Joanne Teoh Kheng Yau is a veteran broadcaster and media specialist who has embraced Internet culture. She has spent much of her career creating media and studying how they intersect, having authored papers, book chapters and documentaries on the subject.

As editor with Channel NewsAsia, Joanne directed and produced coverage on major global news events including the Gulf wars, SARs and Asian Tsunami. Her works have been honoured for excellence in journalism and screened at major festivals. A frequent speaker on emergent media trends and literacy, Joanne has shared her expertise at workshops and seminars in the region. She has presented at international conferences, including Harvard, MIT and University of Tokyo. Her writing on new media narratives is widely cited and recommended reading for university courses.

Tony Sealy is the Managing Director of Intense Animation Studio, a 3D animation production company and training facility based in Singapore. Tony has over 20 years experience in post-production and
broadcast television as a compositor and animation director in Australia and SE Asia. He has worked at leading companies; VHQ, Ascent Media and ABC TV (Australia). Tony has developed Intense into one of Asia's premier creative animation studios and training facilities

Mr Cyrille Even has an extensive professional experience in multinational telecommunication companies in various countries. Cyrille previous responsibility as COO and Vice President of Mobileway was to set up the team ad the operations for Mobileway in Asia. He has grown the team there from scratch beginning of 2000 to 120 people in 5 offices across Asia Pacific in March 2004. Before that, Cyrille worked for Alcatel as Marketing Director and was deeply involved in Value Added Services and forging partnerships with telecommunication operators.

He has also worked as a consultant in IT Management in Canada for System Interface Inc.Prior to his appointment in System Interface Inc, he handled Re-engineering for Grundig in Malaysia. Cyrille Even has a post MBA from the INSEAD Program in Singapore, holds an MBA from Ottawa University in Canada and a Master of Sciences from University of Grenoble, France.Cyrille is now CEO of Boonty Asia and VP Biz Dev Worldwide.

Boonty is a pioneering casual video game company providing everything needed to find, purchase, and deliver video games simply and securely to customers over the Internet. www.boonty.com as well as operate the leading social casual game network on www.cafe.com.

Dr. Edmond Prakash leads the research group on Games technology in the Department of Computing and Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. Prior to joining MMU, Dr. Edmond Prakash was an Assistant Professor in computer science and he was also the Research Director for the GameLAB at the school of Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Edmond has held visiting positions at the Touch Lab at MIT, USA; the Beckman Institute at UIUC, USA; the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, UIUC, USA; and the Center for Visual Computing at SUNY-SB, USA. Edmond's research focus is on exploring the applications of visual computing in engineering, business, science, medicine as well as in entertainment computing. Dr. Edmond Prakash is currently working on various issues in the context of entertainment computing, such as how to accommodate highest-quality dynamic graphics programming through inherent support for natural user interaction. Further details can be found at: www.docm.mmu.ac.uk/STAFF/E.Prakash/.

Professor Kevin Wong received his Bachelor (Hons.) of Engineering (Computer System Engineering) and Ph.D. from Curtin University of Technology in 1994 and 2000 respectively. He is currently working as an Associate Professor with the School of Information Technology at Murdoch University in Western Australia. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a member of ACM and ACS. He is presently the vice chair for the IEEE Western Australia Section, and the Governing Board Member for Asia Pacific Neural Network Assembly (APPNA). He is also serving as a member for the Emergent Technologies Technical Committee (ETTC) and Games Technical Committee (GTC) of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS). He is the general conference chair for DIMEA 2007: Second International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, and CGIE 2006: Joint International Conference on CyberGames and Interactive Entertainment 2006. His current research interests include game and digital media technology, intelligent data analysis, and data mining.

Mr. Comair is the President and Founder of DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, Washington, a college that focuses on the arts and sciences related to the creation and production of Video games. DigiPen Institute Of Technology is also known as the first Video Game College in the world. Mr. Comair is one of the Founders of Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (NSTC) and he served as the Chairman of NSTC from 1998 to 2006.

Mr. Comair’s background is as follows: He has completed two separate degrees in Engineering. The first is a degree in Architecture, and the second is a Masters degree in Environmental Engineering, specializing in computer city simulations and the creation of 3D visualization software for this purpose. In 1983, the Japanese Ministry of Education invited him to be a sponsored researcher for the Japanese government. Then in 1984, he was appointed to start his research at Osaka University, in the Faculty of Engineering. The research led Mr. Comair to write "VU", a 3D-computer language to be used in the creation of virtual 3D databases for existing and non-existing cities. These virtual models were used to simulate various events that may have occurred in the distant past, are presently occurring, or which may occur in the future.

Danny Wilson is the founder of Pixelmetrix Corporation, a Singapore-based company that specializes in the design and production of management and telemetry systems for digital broadcasters. The company’s award-winning products are deployed globally at numerous terrestrial, satellite, cable and IPTV operators.

He began his management career at Hewlett-Packard, Canada, as the Business Manager of HP’s Communication Measurement Division. He was responsible for the introduction of the MPEGScope Transport Stream Analyzer and the world’s first ATM/B-ISDN Test System, which accelerated the development and deployment of ATM technology worldwide.He later went on with HP to Kobe, Japan, where he established and managed HP’s Asia Business Centre – leading the development of the world’s first multi-port network monitoring system, which was implemented throughout Japan, by NTT.A frequent speaker at IPTV and television conferences in Europe, Asia and North America, he currently serves as Editor for the Performance Monitoring/Quality of Service workgroup of the ITU-T/IPTV-FG.

Mr Mark Laudi is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, best known for reporting live from the floor of the Singapore Exchange on CNBC Asia Pacific. Over seven years he developed a reputation for fast, accurate and energetic reports on SGX-listed stocks that redefined the role of stock reporter. In that time he presented stock reports entirely without a script.

Having spent many years in South Africa, Germany and Australia, Mark has called Singapore home since 1997. He joined the Radio Corporation of Singapore (now MediaCorp Radio) to help develop and launch NewsRadio 93.8 (now 938LIVE).He made the switch to television in 1999 when he joined CNBC Asia Pacific and held almost every position in the newsroom, including Producer and Australia Editor, and in front of the camera as Stock Reporter, Anchor and Field Reporter.Interview guests include numerous top international public and political figures, as well as corporate chiefs from around the region and around the world.He is now CEO of Hong Bao Media (Holdings) Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based digital media company specialising in helping companies address new audiences through new media.

Professor Robert Moreton is a senior academic who has published many journal articles and conference papers, and is the author of two academic books. He is currently Dean of the School of Computing and Information Technology. Under his direction, the School produces an electronic journal (IJIGS) which offers research articles in the areas of computer games development and simulation and organises an annual European Conference (CGAMES) in the same area.

Prof Moreton's consultancy activities included a number of projects on the evaluation of methods and management approaches for systems development. A common theme of the work was the tracking and evaluation of developments in information technology and forecasting the potential impact of these developments. Client organisations for whom projects were undertaken included the European Commission, major utility companies, food retailers and the UK national postal service.

Mr Gabriyel Wong heads the EON Experience Lab which is the research and development arm of EON Reality, a global leader in virtual reality technology and solutions. He charters the strategic R&D development direction of EON Reality to realize innovation in EON’s product offerings to its global markets.

Prior to his role as Technical Director in EON Reality, Gabriyel was one of the founders of Singapore's first and leading game technology R&D lab, gameLAB, in Nanyang Technological University. He was responsible for building gameLAB's multi-million R&D portfolio with industries spanning USA and several Asian countries. Gabriyel has a wealth of experience in real-time interactive applications from the military training and simulation domain to computer games and virtual reality. He was the Technical Lead in IVLAB, a former division of Singapore Technologies who is also largest contractor of Singaporean defense industry.Apart from his strong industrial background, Gabriyel actively contributes, as author and reviewer, to key conferences and journals in the academia and had lectured on Computer Game Programming in NTU since 2006.

Mr Aldric Chang is the Founder/CEO of Mediafreaks Pte Ltd, Mediafreaks Cartoon Pte Ltd and Character Farm Pte Ltd. Aldric Chang is a self-confessed workaholic creative entrepreneur who has written and produced music, casual games, animated cartoon series and over a hundred animation projects. He is an expert on the principles of Internet Marketing and consistently uses it to grow his businesses. He has over the past few years grown a 2-men animation firm into one of the most recognized animation companies in Singapore today. His company Mediafreaks is a unique vehicle combining animation and entertainment supported by the principles of internet marketing and multiple revenue streams. Aldric Chang is currently focused on growing Mediafreaks into an entertainment behemoth with a solid structure that feeds on a passive income besides a service revenue stream.

Aldric Chang, an animation industry professional with many years of experience, is Founder and Managing Director of Mediafreaks Pte Ltd and CEO of Mediafreaks Cartoon Pte Ltd and Character Farm Pte Ltd. Mediafreaks is dedicated to creating quality animation and innovative multimedia solutions for both broadcasting and marketing needs. Clients include Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Darlow Smithson Productions, Southern Star Australia, Natural History New Zealand, National Geographic, Pilot Pen, Hewlett Packard, Disney, Bang Singapore, E. Excel etc. Mediafreaks Cartoon and Character Farm produce their own original content in the form of cartoon animated series and manage their life cycles in broadcast distribution, sales and licensing cum merchandising.
Aldric has headed and overseen the production of more than over two hundred projects to date. Some landmark projects are:

- Katakune (animated Series) and Sedo Dog (animated series in production)
- Documentaries Man Made Marvels, the award-winning Super Cell documentary from Southern Star, Secret of the Battleship Yamato, Master of the Sea, Ring of Fire, The Assassination of JFK, etcPrior to establishing Mediafreaks, Aldric wrote and produced music professionally. Some of his music credits include the production and writing of songs for singers Sun Ho, Jade Kwan, Skye Chan, Zhou Ling, Huang Ming Hao, etc..

Mr Tony Chow has been a pillar of the Singapore’s screen industry, as President of the independent producers’ association as well as an active practitioner in generating higher quality content for television programming and training schemes.He emanates from a broadcast television background as producer/writer and has worked extensively in the advertising and corporate areas of film, video and TV production. Holding a degree in political science from the National University of Singapore, Tony was a pioneer graduate of the Economic Development Board’s Broadcasting and Media Production Special Conversion program at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.

Known for his production support for local and international co-productions, he has produced, directed and written for high rating television series. Among them ,a six-part one-hour documentary on popular dance trends,Happy Family , and ˜To cut a long Story Short, about the history and growth of the Singapore’s film industry. - to name just a few. Tony’s commercial background extends to television ads for diverse clients such as Canon, StarHub, and Levi’s.

Tony co-founded and managed a groundbreaking local media professional training academy, Media Hive Pte Ltd, now known as Digital Media Academy, a media industry professional development and training center. Creatively, Tony is also the Executive Producer of several digital feature films, as part of the Film Incubator Program with the Singapore Film Commission. Presently, Tony is the Director of Off The Fence Singapore. As Director of Off The Fence Singapore, Tony manages the business and strategic relationships as part of Off the Fence expansion in Asia. Tony is frequently invited to speak at various international media events. He sits on several local and international advisory committees on media development, talent and capability development as well as creative entrepreneurship.

Mr. Oliver Goh, Business Development Executive at Implenia the leading swiss construction company. He is a paradigm engineer in the real estate industry, pioneering (in close cooperation with IBM) the development of virtual operation centers, for command and control of real facilities, and dynamic 3D visualization tools in virtual environments that support global collaboration and rapid prototyping, like Second Life and OpenSim.

Oliver's career (Implenia, HP, Autodesk, Maag and Implenia) has been devoted to technological innovation for the real estate industry. His current work focuses on creating new ways to offer Facilities Management solutions with a main focus on Energy Mangement, Building Optimisation and reduction of carbon footprint. It includes building virtual world solutions for all aspects of facilities management services from Virtual Risk Mapping to online Building Automation Management.

Professor Narendra S. Chaudari is Deputy Director, gameLAB, School of Computer Engineering (SCE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore since 2006. He holds Ph.D., M.Tech. (Computer Science), and B.Tech. in Elec. Engg. (with Distinction) degrees from I.I.T. Bombay in 1988, 1983 and 1981 respectively. He has a varied experience in industry and R&D organizations, and he had been with Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India from 1988 to 2001, where he coordinated more than ten batches of M.Sc. (Computer Science – Software) program sponsored by Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India, for training computer scientists in various labs in Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Govt of India. Since 2001, he is with Division of Information Systems, School of Computer Engineering (SCE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

For his doctoral work, he worked on graph isomorphism problem where, besides other heuristic approaches, he developed an approach for distinguishing strongly regular graphs based on interior point approach (applied on polytopes defined on eigenspaces of graphs). Since the days of his doctoral research, he has maintained his background interest in investigations related to NP-Complete problems.He has more than 150 publications and four books to his credit. He has supervised more than fifteen doctoral students in Computer Science and Engg. His current research interests are in the areas of game AI, specialized neural networks (e.g., binary neural networks), Fuzzy inference, optimization algorithms, computational learning, and theoretical computer science.

Professor Narendra S. Chaudhari has been Chartered Computer Engineer (Institute of Engineers (India), Fellow, IETE, Senior Member of Computer Society of India, and member of many professional societies including Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA. He has been invited in many countries, like America, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, etc. for delivering invited speeches on his research and academic collaborations. He teaches courses on Discrete Structures, Algorithms, Database Systems, Formal Languages, Automata and Computability, Programming Languages, and Compiler Construction. More information is available on his website http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/asnarendra.

Assistant Professor Zhou Suiping an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Engineering at
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Previously, he worked as an engineerin Beijing Simulation Center, China Aerospace Corporation, and then joined Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) as a Post-doctoral fellow. He received his B.Eng.,M.Eng. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (P.R. China).

He is a member of IEEE and his current research interests include: large-scale distributed interactive applications (e.g., MMOGs), parallel/distributed systems, and human behaviour representation in modeling and simulation. He has published more than 50 peer reviewed articles in these areas. He is currently an associate editor of the International Journal of Computer Games Technology.He has served as technical program committee member of many internationalconferences and workshops in computer games and virtual environments.

Mr Kevin Anthony Jones is a full-time lecturer in the School of Computer Engineering; he joined NTU in July 2002. His interests are in software development and implementation, and he is an expert in UML.

Previous to NTU, Kevin was involved in the provision of adult education, both in the public and private sectors. He has developed professional training programmes for software consultants, software developers, and communication equipment technicians. He served in the Canadian Signals School as a Chief Instructor and Computer Course developer.

In NTU, Kevin has been a course coordinator since 2004. From this vantage point, he has been studying the Asian student, and conducting research into the effectiveness of teaching practices, both traditional and new (blended learning). After completing the first part of the Certificate in Teaching for Higher Education, Kevin has amassed considerable data on student feedback for these initiatives.

Ng Weng Choh has been a lecturer at Ngee Ann Poltechnic for over 20 years. Currently he is the Director of Ngee Ann's iMedia Centre, an in-house production house focussing on the the development of IDM educational courseware and training videos. He has an extensive experience in developing technological tools to enhance the educational experience of students. One such example is "CoolSchool", a futuristic school where education is fun and convenient - accessible to students anytime and anywhere using mobile technologies and web services.

Weng Choh holds a BSc(Hons) in Computer Sc from Melbourne University and an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from Edinburgh University.