A word of special welcome was given to our keynote and invited speakers who were pleased to make contributions to the conference and share their new research ideas with us. They are Prof. Alex Kot Chichung from Nanyang Technology University, Singapore; Prof. Robert Minasian from The University of Sydney, Australia; Assoc. Prof. Andrew Keong Ng from Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore; Prof. Shailesh Tiwari from ABES Engineering College, India; Assoc.Prof. Yiyu Cai from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.