SPEAKERS

YBhg Tan Sri Dato' Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman

Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman attended Malay College, Kuala Kangsar, St John’s Institution, Kuala Lumpur and Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia and obtained his MBBS from Monash University, Australia. He obtained the Masters of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the University of Singapore.

He became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and did his postgraduate training in Nephrology at Georgetown, University Hospital, Washington DC (USA) and Prince Henry’s Hospital in Melbourne (1975-1976). He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 1991.

He started the Department of Nephrology and developed the Nephrology and Dialysis services at Hospital Kuala Lumpur and extended this to other hospitals in the country.

He became Director General of Health of Malaysia from 1991 to 2001, and was appointed President of the International Medical University in 2001.

He was:-

President, Malaysia Medical Association (1985)
Master, Academy of Medicine Malaysia (1990-1998)
Founding President, Malaysian Society of Nephrology (1984-1985)
Founding President, Malaysian Society of Transplantation (1996-2002)
President, Association of Private Hospitals, Malaysia (2002-2008)
President, Malaysian Health Informatics Association (MHIA)
President, National Diabetes Institute (NADI)

He is:-

President, Board of Governors, National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
Director/Chairman, Medical Defence Malaysia Berhad
Director, IMU Foundation
Chairman, IHH Healthcare Berhad
Chairman, Board of Directors – CCM Duopharma Biotech Berhad (CCMD)

Professor Abd Karim Alias (Special Guest)

Professor of Food Technology at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and current Director of the Centre for Development of Academic Excellence.

He joined USM in 1994 and over the last 21 years he has taught most of the food science and food technology courses in the curriculum. He always aspires to be a good educator and researcher. Enthusiasm, commitment, and creativity are the three elements that best define him as a teacher. Dr. Karim believes that teaching is an exciting adventure in which both the teacher and the students participate and cooperate to achieve a common goal.

In 2002, Dr Karim received the inaugural USM Excellent Educator Award and in 2010 he received the Anugerah Tokoh (Distinguished Person) in Anugerah Sanggar Sanjung. He also was the recipient of the prestigious Anugerah Akademik Negara award (National Academic Award) in 2008 for teaching excellence and recently Malaysia’s Rising Star 2015 Award (Highest Research Citation in Agricultural Sciences/Food Science & Technology).

Dr Karim is a strong advocate of leveraging the Internet as an alternative medium for learning and teaching. He has developed and maintained a few teaching portals, websites, and blogs related to teaching/learning and research. As of August 25, 2015, his teaching videos on YouTube Channel have received 240,428 views from 200+ countries, with an estimated minutes watched of 623,216 (1 year 67 days) and a total of 600+ subscribers.

In his current role as the Director of the Centre for Development of Academic Excellence, he is responsible to design and run a professional development programme in technology-enhanced learning and student-centred learning for the academic staff. He is a master trainer for the Academy for Higher Education Leadership (AKEPT) and also involved as a trainer in the technology-mediated learning workshop. He has conducted numerous workshops especially on using technology in teaching and learning in university in Malaysia. He is now leading a project to develop open educational resources (OER) for the university and so far has succeeded to produce more than 20 coursewares. He is also a co-Chairman of the Technical Committee for Malaysian MOOCs initiative, a project by the Ministry of Education.

On the research front, Dr. Karim has published more than 130 papers (h-index 23) in international citation-indexed journals and several book/encyclopaedia chapters. He also has published/presented more than 70 conference papers (7 of them as a keynote speaker). Dr. Karim is the recipient of more than 30 publication awards from USM. Under his supervision, 7 PhD and 30 MSc students have graduated. In addition, he has supervised three post-doctoral fellows. Currently Dr. Karim is supervising 9 MSc and 4 PhD students and 1 post-doctoral fellow. He is an editorial member of the Journal of Physical Science and Tropical Life Science Research (USM Publisher), the International Journal of Food Research (UPM Publisher), Food Hydrocolloids (Elsevier) and Journal Food Packaging & Shelf Life (Elsevier).

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING

What is your vision for the future of learning? Do we share a common vision? Do you have to gaze into a crystal ball to look at what the future of learning looks like? Well, not exactly. The future is already here, at our doorstep. Globalization, the digital revolution, and advancements in our understanding of brain-based learning all present new opportunities and challenges for today’s educators. Education technology, social media, neurocognitive approach to learning, collaborative and connected learning and the rise of the Networked Society is transforming the established concept of learning, teachers’ roles and even the nature of knowledge itself. A radical and dynamic shift in mindset is critically needed to create profound, systemic change in our education. Indeed, we now have a legitimate opportunity, not just to reform the education system as has been attempted for decades, but to fundamentally transform it.

This presentation will examine some significant disruptive forces and trends that will reshape learning over the next decade. Responding to them with creativity rather than fear will be critical to preparing all learners for an uncertain future.

Prof Dato' Dr A. Jai Mohan

Professor of Health Informatics & Paediatrics at the International Medical University

Director of Learning Resources at the International Medical University.

Past-President, Malaysian Paediatric Association

Past-President of the Malaysian Health Informatics Association

Worked for 30 years in the Ministry of Health Malaysia. He was head of paediatrics at Seremban Hospital, Ipoh Hospital and at Malaysia’s first paperless and filmless hospital at Selayang before retiring from government service in 2001. He was Team Leader of the joint Ministry of Health-Industry team that developed the blueprint and concept requests for proposals for Malaysia’s ambitious Multimedia Supercorridor Telemedicine (later renamed Telehealth) Flagship Application. He was a temporary consultant to WHO (SEARO) on Telematics.