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Speakers

Keynote, Featured and Spotlight Speakers will provide a variety of perspectives from different academic and professional backgrounds. This page provides information about presenters. For details of presentations and other programming, please visit the Programme page.

Plenary Speakers

  • Laura Bronstein
    Laura Bronstein
    Binghamton University, United States
  • Leandro Loyola
    Leandro Loyola
    Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Applied Learning, Canada
  • Keith W. Miller
    Keith W. Miller
    University of Missouri – St. Louis, United States
  • Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Murielle El Hajj Nahas
    Lusail University, Qatar
  • Sela V. Panapasa
    Sela V. Panapasa
    University of Michigan, United States

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Laura Bronstein
Binghamton University, United States

Biography

Laura Bronstein, ACSW, LCSWR, PhD is Dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs, Professor of Social Work, Director of the Institute for Justice & Well-Being, and Founding Director of Binghamton University Community Schools, State University of New York (SUNY), United States. Prior to entering academia, Professor Bronstein worked as a practising social worker in a range of settings. Since entering academia, Laura has published over 70 peer-reviewed research articles and chapters and two books, and her leadership has been instrumental in various teams being awarded over 20 million dollars in federal, state, and foundation grants. She has an international reputation for her research on collaboration, including having created the widely used Index for Interdisciplinary Collaboration. In 2010, her article on which the Index was based, A Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration, was the eighth most highly cited publication in the social work literature. Professor Bronstein received the John A. Hartford Foundation Outstanding Dean for Aging Education award in 2011 and was Binghamton University’s inaugural recipient of the Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence “for scholarship that spans boundaries” the following year. She was awarded the Esther W. Couper Memorial Award for “outstanding service and dedication to the children and families of our community” in 2017. Most recently, Professor Bronstein has built Binghamton University Community Schools into a nationally and internationally renowned entity and is currently leading its adaptation across SUNY’s 64 campuses. In 2023, Laura was cited among the top 2% of scholars in her field in the Stanford World Scientist and University Rankings.

Keynote Presentation (2024) | University-Assisted Community Schools: An Interdisciplinary, International Movement to Promote Equity and Transform Education
Leandro Loyola
Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Applied Learning, Canada

Biography

Dr Leandro Loyola is Professor of International Business Management at the School of Business of Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Ontario, Canada. He previously served as a Learning and Organizational Development Specialist at Grand River Hospital in the Waterloo Region of Ontario. Before moving to Canada, Dr Loyola was an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Organization at the College of Business of De La Salle University, Philippines, where he also held the position of Director of College Student Affairs at its Laguna Campus. With nearly 20 years of experience in academia, Dr Loyola has shown dedication to his role as an educator and leader: he has made notable contributions to academic and organisational development, including his tenure as National President of the Philippine Association of Practitioners of Student Affairs and Services (PAPSAS), Inc. Internationally, he has served as the Regional Director for Asia of the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS) and as President-elect of the Asia Pacific Student Services Association (APSSA). Throughout his career, Dr Loyola has developed impactful programmes for student welfare and development and has contributed to national policies and guidelines for student affairs and services. His research on student development and organisational leadership highlights his commitment to fostering socially responsible global citizens and leaders. Dr Loyola’s career is marked by his passion for education, leadership, and creating inclusive learning environments that promote excellence.

Panel Presentation (2024) | Blended Learning: Overcoming Challenges and Implementing Solutions
Keith W. Miller
University of Missouri – St. Louis, United States

Biography

Keith W. Miller is the Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Sciences at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, United States. In that position, he is partnering with the St. Louis Science Center. Dr Miller’s research interests are in computer ethics, online learning, and software testing. He is a past editor-in-chief of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. He was awarded the 2011 Joseph Weizenbaum Award in Information and Computer Ethics by the International Society for Ethics and Information Technology (INSEIT), and is currently the President of that society. He has been a principal investigator of grants from the US National Science Foundation to study the effects of ethics education for computer science students, and to encourage scientists to become teachers.

Featured Workshop Presentation (2024) | TBA

Previous Presentations

Keynote Presentation (2018) | Sophisticated Machines and Innovative Education: Who (or What) Will Thrive?
Murielle El Hajj Nahas
Lusail University, Qatar

Biography

Dr Murielle El Hajj Nahas holds a PhD in French Language and Literature from the Lebanese University, Lebanon. She is currently Assistant Professor and Director of Lusail University Press (LU Press) at Lusail University, Qatar. She also serves as Associate Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship and the IAFOR Journal of Education (Language Learning in Education issues), The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan, as well as Editorial Board Member of In Analysis, revue transdisciplinaire de psychanalyse et sciences, Elsevier Masson SAS, France. Her domain of research focuses on psychoanalysis of literature, the perspective on the unconscious in literary study, the roles of the instances involved in analytical/critical praxis, and the relation between literature and psychoanalysis. Her research interests include analysis of written narrative structure and focalisation; comparative studies of literary genres; discourse analysis and semantics; French linguistics, literature, modernism, and postmodernism studies; gender studies; literary semiotics and semiology; psychoanalysis; psychoanalytic criticism and textoanalysis; rhetoric and stylistics; and schizoanalysis. She has published book chapters, original articles, academic interviews, translated articles, book reviews and analyses, as well as poems. She has also authored a contemporary theatre book titled Fragments chaotiques published by Les impliqués Éditeur, France. (ORCID Link)

Panel Presentation (2024) | Blended Learning: Overcoming Challenges and Implementing Solutions

Previous Presentations

Panel Presentation (2023) | Unleashing the Potential: The Impact of AI and ChatGPT in Revolutionising Education
Panel Presentation (2022) | Mental Health in Action: Strategies to Build Teacher and Student Capacity
Roundtable Presentation (2021) | Being Resilient: Finding Ways to Publish in Difficult Times
Sela V. Panapasa
University of Michigan, United States

Biography

Dr Sela V. Panapasa is an Associate Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research, United States. An active researcher and leader in developing scientific research methods to address data limitations and persistent health inequities in hard-to-survey populations, she has extensive experience conducting, analyzing, disseminating, and translating findings from mixed-methods research projects on Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) populations in the United States and independent Pacific nations. Dr Panapasa’s work has influenced policy development for these populations, from greater coverage of NHPI populations in the US Census to the use of racial categories in the American Community Survey and technical assistance in Pacific data collections. She developed and administered the successful collection of epidemiology as part of the Pacific Islander Health Study (PIHS), leading to a collaboration with the NCHS to develop and implement the 2014 NHPI National Health Interview Survey (NHPI NHIS). Dr Panapasa is the PI on 'Mechanisms of Diabetes and Diabetic Complications in a Multiethnic Population and a co-investigator for the Guam National Health Interview Survey (GNHIS)'.

Workshop Presentation (2024) | Writing a Succesful Grant Application: Mastering Significance, Innovation, and Approach for Your Career
Featured Presentation (2017) | Teaching Health Equity at the Community Level: Engaging Faith Based Organizations in Teaching Community Based Nutritional and Health Behaviors