Meet Our Keynote Speakers

We are thrilled to introduce our Keynote Speakers! Here, you'll find their backgrounds and presentation abstracts.

More details on additional speakers will be shared soon. Stay tuned!

Karan Khemka is a world-class education expert who, prior to joining EMK, built and led Parthenon’s leading global education practice.

He has also served as a senior advisor to multiple education businesses and institutions globally, including The Green School, and Phillips Academy Andover.

Abstract:

As the world stands on the brink of unprecedented change, the role of assessment has never been more critical. This session will delve into the profound impact of assessment in navigating the global mobility and technology revolution, focusing on four pivotal trends:

• Demographic shifts and migration: exploring how assessments can help manage the skills and capabilities of diverse migrant populations, ensuring their successful integration and contribution to host societies.
• Longevity and multi-career lives and how assessments can facilitate lifelong learning and career transitions.
• Climate change and energy transitions with focus on skills required for a sustainable future, enabling a workforce that can thrive in green and resilient economies.
• Understanding and anticipating the skills and competencies needed to harness these technological shifts.

The session will also address some burning questions including:

• The impact on high-stakes assessments
• Emerging assessment needs
• Egile business models for the future

Jimmy de la Torre is Professor of the Human Communication, Learning, and Development at the Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong. His primary research interests are in the field of educational and psychological testing and measurement, with a particular emphasis on item response theory, cognitive diagnosis modelling, and the use of assessment to inform instruction and learning. He has published over one hundred articles and book chapters on these topics. For close to two decades now, Jimmy has conducted over 40 workshops on cognitive diagnosis modelling in 15 countries and four continents. In 2009, he was named by the White House as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He received the Jason Millman Promising Measurement Scholar Award in 2009 and the Bradley Hanson Award for Contributions to Educational Measurement in 2017 from the National Council on Measurement in Education.

Abstract：

As we navigate the dynamic landscape of testing and educational technology in Asia, the intersections of learning and assessment, psychometrics, and technology become increasingly critical. Cognitive diagnosis modeling offers an alternative framework to traditional high-stakes testing to capitalize on the benefits of the emergence of AI-enabled learning and assessment. It provides a coherent learning and assessment framework for the architectural design of the infrastructure that integrates the online delivery of learning and assessment. Under the new model, technology facilitates efficient content and data utilization to improve both the assessment of learning and personalized learning path. Recent developments and future directions can impact educational equity and participation of students from a much broader spectrum of the society, transforming potentials and aspirations into realities and ushering in a new era of learning and assessment in the region.