Dr. KK Phua is the director of Institute of Advanced Studies of Nanyang Technology University as well as the Chairman and Chief Editor of World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Chinese commerce association and Singapore &China Friendship Association.

Dr.Micheal Benoliel is the author of the books titled The Upper Hand, and Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators, which was selected by the Chicago Tribune as one of 2005 best business books. 

Dr. Benoliel is the Director of the Center for Negotiation (www.centerfornegotiation.com) located in Potomac, Maryland, USA. In his 20-year career as a management consultant and corporate trainer, he has trained managers and executives in Advanced Negotiation Strategies; Conflict Management; Strategic Planning, Team Building, and Transformational Leadership in the United States, Asia, Africa, and the Middle-East.

Dr. Benoliel is the professor in Singapore Management University and Singapore Institute of Management. Dr. Benoliel received his doctorate in Human Resource Development from The George Washington University. His dissertation was selected as a finalist to the Donald Bullock Award and in 1991 he received the Special Achievement Award from The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD, D.C. Chapter).

Dr. Powell graduated from the University of Edinburgh with honours in Biology and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Calgary, Canada. He has held research and academic positions at the University of Guelph, Canada, the National Institute for Health Sciences in Tokyo, and Tsukuba, Japan and the National University of Singapore. He has worked as a consultant since 1994 assisting a wide range of clients (MNCs, SMEs, development agencies and governments) in their activities in biotechnology across East Asia. He has considerable experience in stakeholder dialogues, facilitations and public fora across the region and Australia, and is invited regularly to chair conference sessions at global technology conferences. He is on the organizing committee for the Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference 2006 in Melbourne and also represents the   World Life Science Forum (Lyon) in Asia.