Programme

This conference promises to be an exciting and informative event, featuring a range of sessions with networking opportunities designed to inspire academics and professionals for business development.

Please find the schedule below:

Pre-conference Workshop 1:
From Scopus Data to Publication-Ready Insights

Venue: The Curve, Level 3, TTS Building

TimeSession
0900 – 0915Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview
0915 – 1045Part 1: Data Searching & Filtering (Scopus navigation, search strategies, Boolean operators, applying filters, exporting data)
1045 – 1100Morning Break
1100 – 1230Part 2: Data Harmonisation (OpenRefine & BiblioSPY, importing data, clustering, merging duplicates, cleaning author names, exporting clean datasets)
1230 – 1300Q&A (Address participant questions from Parts 1–2)
1300 – 1400Lunch Break
1400 – 1530Part 3: Bibliometric Analysis (Bibliomagika/VOSviewer demo, citation networks, keyword co-occurrence maps, collaboration analysis, interpreting outputs)
1530 – 1545Afternoon Tea
1545 – 1645Part 4: Academic Write-Up (Structuring bibliometric study, reporting standards, journal selection, sample manuscript outline)
1645 – 1700Closing (Reflection, Q&A, resource sharing, feedback collection)

Pre-conference Workshop 2:

The craft of qualitative interviewing: A workshop for novice researchers

Venue: Edu Hub, Level 3, TTS Building

TimeSession
0830 – 0900Registration and Networking
0900 – 0915Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview
0915 – 1015The Qualitative Paradigm: Moving beyond numbers, Researcher as instrument, Meaning-making vs. fact-finding
1015 – 1030Morning Break
1030 – 1130Designing the Qualitative Interview: The interview protocol, Research questions vs. interview questions, Piloting the qualitative interview
1130 – 1230Conducting the Qualitative Interview: Building rapport, Asking questions, and probing, The Interview conversation
1230 – 1330Lunch Break
1330 – 1430Analysing the Qualitative Interview: Transcribing is analysing, Coding basics, Codes to themes
1430 – 1530Reflexivity in the Qualitative Interview: Positionality and power, Personal biases, The reflexive journal
1530 – 1545Afternoon Break
1545 – 1630Hands-on Practice and Interview Analysis: Consent, anonymity, sensitive information, Trustworthiness, Audit trail
1630 – 1700Closing Reflection and Q&A
PhD Colloquium
Day 1 – 11th November 2026 (Wednesday)
Venue: Auditorium, Level 3, TTS
8:30 – 9:00 AMRegistration
9:00 – 9:15 AMOpening Remarks by Professor Dr Loke Siew Phaik
9:15 – 10:00 AMPhD Connect: Research Networking & Icebreaking Session
10:00 – 10:15 AMMorning Break
10:15 – 12:15 PMPhD Research Presentation Session 1
12:15 – 1:15 PMLunch Break
1:15 – 2:45 PMPhD Research Presentation Session 2
2:45 – 3:00 PMAfternoon Break
3:00 – 4:30 PMPanel Discussion: Publishing and Completing Your PhD Successfully
4:30 – 5:00 PMClosing Remarks & Certificate Presentation
Conference Day 1 – 12th November 2026 (Thursday)
Hybrid (Online and Physical)
8:30 – 9:00 AM Registration & Networking
9:00 – 9:15 AM Opening Ceremony & Welcome Remarks
9:15 – 9:30 AM Address by Conference Chair
9:30 – 10:15 AM Keynote Speaker 1
10:15 – 10:30 AM Q&A Session
10:30 – 10:45 AM Morning Break
10:45 – 12:15 PM Parallel Paper Session 1
12:15 – 1:00 PM Keynote Speaker 2
1:00 – 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00 – 3:30 PM Parallel Paper Session 2
3:30 – 3:45 PM Afternoon Break
3:45 – 4:30 PM Keynote Speaker 3
4:30 – 5:00 PM Closing Conference Day 1
 
Conference Day 2 – 13th November 2026 (Thursday)
Hybrid (Online and Physical)
9:00 – 9:45 AM Keynote Speaker 4
9:45 – 10:30 AM Keynote Speaker 5
10:30 – 10:45 AM Morning Break
10:45 – 12:15 PM Parallel Paper Session C
12:15 – 12:30 PM Best Paper Awards & Best Poster Awards
12:30 – 12:45 PM Closing Remarks
12:45 – 1:30 PM Networking Lunch