The following is a list of confirmed invited speakers (in alphabetical order). Titles and abstracts of the invited presentations will be provided when available.

• Ryan Baker:  Columbia University, USA
      Research in Discussion Forums in the MOOC Big Data in Education (Abstract)
• Zhiqiang Cai: The University of Memphis, USA:
      Coh-Metrix: An Advanced Tool for Text Evaluation (Abstract)
• Simon Dennis, University of New Castle, Australia
      What Corpus Linguistics can Learn from Neuroscience (Abstract)
• Art Graesser, The University of Memphis, USA and University of Oxford, UK
      Assessments through Computer Analyses of Language, Discourse, and Conversation
      (Abstract)
• Bor-Chen Kuo, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
      A Chinese Coh-Metrix and Its Application (Abstract)
• Ping Li, Pennsylvania State University, USA: 
      Brain Networks, Language Learning, and Big Data: 
      Individual Differences and Neuroplasticity Revealed (Abstract)
• Dekang Lin, Google, USA: 
      Mining Lexical Knowledge from Unlabeled Text (Abstract)
• Benjamin Nye, Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, USA
      AI in Education as Distributed Services: A New Ecosystem for Education and Research
      (Abstract)
• Robby Robson: EduWorks Corporation, USA
      Application of Semantic Analysis in Real World Applications (Abstract)