Advisory Committee

Ka Tim Chu is the principal of Shatin Pui Ying College and the chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education. He is passionate about ICT, coding, e-learning and STEM. In addition to nearly 20 years of experience in the school sector, he organises a lot of activities to empower students, especially girls to learn coding, STEM education and media and information literacy education. He is also appointed as a committee member of the Education Bureau and the advisory Board of some organisations to contribute to the education sector.

He is an award-winning teacher including Outstanding IT Teacher award and teaching award on information literacy and led his school teams to win several International Outstanding E-learning Awards for STEM, Coding and Computational Thinking.

Kevin’s research interests include dyslexia and learning disabilities, social-emotional development, literacy assessment and instruction, mental wellness, and family relationships. He has directed a list of large-scale research studies, published extensively in journal articles and book chapters, and produced various learning and teaching resources. He is now President of the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia, Leader of the Hong Kong Specific Learning Difficulties Research Team, and Chairman of the Steering Committees of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021 in Hong Kong. He often offers advice to government departments, NGOs, and institutions both locally and internationally.

As the principal of Po Kok Primary School, the chairperson of Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association and the chairperson of Wan Chai District Headmasters’ Conference, Ms Kathy Chung Lai Kam has dedicated herself not only in creating a desirable learning environment for students of all ethnicities, but also promoting the well-being of students across the city. Recognising the many benefits of eLearning, Ms Chung advocates eLearning in different subjects. Under her visionary leadership, the school has formulated a school based Chinese eLearning platform for Non Chinese students and was awarded Best Digital Inclusion Silver Award in Hong Kong ICT Awards. Ms Chung is appointed as an advisory committee member of the ‘IT Innovation Lab in Schools’ Programme by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the non official member of Committee of Professional Development of Teachers and Principals.

Professor Fan Xitao currently serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Wei Lun Professor of Educational Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Professor Fan has extensive experience in leadership and educational research. Prior to joining CUHK, he held key management positions and served as a Chair Professor at universities in the United States and the Greater Bay Area. Professor Fan has published extensively in research journal articles and book chapters in competitive scholarly outlets in education and psychology on a range of topics, and his research has been widely cited by scholars internationally.

Ms IP is the Headmistress of North Point Government Primary School and the Chairperson of the Union of Government Primary School Headmasters & Headmistresses. As a dedicated and experienced educator, she has been actively involved in the curriculum development and renewal of different Key Learning Areas.

Besides being the Chairperson of the CDC Committee on Arts Education, Ms IP is a member of both the Ad Hoc Committee for Updating Music Curriculum Guide and the Ad Hoc Committee for the Development of the Science (Primary 1 - Primary 6) Curriculum.

Ms IP was a member of the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE) Assessment Panel on Guidance and Discipline (2022/2023). Currently, she is a member of the Vetting Committee on Scholarship for Teachers (Pursuit of Master’s Degree Programmes).

Principal Lau is a trailblazer in school innovation, enhancing curricula and transforming educational culture. She collaborates closely with teachers to develop pioneering educational programmes and has received numerous accolades, including the Award for Excellence in Papers at the 2nd Cross-border Young Principals Forum and the Excellence in Innovation Award in School-based Curriculum Design from National Tsing Hua University.

Through securing HKD 2.79 million grant from the QEF, Principal Lau developed a specialized programming and coding curriculum for primary students, initially piloted in 23 primary schools. This initiative, conducted in partnership with universities, focuses on advancing computational thinking. Since 2021, she has driven AI education programmes within the school and championed the integration of the metaverse in primary education, helping students acquire critical skills for future learning and challenges.

Professor Nancy Law W. Y. is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She served as the Founding Director for the Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE) for 15 years from 1998. She is an elected Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences and is known globally for her strong record and expertise in the integration of digital technology in learning and teaching for scalable student-centred pedagogical innovations. She is currently spearheading large projects in three inter-related areas: implementation and refinement of multilevel network models of innovation as sociotechnical co-evolution, development and implementation of an integrated design-aware learning design and learning analytics pattern language and technology platform, and investigation of students’ development as digital citizens from childhood to early adulthood within complex social ecologies.

Professor Lee Chi-Kin John is President of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), holding the concurrent title of Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction.

His research interests focus on curriculum and instruction, geographical and environmental education, life and values education, and teacher development and school improvement. Professor Lee was named among the top 2% most-cited scientists in the world in terms of career-long impact, in the latest list released by Stanford University. He has served as Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor, conferred by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, and the UNESCO Chair in Regional Education Development and Lifelong Learning (2019-2023; 2023-2027).

Mr Li is currently the Principal of TWGHs Sun Hoi Directors’ College. He has been a Science educator for over 20 years and has been seconded to Education Bureau (EDB) and served as member of various committees in EDB and Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and lecturer in universities. He has participated in various science education related research projects and involved in various experience sharing sessions as well as teachers’ professional development programs.

He is now the Chairperson of HK Association for Science and Mathematics Education, Steering Committee of International Junior Science (HK Contest), HK Budding Scientist Award and committee member of HK STEM Education Alliance, Steering Committee of PISA HK, International Biology Olympiad (HK Contest), Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence and program committee member of Primary STEAM Project Exhibition.

He also serves as executive committee member of HK Association of Heads of Secondary Schools and Tuen Mun District Secondary Schools Heads Association.

Professor Howard Ling Ho Wan, MH is the Chief Consultant of Impact Incubator, and the Professor of Practice at Baptist University. Howard began his social entrepreneurial journey in 2004. He founded and consulted over 50 social enterprises in Hong Kong and Macau. He also serves as a board member or advisor to many foundations such as Yeh Family Philanthropy, Changing Young Lives Foundation, and Social Impact Partners. He was awarded the Medal of Honour (MH) by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and the Hong Kong Humanity Award in 2017 for his dedicated public and community services, particularly his contributions to the development of social enterprises.

Professor Ko Ho Mok obtained his MPhil from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and PhD from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Before joining The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong as Provost and Vice President (Academic and Research), he was the Vice President and Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Comparative Policy at Lingnan University (Hong Kong). Prior to that, Professor Mok has held leadership positions at various universities, including Vice President (Research and Development) and Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at The Education University of Hong Kong; Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of Hong Kong; and Chair Professor and Founding Director of the Centre of East Asian Studies at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Most recently, Professor Mok has taken up the role of Deputy Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education based at the University of Oxford, UK. Working closely with partner institutions, namely, University of Oxford, University College London, and University of Birmingham and Lancaster University in the UK, University of Johannesburg in South Africa and Asia Pacific Higher Education Research Partnership, Professor Mok and his research team is actively engaged in promoting higher education and social sciences / humanities research. According to Scholar GPS, an international platform highlighting research achievements, Professor Mok is named as top scholar in higher education research, being ranked 8th globally and 1st among his Asian peers.

Mr Tai Hay Lap, BBS, JP, was graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and served as the Principal of Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School until his retirement in 2013. He was appointed as Chairman or member on Boards and Committees in education such as Education Commission, Quality Education Fund, Culture and Heritage Commission, Council for Sustainable Development and University Grant Committee. He was awarded Justice of the Peace and Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government. Since 2003, he has been appointed as member of The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference till present. In 2012, he was also awarded Honorary Fellowship by The Education University of Hong Kong. In 2010, he was invited to join the Board of Directors, Tin Ka Ping Foundation and has served as its Vice Chairman the following year.

As the Smart City and Digital Professionals, Entrepreneur and Media Commentator, Gary deeply involved in ICT domain development, policies advocacy and media industry in last 15+ years. As the founding member and President of the Smart City Consortium, Gary accumulated a huge international resource in the regional market, SCC signed 45+ MoUs with consulates, think-tank, universities research institutions and international enterprises from 15 regions and countries under his leadership. Gary has focused on Smart City Cluster development in Greater Bay Area by advocating new infrastructure to tackle the cross-border issues in capital flow, talents flow, logistics flow and information flow.

Professor Cen Jamlam is Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of The Center of Educational Information and Network Management, Foshan. He is also Visiting Professor of Shunde Graduate School of University of Science and Technology Beijing, Visiting Professor of School of Information Technology in Education of South China Normal University, and Adjunct Researcher of Centre for Higher Education Research of Southern University of Science and Technology.

Professor Cen has vast experience in conducting research on computer network, remote teaching, visible learning, cross-subject learning and many more. He has written numerous articles in leading journals and scholarly monographs including ‘Inter-disciplinary Thematic Learning Model: Key and Methodology’, ‘Education Transformation Driven by ICT: A Review of American National Education Technology Plan 2010’.

Professor Cen is a recipient of numerous national awards, including second prize in the National Teaching Achievement by the Ministry of Education, first class prize in the Guangdong Innovative Education Achievement Award and more.

Professor Karen Cheung’s expertise spans lifelong learning, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), monitoring and evaluation, sustainable development planning and governance, innovative teaching, and social sciences.

Since 2002, Professor Cheung has dedicated herself to researching and developing UNESCO’s education for sustainable development initiatives. She actively plans and promotes education for sustainable development projects.

Presided over more than ten international and domestic research projects, Professor Cheung has published more than 40 papers in domestic and international academic forums and journals (1 patent, 6 software copyrights), publications including the Ministry of Education’s comprehensive research into China’s Sustainable Development Education Innovation Practice (Editor: Chen Xiaoya) (2009), Sustainable Development Planning UN75 Dialogue Booklet UN 75 Dialogue – Hong Kong Story (2020), Carbon Literacy and Low Carbon Lifestyle (2022 & 2024), The ‘UNSDGs Climate Action’ Hong Kong Teaching Curriculum Casebook (2023), UNESCO World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Hong Kong School-Based Curriculum Casebook (2021 1st Ed., 2024 2nd Ed.), Sustainable Development Planning (2025) etc.

Professor Cheung received the ‘Education for Sustainable Development Pioneer Award’. Under her leadership, her team received the ‘Outstanding Team of China’s 20 Years of Education for Sustainable Development’ and Hong Kong was also successful in being recognised as the ‘Most influential region of China’s 20 Years of Education for Sustainable Development’.

Hu Weiping is a second-class professor and doctoral supervisor at Shaanxi Normal University. He was a deputy to the 10th and 11th National People's Congress, a member of the 11th Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and a Doctoral Supervisor at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is now the Director of the Key Laboratory of Modern Teaching Technology of the Ministry of Education, the Director of the Collaborative Research Center for the Growth Laws of Reserve Talents in Science and Technology Innovation, and the Deputy Director of the Collaborative Innovation Center for Monitoring the Quality of China's Basic Education; the Head of the Expert Group for Revision of the National Curriculum Standard for Compulsory Education in Science, the Head of the Group for Revision of the Curriculum Standard for Physical Quantity in High Schools, and the member of the Expert Group for the Preparation of the ‘Outline of the National Plan for Action on Scientific Qualities (2021-2035)’; Vice Chairman of China Youth Science and Technology Educators Association, Executive Director of China Education Association, Chairman of Science Education Branch, etc.; Chairman of Global Chinese Science Education Society, Advisor of the revision of the Basic Academic Requirements for Natural Science in Secondary Schools in Macao, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for the Study of Creativity and Innovation (ISSCI), Member of the Journal of Creative Behavior, Creativity Research Journal, Gifted Research Journal and the International Society for the Study of Creativity. He is also a member of the editorial board of Journal of Creative Behavior, Creativity Research Journal, Gifted Education International and other domestic and international academic journals. He has undertaken 58 national-level and provincial and ministerial-level projects, published more than 290 papers in core journals at home and abroad, including more than 80 papers in SSCI, and entered the Elsevier China Highly Cited Scholars List twice in 2018 and 2019. He has received 31 national and provincial awards. more than 10 consulting reports and policy recommendations on science education have been approved by the central leaders or adopted by the Ministry of Education and other relevant departments, which have promoted the reform of science education, and the theory of mindfulness-based teaching established has been applied to more than 6,000 schools in 28 provinces nationwide, as well as in countries such as the United States and Russia.

Professor Lu Xiaozhong is Changjiang Distinguished Professor of Ministry of Education, Leading Talent of Social Science of the Thousands Talents Program, and the awardee of the ‘Four Batches of Talents Award’ by the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CPC. A recipient of the Special government allowance from the State Council, Professor Lu has won the title of ‘Outstanding Social Scientist of Guangdong Province’. He is also a member of the National Graduate Education Steering Committee, Steering Committee for Guidance in Teaching in Higher Educations Institutions, Academic Committee of China Association of Higher Education and many more.

Professor Lu is currently the Dean of Education Development Higher Research Institution of The Greater Bay Area, and Doctoral Advisor at South China Normal University.

Professor Wang is a researcher; the Former Director, Institute of International and Comparative Education; Member, Standing Executive Committee, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy; Director, Future School Laboratory; Director, Research Center for STEM Education. Her research areas include future schools and the international comparative studies of STEM education.

Since 2014, Professor Wang has led the China’s Future School Innovation Plan which has published the China STEM Education White Paper and China’s Future School 2.0 Innovation Plan, etc. and has established a collaborative research network on future school. In 2017, she initiated the ‘China STEM Education 2029 Innovation Action Plan’ which explored the ‘China STEM Education White Paper’ and ‘STEM Teacher Competency Rating Standard’, and established cooperative innovation centre network on STEM education across China. At the same time, Professor Wang is the leading expert of dozens of projects with Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Education who has participated in various research projects for policy decisions. There are 30 publications under her name with more than 60 journal articles. Professor Wang was the awardee of the Second-Class Award in the 3rd edition of National Education Sciences Research Outstanding Achievement Award and the Third-Class Award in the 6th edition.