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English Language Teaching (ELT) Leadership Forum PROGRAM
MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Description of first day.
9:00-9:10 am
Welcome and Housekeeping
Adam Kilburn
Chief Executive Officer
NEAS Australia
9:10-9:40am
Panel – Voices from the Community: English as a Bridge in Action
Marycarmen Blanco (Moderator)
Academic Manager
IH Vientiane
Beau Abdulla
Managing Director
myTESOL
Dr Sharon Leslie
Director of English Language Programs
Southern Cross University
Melissa Jones
English Language Specialist and Curriculum Developer
The Language Institute of Chiang Mai University
Cameron Albertson
English Language Specialist and Curriculum Developer
The Language Institute of Chiang Mai University
9:40-10:40 am
Room 2: Street to Stage: Exploring Shifts in English Word Pronunciation in Musicals
Alesia Dhana
Singer
Sarina Salim
Senior Deputy Director, Policy, Science and
Technology Cluster
Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
10:40-11:00 am
Morning Tea
11:00-11:30 am
ELT Innovation in Focus: Modern Tools and Programs Enhancing Global Learning
TBC
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Room 1: Building Global Trust Through Sustainable Benchmarking Systems
David Hill
Managing Director
ELT Support
Daniel Hurtado
Academic Manager
ELC English Language Company (Malaysia)
Room 2: Celebrating 20 years of collaboration: SEAMEO Retrac and Applied Linguistics at Curtin University
Prof Rhonda Oliver
Professor
Curtin University
12:30-1:15 pm
Buffet Lunch and Networking
1:15-2:15 pm
Room 1: AI for Quality EMI: Integrating Chatbots, E-Learning, and Fair Assessment Practices
Ms. Tran Nguyen Bao Huong
Lecturer
Van Lang University
Mr. Chau Thanh Nha
EnglishLecturer
Van Lang University
Nguyen Viet Nhan
Lecturer
Van Lang University
Room 2: Integrating EMI and ESAP Practices Across ASEAN: Pathways to Professional Growth and Educational Innovation
Assoc Prof Pamela Humphreys
Director
Macquarie University College
Dr Sharon Leslie
Director of English Language Programs
Southern Cross University
2:15-3:15 pm
Room 1: Rehumanising ELT: Nurturing Empathy and Connection in the AI Era
Dafi Jenkins
Lecturer
RMIT Vietnam
Room 2: English as a Bridge for Intercultural Connection and Global Citizenship
Melissa Jones
English Language Specialist and Curriculum Developer
The Language Institute of Chiang Mai University
Cameron Albertson
English Language Specialist and Curriculum Developer
The Language Institute of Chiang Mai University
3:15-3:35 pm
Afternoon Tea
3:35-4:35 pm
Room 1: Networking session – Building Bridges: Networking Across the ASEAN-Australia ELT Community
Adam Kilburn
Chief Executive Officer
NEAS Australia
Room 2: Linking Quality Delivery to Meaningful Assessment in English Language Teaching
Assoc Prof Dr Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma
Associate Professor
School of Languages, Literacies and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia
4:35-5:00 pm
Closing and New Endorsements Ceremony
Adam Kilburn
Chief Executive Officer
NEAS Australia
Further details on the AAED 2025 Program for Dec 2-4 can be found on the AAED website.
Please note, all times are Malaysian Time (GMT+8)
