Prof. Yu Zhonggen

Faculty of Foreign Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, China

Research Area: Linguistics, Language Education, Educational Technology

Introduction:Zhonggen Yu, Editor in Chief of Forum for Linguistic Studies,https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-980X, Professor (distinguished) and Ph.D. Supervisor in Department of English Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Academy of International Language Services, National Base for Language Service Export, Beijing Language and Culture University, has already published over 180 academic papers in distinguished journals based on rich teaching and research experiences. His research interest includes Linguistics, Language Education, and Educational Technology.

Prof. Holger Mathias BRIEL

Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (UIC), China

Research Area: Media Studies, Media Theory, Media Ethics, Oral History Research, Post-Digital Humanities

Introduction: Professor Dr Holger BRIEL is Professor in Media and Communication Studies Programme. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Theory from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a B.A. in English and German from Eberhardt-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany. A portion of his graduate studies was also undertaken at the Université de Paris, Sorbonne. Previously, Dr Briel has taught at New York University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, the University of Innsbruck, the University of Surrey, Indiana State University and Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University. He has held numerous Visiting Professorships and lectured at Oxford University, UC Berkeley, CUNY, Ateneo de Manila, the National University of Malaysia, the National University of Singapore, Universität Rostock and many others. Besides many other engagements, he continues to supervise Ph.D. and Master students in countries around the globe. He has published copiously in media and cultural studies, philosophy, the social sciences, and international management studies and remains active a as journalist for several international newspapers. For many years, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the influential IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies and sits as an Editor and Joint Editor on many journal boards. Furthermore, he is the recipient of numerous prestigious research grants and fellowships, most recently the endowed National South Korean Senior Fellowship in Cultural Studies. In recognition of his expertise in global education, he has been elected to several national education supervisory bodies, including those of Greece, Hungary and Spain and membership in the EU Council for Higher Education.

Prof. Beryl Exley

School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia

Research Area: Literacies, Teaching reading and writing, Grammar, Critical literacies, Multimodal text, Teacher knowledge, Pedagogic rights

Introduction: Professor Beryl Exley is an experienced classroom teacher who is now a teaching and research academic with the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia. She has published over 150 sole-authored and co-authored research manuscripts, and has been awarded research funding from high esteem competitive grants including Australian Research Council Discovery and Australian Research Council Linkage grants. In 2008, she was recognised as a National Literacy and Numeracy Week Champion by the Commonwealth Government. She has supervised 14 higher degree research candidates to completion. Beryl is a former National President of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) and in 2019 was awarded Life Membership for her services to the profession and professional associations.

Invited Speaker

Dr. Azlin Zaiti Binti Zainal（ Senior Lecturer）

Universiti Malaya，Malaysia

Research Area:Language，Education