Keynote Speaker - STEM
Abdul Rashid Bin Mohamed Shariff
Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia & UT-UPM MoU Coordinator
Professor Sr. Gs. Dr Abdul Rashid specializes in the fields of Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing, with experience spanning four decades. His contributions to Geographical Information Systems in the domain of Agriculture have been incorporated in the CIGR (International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering) Handbook of Agricultural Engineering Volume VI: Information Technology. Professor Rashid Mohamed Shariff was honored as a recipient of the esteemed Top Research Scientists Malaysia (TRSM) Awards in the year 2018. His research team won Gold Medal at the Geneva's Inventors Competition. He has been acclaim as the best speaker at an international conference. Prof. Rashid, with his specialization in GIS, has played an instrumental role in expanding the application of this technology within the domains of Agriculture, Healthcare, and Environment through the implementation of his innovative spatial analysis techniques. Acting as a key figure, various national and international projects have been successfully pursued and led by him, notably contributing to the Space Applications for Environment (SAFE) initiative. His dedication to SAFE aligns with the support provided to the progress of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF), indicating his commitment to advancing the global application of GIS. Prof Rashid's contribution can be discerned from his publication record. With approximately 200 articles authored or co-authored in reputable journals, conferences, workshops, invitational talks, and technical reports. These achievements helped Prof Rashid's contribution of his expertise in the field of GIS and remote sensing to the academia, profession and society.
Keynote Speaker - STEM
Professor James Harland
Director – STEMM Digital Innovation Cent
RMIT University, Australia
Professor James Harland has been at RMIT since 1994, and has over 25 years of experience in research and teaching. His work centres on the relationship between computation and logical reasoning, particularly in the areas of mathematical logic and proof theory. His early work focused on logic programming and automated reasoning, which involve the interpretation of concepts of logic for programming applications. This was particularly concentrated on resource-sensitive logics such as linear logic. More recent work has extended this direction into reasoning methods for intelligent agent systems, such as those which control robots. This uses the beliefs and goals of the agents to reason about the most appropriate action to take. This work has also been applied to intelligent narratives.
He is also interested in computer science education, and together with some colleagues from RMIT and others from UTS, QUT, Monash and Newcastle, he was a key contributor to the BABELnot project, funded by a grant from the Office of Learning and Teaching (OLT), from 2011 to 2013, which developed an epistemology of competency in computer programming. This work has continued at RMIT with the development of a database of exam questions based on the outcomes of the BABELnot project.
A further interest is Turing machines and similar automata. In particular, he has worked on the busy beaver problem, which centres around the maximal outputs that can be generated from machines of a limited size, and methods to recognise universal Turing machines.
Keynote Speaker - BAS
Dr. Jude W.R. Genilo
Professor, Department of Media Studies and Journalism
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jude William Genilo is the Dean of the School of Social Science and Head of the Media Studies and Journalism Department of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He is concurrently Director of ULAB's Institutional Quality Assurance Cell. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy and Master's Degree in Communication from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He also has undergraduate degrees in Economics and Management from De La Salle University-Manila. Before joining ULAB, he headed the postgraduate program of the London School of Public Relations-Jakarta and served as a research fellow at the Kasertsart University Research and Development Institute in Thailand. He received numerous awards such as ASIA Fellows Awards and the UN Foundation-International Communication Association Research Grant Award. He is author/editor of the books: Community-Based Communication: A New Approach to Development Communication; Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces (with Prof. Brian Shoesmith); and Revisiting Anwar Hossain's '71 (with Muhammad Abdul Kader).
Keynote Speaker - BAS
Dr. Md Forhad Hossain
Professor, Department of Statistics of Jahangirnagar University (JU)
Vice-Chancellor of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU), Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Md. Forhad Hossain is a renowned Bangladeshi Academician and the current Vice-Chancellor of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University. He was a professor of the Department of Statistics of Jahangirnagar University prior to his appointment as the Vice Chancellor. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's in Statistics from the University of Dhaka in 1980 and 1982 respectively. Prof. Hossain earned his PhD in statistics from Institution of Statistical and Mathematics (ISM), Tokyo. From August 2001 to May 2002, Prof. Hossain was a visiting faculty at Ball State University. From September 2004 to June 2007, Prof. Hossain worked as a visiting faculty at King Khalid University. Prof. Dr. Md. Forhad Hossain was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University from 24 February 2009 to 23 February 2013. He was responsible for the administrative wing of the University. Prof. Hossain has also been appointed as a part time member in the University Grants Commission Bangladesh in 2017. Professor Hossain has authored, coauthored or edited books and also working as Editor and as the member of the editorial boards of various scientific journals and magazines both Home and aboard. His research area includes Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Regression Analysis, Bio statistics, General Statistics, Matrix Algebra and Calculus.
Distinguished Speaker - STEM
Dr. Shyam Narayan Labh
Professor, Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Executive President, Nepal Aquaculture Society (NAS)
Professor Dr. Shyam Narayan Labh is the Senior Fulbright Research Scholar and Visiting Professor at Aquaculture Research Institute (ARI), University of Idaho, USA in 2019; a permanent faculty and Head of Research Management Cell, Department of Zoology at Amrit Science Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu and has been teaching Biology/Fisheries/Aquaculture since three decades plus. He has obtained his Ph. D. in Fish Nutrition from University of Delhi and D. Sc. in Nutrigenomics from ICAR-CIFE, Versova, Mumbai. He is the Founder Fellow and the President of Nepal Aquaculture Society (FNAS), Senior Member of Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (APCBEES, UK), Fellow of Blue Planet Society (FBPS), Fellow of Zoological Society India (FZSI) and Fellow of The Linnaean Society of London (FLS). Prof. Labh has received SAARC Fellowship (2004), Nepal Vidya Bhushan Padak-“A” (2010), Dirgha-Seva Padak (2012) and NAST-INSA Fellowship (2015). Prof. Labh has been decorated by Prof. Dr. VRP Sinha Gold Medal (2016) by Karnataka University, Prof. Dr. Dutta Munshi Gold Medal (2017) by Kurukshetra University and Life-Time Achievement Award (2018) by Allahabad State University. Prof. (Dr.) Labh is a Resourceful analyst with a powerful combination of research and development at high level technological skills and Knowledgeable Leader with a proven ability to provide timely and effective solutions which meet any institution needs and always work as a useful and dynamic think tank for any organization.
Distinguished Speaker - STEM
Dr. Al-Nakib Chowdhury
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
Bangladesh
Professor Dr. Al-Nakib Chowdhury is a senior Professor (Grade-1) of Chemistry at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Prof. Al-Nakib Chowdhury did his Ph.D. in 1996 from the Hiroshima University, Japan. He served the department as its Chair along with other top administrative responsibilities of the institution during his long carrier at BUET. Prof. Chowdhury was also deputed by the Government of Bangladesh as the Vice Chancellor of Pabna University of Science and Technology for four years. He has published research papers in Electrochemica Acta, Thin Solid Films, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, J. Electrochem. Soc. India, Ultrasonics Sonochem., Asian J. Chem., Polymers for Advanced Technologies, J. Appl. Polym. Sci, J Electroanal Chem., J Hazard. Mater., Appl. Surf. Sci.,etc. Dr. Chowdhury attended a number of foreign institutions and meetings both in Home and abroad as the Guest speaker, invited speaker, Key-note speaker and visiting professor. He was awarded with full membership by the American Nano Society, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Chowdhury has authored, coauthored or edited books and also working as Editor and as the member of the editorial boards of various scientific journals and magazines both Home and aboard. Dr. Chowdhury is currently leading the nanotechnology and STEM initiatives in Bangladesh.