Check out our engaging interactive sessions and presentations for this year's A-ATP Conference below!
Schedule is subject to change.
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Sunday | 1 November 2026
Monday | 2 November 2026
Tuesday | 3 November 2026
Sunday | 1 November 2026
Time
Sessions
03:00 pm - 06:00 pm
Registration Starts
03:30 pm - 05:30 pm
Exhibitors Move-In
05:30 pm - 06:30 pm
Reception Party
Monday | 2 November 2026
Time
Sessions
08:30 am - 09:20 am
Conference Opening
GRAND BALLROOM
09:20 am - 09:30 am
Welcome Address by the Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC)
Opening Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Badrul Hisham Abdullah
Chief Co-Host of A-ATP 2026
CEO, Malaysian Examinations Council (MEC)
09:30 am - 10:00 am
Disrupt or Be Disrupted - Assessment in the Age of AI
Opening Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Dr. Barbara Kurshan
Senior Innovation Advisor and President
Penn GSE and Educorp Consultants Corporation
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:30 pm
Featured Debate: "Will hard skills still matter for future talent?"
Inaugural Presentation GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
William G Harris
CEO
ATP Global
Karan Khemka
CEO
EMK
Humphrey Chan
Senior Vice President
Prometric
11:00 am - 01:30pm
Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:30 pm
A-ATP 2026 Innovation Roadshow
GRAND BALLROOM
Moderator
Alex Tong
Vice President
ATA Online
Speakers
Paul Edelblut
Vice President, Global Operations
Vantage Labs
Basil Tonks
Founder and CEO
Potential Plus
President
Educational Venture Corporation
02:30 pm - 03:00 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors (30 mins)
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Solving the talent gap from within. A report on “Lost in Transition”
Meeting room 01
Speaker
Craig McFarlane
Head of APAC
Pearson
Government as an Ecosystem Builder: Shaping Asia's Future Workforce in the Digital Age
Meeting room 03
Speaker
Mohamad Nazrul Bin Aziz
Group Chief Strategy Officer
Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp)
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Tuesday | 3 November 2026
Time
Sessions
09:00 am - 09:30 am
Accelerating AI Workforce Readiness Through Assessment and Education
Opening Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Sam Majid
FORMER CEO OF NATIONAL AI OFFICE
NATIONAL AI OFFICE MALAYSIA
09:30 am - 10:00 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:00 am - 10:30 am
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 01:30 pm
Lunch
01:30 pm - 02:00 pm
AI Literacy Guidelines for Schools
Presentation GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Fadzliaton Zainudin
Deputy Director
Educational Resources and Technology Division, Ministry of Education, Malaysia
02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
A-ATP 2026 Awards Presentation
GRAND BALLROOM
Moderator
Krista Pederson
Managing Director APAC
Hogan Assessments
03:00 pm - 03:30 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
A-ATP Board Featured Session
GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
Humphrey Chan
SVP and Managing Director of APAC-Prometric
Shoichiro Taniguchi
Corporate Officer
GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.
Alex Tong
Vice President
ATA Online
Miranda Wang
Managing Director
Project Management Institute
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm
Closing Keynote: Building the Future through Entrepreneurial Innovation
Closing Keynote GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Jenny Zapf, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Director of Education Entrepreneurship
GSE and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
05:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Conference Wrap-up
GRAND BALLROOM