Anthony Le Storti
President of IDEATECTS® Inc

Anthony J. Le Storti is President of IDEATECTS® Inc., a firm specializing in innovation, leadership, and the dynamics of human systems. His work focuses especially on problem solving, decision-making, and strategic thinking. His clients range from Fortune 500 corporations to educational and non-profit organizations. He founded and directed the Center for Creative Studies at Gwynedd-Mercy College and has taught graduate courses at La Salle, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania. He has published numerous articles on a range of topics including invention/discovery, innovation, conflict resolution, and decision-making.

Peter Doggett
Principal
IN2TOURISM Marketing Solutions

Having spent more than 33 years with one employer on the Gold Coast he have immersed himself in the tourism industry and have been instrumental in its development and success in the region over the last three decades. Leading many research missions and sales marketing initiatives interstate and to Japan, South East Asia, Taiwan, South Korea, China and more recently the Middle East. he have acquired an in-depth knowledge of the domestic and inbound tourism industry and its intricacies, whilst developing a broad network of national and international contacts. His career has spanned roles integrated marketing management, public relations, relationship management, international relationship management and business development in domestic and international sectors. Appointments to an extensive array of professional tourism related boards and committees has served to reinforce his commitment to the industry and provided further insight into its burgeoning potential in the 21st century.

Dawn Dekle
Dean of The Center for Leadership
S.P. Jain Center of Management

Dr. Dawn Dekle is Dean of The Center for Leadership, S.P. Jain Center of Management (SPJCM). Prior to joining SPJCM, Dr. Dekle was a leadership expert with McKinsey & Company. She has degrees in Cognitive Psychology ( Dartmouth College , Ph.D.) and Law ( Stanford University , J.D.). She is also a Council Member of The Singapore Institute of International Affairs, and a regular television commentator and analyst on leadership issues for BBC, Al Jazeera, and Channel News Asia.

Ann Medlock
Founder, The Giraffe Heroes Project

Ann Medlock is Founder and Creative Director of the Giraffe Heroes Project. Her background includes editing Viet Nam Presse in Saigon; chairing the Children's Cultural Foundation in New York; freelance writing for magazines and corporations, and media consulting for Western Union, AT&T and the US Maritime Administration.

David Kwee
Founder & CEO
Training Vision

A holder of the Masters of Education from the University of Sheffield (UK), David has been in practice for more than 20 years. He has extensive experience in designing, developing and delivering real time training and consulting solutions for multinationals and home-grown companies both locally and regionally. He takes an organisation development approach by integrating the knowledge and skills components into the context specific organisational environment.

Faridah Manaf
Associate Professor
International Islamic University Malaysia

Faridah Manaf is English Language and Literature Professor at the International Islamic University of Malaysia and is also a EXCO member of Interactive Muslim Women Association (IMAN), Kuala Lumpur.

Francis Tanglao-Aguas
Associate Professor
College of William & Mary

Francis is a playwright, actor, director, producer, and teacher of theatre, film, and dance. He was born in Pampanga, Philippines until his family left for Nigeria, West Africa with the wave of Overseas Filipino Workers in the early 1980s. He graduated top of his class from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television, receiving both his B.A. in Theater, Magna Cum Laude, and his Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing. At UCLA, he was Founding Artistic Director of Theater Underground, the university's undergraduate resident theater company. His workshop for this conference will on "Knowing How to De-Stress: Drama As Therapy".

Helen Zhang
Writer, Mother & Business Advisor

Helen is a writer, mother, business advisor and student of life. She lives in Beijing with her husband and two children, calls Australia (her second) home and travels to Europe regularly for work.

Natalie Turner
Founder, entheo Ltd

Natalie Turner is the Founder & Creator of entheo innovation and change agency. She brings experience as an entrepreneur, trainer and coach as well as a Master Practitioner in non-verbal communication and group dynamics.

Sebastian Anthony
Trainer, Taining Vision

Sebastian is a strong believer in the power of experiential learning and to that end; he attended a Train-the-Trainer programme conducted by Merribrook, Australia. He went on to develop his expertise in Outdoor Experiential Learning (OEL) where he uses OEL as a tool, which acts as, an entry point to Organizational Development (OD), which in turn looks at aspects of business transformation. He conducted a research in Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Leadership Development using OEL and he went on to publish his research in 2004 in the Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore, the first Human Resource related article to be published in a leading Medical Journal. He contributed a chapter to a book entitled “Slim Chance, Fat Hope” , where Assoc. Prof. Catherine Tay is the editor. His chapter related the behavioral aspects of losing weight, setting up first with a clear Vision of the future rather than just losing weight for the short run.

Tara Coste
Associate Professor,
Leadership and Organizational Studies
University of Southern Maine, USA

Dr. Tara Grey Coste is a leadership and organizational studies professor at the University of Southern Maine. Her work focuses on refining the training processes that enhance team creativity and on teaching business professionals techniques to enhance leadership abilities. She has published numerous articles and presented her work at venues around the world. 

Kirpal Singh
Director, Wee Kim Wee Centre

Dr Singh is a highly reputed scholar in the field of Shakespearean and post-colonial literatures and is the author of numerous articles, essays and books. In 2008 Dr Singh returned to being Director of the Wee Kim Wee Centre at the Singapore Management University -a Centre he had found in 1999 when SMU was being established.