Keynote Speakers

Kyria Rebeca Finardi

(Federal University of Espirito Santo)

Senior Lecturer and Researcher of the Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), in Vitória, Brazil；Vice President of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)

Speech Topic: Trends and Innovations in ELT in the intersection between methodology and technology

SUN Youzhong 

(Beijing Foreign Studies University)

Vice President of Beijing Foreign Studies University; Chair of the China English Language Education Association; Head of the The National Foreign Languages Teaching Advisory Board under The Ministry of Education.

Speech Topic: The Relationship Between Chinese and Foreign Cultures in English Education

XU Xiaofei

 (Harbin Institute of Technology)

Professor in the Faculty of Computing at Harbin Institute of Technology, Fellow and Board Member of the China Computer Federation (CCF), and Deputy Head of the Software Engineering Teaching Advisory Committee under the Ministry of Education.

Speech Topic: From MOOC to the Future New Form of Higher Education in the Digital Age

Hayo Reinders

(Anaheim University)

TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA as well as Professor of Applied Linguistics at KMUTT in Thailand. Editor of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.

Speech Topic: Encouraging Out-of-class Learning with Augmented Reality

JIANG Yanfei 

(Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

Director of the Translation Center at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., with over 20 years of professional translation experience, having translated and reviewed over ten million words.

Speech Topic: The Development of Foreign Language Talents in the Era of Human-computer Integration

WANG Xin 

(Sichuan University)

Dean of the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures of Sichuan University; Member of the English Teaching Advisory Board under the Ministry of Education; Deputy Director of the Sichuan University American Studies Center; Managing Director of the National American Literature Society.

Speech Topic: New standards, New futures, New ecology-Promoting the Development of Digital Education