IMMS 2026 Keynote Speakers
Prof. Eric Tsui
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Biography: Eric Tsui is former Associate Director of the Behaviour and Knowledge Engineering (BAKE) Research Centre and currently a Senior Project Fellow at the Educational Research Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Between 2015 and 2023, he served as the Managing Regional Editor (Asia) of the Journal of Knowledge Management and led a Master Knowledge Management program for over 15 years. Eric has also championed many technology-enhanced teaching and learning projects and is a crusader of technology-enhanced learning at the university. His research interests include Knowledge Management technologies, blended learning, cloud services, and collaborations. Eric is the leader of two Professional Certificate programs and two Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on edX and has authored several articles in Times Higher Education Campus. He holds B.Sc. (Hons.), PhD, and MBA qualifications. A recipient of many Knowledge Management and E-Learning international awards including the Knowledge Management Award for Excellence in 2021 and the QS Wharton Reimagine Education Gold Award (Asia) in 2015, Professor Tsui was twice listed as an exemplary/outstanding academic in PolyU Annual Reports in the last 8 years.
Title: From Digital Intelligence to Value Creation: Rethinking Knowledge and Innovation Management
This talk examines how organisations can rethink knowledge and innovation management in the digital era. It highlights the transition from digitisation to digitalisation and ultimately to digital intelligence, showing how these shifts reshape value creation and competitive advantage. By focusing on resilience, agility, and the orchestration of ecosystems, the presentation explores how digital intelligence enables organisations to navigate uncertainty, lower risks, and sustain innovation. Rather than treating technology as a point solution, the discussion frames digital intelligence as a living capability—integrating people, processes, and data to unlock enduring success in a rapidly evolving environment.
Dr. Vincent Ribiere
Bangkok University, Thailand
Biography: Dr. Vincent Ribiere is an eminent expert in Knowledge Management (KM), boasting over 25 years of experience. As the co-founder and Managing Director of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA) at Bangkok University, he has been pivotal in establishing and directing the innovative Ph.D. program in Knowledge Management and Innovation Management (Ph.D. KIM) for the past 15 years. A leader in global KM endeavors, Dr. Vincent coordinates the Global Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise Award (MIKE Award) and founded the Southeast Asia MIKE Award. He annually organizes the Organizational Knowledge Sharing (OKS) Certificate program in collaboration with the World Bank. Dr. Vincent has been recognized with the "Knowledge Management Award 2022" (Individual Award) by Knowledge Management Austria and KM4DP, among other accolades. A sought-after speaker and workshop leader, he frequently contributes at international professional and academic conferences and has authored numerous academic publications.
Title: Knowledge in Action: Lessons from the World’s Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprises (MIKE)
What do organizations that excel at knowledge management do differently? This keynote shares findings from the 2025 Global MIKE Award, which assessed 23 applicants from Asia and the Middle East across government, state enterprises, and large private companies. Built on an intellectual capital model of human, structural, and relational capital, the talk shows how these enterprises identify critical knowledge, reduce the risk of losing it as experts retire, govern knowledge through a steering committee, a compact central office, and a network of champions, and cultivate a culture of continuous learning and sharing. It also examines how they use AI to accelerate knowledge work, and why clean, well-governed knowledge has become the foundation for it. Vincent closes with eight takeaways showing that innovation excellence is the visible output of knowledge excellence, offering practical lessons for institutions in China and beyond that are driving innovation and sustainable development.
Dr. Shuliang Li
Loxbridge High-Tech Forum, United Kingdom
Biography: Fellow (lifelong) of the British Computer Society; Director and Chairman of Loxbridge High-Tech Forum, United Kingdom (https://loxbridge3i.co.uk); Committee Chair of ICIM conference series (2016-current); Having held the posts as a Reader & Departmental Research Leader & supervisor of PhD studies in the UK and Sichuan 100 Talents Expert Professor in China. A Distinguished Visiting Professor in China.
Dr Li is the 77th-generation descendant of Lord Li Jiuai (Nine Love, 李九爱, also known as Everlasting Love 久爱) of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). He carries a legacy of universal love (博爱) and civilisation (文明) spanning about 1400 years.
Research & consultancy interests & areas: future information technology (IT) & artificial intelligence (AI), AI & civilization, global AI governance, hybrid intelligent systems, intelligent decison-making, data analysis, Web analytics, digital marketing, digital business, quantum strategies, digital innovation, education technology, advice on PhD studies and postdoctoral projects
Title: From technology & models to intelligent civilisation: AI, Computing, and the Map for UHI
This keynote speech proposes and structures AI as the transition from the technology & model waves to the future stage, high level and top layer, where artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence (AGI), in particular, and smart robots will get embedded in daily life and systems: daily life, science, engineering, industries, entertainment, healthcare, transport, government, creative work, education... We link real signals of this great shift or change with the future. Firstly, Elon Musk’s interview discussions about AI abundance and Universal High Income (UHI) highlight how the economy of work could be impacted if robotics and AI accelerate as predicted. Secondly, NVIDIA shows accelerated computing and the compute flywheel driving the era to the next-generation chip roadmap pushing AI into real-world labs and applications. Thirdly, Arm Cambridge partly represents the UK’s strategic position in energy-efficient compute, crucial for scaling AI from cloud to edge while maintaining power and cost to be more sustainable. Fourthly, Google and IBM quantum computers and hybrid quantum–classical–AI will expand and accelerate the speed and frontier of feasible computation for civilization and will also reshape the future economies. Fifthly, large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT, as popularised through ChatGPT, represent a major step towards widely accessible cognitive tooling for future civilisation, that will support human learning, creativity and problem-solving at scale, assisting with the more connected and informed society and communities.
The new era of AI
AI and AGI as the foundation of intelligent civilisation
Musk, AI & AGI, Economy, work and UHI
Nvidia GPUs, compute flywheel and the opportunities
The UK and ARM Cambridge perspective
Google and IBM quantum computers
LLMs and future civilization
Risks, trust, ethics and governance