Yuen Jien received the Ph.D degree in Computer Science from NUS in year 2006. Starting off as a teaching assistant in year 2000, he has since enjoyed teaching for 25 years. Yuen Jien is now an Associate Professor in Computer Science Department of School of Computing. Yuen Jien has been recognized by multiple teaching awards, including the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Honor Roll, Annual Teaching Excellence Award Honor Roll. In 2018, Yuen Jien received one of the highest accolades for educators in NUS, the Outstanding Educator Award. Yuen Jien was elected a fellow of the NUS Teaching Academy in 2012 and served on the Academy’s Executive Council from 2015 to 2018. Leveraging on his background in computing, Yuen Jien has developed several pieces of educational software and platforms, a number of which were cross-disciplinary collaborations with colleagues from other faculties and schools. His large classroom response system, Archipelago, has been used on campus since 2015 as one of the officially supported system. The platform has since supported more than 400 classes and 2000+ live class sessions. After receiving his promotion to associate professorship in 2019, Yuen Jien is appointed the deputy head of department for Computer Science in 2020. He subsequently accepted an appointment as the Director of Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) in 2022. After the merger of CDTL and CIT, Yuen Jien served as the Director (Teaching & Learning) in the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) until June 2026. He is now leading the pedagogy team at Artificial Intelligence Centre for Education Technology (AICET).

Associate Professor Rachel Fitzgerald is Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) at The University of Queensland and Principal Practitioner for Teaching Practice. A Principal Fellow of Advance HE (PFHEA), she is a recognised leader in teaching and learning, digital education and responsible AI in higher education. Her work focuses on graduate capability, assessment innovation and curriculum quality, with particular interest in how universities can prepare students for an AI-enabled future while remaining distinctly human-centred. Rachel is Chair of the Australian Teaching and Education Focused Academic Network (TEFA), representing more than 1,200 academics nationally, and Editor in Chief of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice.

Professor Fedrizzi gained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in chemistry from the Università degli Studi di Padova in Italy. He was Deputy Head of School (Academic) in the School of Chemical Sciences and Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Science at The University of Auckland, where he led the design of new academic programmes and curricula. In 2025, he joined the Vice-Chancellor Office as Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education). In this role, he provides cross-university oversight of academic matters, ensuring that academic regulations, quality assurance, and course stewardship maintain high standards and coherence across faculties while delivering a high-quality student educational experience. Alongside his leadership duties, Professor Fedrizzi maintains an active research profile, heading multi-institutional programmes in partnership with key agricultural industries.

Professor Giovanni Russello is Professor and Head of the School of Computer Science at the University of Auckland. He leads one of Australasia’s largest computer science schools, overseeing more than 70 academic staff and approximately 2,000 students across a broad portfolio of programmes. His leadership has focused on organisational transformation, educational innovation, research growth, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies. Giovanni serves on the University of Auckland’s Digital Enablement Committee and has a particular interest in the implications of artificial intelligence for universities, teaching, and future graduate capabilities. An internationally recognised cybersecurity researcher, he has published more than 150 research papers and led major government-funded research programmes. His current work explores how higher education can respond to technological disruption while maintaining its broader societal mission.

Akriti Sethi is a PhD candidate in the Department of Management at Monash University Malaysia. Her doctoral research examines how business educators at a transnational university are navigating generative AI, exploring the intersections of professional identity, educator agency, institutional policy, and ethical AI knowledge across two contrasting campus contexts in Malaysia and Australia. Prior to her PhD, her educational background is in Communications and Media and professional background includes competitive examinations tutoring and curriculum development for personalised instruction.