Invited Speakers

Prof. Hui-Wen Huang
Shaoguan University, China

Dr. Hui-Wen Huang is a professor in the College of Education at Shaoguan University, Guangdong, China. She completed her Ph.D. degree in curriculum and instruction with a focus on online education from the University of Idaho, U.S.A. Prior to her current position, she had worked in various universities, including Taiwan, the U.S., and Mainland China, as a faculty member in teaching and research over the past two decades. Her recent work involves immersive learning using 360 VR videos across disciplines and artificial intelligence (AI) in education.
Dr. Huang has published almost 30 SSCI-indexed journal articles and international conference proceedings indexed by EI Compendex on educational technology and foreign language learning. She has actively served the academic communities, either as an invited speaker or technical committee member, in different international conferences over the past five years. She has been working with different scholars in Japan, Turkey, and the U.S. to help EFL learners develop cross-cultural competence since Spring 2020. Recently, she is working on applying AI chatbots in education and mental health.

Assoc. Prof. Manuel B. Garcia
Far Eastern University, Philippines

Manuel B. Garcia is a professor of information technology and the founding director of the Educational Innovation and Technology Hub (EdITH) at FEU Institute of Technology in Manila, Philippines. He earned his Doctor of Information Technology degree from the University of the East and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Education at the University of the Philippines. His interdisciplinary research interests include topics that address the disciplines of education and information technology, either individually or collectively. He is a licensed professional teacher and a proud member of the National Research Council of the Philippines, an agency attached to the country’s Department of Science and Technology (DOST-NRCP). Dr. Garcia has been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists and ranked 24th out of 50 in the Philippines in the latest Elsevier and Scopus citation rankings for 2023.