Associate Professor Dr Shahrina Md Nordin is the founding head of Centre of Social Innovation (COSI), UTP. She currently leads the committee for the University Social Responsibility on socio-economic development of the rural communities for poverty alleviation. She has been active in research, funded by government and corporate agencies at national and international levels. She was a project leader in socioeconomic impact studies of the oil and gas industry on local communities in Malaysia. Her work on social innovation was funded by MOSTI Social Innovation (MSI) fund under the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (Malaysia) and other agencies. Her active involvement with NGOs and various agencies has provided her not only with theoretical knowledge but also pragmatic and practical experience in communities’ development projects and social impact related studies. She is part of the founding members of the Malaysian Social Business Network. She is currently an active associate member of Academy of Sciences Malaysia. At the international front, she is an appointed reviewer by Research Council United Kingdom (RCUK She was appointed as Track Paper Review Chair, Social Business Academia Conference (SBAC), Paris and Germany 2017-2019. She was also given the opportunity to be a Plenary Speaker at SBAC, Germany. She recently was given the opportunity to lead an internationally funded research by British Council. She has published numerous papers in indexed journals. She has also authored a number books and was an editor for publications. She is currently an associate professor at the Management and Humanities Department, specializing in the areas of language and communications.

Dr Hairuzila Idrus is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). She obtained her Ph.D in Education from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Masters in TESOL and Bachelor of arts in Linguistics from the US. She has vast experience in teaching at tertiary level where she served UiTM for 10 years and UTP for 21 years. The courses that she teaches in UTP are Professional Communication Skills, Academic Writing and Technical Writing. Her areas of expertise are Education, particularly language education, engineering education and teaching and learning methods, and Applied Linguistics. She is a member of the Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics and has served as a Committee Member for the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia for 4 years. Dr Hairuzila has done numerous trainings and workshops, among them are English Language Proficiency courses, Technical Writing for Engineers, Proposal Writing, Active Learning Workshops and Cooperative Learning Workshops. Among the participants of her English language proficiency courses were the PETRONAS Scholars, exchange students from Korean Maritime and Ocean University, exchange students from Russia, Japan and staff from the Ministry of Oil and Gas, Gabon. She has also conducted Technical Writing courses for the industries like PETRONAS, Tabung Haji and INSTEP. He has over 12 years of working experience in industry, academia, and research. Her research interests are in the areas of engineering education, communication, applied linguistics and teaching and learning methods, particularly Active Learning. She has also been awarded with research grants by the Ministry of Education as well as the industries to conduct research in these areas.