Academic Advisory Committee

• Chua Siew Keng
• Geoffrey Thomas Malone
• Wong Hoon Chueng
• Samuel Seow
• Mauro Montanaro
• Sasa Vucinic

Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Master of Arts with Honours, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Bachelor of Arts with Honours, University of Singapore
Certificate of Proficiency in Chinese, University of Auckland (equivalent to Bachelor of Arts), New Zealand

Current Appointment
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Arts, Auckland University of Technology,
New Zealand.
2001 –

Previous Appointments
Associate Professor, Division of Electronic and Broadcast Media, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University
1997-2004

Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Department of English and Communication, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong,
2002

Head, Division of Electronic and Broadcast Media, School of
Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1997-2001

Associate Professor (tenured) and Head, School of Humanities, Media
and Asian Studies, Southern Cross University, Singapore
1996 -1997

Associate Professor and Head, Centre for Media Communications and
Asian Studies, University of New England, later renamed Southern Cross University, Australia
1992-1996

Research Scholar, Bain Research Group, University of California at
Berkeley, CA, USA
1995-1996

Co-Director, Centre for Asian Communications and Media Studies, Edith Cowan University; Director, MA Program in Media Studies and Lecturer in Media
Studies, Australia
1995-1996

Qualification
BArch (Hons) FRAIA MSIA RIBA ASIP
Bachelor of Architecture (Honours), Sydney University
Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Member, Singapore Institute of Architects
Member, Royal Institute of British Architects
Affiliate, Singapore Institute of Planners

Mr. Malone is the founder of the Singapore International Film Festival and an avid evangelist of film art. He took a leading role in Peter Weir’s legendary film HOMESDALE, as well as in Weir the MAN ON A GREEN BYCYCLE and he was executive producer for STORIES ABOUT LOVE movie. His architectural activity covers numerous projects related to film and media including more than 40 cinemas in Argentina, Brunei, China, France , Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand and 18 film theatres in Singapore.

Exhibitions:
Venice Architectural Biennale – Italy 2000
Aedes Architectural Gallery – Berlin, Germany 2000
NIE Gallery – Rotterdam, Netherlands 2000
Archilab – Orleons, France 2000

Selected Publications:
Cinema Builders – Edwin Heathcote
Archilab – Frederic Migayrou & Marine – Ange Brayer
Sci-Fi Architecture – AD Magazine
Post Modern Singapore – William Lim
Latent Images – Jan Uhde & Yvonne Ng Uhde

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Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, University of Central England

After years in the multimedia design industry, FXMedia, was founded by Mr Wong in 1994. The 3 keys integrated media included interactive media, video and environmental multimedia. With a passion in providing the best design solutions, his company with a dedicated team of designers soon won the hearts of few international clients, such as, Thomson Multimedia Asia, Hewlett-Packard Singapore, SONY Singapore and BMW Asia.

In 1998, tht also made it a business partner with the National Computer Systems Pte Ltd. FXMedia was able to offer a truly one-stop integrated e-commerce applications with real-time credit card transactions. FXMedia also became an Intershop Independent Software Vendor since 1999 and developed the first auction cartridge for Intershop 4.0/4.2.

With years of experience and commitment in helping corporate companies to communicate better and integrate business operation more efficiently, Mr Wong and his team has made FXMedia a truly integrated multi-disciplined design company. Our businesses cover multimedia design and web business application solution for clients such as:
Sony
Metro
Matsushita Electronics
Thomson Multimedia
Starhub
Oracle
Compaq
Danzas
Hewlett Packard
BMW
Mini Cooper
Lotus
GE Plastics
Bata
Standard Chartered Bank
Bank Of Singapore
DBS Factors
Autron Corporation
Deutsche Bank
Proctor & Gamble
Translink
Mindef
National Heritage Board
Singapore Civil Defence Force
Housing & Development Board
Singapore Discovery Centre
Singapore General Hospital
Ministry Of Environment
National Computer Systems
Mach 30
Leo Burnett
Raynet
Yayasan Mendaki
Metron Technology
Moneyworld
Cartimes
Buying Guide Malaysia
Angie The Choice
Pan-West
Twinkle Thinkers
Hom-Fix
OmixAsia
Fleishman Hillard
TX123
Starlight Advertising
Kinetic Interactive
Nera Telecommunications

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Qualifications
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), National University of Singapore
Admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Registered as a Foreign Lawyer, Law Society of Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region

Samuel Seow’s expertise and forte is in the field of intellectual property with a special focus on the application of these laws to the entertainment, arts and media industries. A much recognised name in these industries, he represents a wide range of authors and businesses including: film, television and record producers and production houses, actors, screenwriters, management agencies, television, film and music personalities, models, artistes as well as both established and developing theatre companies.

As the resident legal counsel for the Screenwriters Association (Singapore), he was instrumental in establishing and now administers the functions of the Asian Script Repository – Asia’s first copyright registration service.

He is a much sought-after speaker by government bodies and industry associations on intellectual property rights issues and is listed as a consultant in the media industries by the Asia Pacific Legal 500. In 2004, he was described by the Asian Legal Business publication as a “mover and shaker” in the Singapore legal industry.

In 2006 the local press quite aptly dubbed this “celebrity lawyer” as a professional with a “lawyer’s head but an artist’s heart”. Samuel wishes he had more time to indulge his musical passions, but in light of his current work schedule music has been left largely on the backburner. In his youth he had won the National Local Song Talentime two years in a row and was lauded for his musical abilities, which, now find expression only in church on Sundays…

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Qualifications
Mauro holds a masters degree in international law (JJD) from the Universita' di Bologna, Italy and an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland in conjunction with the Manchester Business School, United Kingdom.

Previous Appointments
Mauro spent a decade at Nokia, where he most recently served as Vice President of Customer and Market Operations for the South East Asia Pacific region. Mauro held a variety of key positions at Nokia since his start in 1996 with strategy development. He was appointed to the Head of Strategy for Asia Pacific a year after joining the company and spent the next 10 years rapidly expanding the region for the company. He later was appointed to Director of the company’s Imaging Business Unit. In this role, he helped drive new growth in the mobile phone market with imaging capabilities by leveraging new business opportunities in the shift from voice to visual communications. He then moved to Vice President for Sales and Channel Management for its Multimedia Business Group, where he oversaw the sales and channel development for cellular handsets and mobile content services including imaging, games and mobile enhancements and created new regional channels.

Prior to joining Nokia, Mauro was a lecturer at the Helsinki School of Economics and has led consulting projects for Finnish and foreign companies with businesses operations in Finland.

Mauro is a professional singer having released 5 albums and worked in music video production in Italy and the US for six years.

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Qualifications
Harvard Business School, Executive Education (May 2003): Private Equity Course

Harvard Business School, Executive Education (February to May 2000): The General Manager Program

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, October 1988: Bachelor’s Degree (International Law Department)

Qualifications
Media Consultant, Soros Foundations/Open Society Fund, Prague, Czech Republic

Director and Editor-in-Chief, Radio B-92, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Editor-in-Chief, Magazine "NON", Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Other Professional Activities, Awards and Recognition
Named "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum in 1999

Finalist for "10 Awards" of Executive Counsel of New York (2007)

Frequent speaker, presenter and panelist at numerous media related conferences, speaking mostly on following topics:
- Media and War (UNDP panel, World Bank Annual Program of Seminars, etc)
- Politics, Democracy and Media (Salzburg Global Seminar)
- Media and Social Development (UN World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen)
- New media (Global Internet Summit in Barcelona)
- New ways of funding social causes (TED Global 2006, World Economic Forum)
- Presenter and Panelist at multiple World Economic Forum meetings (1999 – 2001)

Member of the Board of Directors of "RTV B92", multimedia company in Serbia

Commissioner (Member of the Board) of "Kantor Berita 68H", independent news agency in Jakarta with the network of more than 550 local radio stations

Member of the Steering Committee (governing body) of the Global Forum for Media Development - a global umbrella organization of all media assistance organizations of the world.

One of 20 finalists for Alternet's "New Media Hero" Award (2001)

Co-author of book "Evropa Za Nas" (Triangle Press, Belgrade - 1990 and 1992)

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