Speakers

Walid Hassan, PhD

A consulting director with 22+ years of diversified international experience incorporating missions in multidisciplinary roles in Consulting, Sales & Sales Support. Specialized in Research Strategies and Development, Research leadership, Innovation Strategies and Research Commercialization. Recognized and awarded for consistently rendering superior quality service for clients. Active participant in numerous conferences and published many articles (50+) related to various areas. Passionate about mentoring with excellent communication and team management skills. Possess an analytical mindset to cater to business and operational exigencies across technology and research commercialization, Biomedical Engineering R&D, IP strategies and Commercialization

Professor Talal Yusaf

Professor Talal Yusaf currently hold the position of Executive Dean - Higher Education and Emerging Technologies, Aviation Australia, Queensland Government, Australia, and Professor at Central Queensland University. Professor Yusaf commenced his role as Pro Vice Chancellor, International and Partnership at Federation University Australia in September 2018, and was the Executive Director (International and Research Partnership) at University of Southern Queensland (2008-2018). Professor Yusaf’s international university career has included teaching, research and management positions in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and in Queensland for the last 31