Lorraine Pe Symaco is ZJU 100 Professor at Zhejiang University (ZJU). Lorraine's research interests are in the areas of international education development and higher education. Prior to joining ZJU in 2018, she was founder-director of the Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education and UNESCO Chair in International and Comparative Educational Research with Special Reference to South East Asia at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. Lorraine is Editor of the Journal of International and Comparative Education and series Editor of Education in South East Asia (Routledge). Martin Hayden is Professor of Higher Education at Southern Cross University in Australia. He has published extensively on topics related to higher education policy in Australia and in Asia. Since 2005, he has been intensively engaged in research and consultancy in the Southeast Asian region. In 2011-12, he led a major project supported by the World Bank to develop a master plan for the higher education system in Vietnam.

Over the past few years, he has also produced reports on higher education in Southeast Asia for the ADB, the ASEAN Secretariat, the OECD, the World Bank and the Australian Government. Since joining Southern Cross University, he has been the University Director of Teaching and Learning, Chair of the Academic Board and a member of the University Council, Dean of Education and Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Arts and Sciences.