{"id":556,"date":"2026-05-08T02:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/?page_id=556"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:22:52","slug":"keynote-speaker-mr-mark-knight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/keynote-speaker-mr-mark-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"KEYNOTE SPEAKER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"556-c1\" class=\"style-656 style-local-556-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"556-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-657 style-local-556-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-658 style-local-556-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-659-outer style-local-556-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-659 style-local-556-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c6\" class=\"d-block style-661 style-local-556-c6 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1073\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Knight.png\" class=\"wp-image-527 style-661-image style-local-556-c6-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Knight.png 1073w, https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Knight-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Knight-1024x958.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Mark-Knight-768x719.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-661-frameImage style-local-556-c6-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c9\" class=\"style-664 style-local-556-c9 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c7\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-662 style-local-556-c7 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-662 style-local-556-c7\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Mr. Mark Knight<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c8\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-663 style-local-556-c8 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Knowledge Hub, Vietnam<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-660-outer style-local-556-c5-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c5\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-660 style-local-556-c5 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c10\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-665 style-local-556-c10 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Mark Knight is a specialist in large-scale English language assessment and curriculum design, with extensive experience delivering national and industry-wide systems across Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.<\/p>\n                    <p>He has held senior roles with Cambridge Assessment and the British Council, leading major initiatives including national workforce assessments in India, industry-wide language frameworks across China, Japan, and the casino industry\n                      in Macau, as well as large-scale examination delivery across complex international contexts (Gaza, Iraq, Libya, Yemen).<\/p>\n                    <p>His work focuses on designing and implementing practical, scalable systems that align language capability with workforce performance, institutional priorities, and international standards. He holds an MA in English for Specific Purposes.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"556-c11\" id=\"custom-2\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-666 style-local-556-c11 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c16\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-671 style-local-556-c16 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-672-outer style-local-556-c17-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c17\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-0 h-px-md-0 h-px-0 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-672 style-local-556-c17 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c18\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-673 style-local-556-c18 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-673 style-local-556-c18\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Other keynote speakers<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c12\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-667 style-local-556-c12 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-668-outer style-local-556-c13-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c13\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-668 style-local-556-c13 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c19\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-674 style-local-556-c19 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-674 style-local-556-c19\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/keynote-speaker-dr-willy-renandy\/\" h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\">\n                      <h4 class=\"\">Dr. Willy Renandy<\/h4>\n                    <\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c20\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-675 style-local-556-c20 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-669-outer style-local-556-c14-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c14\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-669 style-local-556-c14 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c21\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-676 style-local-556-c21 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-676 style-local-556-c21\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/keynote-speaker-dr-nguyen-thi-mai-huu\/\" h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\">\n                      <h4 class=\"\">Dr. Nguyen Thi Mai Huu<\/h4>\n                    <\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c22\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-677 style-local-556-c22 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>National Foreign Languages Project<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c25\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-680 style-local-556-c25 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>MOET, Vietnam<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-670-outer style-local-556-c15-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c15\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-670 style-local-556-c15 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c23\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-678 style-local-556-c23 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-678 style-local-556-c23\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Prof. Sender Dovchin<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"556-c24\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-679 style-local-556-c24 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Curtin University, Australia<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Mark Knight Knowledge Hub, Vietnam Mark Knight is a specialist in large-scale English language assessment and curriculum design, with extensive experience delivering national and industry-wide systems across Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. He has held senior roles with Cambridge Assessment and the British Council, leading major initiatives including national workforce assessments in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vnseameo.org\/TESOLConference2026\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}