Meet Our Keynote Speakers

We're thrilled to introduce the keynote speakers shaping this year's conference！Explore their industry-leading backgrounds and thought-provoking presentation abstracts here.

Stay tuned as we unveil more distinguished speakers soon！

Opening Address Speaker Announcement

We are honored to welcome Professor Wei Xiangdong, Secretary General of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA), as the Opening Address Speaker for the 2025 A-ATP Conference. Professor Wei will open the conference on the morning of November 3, 2025, setting an inspiring tone as participants from around the world gather in Hong Kong. Kong. His address will reflect on the evolving role of assessment in Asia and globally, while highlighting opportunities for collaboration and innovation across the profession.

About Professor Wei Xiangdong

Professor Wei has served as Secretary General of the HKEAA since March 2021, providing strategic direction and leadership in administering a wide range of examinations and assessment services for both the school sector and the public.

Prior to his current role, Professor Wei was a Professor in the Department of Economics at Lingnan University, where he also held several leadership positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. He was Director of the Pan Su-tong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute and the China Economic Research Programme. In addition, he served as Supervisor and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Lingnan Institute of Further Education.

Professor Wei founded the Lingnan University STEAM Education and Research Centre to advance STEAM education in Hong Kong, and has also held teaching and research positions at universities in the UK and Mainland China. His extensive background in higher education and assessment makes him a highly respected voice in the field.

Opening Keynote Speaker

We are thrilled to announce that Kevin Baird, Chairman of the Global Center for College & Career Readiness and Chief Experience Officer at Prometric, will be our Opening Keynote Speaker at the A-ATP 2025 Conference in Hong Kong!

Keynote: Building Future Ready Workforce: Innovative Strategies for Skill Development and Assessment

Kevin will unpack landscape of building workforce in an era of AI-driven transformation, offering actionable insights on:

• The future of work and global skill gaps
• Innovative strategies for power skill fluency and leadership development
• The role of generative AI and immersive technology in next-generation assessment
• Fostering essential collaboration between education, government, and industry

About Kevin Baird

Kevin E. Baird leads in accelerated human performance and workforce development, focusing on portable global credentials and LLM-powered, conversation-based predictive skill analytics. He collaborates with rapidly growing economies and global leaders to develop platforms for enhancing human performance and workforce readiness.

Kevin designed the International Pathway for College & Career Readiness for labor mobility and migration. He also teaches graduate-level courses in trauma readiness and response, and is co-author of Whole: What Teachers Need to Help Students Thrive (Wiley, 2020) and Trust Me: Discovering Trust in a Culture of Distrust (2023).

Kevin contributes to research supported by the U.S. NSF and neurobiological studies of student engagement with Dr. Paul Zak. In early literacy, Kevin collaborates on digital foundational skills (Dr. Kay Stahl), cognitively complex classrooms (Dr. Karin Hess), and NABU/UN mother-tongue programs. He advances low-bandwidth streaming/AI multilingual content for global education access.

Kevin holds degrees in Sociology, Anthropology, and Business with academic theses focused on medical sociology, language acquisition, and global business development. He is also one of the world's first Accredited Learning Environment Planners, a recipient of the Beinecke National Scholarship, the Wingspread Fellowship and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Secretary's Circle.

Day 2 Keynote Speaker

We are delighted to announce that Liu Yalin, Solution Director of Southern Region for Tencent Cloud's Education Business, will be our Day 2 Keynote Speaker at the A-ATP 2025 Conference in Hong Kong!

Keynote: Tencent Education: Embracing AI to Foster Creativity in Education

This keynote will explore how AI can foster inclusive, adaptive, and creative education systems, offering insights into emerging trends and future directions in global educational transformation.

Drawing on Tencent Education\'s experience, Yalin will share how AI is reshaping teaching and learning by crossing traditional boundaries. To date, Tencent Education has worked with over 300,000 institutions worldwide, advancing digitalization through three key areas: promoting AI literacy among K–12 students through interactive workshops and virtual labs; building adaptive smart classrooms supported by intelligent assistants and virtual avatars; and empowering academic research with cloud-based tools and specialized models for data analysis and simulation.

About Liu Yalin

Liu Yalin currently serves as the Solution Director of Southern Region for Tencent Cloud's Education Business, where he oversees strategic planning and customer experience innovation in the education sector. With over a decade of expertise in cloud computing, he is responsible for supporting and expanding Tencent Cloud's education client base. Today, Tencent Education serves more than 120,000 schools and 300,000 education enterprises, extending its reach to over 1,000 provincial, municipal, and county-level education authorities across China.

Amid the rise of AIGC, Liu leads his team in accelerating the integration of AIGC technologies with education. By driving innovative applications in higher education, K-12 institutions, and edtech enterprises, he aims to support the digital transformation and intelligent advancement of the education industry.