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
Conference MC
Anne Marie Paiment
Regional Manager, Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific, Hogan Assessment
Conference MC
Speakers
Humphrey Chan
Senior Vice President
Prometric
Chair of the Regional Board
Dr. William G. Harris
CEO
ATP Global
Cassie Li
Overseas BDM
ATA Online
Conference Chair
Dr. Shafiza Mohamed
Examination Officer
Malaysian Examinations Council
Conference Ambassador
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
President, Educorp Consultants Corporation
Senior Innovation Advisor, Penn GSE
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Beyond the Score: Malaysia's Bold Leap Towards the Future of Assessment
GRAND BALLROOM
Speaker
Dr. Shafiza Mohamed
Examination Officer
Malaysian Examinations Council
11:00 am - 11:30 pm
Featured Debate: "Will hard skills still matter for future talent?"
Inaugural Presentation GRAND BALLROOM
Speakers
Dr. William G Harris
CEO
ATP Global
Karan Khemka
CEO
EMK
Humphrey Chan
Senior Vice President
Prometric
11:30 am - 01:30pm
A-ATP 2026 Beyond Borders Luncheon: Connecting Assessment Communities Across the World
Speakers
Asia ATP
Regional Board
Melanie Atkin
CEO
New Data Solutions Pty Ltd
eAA Representitve
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
Dr. Dongping Liu
CEO
AFS Group
Neil Yao
CTO
ATA Online
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
Psychometric Assessment: Challenges and Exciting Possibilities in the Age of Technology
Meeting room 02
Speaker
Dr. Haniza Yon
Chief Executive Officer
Global Psytech
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)
Enter-Link: Innovative Development and Application of a Human-AI Collaborative OneStop Language Service Platform
Meeting room 04
Speaker
Janice PAN
Professor / Founder & CEO
Hong Kong Bapitst University / Enter-Link Limited
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
Sponsor 01 ATA Online
Sponsor Session Meeting room 01
Prometric Sponsor Session: When Work Changes, the Proof Must Change With It —— Innovating measurement and assessment in a world where jobs are continually changing
Sponsor Session Meeting room 02
Speaker
Nikki Eatchel
Chief Assessment Officer
Prometric
Hogan Assessment Sponsor Session: Global Leadership Effectiveness Survey - the Leadership Divide
Sponsor Session Meeting room 03
Speaker
Krista Pederson
Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Hogan Assessments
Sponsor 04 Janison
Sponsor Session Meeting room 04
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm
Think Exam Sponsor Session: Beyond Proctoring: How AI Is Redefining Secure Assessment & Interviews
Sponsor Session Meeting room 01
Speaker
Rishi Bhaskar
Strategic Alliance Head
ThinkExam
Sponsor 06 CQ Tech
Sponsor Session Meeting room 02
Sponsor 07 Surpass
Sponsor Session Meeting room 03
Sponsor 08 ETS/PSI
Sponsor Session Meeting room 04
06:30 pm - 08:00 pm
Night Gala Powered by EventLinX
Moderators
Rose Xue
CEO and Founder
EventLinX
Dr. Alan Brown
Tenured Faculty
Arizona State University
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
Pearson Sponsor Session: The challenges of introducing and conducting a high-stakes tertiary admissions test for school-leavers
Sponsor Session Meeting room 01
Speakers
Edward Li
Principal Psychometrician
Pearson Professional Assessments
Annette Mercer
Associate Professor in Medical Education
Monash University
Sponsor 10 Excelsoft
Sponsor Session Meeting room 02
Sponsor11 Grepp
Sponsor Session Meeting room 03
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
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
Moderator
Anne Marie Paiment
Regional Manager, Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific, Hogan Assessment
Conference MC
Speakers
Humphrey Chan
Senior Vice President
Prometric
Chair of the Regional Board
Cassie Li
Overseas BDM
ATA Online
Conference Chair