Professor Azlan Shah Ali, PhD FRISM FRICS FCABE Reg BS   Prof. Azlan Shah Ali is a highly accomplished academic and practitioner specializing in building surveying and construction management. Currently, he holds the prestigious position of Professor in the Department of Building Surveying and serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment at Universiti Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur. His academic journey at UM began in 2004, and his dedication and expertise led to his promotion to the rank of full professor in July 2013, making him one of the youngest professors at the university. In addition to his role at UM, Prof. Azlan is a Visiting Professor at the School of Built Environment at Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom, contributing his extensive knowledge and experience to the global academic community. Throughout his career, he has held various leadership positions within UM's academic administration, including Dean, Acting Dean, Deputy Dean, and Head of the Department of the Faculty of Built Environment. Before entering academia, he gained valuable industry experience in the building sector, starting in 1998. In 2020, Prof. Azlan was appointed as the Director for Building Surveying at Unit Perundingan Universiti Malaya Sdn Bhd (UPUM Sdn Bhd), UM's consultancy arm. Under his leadership, UPUM Sdn Bhd secured ten significant Building Condition Assessment (BCA) consultation projects from the Malaysian government, totalling over RM6 million, highlighting his expertise in building condition assessment. He earned his PhD from Universiti Teknologi MARA, specializing in building refurbishment, with a research focus on building maintenance and refurbishment management strategies. Prof. Azlan has a substantial track record, with involvement in numerous academic research and consultancy projects, securing more than RM6 million in funding. Noteworthy collaborations include software development projects with Spanish companies CYPE, totalling over RM2.5 million. He has a prolific publication record, with over 200 peer-reviewed technical contributions in journals, proceedings, and books. Prof. Azlan's outstanding contributions to education and research have been recognized with awards such as the University of Malaya's Best Lecturers Award in 2012 and the Excellence Service Award from UM, received three times for his significant contributions to teaching and research. He also boasts an impressive array of professional credentials and holds esteemed titles such as Fellow of The Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (FRISM), Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, UK (FRICS) and Fellow of The Chartered Association of Building Engineers, UK (FCABE). His commitment to the profession is further demonstrated by his 15-year tenure as a committee member, including the role of secretary, for the Building Surveying Division of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM). Prof. Azlan Shah Ali's multifaceted career reflects his unwavering dedication to the field of building surveying and construction management, where he continues to inspire and lead in both academia and industry.

Rizal was part of the very first batch of Sport Science students that graduated from University of Malaya in 1999. In year 2000, he went on to pursue an MSc (Human Movement) at the University of Western Australia, graduated the following year and started to teach in UM in 2001. He formally completed his Phd from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Malaya in 2012; investigating the critical parameters of the ten-pin bowling delivery. Rizal’s primary focus is in on technical performance enhancement of various sport skills. More recent research include studying the reliability of the taekwondo scoring system, designing an apparatus to help the visually impaired exercise and; looking at the effects of leg length discrepancies on gait. He has also done work related in anthropometry and talent identification. Moreover, Rizal has a particularly keen interest in investigating and finding solutions for applied problems in an array of different fields. He was the Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies & Development at the Centre for Sport & Exercise Sciences, UM from 2016 to 2019. He has also lead the transformation of UM sports facilities, which has seen a near ten fold increase in fixed monthly income in the last two years. At the same time he was instrumental in establishing the UM Sports Science Support Services (UM4S) which is the current commercial arm of the sports science labs.  On the sporting side, Rizal is an accomplished floorball and hockey player that played at all age group levels for KL hockey up to national junior’s team. Now an active coach, recently winning the 2018 National U14 gold with the KL ladies hockey team. The highlight of his coaching career thus far is being the assistant coach for the national mens hockey team in 2008/09. He was also the coach cum player for the Malaysian Floorball Team and won a bronze medal at the 2015, 2019 & 2023 SEA Games, and currently serves as the president of the Malaysian Floorball Association.

  Associate Prof. Dr Rafiza Abdul Razak graduated with a doctoral degree in Instructional Technology from the International Islamic University of Malaysia. An alumnus of the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia's leading university, she graduated with a Masters of Education (Educational Technology) and Bachelor of Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (B.EdTESL) from the National University of Malaysia.   She was the Head of Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CITeD), Faculty of Education from August 2017 till August 2021.  An innovative leader  who creatively rebrand the department to uplift and boost the departments’ wellbeing.  Her interest in frugal  innovation and creativity inspires her to design and develop several facilities at the Faculty of Education.  The Instructional Technology Production-based Learning Studio (InTechPro) was initiated to empower students and clients to create digital production content / e-learning materials for teaching and learning. Inventors Hub is a place for inventors, makers and entrepreneurs to collaborate and innovate.  Instructional Technology Hub (InTecH) is in progress of becoming the hub for professional development.  Her active marketing strategies for the department has contributed to the growing number of students and networking collaborations at the national and international levels.  She initiated industrial collaboration activities with Microsoft thus awarded 32 pre-service teachers with Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer on top of that 17 of them Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Financially the department managed to gain its highest achievement.  Thus, she initiated the Curriculum and Instructional Technology Department Research Grant Funding which awarded 10 research grants projects for members of the department.  Associate Prof. Dr Rafiza actively organizes international and national seminars. She organized  the International Summit of Innovations and Design Exposition (InSIDE) which showcased innovations from primary till tertiary education and also involved industries. She also initiated several  MoAs at the national and international level. Her innovations awarded in patents, copyrights and trademarks accumulated to 81 registered products.   She recently completed an international research grant funded by Association of Commonwealth Universities focusing on International Innovative Educator Network Program: Microsoft Educator Peer Coaching Universiti Malaya - South Eastern University Of Sri Lanka. She led the project successfully which involved undergraduates and postgraduates students from Asian universities : Universiti Malaya, Malaysia and Southern University of Sri Lanka. Concurrently, she also led the research project with Universitas Jambi Indonesia which also involved pre-service teachers. Apart from international research, she also publishes in high impact journals. She published in a few WoS and Scopus journals. She is currently planning to work with her international collaborators in book publication. Despite academic institutions, her network of collaboration encompasses Ministry of Health.  She co-joint in design and development of modules projects and also training. She is currently collaborating with Content Capital Company for sabbatical attachment beginning from 1st December, 2021 to 31 September, 2022. Numerous activities pertaining to training of teacher educators, pre-service teachers and in-service teachers have been considered as part of the collaborative activities. Despite, the company also encourages research and publications  activities to further implies high impact outcome and results.  Her industrial engagement and expert collaboration also include organizations such as the Division of Allied Health Sciences (Ministry of Health), National Academy of Arts and Culture (Ministry of Tourism & Culture), Centre for Instructor and Advanced Skill Training (Ministry of Human Resources). She has been awarded with prestigious award nationally and internationally. Microsoft has warded her the Microsoft Master Trainer award. She was also awarded the Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. This commemorates her active involvement in educating teachers in utilizing technological pedagogical knowledge. She was also awarded the Fellowship in Aquaculture Curriculum Development from Universitas Airlangga Indonesia. Consultation services and Professional Development Projects were part of her contributions. Assoc. Prof. Dr Rafiza Abdul Razak was selected as one of the Successful People in Malaysia, with her profile set to appear in 2022 as part of the British Media Publishing House.  Her active participation in various activities keeps her motivated in the work that she loves most. Her recent works have been archived in electronic platforms for better sharing and wider view upon variety of medias.