CONFERENCES

2015

Conducted a Creative Arts Workshop at the 7th Brunei National Conference on Autism at the Balai Sarmayuda, Dewan Pustaka dan Bahasa, Berakas, Brunei Darussalam, 9th -11th October 2015.

Represented Brunei at the 8th Asia Pacific Bureau (UNESCO Chair for ITI) Director’s Conference and Drama Schools Festival at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, 6th - 11th June 2015; conducted a body and voice workshop “Movement Metaphor for Actor Training in Higher Education”.

Invited to attend the 9th ASIA THEATRE EDUCATION CENTRE ( ATEC) Forum and Festival de escuelas de teatro Asia- Pacífico , 19th -22th May 2015, Cali, Columbia.

Conducted a workshop “Dramatic Reading” at the second ASEAN Literary Festival at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia, 15th - 22th March 2015.

2014

Presented as a panelist in the special session “Beyond Poetry Reading” at the first ASEAN Literary Festival at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Indonesia, 21th - 23th March 2014.

2013

Presented a paper on Spinning Child-Moving Worlds: Exploring Strategies to Empower the Child with Autism through Creative Movement, Theatrical Play, and Social Engagement at the SDEA Theatre Arts Conference, 30th May – 2nd June 2013.

Presented a paper on "Creative Arts for Individuals with Autism - Discovering Their Amazing Performance Talents" at the 2nd ASEAN Autism Network Congress, 27th - 29th April 2013, Brunei Darussalam.

Selected to participate in the Winter Institute 2013 January 4th -14th, hosted by Shanghai Theatre Academy and Co-sponsored by Brown, Columbia, Duke, NYU & Yale Universities

2012

Curated and directed the trans-national, multicultural performance entitled ASEANA at the 10th ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum, JIS Theatre, 9th October 2012. It was performed by 80 students from 12 ASEAN universities. The event was attended by Datin Adina, the deputy Minister for Culture, Youths and Sports, Brunei Darussalam.

Represented Brunei at the 6th Asia Pacific Bureau (UNESCO Chair for ITI) Director’s Conference and Drama Schools Festival at Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA), Taipei, Taiwan, 31st August - 4th September 2012; chaired a panel discussion on "Theatre and Interdisciplinary Creative Work in the 21st Century".

Presented a paper "Exporting Local to the Global: Excavating and Dramatizing Local Narratives for a Global Audience" at the ATEC 7TH INTERNATIONAL FORUM , 18th - 23rd May 2013, Beijing, China.

2011

Presented a paper “Developing Cross-Cultural Literacy Through Multicultural Performances” at the New Asian Imaginations, NAFA Symposium 19th to 21st September 2011, Singapore.

Presented a paper “Adapting Journalistic Essays for a Drama-Scriptwriting class to preserve the Collective Memory of the Chinese Diaspora” at the ATEC 6TH INTERNATIONAL FORUM, 18th May - 22nd May 2011, Beijing.

2009

Represented Singapore at the MEKONG Arts & Media Festival 2009, co-organized by PETA & Save the Children UK, 23rd - 27th November 2009, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Presented a docudrama, Moving Hands-Dancing Minds, and facilitated a creative movement workshop.

2007

Presented and performed at IDEA 2007: 6th World Congress of International Drama/Theatre and Education Association, 16th - 22nd July 2007, Hong Kong SAR.

2006

Conducted a ‘Movement Metaphor’ Workshop at the 5th Athens International Theatre/Drama & Performing Arts Education Conference, 17th - 19th March 2006, Athens, Greece

2005

Produced, choreographed and performed with Singapore’s participants as part of an international multi-media, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary performance –StreetsCalledHome - that premiered at the United Nation’s World Summit for Information Society in Tunisia.

2000

Production-managed the first Singapore appearance by a world class dance company from United Kingdom which is known for its cutting-edge choreography performed by one-of-its-kind group of dancers with and without disability.