Check out our engaging interactive sessions and presentations for this year's A-ATP Conference below!
Schedule is subject to change.
ALL
Sunday | 2 November 2025
Monday | 3 November 2025
Tuesday | 4 November 2025
Sunday | 2 November 2025
Time
Sessions
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Registration Starts
03:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Exhibitors Move-In
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm
Reception Party
Monday | 3 November 2025
Time
Sessions
09:00 am - 09:30 am
Conference Opening
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Prof. Wei Xiangdong
Secretary General
Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
09:30 am - 10:15 am
Building Future Ready Workforce: Innovative Strategies for Skill Development and Assessment
Opening Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Kevin Baird
Education & Talent Development
Chief Experience Officer, Center of Excellence
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:45 am - 11:30 am
The AI ascent: Navigating unique challenges in the Asian assessment industry
Inaugural Presentation GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Dr. Xiaoming Xi
Director
Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Gamification of Learning & Assessment — Engaging or Distracting?
Featured Debate GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
Alex Tong
Vice President
ATA Online
William G. Harris
CEO
ATP Global
Ryne Sherman
Chief Science Officer
Hogan Assessment Systems
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Back to the Future: Education & Assessments in the Post-AI World
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Joon Nak Choi
Adjunct Associate Professor
HKUST Business School
02:15 pm - 02:45 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors (30 mins)
02:45 pm - 03:30 pm
Harnessing GenAI to Personalize Feedback and Ensure Evidence Based Practice in the Classroom
Meeting room 01
Speaker
Paul Edelblut
Vice President, Global Operations
Vantage Labs
Driving Educational Assessment Transformation with AI in Asia: Insights from International Experts: A Conversation with Dr. Jimmy de la Torre and Dr. Anne H. Davidson
Meeting room 02
Speakers
Jimmy de la Torre
Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Anne H. Davidson
Founder and Principal Associate
CrescendoEd and Principal Associate
Dr. Changhua Rich
Senior Program Director, International
ACT Education Corp.
Jiuxue Wang
Meeting room 03
Speaker
Jiuxue Wang
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
Prometric
Meeting room 01
Speaker
Prometric
ATA Online
Meeting room 02
Speakers
April Wang
Overseas BD Manager
ATA Online
Darren Yin
Overseas BD Manager
ATA Online
The Silent Proctor: How AI is Reshaping Remote Assessments
Meeting room 03
Speaker
Jacob Evans
Chief Technology Officer
Kryterion
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
TBD
Meeting room 01
Speaker
TBD
Grepp
Meeting room 02
Speaker
Grepp
Pearson
Meeting room 03
Speaker
Edward Feng Li
Principal Psychometrician
Pearson
05:00 pm - 05:45 pm
A Place for Paper: Reintegrating Traditional Formats in a Digital Assessment Future
Meeting room 01
Speaker
Melanie Atkin
CEO
New Data Solutions Pty Ltd
From Global Bias to Local Relevance: The Future of English Assessment with Small Language Models
Meeting room 02
Speakers
Dr. Shafiza Mohamed
Head of Assessment Innovations Unit Malaysian Exam Council
SE Asia
Paul Edelblut
Vice President, Global Operations
Vantage Labs
06:00 pm - 08:00 pm
JMD Night Gala
Tuesday | 4 November 2025
Time
Sessions
09:00 am - 09:30 am
Tencent Education
Opening Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Yang Hui
Tencent Education
09:30 am - 09:45 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
09:45 am - 10:30 am
SE.A SIG Session
Meeting room 01
Speakers
Won Kim
Director
Berlitz Asia
Dr. Changhua Rich
Senior Program Director, International
ACT Education Corp.
Christine Hoe
Regional Director, SEA
ACT
JP SIG Session
Regional SIG Workshop Meeting room 02
Speakers
Shoichiro Taniguchi
Corporate Officer
GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Yasuhiro Saito
Principal Test Education Research Center
e-communications
Soichiro Nagai
Managing Director
The Institute for International Business Communication (IIBC)
Remote Online Exam Experiences and Public Perceptions of AI Technology in Korea
Regional SIG Workshop Meeting root 03
Speaker
Sanghwan Lee
Executive Director
YBM
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Hogan Assessment
Meeting room 01
Speaker
Hogan Assessment
ThinkExam
Meeting room 02
Speaker
ThinkExam
Learnable
Meeting room 03
Speaker
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Scoring new ground: AI-augmented test development in professional certification
Featured Presentation Meeting room 01
Speaker
Jim Crawford
CCO and Executive Director
Surpass Assessment
Transforming Test Prep in Asia – From Brain-Dump to Equipping Candidates with Confidence and Control
Meeting room 02
Speaker
Sam Brocal
CEO
MeasureUp
Disability Adjustments on High-Stakes Exams: Bring your Burning Questions
Meeting room 03
Speaker
Dr.John Hosterman
Chief, Disability Services & Accessibility
Paradigm Testing
12:00 pm - 01:00 pm
Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm
AATP Board - Panel Discussion 01
Panel Discussion GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
Dr. Changhua Rich
Senior Program Director, International
ACT Education Corp.
Krista Pederson
Managing Director
Hogan Assessments
Alex Tong
Vice President
ATA Online
Humphrey Chan
SVP and Managing Director of APAC-Prometric
Won Kim
Director
Berlitz Asia
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
How AI is adding the Intelligence to Assessments? The 4D framework of AI in Testing
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Harneet Singh
Founder & Chief AI Officer
Rabbitt AI
PrepEx: Building Block Architecture for Scalable English Test Preparation in Asia
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Michael Sheen
Founder
Spark Learning Limited (DBA PrepEx.ai)
Validation of Assessment Systems - Canadian Experience
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Vali Huseyn
Edtech Assessment Expert
Vretta
03:15 pm - 03:30 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
From Testing to Competence: Collective Efforts to Scale Up Educational Assessment Solutions – HKDSE AI Integration and Internationalization
GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
Dr. Dongping LIU
Sr. Industry BDM of Education, Amazon Web Services Chair
CCF YOCSEF Hong Kong
Prof. Janice PAN
President, Hong Kong Translation Society Founder & CEO
Enter-Link
04:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Tools, Trades, and Tech: How We Got Here in Asia
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Robert Kienzle
Senior Consultant
Knowmium
04:45 pm - 05:00 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
05:00 pm - 06:00 pm
AATP 2025 Awards Presentation
GRAND BALLROOM
06:00 pm - 06:15 pm
Conference Wrap up, Awarding for Chairs, and Group Photo
GRAND BALLROOM