Keynote Speaker

Background:

Dr. Saeed Farahany currently works as Head of Research Office at Buein Zahra Technical University. His research vision is to understand how Al-based and Mg-based composite can be fabricated by stir casting. He studied fundamental principles of solidification of composite using thermal analysis equipped with professional post-process data analysis software. He served as a leading scientist published in “Who is Who in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry” in 2014. He is a reviewer of 15 journals. He assisted more than 30 undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students at Buein Zahra Technical University and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Title of presentation: Composite Materials

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Dr. Benny B. Nasution received the Dipl. Ing. Degree in Computer Engineering (Informatic) from Fachhochschule Aargau Technik, Windisch, Switzerland, in 1993,  M.Eng. Degree in Computer Systems Engineering from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, in 2000, and Ph.D. Degree in Information Technology from Monash University, Clayton, Australia, in 2008. He worked as a sessional lecturer and a computer engineer at Fachhochschule Aargau Technik. He also worked as a sessional lecturer at Monash University for three years. Currently, he is a Lecturer and a Researcher at Politeknik Negeri Medan, Medan, Indonesia. Mr. Nasution was awarded a Swiss Government Scholarship in 1989–1995, and an Australian Government Scholarship in 1998–2000 and in 2002–2006. He was awarded IBM Internship Award, Tokyo Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan, in 2004. He was awarded a Mollie Holman Medal as the best Ph.D thesis in 2007.

Title of presentation: Single Layer Hierarchical Graph Neuron (SLHGN) for Earthquake Forecasting

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Jose Wendell Capili attended the University of Santo Tomas, the University of the Philippines, the University of Tokyo, the University of Cambridge, and the Australian National University, where he earned his Ph.D. He is Professor 12 and Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs, University of the Philippines. He authored 7 books and over 300 articles. He received Carlos Palanca, Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Book Awards for Literature, and fellowships in Australia, Europe, North America, and East and Southeast Asia. He is one of the 7 Achievement Awardees for 2020 of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP). He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Title of Speech: Popular Culture as Youth Culture

Background:

Currently works at Jimei University as the Vice Dean of School of Foreign Language. Her area of expertise is in Translation Study and Bilingual Lexicography.

Title of presentation: Applying Problem-based Learning to Translator Training in the CAT Environment: A Case Study

Background:

Dr. Melvin Mojikon is currently a Director of Penampang Community College, Sabah, Malaysia under the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. He received his Doctor of Business Administration from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. He has also presented numerous papers at local and international conferences in the field of Entrepreneurship. His publications have appeared in local and international journals. He also serves on the editorial boards and programme committee of several local and international journals and conferences of repute. He has undeniably earned the respect of many business practitioners with his rich industrial and academic experience.

Title of presentation: Last Bastion of Entrepreneurship in Sabah, Malaysia

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Dr. Peng Choo is the Deputy VC (International relations) of Central University Institute of Barnenda (CUIBA) in Cameroon,  Board Member Chia Fuinkuin Foundation (CFF) an NGO accredited by UN Economic Social Council (ECOSOC). STEMSEL Foundation Inc, based in Adelaide South Australia, is a foundation that trains students to use runlinc Easy Coding competitive advantage to make IoT projects quickly and easily to win international STEM Coding IoT AI and Social Entrepreneurship competitions.

2 lines of runlinc Easy Coding compare to 120 lines of Difficult Coding to make an internet Alarm Webpage with 2 buttons to turn on and off buzzers, lights to scare intruders. His favourite is to hear young inventors use runlinc competitive advantage to increase customers to businesses so business owners can give help to poor people. These young winners are developed to be technopreneur LEADERS who are critical Human Resource for a nation’s Digital Economy.

Title of presentation: Help Stakeholders especially Parents Schools and Universities to stop wasting time and money using Difficult Coding (C++, Python) for Makers STEM Coding IoT AI Education and Training validated by veteran Coding lecturers who had experienced with Difficult Coding”.