Programme

March 11, 2019
(Monday)
8:30 a.m.
Opening and Welcome
Prof. Allan Walker
Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership
Director, Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change &
Dean, Faculty of Education and Human Development
The Education University of Hong Kong

Prof. He Zubin
President,
Guangxi Normal University
8:45 a.m.
 Keynote Speech #1
Prof. Sun Jieyuan
State Inspector of China
Distinguished Professor of Ministry of Education of Changjiang Scholar
Dean of Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University
Vice-President of Guangxi Normal University
Topic:
Cultural Disruption: The Mission of Education
9:25 a.m.
Keynote Speech #2
Prof. Philip Hallinger
TSDF Chair Professor of Leadership
Mahidol University, Thailand
Topic:
Review of Educational Development, Leadership and Management: Research from Emerging Regions
10:30 a.m.
Group Photo and Break
10:50 a.m.
Keynote Speech #3
Dr Liu Shengnan
Lecturer
Ocean University of China, China
Topic:
Chinese Research on School Leadership
in the Global Context
11:40 a.m.
Keynote Speech #4
Prof. Raj Mestry
Emeritus Professor
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Topic:
African Research on School Leadership
in the Global Context
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion:
Top Two Leadership Issues in the Global Context
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
Group Activity I:
Theme-based Discussion of Top Leadership Issues
4:30 p.m. Summary
5:00 p.m. World School Leadership Study Meeting (optional)
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
March 12,
2019
(Tuesday)
8:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech #5
Dr Truong Dinh Thang
Vice Rector
Quang Tri Teacher Training College, Vietnam
Topic:
Using Qualitative Research to Gain an Indigenous Perspective
on School Leadership Practice
9:35 a.m.
 Group Activity II:
Theme-based Discussion of Top Leadership Issues
10:25 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. Group Activity III:
Theme-based Discussion of Top Leadership Issues
11:50 a.m. Keynote Speech #6
Prof. Kerry Kennedy
Emeritus Professor
The Education University of Hong Kong
Topic:
Future Leadership Research:
A View from Beyond Leadership
12:20 p.m.
Thank you
12:30 p.m.
Lunch