2006 - Halogen Foundation Singapore
2006 - Halogen Foundation Singapore
2006 - Halogen Foundation Singapore
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Speakers’ Profile<br />
Dr Mark Strom (Keynote Speaker)<br />
Author of “The Arts of the Wise Leader”<br />
Our keynote speaker for ATS<strong>2006</strong>, Dr. Mark Strom, author of AWL will use the platform to<br />
equip teachers with the basic principles and understanding of AWL, which is a conversationbased<br />
leadership development program that aims to bring out the best in an individual<br />
through conversations and stories.<br />
As an adviser to senior government and commercial leaders, Mark has partnered senior leaders<br />
over more than 16 years in renewing leadership and culture in ways that are realistic about<br />
context and respectful of people. As an historian of ideas, he has developed an ability to<br />
synthesize and bring to life ancient and modern intellectual and historical traditions, and<br />
to translate rich insights from these traditions into perspectives and tools for commercial<br />
and civic leaders. As CEO of an undergraduate and postgraduate educational institution, invited by the board to turn<br />
this complex 83 year old institution around, Mark has had a unique context in which to prove his own ideas in practice.<br />
His PhD research was an interdisciplinary exploration of intellectual and social contexts of leadership in the ancient<br />
world and today.<br />
Dr Low Guat Tin<br />
Associate Professor in Policy and Leadership Studies<br />
National Institute of Education<br />
Dr Low Guat Tin is an Associate Professor in Policy and Leadership Studies, National Institute of Education.<br />
Her basic training is in school psychology and she moved on to study educational management in The<br />
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She spent 12 years of her life studying in Australia and the US. She has also<br />
consulted with many organisations in <strong>Singapore</strong> and her expertise has also brought her to HongKong, Taiwan, Malaysia,<br />
Macau, Thailand and Philippines. Dr Low is a much sought after speaker. She has also written 18 books and published<br />
numerous articles in professional journals.<br />
Dr William Tan<br />
Scientist and Medical Doctor, Olympic Wheelchair Athlete<br />
Dr William Tan, MBBS (Newcastle), PhD (Auckland), MOH (Harvard), MSc (Oxford), M<br />
Phil (Hons, Auckland), MHlthSc (Sydney), Sc M (Hons, Massey), MHSc (Auckland), BSc<br />
(NUS), PBM, MRSNZ Scientist and Medical Doctor, Olympic Wheelchair Athlete,<br />
International Motivational Speaker<br />
Dr Tan is a <strong>Singapore</strong> wheelchair marathon champion who has competed in many<br />
international games, including the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, the Commonwealth Games<br />
as well as the Asia-Pacific Games. In addition, he has also been devoted to championing<br />
as well as fundraising for needy causes in <strong>Singapore</strong>, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia,<br />
Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. He has helped<br />
raised more than $14 million for charities locally and internationally, over the last 18<br />
years.<br />
He had also received widespread international recognition including the Outstanding<br />
Young Persons of the World Award (Humanitarian/ Voluntary Leadership) given by the<br />
Junior Chamber International, USA in 1997; the Commonwealth Youth Award for<br />
Excellence in Youth Work in 1998 and the ASEAN Youth Award in 2000. On 26th February<br />
2005, Dr Tan became the first person in the world to undertake a wheelchair push in Antarctica. He has also completed<br />
10 marathons in 7 continents in 70 days.