Associate Professor Kriengkrai Boonlert-U-Thai is Vice President for Finance at Chulalongkorn University and a faculty member of Chulalongkorn Business School, Thailand’s leading business school. An internationally recognized accounting scholar, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and has published extensively on financial reporting, corporate governance, earnings quality, auditing, and capital markets. In addition to his academic leadership, he has served in senior university administrative roles and as an independent director and audit committee member for publicly listed companies in Thailand, bringing a unique blend of expertise in higher education governance, financial management, and corporate oversight
Associate Professor Borworn Papasratorn is Executive Director of the Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand (KNIT) and a distinguished scholar in information technology and digital transformation. He is affiliated with King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), where his research has focused on technology adoption, digital transformation, e-government, smart technologies, cybersecurity, and digital innovation. His work has received significant international recognition, particularly in the areas of information systems adoption, digital services, and technology-enabled societal development. Through his leadership at KNIT, he has been actively involved in advancing lifelong learning, knowledge management, and digital capability development across Thailand and the broader region
Professor Ofir Turel is Professor of Information Systems Management and Co-Lead of the Information Systems Group at the University of Melbourne. He is internationally recognized for his pioneering research on the behavioral, organizational, and neuroscientific impacts of digital technologies. His work spans topics such as technology addiction, social media use, digital well-being, technostress, data analytics, and the cognitive and neurological effects of information systems. Professor Turel has published more than 200 scholarly articles in leading journals and is among the most highly cited researchers in the information systems field. He also serves as a Scholar in Residence at the Decision Neuroscience Program at the University of Southern California, bridging insights from information systems, psychology, and neuroscience.
Drs. Rushab Patel and Ashish Gupta will lead an interactive session on designing and developing applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) using Google Colab. The session will introduce participants to practical approaches for prototyping AI solutions, integrating foundation models, working with prompts and APIs, and rapidly experimenting with machine learning workflows in a cloud-based environment. Through hands-on demonstrations and real-world examples, attendees will gain insights into how Google Colab can accelerate the development, testing, and deployment of AI-driven applications for research, business, and educational settings.