Brief CV:       Professor Lee Way Seah   MBBS (Malaya), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Edin), FRCPCH, M.D. (Malaya), FAMM, FAMS (Hons), FASc. Professor Way Seah Lee is Professor in Paediatrics and senior consultant paediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received his medical education at the same university and graduated in 1988. He joined the Department of Paediatrics of his alma mater as a lecturer in 1996 and was promoted to professor in 2006. Professor Lee has published more than 120 scientific papers in local and international journals. Professor Lee has also edited four pediatric reference books; 'Handbook of Hospital Paediatrics', 'Handbook of Hospital Paediatrics, 2nd Edition'; ‘Textbook of Paediatrics and Child Health’, a popular undergraduate textbook; and most recently ‘Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: A Survival Guide’.     Professor Lee has trained many local and international fellows in paediatric gastroenterology and hepatology. He is an examiner for Master of Paediatrics and MRCPCH examination as well as external examiner for undergraduate examination to several Malaysian universities and the licentiate examination in Hong Kong. He was the President of College of Paediatrics, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia from 2006 to 2012, and the Head of Department of Paediatrics from 2011 to 2016. He is a Commonwealth Scholar and a Fulbright Scholar. In April 2016, Professor Lee was elected as a fellow of the Academy of Sciences of Malaysia, becoming the second paediatrician in Malaysia to be elected to this prestigious academy.

Dr. Mohd Nasir Hashim is a prominent figure in the University's music arena.  Having served the Cultural Centre in University of Malaya for 32 years, he is a seasoned musician specializing in composition, orchestration and music technology.  Upon graduation from the Mara Institute of Technology (UiTM) in Music, Dr. Nasir later obtained his post graduate degrees at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Dr. Nasir also studied under the tutelage of Andrew Llyod Webber in writing scores for musical broadways.  His affiliations with the Cultural Centre began when he was appointed as a Cultural Affairs Officer.  He is today an Associate Professor at the Music Department. Since his postgraduate days, Dr. Nasir has been actively involved in the orchestra both locally and internationally.  During his days at the University of Southampton, Dr. Nasir taught and arranged orchestration on a part-time basic.  In addition, he was also the music director and deputy conductor of a jazz band and a symphony orchestra. It was at time that Dr. Nasir performed alongside the world-renowned composer, Dave Brubek. He toured with Dave Brubeck, the accomplished jazz composer and his big band orchestra in UK and USA. Dr Nasir also participate in several music camps such as the National Music Camps, Asian Music Camp and World Music Camp where he performed as he principal trumpet player. Dr. Nasir was a guest conductor with the London Guildhall Jazz Orchestra. As a result of his wide exposure in UK in conducting and arranging, he believes that whilst every genre of music is special, music can be used as a conduit for the University to reach out to members of society. Apart from conducting, he also copies songs for recording artistes and film soundtracks.  He has composed and arranged numerous scores of various genres for the orchestra. He plays the trumpet, accordion, guitar, piano and a number of traditional instruments.  His involvement in Malay traditional music, Western Jazz, Rock, Rock and Symphony Orchestra gives in a special edge into these genres.  At present Dr. Nasir is also actively producing scores and CDs for publication by the University od Malaya.  He conducts workshop, camps and lectures across the region, with a hope that music can be performed an appreciated as a discipline as well as for leisure.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Patricia Nora Riget is a senior lecturer at the Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. She was formerly the Head of Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya (2012-2016) and also the Deputy Director of the International Relations Centre, Universiti Malaya (2019 - 2022). Her achievements include being conferred the Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques) by the Government of France in 2019. The award recognises Dr. Patricia’s contribution to the strengthening of cooperation in the French language and culture between France and Malaysia. Patricia received her Bachelor and Master of Arts (Teaching of French as a Foreign Language) from Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France and her Master 2 Research and Doctorate in Language Sciences (Teaching of French as a Foreign Language) from Université de Strasbourg, France. She has to-date published more than 30 papers in respectable journals, books and conference proceedings both locally and internationally. Her research interests are in the areas of didactics of foreign languages, language education and ethnolinguistic. Her secondary interest is in the area of internationalisation of higher education institutions.