ASSOCIATE PROF. AR ZURAINA LEILY AWALUDDIN

After serving the government for 31 years, Ar. Zuraina Leily Awalludin retired on 31 August 2015 where her last posting was at the Architectural Branch, Public Works Department (PWD) Malaysia. Amongst her duties then, were heading several design teams providing architectural, interior design and building conservation services for Government funded projects.    She is presently appointed as an Associate Professor (Industry) at the Faculty of Built Environment in University Malaya where she also lectures students in the Masters programme. Further to that, she has currently two architectural practices that is as the director of Acasys Design and Environmental Architects Sdn. Bhd (ADEA), a body corporate practice and the Principal of Zuraina Leily Architect, a sole proprietor practice. For the past few years, she had been appointed to serve as a Board Member and as Registrar where she is actively involved in several Committees at the Board of Architects Malaysia. Presently, she holds a few post that is;  Honorary Secretary to the Council of Architectural Accreditation for Education Malaysia (CAAEM); Committee Member of the Monitoring Committee for APEC Architect Project as well as for ASEAN Architect.  In the international level, she had been involved and represented the profession in many international missions and negotiations especially in the ASEAN region. She played a key role in drafting the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for the ASEAN Member States on Architectural Services. In the year 2009 to 2011, she held the post of Honorary Secretary for the Inaugral ASEAN Architect Council. Besides her practice as an Architect and involvement in lecturing students, she is also an accredited Conservator registered with the National Heritage Department Malaysia. In 2016 and 2018, she was elected as Council Member for International Council Of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) of Malaysia, which champions the protection of heritage buildings and sites.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. SR DR. NOOR SUZAINI BINTI MOHAMED ZAID

Suzaini M. Zaid is currently teaching at the Department of Building Surveying in the Faculty of Built Environment and was the first EcoCampus Coordinator in Universiti Malaya. Suzaini holds a PhD in Planning and Urban Development from the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales. Suzaini was part of the testing of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI)’s Common Carbon Metric and Protocol in the Malaysian context through her PhD research.    Her current research interest focuses on green intervention strategies through vertical greenery systems, operational energy, and user behaviour, which accumulated in multiple journal publications and her first book titled “Human Impact on Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation in the Built Environment”. She has teaching experience in the fields of building surveying, urban planning, and sustainable development.    Suzaini is also a professionally certified Green Building Index (GBI) Facilitator and a Malaysian Carbon Reduction and Environmental Sustainability Tool (MyCREST) Qualified Professional. She is determined to positively impact the built environment through green interventions to address the existential crisis of climate change.

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DR. WANG I TA

  Dr. Wang I Ta started his piano study at the age of ten and received his formal training in the National Taiwan Normal University (BA) under prof. Lina Yeh, Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (MM) under prof. Boris Slutsky, and University of Minnesota (DMA) under prof. Alexander Braginsky.     He was the recipient of the Rising Star Award of National Concert Hall in Taiwan 2008, Hutchinson Scholarship (University of Minnesota), and Rosenberg Scholarship (Peabody Conservatory). He was the winner of the Schubert Club Music Competition, the Walnut Hill Concerto Competition, and the Eleanor Bell Watson Competition. Besides his formal education, he also attended and performed in renowned festivals such as TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute (now Piano Texas), International New York Keyboard Festival, and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory-The International Summer School.   As a soloist, he has collaborated with the KLPAC Orchestra, Camerata Youth Orchestra, UM Symphony Orchestra, Hunan Symphony Orchestra and Longwood Symphony Orchestra, etc. His concerts in Taiwan were sponsored by the National Culture and Arts Foundation from 2008 to 2012.  He is currently the Head of the Music Department and a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya.

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