Every year, LTE invites influential education scholars and experts to take part in the Expo Advisory Committee. With the committee members sharing their comments on the Expo and insights into education, LTE is expected to reflect the latest educational trends and satisfy the needs of the education community.

Co-Chairpersons

Mr Stuart BAILEY

Founder & CEO, Bailey Communications HK Limited

Biography

With over 20 years of experience in exhibition creation and event organising, Stuart and his team have been working together in Hong Kong since 2004. Stuart is the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Industry Association (HKECIA) and he has formed strong links with government and industry stakeholders alike. Stuart also sits on the Working Group on Convention and Exhibition Industries and Tourism (WGCET) under the Economic Development Commission.

 

Mr Victor CHENG Pat-leung

Executive Director, Hong Kong Education City

Biography

Mr Victor CHENG Pat-leung is the Executive Director of Hong Kong Education City (HKEdCity). He manages the largest education portal in Hong Kong, with primary role in promoting and supporting eLearning for all secondary and primary schools in Hong Kong. HKEdCity pioneered a number of eLearning initiatives including e-book infrastructure, e-Assessment platform, Single Sign-On for education and WiFi service model for schools (WaaSchool), with total annual users of over 200,000. HKEdCity presents the Learning and Teaching Expo every year, which is the largest education expo in this region and attracted more than 13,000 teachers and professionals to attend last year.

Mr CHENG is a seasoned executive and IT professional in Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKEdCity, he has been the Director of Corporate Services of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessments Authority and the Director of IT Services of The Hong Kong Institute of Education (now The Education University of Hong Kong). He also served in many advisory committees of Government and universities. Mr CHENG holds a Master of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master of Business Administration Degree with Distinction.

 

Members

Ms Sylvia CHAN May-kuen, MH

Principal, Ying Wa Primary School

Biography

Ms Sylvia CHAN May-kuen is currently the Principal of Ying Wa Primary School. She is a Director of HKEdCity, a Council Member of the Education University of Hong Kong, as well as a committee member of organisations and government departments including Social Welfare Advisory Committee, Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals, Advisory Council on the Environment, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance, and Trustee of World Wide Fund – Hong Kong .

Ms CHAN was awarded the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service and the Award of Excellent Educational Administration in 2013, and Medal of Honour in 2019. Being a keen promoter of arts and moral education, Ms CHAN has written (music and lyrics) and produced English musicals ‘The Best of the Best’ and ‘The Blessings’. She has also authored a Chinese book for children titled ‘Big Event in the Magic Forest’.

 

Professor CHENG Kai-ming, SBS, JP

Professor Emeritus, The University of Hong Kong

Biography

Kai-ming CHENG is Professor Emeritus at the University of Hong Kong. He was Dean of Education, Vice-President and Senior Advisor to the President of the University. He taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as Visiting Professor 1996-2006. Trained as a mathematician, he was a school teacher and a principal before he pursued doctoral study at the London Institute of Education. He has been consultant with most of the major international organizations. He has been involved in institutional evaluation and accreditation, policy discussion and training in various jurisdictions. He lectures at the National Academy of Education Administration, China, and SKOLKOVO, Russia. He created the Summer Institute on higher education at HKU, a learning programme for senior leaders in higher education from various countries. His current attention is on the fundamental changes in society and their challenges to education, and focuses on learning as the core business of education. He is on the Global Advisory Boards of various international organisations. He is member of China Education 30 Forum, which is a think tank cum advocate in China. Locally he was member of the Education Commission and was instrumental in the comprehensive reform which started 1999. Over the years, he chaired various policy committees relevant to education in Hong Kong.  He is among the initiators of ‘Education 2.1’, an advocacy for education development in Hong Kong. He has delivered hundreds of keynotes around the world. He writes columns in Hong Kong Economic Journal Daily and Shanghai Education.

 

Professor Kevin CHUNG Kien-hoa

Director, Centre for Child and Family Science; Chair Professor, Child Development and Special Education, The Education University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor Kevin CHUNG’s research interests primarily focus on learning difficulties particularly in developmental dyslexia, cognitive and language development, literacy assessment and instruction, and cognitive neuroscience of language. He has published extensively in journal articles and conference papers, and has produced learning and teaching products and software. Professor CHUNG is committed to applying academic knowledge into practical applications.

 

Ms Kathy CHUNG Lai-kam

Chairperson, HK Aided Primary School Heads Association; Principal, Po Kok Primary School

Biography

As the principal of Po Kok Primary School and the chairperson of Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association, Ms Kathy CHUNG has dedicated herself not only in creating a desirable learning environment for students of all ethnicities, but also promoting the well-being of students across the city. Recognising the many benefits of eLearning, Ms CHUNG advocates eLearning in different subjects. Under her visionary leadership, the school has formulated a school based Chinese eLearning platform for Non-Chinese students and was awarded Best Digital Inclusion Silver Award in Hong Kong ICT Awards.

 

Professor HAU Kit-tai, BBS, MH, JP

Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor HAU Kit-tai is Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Fellow of American Educational Research Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology, as well as the member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Technical Advisor Group and Strategic Development Group. He was the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and President of the Division of Educational, Instructional and School Psychology.

Professor HAU’s research areas include motivation, psychometrics, research methodology and large-scale educational monitoring. He has published extensively in major international academic journals and spared no effort in contributing to the education sector of Hong Kong and mainland China with his professional knowledge. Professor HAU actively serves on various advisory boards of the government, secondary schools and voluntary agencies in curriculum and youth development. He has also conducted over 100 national advanced applied statistics workshops in mainland China to promote empirical research in social sciences and education.

 

Dr HO Wing-chuen

Chief Curriculum Development Officer, Information Technology in Education, Education Bureau

Professor Horace IP Ho-shing, MH

Chairman, Assessment Working Group, Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence / Vice President (Student Affairs); Director, Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies; Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor Horace IP is the Vice President, Chair Professor of Computer Science and the founding director of the AIMtech Centre (Centre for Innovative Applications of Internet and Multimedia Technologies) at City University of Hong Kong. He is currently the Chairman of Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE) Assessment Working Group. He has served on the Steering Committee of the HKSAR Quality Education Fund and chaired its Dissemination and Promotion Subcommittee. He is also a member of Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals (COTAP).

 

Professor Morris JONG Siu-yung

Director, Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor Morris JONG Siu-yung is the Director of the Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Co-Chair of the IEEE Education Society Technical Committee on Learning Sciences, as well as the Vice-President of the China Educational Technology Association Professional Community on Digital Game-based Learning. Professor JONG’s research interests include learning sciences and technologies, as well as technology-enhanced pedagogic design and implementation. He won the CUHK Best Innovation Award of Knowledge Transfer in 2013, the Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education’s Early Career Researcher Award in 2015, and the CUHK Young Research Award in 2017. Besides academic research, Professor JONG has been active in serving the community. For example, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Education City Limited, the Education Bureau’s Steering Committee on Strategic Development of Information Technology in Education, the Quality Education Fund’s Dissemination and Promotion Sub-committee, as well as the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority’s Subject Committee on Information and Communication Technology.

 

Mr Stanley KAM Wai-ming

Chairman, The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education; Principal, HKSKH Bishop Hall Secondary School

Biography

Mr KAM, the current Chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, is keen on promoting various technology education initiatives among schools and educators; and has been involved in various territory-wide and mainland China-Hongkong committees on STEM education, curriculum development and eLearning.

His work includes chairing the CDC-HKEAA Committee on Information and Communication Technology, and being a member of CDC-HKEAA Committee on Mathematics, CDC Committee on Learning Resources & Support Services, Shenzhen-Hongkong STEM Education Curriculum Committee, HKIC STEM Alliance, eLearning Consortium, VTC Business Discipline Advisory Board, etc.

He is also a HKCAAVQ Specialist, an Executive Committee Member of the Kowloon Region School Heads Association and Kwun Tong Schools Liaison Committee.

 

Professor Nancy LAW W.Y.

Founding Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education; Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor Nancy LAW is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She served as the Founding Director for the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) for 15 years from 1998. She is an elected Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences and is known globally as a learning scientist with a strong record and expertise in the integration of digital technology in learning and teaching to promote student-centred pedagogical innovations. She has a special research interest in multilevel leadership for eLearning and in the learning and assessment of digital citizenship.

 

Professor PONG Ting-Chuen

Senior Advisor to the Provost; Acting Director, Center for Education Innovation; Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Biography

Professor PONG Ting-Chuen received his PhD in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984. In 1991, he joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where he is currently a Professor in Department of Computer Science and Acting Director of Center for Education Innovation. He also served as Associate Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Associate Dean of Engineering and Director of the Sino Software Research Institute at HKUST. Professor PONG’s research interests include eLearning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and Pattern Recognition.

 

Professor Kenneth SIN Kuen-fung

Director, Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education; Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling, The Education University of Hong Kong

Professor Kenneth SIN always leads projects in consultancy, training and research in supporting students with special educational needs and teacher education in inclusion. Over the years, being the chair of SEN Theatre in the Learning and Teaching Expo, he offers assistance for building up a sharing platform among scholars, teachers and front-line practitioners for project dissemination and knowledge transfer in special needs.

 

Mr Teddy TANG Chun-keung, MH, JP

Chairman, The Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools; Principal, The Hong Kong Management Association K S Lo College

Biography

Mr Teddy TANG has been serving as a secondary school principal and the Chairman of The Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools until his retirement on 1 September 2020. He has extensive experience in school administration, curriculum development and training of new school principals.

 

Dr Carrie WILLIS, SBS, JP

Formerly Executive Director of Vocational Training Council; Formerly Chairperson of Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals

Biography

Dr WILLIS has a wealth of experience in public administration, having worked in various Government bureaux and departments, and she headed the Vocational Training Council as its Executive Director before her retirement.  She has served on different boards and committees, both in the public and private sectors. She has a keen interest in education and youth development policies and was the Chairperson of the Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals under the Education Bureau from June 2013 to May 2020.

 

Mr Albert WONG Kin-wai

Chairman, Association of I.T. Leaders in Education; IT Manager and ICT Teacher, Ying Wa College

Biography

Mr WONG worked for different types of school including Aided School, Caput School, Direct Subsidy Scheme School and Private Independent School. He has been involved in IT in Education of Hong Kong since the First Strategy on IT in Education by the HKSAR Government. He is currently the IT Manager of Ying Wa College and also chairs a professional teacher association, namely ‘Association of IT Leaders in Education (AiTLE)’. The primary aim of the Association is to promote quality of education through the use of information technologies in the form of peer-sharing groups, seminars and workshops. Mr WONG is active in public and community services to support quality of education. He has served as chairmen of CIT and ICT Subject Committees (HKEAA), and members of the Steering Committee on Strategic Development of IT in Education (EDB), the Public Examination Board (HKEAA), CDC-HKEAA Committee on ICT (Senior Secondary) (EDB), the Standard Committee (HKEAA), and Assessment and Monitoring Committee (QEF).

 

Dr Eva WONG Y.W., PFHEA

Director, Centre for Holistic Teaching and Learning, Hong Kong Baptist University

Biography

Dr Eva WONG was educated in the United Kingdom, received her first degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from University College London, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of Abertay Dundee. She has worked in a number of tertiary institutions in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in the past 35 years. Eva joined HKBU in 2010 as Director of the CHTL to focus on enhancing student learning through professional development of frontline teachers. In 2018, her contributions to teaching and learning were recognised by being honoured as a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the UK. Eva’s current interests and expertise are in the enhancement of student learning through the use of engaging and learner-centred pedagogies leveraged on eLearning, in which area she has presented to local and overseas conferences and published in journals.