College
1991-now: Director of Business School Finance Department, Vice Dean of Business School, Director of Finance Section, Director of Audit Section, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology

Specialized in:

Teaching and scientific research in the field of Fiscal and Finance.
Presided over the completion of over 30 scientific research projects of National and provincial level
Over 180 works, Textbooks and theses domestically and abroad
Awarded Third Prize in Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievements in works (1996-1997) and Third Prize in Shanghai Philosophy and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievements in Thesis (1998-1999)
Awarded the title of Excellent Young Teachers in Colleges and Universities in Shanghai, Shanghai Fourth Dawn Scholar, Cross Century Academic Leaders in Ministry of Machinery Industry

Research Field:

Fiscal and financial research
Theory and policy of investment and financing
Corporate finance

Dr Rhonda Lenton

Rhonda L. Lenton is the eighth President and Vice-Chancellor of York University. She joined York in 2002 as Dean of the Atkinson Faculty of Liberal & Professional Studies, and went on to serve as Vice-Provost Academic and then Vice-President Academic & Provost. A champion of community engagement and innovative partnerships, she has significantly expanded York’s institutional collaborations with government, business, community organizations, and other postsecondary education partners. A sociologist by training, her areas of teaching and research expertise include gender, family conflict, research methods and higher education. In 2015, Dr. Lenton was named one of the top 100 most powerful women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) and in 2016 received the Angela Hildyard Recognition Award for her innovative leadership in higher education.

Professor Sing Kong Lee

Professor Sing Kong Lee is the Vice President (Alumni and Advancement) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He obtained a 1st Class Honours in Horticultural Science from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand in 1974, supported by the Colombo Plan Scholarship and awarded by the Public Service Commission of Singapore. He received his PhD in 1985 from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in Plant Biotechnology.

After an illustrious career in the civil service, Professor Lee joined National Institute of Education (NIE) in 1991 and was in various positions of leadership. He assumed the directorship of NIE in 2006. Under his stewardship, NIE took a systematic review of teacher education programmes in partnership with MOE and its schools, using the revised National Curriculum as key guides. The resulting 21st-century teacher education model was launched in 2009 to develop teachers with the key values, skills and knowledge necessary to function in the 21st-century classroom.

Building on his extensive knowledge and experience in education, Professor Lee was appointed as the Vice President (Education Strategies) from July 2014 till June 2016 to lead the development of NTU’s strategies and innovations in curricular, teaching methods and assessment. He initiated a framework that provides the support for professors across NTU to proactively adopt Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) initiatives, with the aim of having 50% of the NTU courses to be incorporated with certain TEL components in them by 2020. As the Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Learning (CRADLE@NTU), he leads CRADLE in its focus on research into the best learning practices specific to Singapore’s tertiary education sector. Appointed as the Vice President (Alumni and Advancement) in August 2015, he is pivotal in the re-development of Alumni and Donor relationship in NTU.

Professor Lee has received numerous awards for his contributions in education & research works. Among his notable accolades are the National Technology Award 2000, Urban Agriculture Award 2000, Excellence for Singapore Award 2001, Singapore Innovation Award 2001, Public Administration Medal (Silver) (2004), Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Biology (2005), NUS Distinguished Alumni in Science Award (2009), Public Administration Medal (Gold) (2011), Medal of Honour for the Cause of Education (Vietnam) 2011. Professor Lee is also the first Singaporean to receive the prestigious Medal for Distinguished Service 2013, the highest honour awarded by Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

Professor Allan Kellehear

Allan Kellehear, PhD., FAcSS is a 50th Anniversary Professor (End-of-Life Care) in the Faculty of Health Studies and Academic Director of the DHEZ Health & Wellbeing Centre at the University of Bradford.

His research work embraces social and personal experiences of terminal illness, public health models for its care, and technology-enabled health care for those living with long-term conditions more broadly. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, President of both the Association for the Study of Death and Society (ASDS) and Public Health Palliative Care International (PHPCI). He has published 23 books and over 100 articles and has held previous chairs in England, Australia, and Japan.

Professor Yayu Huang

Professor Yayu Huang received his MESc in Mechanics in 1989. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the research and application of mechanical dynamics and 15 years of experience in international cooperation. He is one of the academic pacemakers in the university community in Yunnan Province. Currently he focuses on the research and application of innovation（TRIZ，multibody dynamics, multi-physics fields coupling, modelling and simulation of multi-domain system, multidisciplinary design optimisation, high performance computing, cloud manufacturing, as well as international cooperation in education, research and application in mechanical engineering.

Professor Huang is Director, Institute of Digital Design and Manufacturing, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, and Head, International Affairs Office, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology