Thirty-Third International Conference on Learning

  • Digital Literacy for Future Readiness
  • 8-10 July 2026
  • University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong + Online

Plenary Speakers

The Thirty-Third International Conference on Learning featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

LIM Cher Ping

LIM Cher Ping

Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), Hong Kong

"Rethinking the Role of University Professors for Teaching and Learning"

Gary Ka Wai Wong

Gary Ka Wai Wong

Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lianjiang Jiang

Lianjiang Jiang

Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

"Doing Digital Literacies through Multimodal Composing with GenAI"

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

Nancy Law

Nancy Law

Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Carol Chan

Carol Chan

Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong

Óscar Alonso-Álvarez

Óscar Alonso-Álvarez

Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Sciences, University of Oviedo, Spain

(Online in Spanish)

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

​Fei Victor Lim

​Fei Victor Lim

Associate Professor and Deputy Head, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

"Multimodality and the Cyber-Social: What they mean for Learning?"

Chryssi Vitsilaki

Chryssi Vitsilaki

Professor Emerita, Former Rector at the University of the Aegean, Greece

"AI in e-learning: Transformative promise, Profound risks."

Research Network Chairs

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

José Luis Ortega Martín

José Luis Ortega Martín

Professor, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

(Spanish)

Local Conference Committee

Gary Ka Wai Wong

Gary Ka Wai Wong

Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Shihui Feng

Shihui Feng

Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lianjiang Jiang

Lianjiang Jiang

Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lukas Liu

Lukas Liu

Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2026 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Mengfei Han

Mengfei Han

Shaanxi Normal University, China

(In-Person)

Wenjia Tan

Wenjia Tan

University of Macau, China

(In-Person)

Wendy Mockler Giles

Wendy Mockler Giles

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

(In-Person)

Kate Wong

Kate Wong

The University of Hong Kong, China

(In-Person)Kate-Wong

Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh

Muhamad Firdaus Mohd Noh

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

(Online Only)

Tomina Apiti

Tomina Apiti

Victoria University, New Zealand

(Online Only)

Perla Suazo

Perla Suazo

Escuela Normal Indígena Intercultural Bilingüe Jacinto Canek, Mexico

(Online Only)

Syed Azman Syed Ismail

Syed Azman Syed Ismail

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

(Online Only)

Shannon M. Kane

Shannon M. Kane

University of Maryland, United States

(Online Only)

Yong Tan

Yong Tan

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

(Online Only)

Stella Bolanle Apata

Stella Bolanle Apata

University of South Africa, South Africa

(Online Only)

Yusra Saleem

Yusra Saleem

University of Karachi, Pakistan

(Online Only)

Pedro Ortega-Rodríguez

Pedro Ortega-Rodríguez

University of Granada, Spain

(Online Only)

Nermin Karademir

Nermin Karademir

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

(Online Only)

Ayat Tarazi

Ayat Tarazi

An-Najah National University/Palestine Technical University, Palestine

(Online Only)

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Francisca Oladipo

Francisca Oladipo

Thomas Adewumi University, Nigeria

(Online Only)

Sunandha Shanmugaraj

Sunandha Shanmugaraj

Ontario Tech University, Canada

(Online Only)

Host Institution