

Professor
David Aspin holds an Honours degree in Classics and a Ph D with a
thesis on Mind and Meta-causation in ancient philosophy. He lectured in
the faculties of Education in the universities of Nottingham and
Manchester, before assuming the Chair of Philosophy of Education at
King's College, University of London. He also taught in the Department
of Philosophy of Education in the Institute of Education in the
University of London. 
Judith
Chapman is Professor of Education at Australian Catholic University.
Judith began her career as a teacher in secondary schools in Australia
and Europe before undertaking post-graduate studies in the USA. She was
formerly Dean of the Faculty of Education at ACU (1998-2003), Professor
of Education and Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) of the combined
Faculties of Economics, Commerce, Education and Law at The University of
Western Australia (1993-1998), and Director of the Centre for School
Decision Making and Management at Monash University (1979- 1993). She
has undertaken extensive research and consultancy for international and
national authorities, including OECD, UNESCO, the World Bank, I.D.P.,
and the Australian Commonwealth Government. Her publications include:
Values Education and Lifelong Learning (Dordrecht: Springer 2007);
Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity (Dordrecht: Springer 2006);
The International Handbook on Lifelong Learning (Dordrecht: Kluwer 2001)
and The School, Community and Lifelong Learning (London: Cassell 1997).
Judith is a Fellow of the Australian College of Education; a Fellow of
the Australian Council of Educational Leaders; and a Fellow of the
Western Australian Institute of Educational Administration (of which she
was formerly Patron). In 1999 she became a Member of the Order of
Australia (AM) for services to higher education as a teacher and
researcher. In the same year she was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation
Fellowship at the Rockefeller International Study Center, Bellagio,
Italy to undertake work on educational reform. In 2007 she was elected a
Visiting Fellow at St Edmund's College, Cambridge University and worked
as an expert consultant at OECD, Paris, preparing a report on Learning
Centered Leadership. In 2008 she participated in meetings in Berlin
associated with the Bertelsmann Foundation Prize in Education for 2008
on Integration Through Education and served as a Rapporteur at the OECD
meeting on Improving School Leadership in Copenhagen. In 2009 she
directed a project for the Catholic Education Office Melbourne on
Learning for Leadership and served as Academic Advisor for the
Commonwealth Government Values in Action project. In 2010 she assumed
responsibilities as Director of a 3 year study on Family School
Partnerships in low SES Communities on behalf of the Catholic Education
Commission of Victoria. Among her recent committee responsibilities she
has served on the Senate of Australian Catholic University and the
Council of St Catherine's School for Girls. 


Sue
Jackson is Pro-Vice-Master for Learning and Teaching, Professor of
Lifelong Learning and Gender and Director of Birkbeck Institute for
Lifelong Learning at Birkbeck University of London. She publishes widely
in the field of gender and lifelong learning, with a particular focus
on identities. Sue's recent publications include Innovations in lifelong
learning: critical perspectives on diversity, participation and
vocational learning (Routledge, 2011); Gendered choices: learning, work,
identities in lifelong learning (Springer, 2011, with Irene Malcolm and
Kate Thomas); and Lifelong learning and social justice (NIACE, 2011
forthcoming). Sue is delighted and honoured that she has been involved
with the Asian Conferences on Education since their inception: first as a
featured speaker in 2009; then as co-Chair and keynote speaker in 2010;
and is again co-Chair for the 2011 conference.
Michiko
Nakano is a Full Professor in the School of Education at Waseda
University in Tokyo. She is currently Director of the Digital Campus
Promotion Office, Director of the Distance Learning Center, and Director
of Cross-Cultural Distance Learning. A former Deputy Dean of Student
Affairs, School of Education at Waseda University and a former Chairman
of the Department of English Language and Literature. Dr Nakano's
research concentrates on the practical applications of Computer
Technology as it relates to Language Teaching and Assessment. 