A native of Malaysia, Poon Chiew Hwa has performed in the United States, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Malaysia. Her performances in Arizona, USA, and at the Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Mexico, received outstanding newspaper reviews. One reviewer praised her as a pianist “who has the power to communicate her emotions intensely,” while another remarked that her concert left the audience “weeping with gratitude and admiration.” Chiew Hwa’s notable solo performances include the University of Arizona Pianists on Tour in the U.S. and Mexico, the Gijón International Piano Festival in Spain, recitals in Kuala Lumpur, and a concerto performance with the Missouri State University Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as a guest artist at various universities, including Valley City State University, Missouri State University, the University of Malaya, and Conservatorio de las Rosas, among others. Additionally, she has been invited to present masterclasses at several institutions. Chiew Hwa has received numerous awards throughout her career. She won first place at the 2009 Missouri Music Teachers Association state piano competition and was selected as the alternate winner of the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition (State-2009). In 2014, she secured First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Fifth Annual Lois Trester Piano Competition. Her winning performance was later broadcast on the local NPR station KUAT-FM in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to her performance achievements, she is an active adjudicator in various piano competitions across Malaysia. Chiew Hwa is recognized for her innovative music and movement sessions, tailored for diverse audiences, including dementia patients, senior citizens, children, and high school bands. Her research on music and movement has been featured in both local and international publications, underscoring her commitment to advancing this field. Dr. Poon is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Malaya and serves as a music examiner for Trinity College London. She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Arizona, where she studied under Professor Tannis Gibson. She also earned the Applied Credential in Dalcroze Education from the Longy School of Music in Boston.

Wey Yang TEOH is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaya (UM). He gained BE and PhD in Chemical Engineering from The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Prior to UM, he received his tenure as Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, where he led the Clean Energy and Nanotechnology (CLEAN) Laboratory. His research is dedicated to the fundamentals of heterogeneous thermal- and photocatalysis, and particularly in solving various Energy and Environmentally-related problems. Among them, he developed advanced catalysts for solar hydrogen generation, reduction of carbon dioxide, biomass valorization, and the abatement of environmental micropollutants. He currently holds Honorary Associate Professorship at UNSW, Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury and serves on the Innovation Advisory Board of HeiQ AG (a global leader in textile innovation and listed company on London Stock Exchange).

Associate Professor Dr Loh Pui San is a Senior Consultant Anaesthesiologist and the Head of Department for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Department, Faculty of Medicine. She specializes in the clinical field of transplant anaesthesia and perioperative medicine, in particular geriatric anaesthesia. Dr Loh believes that as the Malaysian population ages and increasingly more elderly individuals require surgery at the end of their lifetimes, this is a field that deserves expert attention with equal focus similar to the other extreme of age for children.   An undergraduate Alumni from University Malaya and postgraduate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, she has worked in many tertiary hospitals such as HKL, HUKM, IJN and Selayang before focusing on her academic career in University Malaya. She hopes to build the field of geriatric anaesthesia among her colleagues working in public (both Ministry of Health and Education) or private institutions via her active involvement in the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists. Dr Loh is also currently working on preparing a national Clinical Practice Guideline for Hip Fractures in the Elderly as part of an expert panel with the Ministry of Health.   Her research interest includes studying perioperative management for major abdominal surgery, transplant, and effects of anesthesia on the elderly for which she has obtained ongoing national and international grants for. In her research involving the geriatric population, Dr Loh has keen interest to study what is best for them when they present for surgery especially in finding suitable assessment to identify risk factors early, institute prevention and provide safe methods of anaesthesia.