The theme of the 2006 AIE conference is Educating for Global Citizenship. Delegates will have the honor of Prof. Paul Yip, Kwok Wah and Prof. Fazal Rizvi to deliver the keynote address to our delegates. To find out more about these speakers, please click on their profiles:

Professor Paul Yip

Professor Fazal Rizvi

※ Professor Paul Yip Kwok-wah

Mr. Paul Yip Kwok-wah, Founder and Chairman of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, is Honorary Professor of Xi'an Jiatong University and the Council Chairman of the University's Institute for Asian and European Studies; Honorary Professor of Graduate Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Chair Professor at Chongqing University and Honorary President of the University's Institute of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Studies; and Honorary Director of the Shanghai Institute for East Asia Studies.

In his public service in Hong Kong, Mr. Yip on the appointment of the Chinese Government served as Hong Kong Advisor in April 1995 and later Member of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and member of the Chief Executive Selection Committee of the HKSAR. From July 1997 to June 2002, he served as Special Adviser to the Chief Executive of the HKSAR.

Mr. Yip's other public commitments include being Member of the Council of Hong Kong Baptist University; Honorary Advisor to the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council; Honorary President of the Tsing Hua Club of Hong Kong; Honorary Chairman of the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture; Member of the Advisory Council, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation. Mr. Yip was also appointed a member of the Economic Relaunch Strategy Group of the HKSAR Government in May, 2003.

Mr. Yip is also Chairman of the Renful Group, Chairman of the Yew Wah Education Management Co. Ltd., and Director of the Yew Chung Education Foundation.

Educated at the Chinese-language Department of Hong Kong Baptist College (now Hong Kong Baptist University), Mr. Yip specializes in business management, education and culture and has a profound understanding of current developments in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and the interactions among the three places.

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※ Fazal Rizvi
	Professor Educational Policy Studies 377 Education Building 1310 S. 6th St. MC 708 ChampaignIL61820 frizvi@uiuc.edu 1-217-333-5875

 Research Biography

My research interests focus on the following areas:
-Comparative and international education;
- Higher education and policy in the Asia-Pacific;
- Cultural globalization and education policy;
- Postcolonial theories of identity, representation and education;
- Global inequalities and educational policy;
- International student mobility.

Degrees

Ph.D., Philosophy and Education, KingsCollege, University of London, 1984;
M.Ed., Philosophy and Education, University of Manchester, UK, 1976;
B.Ed., Philosophy, Mathematics and Education, University of Canberra, Australia, 1974.

Key Professional Appointments

• Adjunct Professor, Deakin UniversityAustralia, 2002
• Professor, Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
• Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) and Professor, Education, RMITUniversity, Melbourne, Australia, 1999-2001
• Professor, Faculty of Education, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, Australia, 1996-2000
• Professor, Faculty of Education, The University of Queensland, Australia, 1991-1996
• Senior Lecturer, Education, DeakinUniversity, Geelong, Australia, 1984-1991
• Visiting Appointments, Universities of Warwick and London, 1989-1989
• Visiting Appointment, University of Wisconsin, 1988-1988

Activities & Honors

• Research Associate, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2005
• Adjunct Professor, Honorary, Deakin University, 2002-2005
• Director, Monash University, 1998-2000
• Series Editor, "Studies in Education", Allen & Unwin Publishing, Allen & Unwin, 1996-2000
• Director, Centre for Malaysian Studies, Monash University, 1996-1997
• President, Australian Association for Research in Education, 1996
• Director, Australian Foundation for Culture and the Humanities, 1995-1998
• Editor, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1993-2000
• Member, Australian Council for the Arts, 1992-1995

Grants

Principal Investigator, National Resource Center for Global Studies, U.S. Department of Education (Center for Global Studies), 2003-2006

Selected Publications

Rizvi, F., 'Representations of Islam and Education for Justice' in C. McCarthy & W. Crichlow (with N Dolby and G Dimitriadis) (eds.) Race, Identity and Representation in Education, Routledge, NewYork and London, 2005, pp. 167-178.

Rizvi, F. 'Rethinking Brain Drain in the Era of Globalization' in Asia-Pacific Journal of Education, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2005, pp. 175-193.

Rizvi, F. 'Theorizing the Global Convergence of Restructuring Policies in Education', In S. Lindblad and T. Popkewitz (eds) Educational Restructuring: International Perspectives on Travelling Policies , Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, Conn., pp.91-113.

Rizvi, F. 'The "Lads" and the Cultural Topography of Race' in N. Dolby; G. Dimitraidis (eds) Learning to Labor in New Times, Routledge Falmer, New York, 2004

Rizvi, F. 'Rethinking Globalization and Education after September 11' in Comparative Education, Vol. 40 No. 2, May 2004, pp. 157-171.

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