Keynote Speakers

Prof. Yoshifumi Manabe

Kogakuin University, Japan

Yoshifumi Manabe was born in Osaka, Japan. He received B. E. and M. E. degrees in information engineering from Osaka University, Japan in 1983 and 1985. He received Ph. D. degree from Osaka University in 1993. He worked for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation(NTT) from 1985 to 2013. He was a research group leader of NTT Communication Science Laboratories He was also a guest associate professor of the Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University from 2001 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been a Professor at the Department of Information Science, School of Informatics, Kogakuin University. His research interests include distributed algorithms, cryptography, and game theory. He is a member of the ACM and IEEE.

Prof. Lee Pui Mun

Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Lee Pui Mun is a Professor in the School of Business at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), where he teaches management, strategy, and operations. Beyond teaching and doctoral supervision, he serves as Director of the Research on Innovation and Small Enterprise Development (RISED) program and Chair of the AACSB Accreditation Committee, both within the School of Business.

Professor Lee brings extensive academic leadership experience, having served as Vice Dean (2010–2012) and subsequently Dean (2012–2018) of the SUSS School of Business. He also held academic governance roles at SIM Global Education, serving as Chairman of the Examination Board and a Member of the Academic Board from 2013 to 2020. Since 2021, he has served as Academic Program External Examiner for the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Macau, China.

His key focus areas are quality management, business excellence, and performance management. Over more than two decades, he has contributed to national standards and quality assurance initiatives in Singapore, serving as an assessor for the Singapore Business Excellence Award (Singapore Quality Award) and as a member of the Singapore Standards Council's Quality & Standards Committee, Management Systems Standards Committee, and Technical Committee on Railway Systems.

Professor Lee has authored more than 70 publications, delivered numerous keynote and invited talks, and consulted widely for organisations across strategy, performance management, and operations management.