International Conference Panels, Symposia Sessions & Global Roundtables
Convening & Chairing Academic Panels
2026 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “The Power of the Word: From Dialogue to Coercion in the Language of Cultural Relations” at the International Cultural Policy Research Conference (ICCPR), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
2026 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Cultivating Critical Epistemologies: The Research Almanac as a Model for Decolonizing Arts Management Pedagogy and Practice” at the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) Conference, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
2026 Convened and curated the ICRRA Global Webinar Series “Unscripted Dialogues: Insights from a Diplomacy Scholar” and moderated the Global Webinar “A Live Conversation: Bridging Cultural Divides”with Professor R.S. Zaharna, International Cultural Relations Research Alliance (ICRRA).
2025 Convened, curated and chaired the Student Panel “Echoes of the Bay: VR Storytelling for Community Well-being” at the 1st International Conference on Social Technologies of Memory and 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference, São Paulo, Brazil.
2025 Convened and presented online at the International Panel “Mapping Cultural Data: A Cross-Country Analysis of National Cultural Statistics Frameworks in the USA, the UK, South Korea and Singapore” at the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) Global Webinar, New York, USA.
2025 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Singapore as a Global Art Hub” at the Urban Resilience Research Center, Osaka World Expo Forum, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, Japan.
2025 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “What does big data tell us about Hallyu?: Playing Hallyu Tracker” at the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Congress, Seoul, South Korea.
2025 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Echoes of the Bay: VR Narratives from Singapore's Shores” at the Meaningful XR Conference, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
2025 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Cultural Analytics and AI: Frontiers in Creative Practice, Research and Teaching” at the 2025 AAAE Conference: Confluence of Cultures, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2024 Convened, curated and distantly presented at the International Panel “Decolonizing Cultural Management Policies and Practices”at the 17th International Association of Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC) Conference, Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.
2024 Convened, curated and chaired the International Panel “Hallyu Ripples in a Connected World: Mapping Diffusion and Impact” at the International Conference “Mapping and Theorizing Hallyu”, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
2024 Chaired and served as Discussant for the Panel “Diplomatic Scholarship and Education Around the World” at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, San Francisco, USA.
2024 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Heritage in War and Peace in Asia” at the International Heritage Symposium “Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage through Past, Present and Future”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
2023 Curated and facilitated the Panel “Reimagining Heritage for Digital Natives in Singapore” at the Communicating the Arts Conference, National Gallery Singapore, Singapore.
2023 Curated and facilitated the International Panel “The Future of AI in the Art World: Promises, Perils and Threats” at the Communicating the Arts Conference, Helsinki, Finland.
2023 Curated and chaired the International Panel “Mapping Soft Power of Hallyu, the Korean Wave” at the International Conference for Public Diplomacy, Seoul, South Korea.
2023 Curated and chaired the Award-winning International Panel “International Research and Educational Ecosystem of Cultural Diplomacy as an Academic Discipline” at the 2023 AAAE Conference: The Creative Ecosystem: People, Process, Power, New York, USA.
2023 Curated and chaired the International Panel “Teaching International Arts Entrepreneurship? Pedagogical Implications, Challenges and Possibilities of Working Across Borders” at the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education Online Conference, USA.
2023 Curated and chaired the Panel “Virtual Heritage Spaces as a Platform for Intercultural Communication” at the 28th International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies Conference, City University of Macau, Macau.
2022 Chaired a Round Table discussion on Cultural Policy, Diplomacy and Institutional Theories at the Panel Session “Emerging Trends and Research in Developing the Oxford Handbook on Arts & Cultural Management” at the Social Theory, Politics, & the Arts Conference, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea.
2022 Curated and chaired the International Panel “‘Going Out’ Policy of China: Blind Spots, Pitfalls and Possibilities” at the International Conference for Public Diplomacy, Seoul, South Korea.
2020 Chaired the Panel “Driving Innovation in Digital Humanities” at the Annual Showcase MA in Arts Management Program, Queen's University Belfast at the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, Belfast, UK.
2019 Convened, curated and presented at the Round-table “New Perspectives on Non-State Diplomacy: Situating Empirical Framework in the Context of Non-Western Countries” at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.
2017 Convened, curated and presented at the Panel “Non-state Diplomacy from Non-Western Perspectives” at the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, San Francisco, USA.
