Plenary Synopsis

Henry graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He has a Fencing Coaching Diploma from FIE, the international Fencing body that oversees the Olympic Sport.

He was previously the top ranked fencer in Singapore (Foil) for many years, and double Bronze medalist at the SEA Games 2003. He is currently the National Partner Coach helping to lead the Singapore National Epee Team training program. He is also the primary coach for numerous National Team athletes across all three weapon disciplines.

His students include some of the top Fencing athletes in the country, including a member of the Bronze medal winning Foil team at the Asian Games 2018, the first gold medalist in the Women's Epee event at the 2019 SEA Games for Singapore in 30 years, and the first ever Singapore qualifier in Epee to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.

Outside of Fencing, Henry spends his time writing software, developing business ideas, and exploring financial investments. He has ongoing projects in developing online and mobile applications, as well procedurally generated digital art.

Nenad Viali is currently the Coach of spexScholar Ryan Lo who debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the Laser Standard class. He has been coaching Olympic Sailing since 2004 and worked with Olympic teams of Slovenia, New Zealand, Croatia, Holland, Montenegro, and Singapore. He provides expert knowledge in technical equipment, boat handling, strategy, tactic, and works closely with the sport science and sport medicine team to deliver a holistic high performance programme.

Sándor Tótka is a Hungarian Kayaker, who is an Olympic Champion in the Men's 200m Kayak Single 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics. The two-time World Champion and four-time European Champion was also the 2010 Youth Olympics Champion when the inaugural Canoe Sprint event was held in Singapore.

From a young age, Sándor was involved in many sports including football, gymnastics, athletics and ballroom dancing. When he turned 10, he started kayaking and fell in love with the sport. His success started with the Youth Olympic Games and continued to grow across multiple events over the years as he focused his attention on kayaking.

A European and World Champion in the K4-200m event from 2007 and Silver Medallist at the 2014 World.Championships in Moscow, Gergely went on to become the Technical Director of the Hungarian Canoe Federation after he stepped down as a professional athlete. Under his charge, the Hungarians continued to excel in their competitive pursuits as he helped ensured the sustainability of the country's success in the Sport.

Joan first represented Team Singapore in the sport of Dragonboat racing and her highest achievement in that discipline was competing at the 2010 Asian Games. In 2015, she transitioned from Dragonboat to Sailing and subsequently Rowing, where she won a Bronze medal at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore. At the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia, Joan competed in the women's 2,000m single sculls where she finished ninth. Following her initial attempt to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio, she finally booked her ticket for Tokyo 2020 and achieved fourth placing in the Women's Single Sculls E Finals.

Clarence Chew is the first Singapore-born paddler to qualify for the men's Table Tennis singles at the Olympics. Clarence started Table Tennis at the age of 5 years old and is currently a full-time athlete. He studied at Singapore Sports School and Republic Polytechnic (Diploma in Sports and Leisure Management) and joined the National Team in 2011. Clarence brings a wealth of competitive athlete experience, having represented Singapore at the recent Tokyo Olympic Games, 2010 Youth Olympic Games, 2014 Commonwealth Games and multiple SEA Games from 2013-2019.

Mr. Loh Ngiap Tai is the director of FootballPlus, a charity that uses a values-based football programme to impact the lives of young people in the community. Ngiap Tai is an AFC 'A' license coach with more than 20 years of coaching experience. He is also a Continuing Education & Training (CET) Lecturer with Republic Polytechnic in the School of Sports, Health and Leisure.

Tim has worked in Elite sports for 12 years starting out as a Physiotherapist in Australia before moving to the USA to work in elite performance training, specialising in biomechanics of NBA athletes. In 2013 he joined the Hudl team leading the Elite sales division in Australia, working across all the major National Federations. In 2017 he moved to Singapore to lead the development and growth of analytics across Asia building teams in China, Japan, Korea and Singapore. Tim has a passion for educating aspiring analysts and sport professionals and creating job opportunities as Hudl expands.

Considered the father of Malaysian track cycling, John Beasley is the longest-serving foreign coach in Malaysia after more than 15 years. Having coached world-class cyclists for several years, John led Malaysia to its first cycling medal at the Rio Olympic Games, followed by a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Beasley started with the Victorian Institute of Sport as an assistant coach, before the Australian Cycling Federation appointed him the national junior sprint track coach. In 2005, he was appointed as the Director Sportif for the AG2R Cycling Team. Beasley was next appointed the Australian national senior sprint track coach for one season. In 2006, he was appointed as the national track coach by Malaysian Sports Institute.

John is from a family that has been passionate about cycling for three generations. He shares his love, passion, and knowledge for the sport through coaching.

Dr. Neha Malhotra is the Skill Acquisition Specialist and Sport Psychologist at NYSI. Neha's work as a Skill Acquisition Specialist is greatly influenced by her insights from working as a Sport Psychologist as well as her research expertise. Neha's PhD from The University of Hong Kong primarily focused on identifying novel and individualised training approaches suited for individuals to optimise performance under pressure. Neha works closely with youth coaches on ways to apply skill acquisition principles in their everyday practices. Dr. Neha also currently oversees the NYSI Research and Development initiative which facilitates novel multidisciplinary projects in applied sport science to improve the performance of Singaporean youth athletes.

Jia Yi graduated from the School of Physical Education (SPE) with Honors and is a teacher by training. He taught for a few years in a Singapore school before returning to Physical Education and Sports Science (PESS) Academic Group as a lecturer. Jia Yi undertook further postgraduate study and obtained his PhD in the area of Motor Control and Learning with the University of Otago, New Zealand from an Overseas Graduate Scholarship (OGS) awarded by NIE. His research interests includes examining multi-articular coordination from a Dynamical Systems Theoretical perspective, visual perception in sports expertise and in a pedagogical approach (Nonlinear Pedagogy) where key pedagogical principles underpinned by representative learning design, manipulation of task constraints, functional variability, relevant focus of attention and task simplification can support nonlinearity in learning. He is currently on the Editorial Board for International Journal of Sport Psychology and Sports Medicine (Open).