APEC-Tsukuba International Conference XV

Yan Wang received Ph.D. in Education Policy, Administration and Social Studies from University of Hong Kong and is currently Education Network Coordinator of APEC Human Resource Development Working Group.
Her professional interests focus on education planning, policy and management as well as governance and institutional development, and her publications include Education Policy Reform Trends in G20 Members and Paradigm Shift of Education Governance in China. In addition, s/he serves as senior specialist for national institute of education sciences, and is a commentator of China Global Television Network.

Roberto Araya received PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and is currently teaching Teaching and Learning STEM at University of Chile.
A strong advocate for collective intelligence, he involves his students in team work to do research on lesson study, RCT for impact on learning and on teaching practices. His professional interests focus on use of technology to improve teaching and learning, and his current projects include RCT of Conectaideas platform and automatization of class observation.
In addition, he serves as Full Professor and is a member of Editorial Board of Investigations in Mathematics Learning, and review editor for the journal Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. He was recently honored with the Best Paper Award of 10th International Conference in Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning MIS4TEL 2020, Italy; Best Paper Award of 10th International Conference on Web-based Learning - ICWL 2011, Hong-Kong; and Best Poster Award of 12th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning - ECTEL 2017, Estonia.

Maitree Inprasitha is currently the Vice President for Education and Academic Services in Khon Kaen University (KKU).
He has also been appointing as the Acting Director of Institute for Research and Development in Teaching Profession for ASEAN (IRDTP), KKU since 2014. He is now the President of Thailand Society of Mathematics Education (TSMEd). He held Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Tsukuba, Japan and has long experiences in studying Japanese Lesson Study for nearly 20 years.

He established the Center for Research in Mathematics Education (CRME), the first center in Thailand in 2003 and this center becomes a part of National Center of Excellence in Mathematics. He has been overseeing the APEC Lesson Study series since 2006 until present. He was an International Program Committee (IPC) for East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematical Education (EARCOME) in 2007-2013 and Advisory board in 2015. He hosted EARCOME 6 in Phuket, Thailand in 2013. He is currently an International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) representative of Thailand. He is an IPC of ICMI Study 23. The first Lesson Study project school with collaboration with KKU coaching by him has celebrated her 15 years of experiences in implementing lesson study in Thailand in 2016. He has been regularly invited to be an invited speaker and moderator for international conference especially among APEC countries. He has been selected as an international committee (IC) of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) and a Conference Chair of PME44 that will be held on July 19-23, 2021 in Khon Kaen, Thailand.

Toshiharu Kano received Master degree in Education from Naruto University for Education and is currently work for Curriculum Investigator for high school “Information Study” at National Institute for Educational Policy Research.
A strong advocate for importance to develop the ability to utilize information, he involves all high school students in Learning Programming, Data Science and Information Design for finding and solving problems. His professional interests focus on teacher training and advanced education(Programming, Data Science, AI , Information Security, STEAM) and his current projects include educational contents for students, creating an organization for advanced education ,and teacher training contents.

Mr Sofian Azmi TajulArus received Engineering Degree from Middlesex University, United Kingdom and Master Degree in Information Technology from National University of Malaysia. Currently heading Science and Mathematics Sector as Deputy Director at Curriculum Development Centre, Ministry of Education Malaysia.

A strong advocate for developing curriculum which is future-ready, I have been doing curriculum development activities for the past 26 years covering primary and secondary education particularly ICT education. Currently embarking on the implementation of Computational Thinking and Statistical Thinking in the curriculum and also Higher Order Thinking Skills and Innovation in school.

In addition, I have been involved in ICT educational policies and Malaysia Plan for the past 20 years through engagements with various ministries in the government. Successfully contributed to the implementation of Malaysia Smart School Project in 1997, Courseware Development for Teaching English in Mathematics and Science Subjects in 2002-2008, ICT Literacy Programme in 2004, ICT Subject for Primary School in 2011, Computing Subject for secondary education in 2017. Notably have successfully contributed to the certification of Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate fo allr 10 national pilot schools.

Dr. Orlando González is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction in the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Assumption University, Thailand.

Prior to joining Assumption University, he worked as an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow for the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, Japan. Dr. González was a recipient of the Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT). Under this scholarship, Dr. González received his PhD in Education from the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, in 2014, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Takuya Baba, as well as a MA in Mathematics Education from the Graduate School of Education, University of Tsukuba, in 2011, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Masami Isoda. Dr. González also received a MSc in Mathematics with a major in Statistics from the Graduate School of Mathematics, Simón Bolívar University, Venezuela, in 2006, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Adolfo Quiroz.

His major research interest is statistics education, particularly how students and teachers learn, think of, and engage in the practice of statistics, and how teachers can provide and create learning environments so that students can make sense of statistics.
Dr. González has authored or co-authored several research articles on statistics education issues, and his work has been presented at many international conferences and published in both national and international peer-reviewed journals.

Professor Hee-Chan Lew began his career as a professor at Korea National University of Education in 1991. He served as Director of the Education Research Institute (2006-2008) and Dean of Planning (2008-2010) and President (2016-2020) in the university.

He owned numerous professional memberships including International Committee member of International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [PME] (2003-2007), Chair of 10th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics [ATCM] (2004–2005), Co-Chair and International Program Committee (IPC) member of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education [ICME-12] (2008-2012), and IPC member of [ICME-13] (2012-2016). He took the president of The Korean Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics [KSESM] (2010 - 2012).