Professor Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohd. Hamdi Abd. Shukor received his Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with Honours from Imperial College, London, England; a Master of Science degree in Advanced Manufacturing and Management Technology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom; and a Doctor of Engineering degree from Kyoto University, Japan. His academic career commenced in 1995 in Universiti Malaya (UM) as a tutor and he later became a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture in 1997. He was then appointed as the Head, Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture (2003-2006). He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and then served as a full Professor (Professor C) in 2010. He was promoted to a Senior Professor (Professor B) in 2014 and in 2019 as Senior Professor (Professor A). In 2021, he was promoted to the distinguised post of Senior Professor Turus III.   Prof Hamdi was the former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, (2009-2011) and the former UM Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and International) (2011-2013). He was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Jan 2019 and in November 2020, he assumed the role of leading Universiti Malaya as the 13th Vice-Chancellor until Oct 2023. At the national level, he hold top leadership positions of great repute including as Chairman of the Public Universities Rectors/Vice-Chancellors Committee; Chairman of the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC), Board Member of the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and Council Member of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He was a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2015-2016. He was appointed as the Executive President of Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) from 2021-2022 and was a Steering Committee Member of Asia Pacific Rims Universities (APRU) 2022-2023. He is currently a Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) 2022-2025 and the Administrative Board Member of the International Association of Universities (IAU) 2022-2026. He is also being appointed a member of the Board of Trustee of The University of Sarjah, UAE (2023-2025). In addition to producing more than 220 impactful publications in journals indexed by the Web of Science, he also has recorded a WoS h-index of 43 with total citation of over 7,571. In recognition of his outstanding service and contribution, Dato' Mohd. Hamdi was conferred the Darjah Johan Mangku Negara (J.M.N.) by KDYMM Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2019 and also Darjah Dato’ Paduka Negeri Sembilan (D.P.N.S.), which carries the title of Dato' by DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan in 2020.                                                                                                   ---------------------------    

Fatiha Senom, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya. She obtained Bachelor in Education in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), minoring in Science Education for Young Learners from Universiti Malaya and Ph.D in Education (TESL) under the fast-track programme in 2016 from the same university. She has published books and articles dedicated to issues surrounding professional development of novice and pre-service ESL teachers. Her research interests include; second language teacher education (SLTE) and professional development, TESOL, Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA), Teaching English for Young Learners, Science Education for Young Learners, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). She is the coordinator for M.Ed ESL programme and involved in several community outreach programmes related to education for primary and secondary school ESL learners. Her current projects include the exploration of ESL novice teachers’ professional identity, internationalization of Second Language Teacher Education curricula, the development of CLIL module for teaching primary Science in English, and alternative assessment through plays for young learners.

Dr. Ainul Asyraf bin Lokman was born in Alor Star, Kedah. His early studies began at SK Puchong Utama 2 (SKPU2), SK Taman Putra Perdana (SKTPP) and SMK Datuk Syed Ahmad (SMKDSA). He was then was offered to pursue foundation study at the Islamic Studies Foundation level of the University of Malaya, Nilam Puri Kelantan. then completed his studies at the Bachelor's Degree level in Usuluddin (Minor in Islamic History and Civilization) with distinction. He received a SLAI scholarship offer from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) to continue his studies directly to the level of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of humanities, specializing in Middle East Studies. Dr. Ainul’s broad academic interests involve Islamicjerusalem Studies, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Issue, Conflict Resolution, Islamic History and Islamic Civilization. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Islamic History, Civilization & Education, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur.