Concertmaster Yi-Li Chang, who carried it off with confident virtuosity.... - The Boston Musical Intelligencer - A native of Taiwan, Dr Yi-Li Chang has been recognized by Boston Musical Intelligencer as a baroque violinist with “confident virtuosity, and blend as necessary, adding a rich warmth to the group’s sound.”. A founding member of Incendium Novum, she performs regularly across Asia and the U.S. She has participated in festivals such as the Macau International Music Festival and the Boston Early Music Festival and given lectures at numerous institutions, including Universiti Putra Malaysia and National Taiwan Normal University. Yi-Li has performed in prestigious venues like Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Malaysia, Boston University in the U.S., and National Concert Hall in Taiwan. As an orchestral musician, Yi-Li has played with the Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra and the Lexington Symphony Orchestra. She also served as concertmaster and coach for various ensembles, such as Longy Early Music Orchestra, Philharmonia Moments Musicaux Baroque orchestra, and as guest artist and coach at Tufts University and Montserrat College of Art in U.S. Yi-Li received her master degree (2007) and Ph. D. (2014) in violin from National Taiwan Normal University under Professor Nanette Chen. After receiving her PhD, she went aboard to study historical performance and graduated with a Master of Music degree (2015) and Graduate Performance Diploma (2016) in Early Music from the Longy School of Music of Bard College, under baroque violinist Dana Maiben. During her studies at Longy, she was the winner of the Honors Competition and granted the prestigious Roman Totenberg Award. A well-rounded musician, Yi-Li ‘s knowledge of music goes beyond the modern and baroque violin. In addition to baroque performance, her interests extend to harpsichord, she has studied the harpsichord and continuo accompaniment with Avi Stein and Vivian Montgomery, Dana Maiben, and Douglas Freundlich, and viola da gamba, which she has studied with Jane Hershey and Sarah Cunningham. The most recently she performed the harpsichord concerto of J.S.Bach with KLPAC orchestra in Malaysia. Besides being soloist and being with these groups, Yi-Li is also a dedicated educator, which she has been the faculty of New School of Music, Longy School of Music of Bard College in U.S. As a researcher, Yi-Li is specialized in performance practice in strings, and historically informed performance practice, which some of research has been published. Dr Yi-Li Chang is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

Dr Eshamsul Sulaiman is an Associate Professor at the Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Malaya. He graduated with BDS from the Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom in 1997 and obtained his specialist training in Prosthodontics with Distinction from the Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, United Kingdom in 2004. His early training was in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Restorative Dentistry at the University Dental Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. He obtained the Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry (MFD) from the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland in 2000. Dr Eshamsul has more than 20 years’ experience in oral implantology and has been actively involved in the teaching of postgraduates in Oral Implantology since 2005. Dr Eshamsul has performed a variety of complex implant procedures involving guided bone regeneration (GBR), connective tissue grafting, sinus floor elevation, alveolar ridge preservation & augmentation, immediate implant placement in the aesthetic zone, partial extraction (root membrane) technique as well as managing mechanical complications post implant placement. He also incorporates computer-guided implant planning and placement in the management of his implant cases. Dr Eshamsul is also the coordinator and director of the University of Malaya Certificate of Oral Implantology course, speaker and instructor at many implant courses & workshops in Malaysia.  Dr Eshamsul has given many lectures both within and outside Malaysia. He was an invited speaker at the Asian Academy of Prosthodontics Biennial Conference (2021), Indonesia College of Prosthodontics webinar, Malaysia Oral Implant Association webinar, International Joint Pakistan Prosthodontic Association-Pakistan Association of Orthodontics Conference, Pakistan (2018, 2023), Malaysia International Dental Show (MIDS, 2023), 8th Malaysian Society of Periodontology (MSP) Biennial Scientific Conference (2023), VNU Dental Exhibition and Congress, Vietnam (2023), 31st Malaysian Dental Association Scientific Conference & Trade Exhibition (2024), 3rd Medan International Prosthodontic Scientific Meeting, Indonesia (2024), and 29th Malaysian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons (MAOAMS). He is an active member of MegaGen International Network of Education and Clinical Research (MINEC) and was appointed as MINEC Honoured member in 2020 and a key opinion leader (KOL) for MegaGen implant system. Dr Eshamsul is also an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England Restorative Specialty Membership & MJDF Examinations. Dr Eshamsul was one of the winners at the final round MegaMind Clinical Case Competition in conjunction with 15th MegaGen International Symposium 2022 held in Seoul and the finalist at the MegaMind Clinical Case Competition in 2023 in Antalya, Turkiye. He is currently the Head of Oral Implantology Unit at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya.

Lai Kuan Tham is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Universiti Malaya. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Biomechanics. She obtained her PhD, MEngSc, and BEng in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Malaya. Her research interests span widely across the areas of biomechanics, particularly in human movement analysis, physical activity monitoring, and medical diagnosis based on wearable technologies and artificial intelligence. Current research includes gait and movement analysis in lower limb amputees, early detection of epilepsy, and scoliosis classification.