Panel speaker
Dan Fisher
Head of Programme (Canadian Elementary & Middle School), Sunway International Schools, Kuala Lumpur
Dan Fisher is a Canadian elementary school principal with over two decades of experience across the Toronto District School Board.
A holder of a Master of Education, Dan has contributed his expertise to the Universities of Calgary, Waterloo and Toronto, and is a published contributor on Edutopia, the world's leading K–12 education platform.
He is currently the Head of Programme, Canadian Elementary School at Sunway International Schools, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur. He is also a father of two high school students.
Panel speaker
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Amanallah Soltani
School of Education, Sunway University
Dr. Amanallah Soltani is an Associate Professor at Sunway University, Malaysia, with over 25 years of experience in speech and language pathology, inclusive education and educational psychology.
A holder of a PhD in Educational Psychology from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dr. Soltani is an experienced researcher in executive functions, self-regulation, learning difficulties and developmental disabilities, with publications in leading international journals.
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Cheng Mien Wee
Executive Director, Sunway International Schools
Prof. Dr. Cheng Mien Wee is a Malaysian educator, researcher and academic leader with over 35 years of experience across public and private education. She currently serves with Sunway Education Group (governed by the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation), overseeing Sunway International Schools and post-secondary, diploma, pre-university and professional programmes across Sunway College campuses in Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh.
Her career spans cross-border academic collaborations with UK, US and Australian universities. She holds a BSc (Ed) and MEd from the University of Malaya, an MA from Middlesex University (UK) and a PhD in Education from Monash University (Australia). Her research focuses on Southeast Asian education reform, internationalisation and sustainability. Beyond academia, she is an active Sunday School teacher, wife, mother and grandmother.
