AEI-HUAWEI CONFERENCE
Digitalization and Development, Ecosystem for Promoting Industrial Revolution 4.0 Technologies in Malaysia
Date: 11-12 October 2022
Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar
Note: Seats are limited to 80 participants, first-come, first-served basis.
Conference Background and Objectives
As waves of digitization and digitalization gained momentum by the turn of the millennium, the enthusiasm for industry 4.0 began to rear both promise as well as panic. On the one hand, the engineers began turning out in increasing numbers robots and drones that are driven by artificial intelligence and machine learning. On the other hand, the sight of unmanned autonomous vehicles began to scare millions of people as they feared losing their jobs in the new technological regime that has increasingly been proliferating all facets of life. This conference seeks to unfold the diffusion of digitalization and industry 4.0 technologies in Malaysia by focusing on the embedding ecosystem critical for its expansion. Given the irreversible evolution of digitalization and industry 4.0 technologies, the papers seek to examine its proliferation in the major sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services, as well as the intermediary organizations essential for the promotion and protection of the processes and orderly performance of the embedding infrastructure and socioeconomic agents. In doing so, the conference seeks to break ground by reviewing incisively policy instruments critical to quicken the orderly development of the embedding organizations and regulatory framework to effectively appropriate socioeconomic synergies from digitalization and industry 4.0 technologies. The papers presented at the conference are expected to be published as chapters in the book, Digitalization and Development: Ecosystem for Promoting Industry 4.0 Technologies in Malaysia by Routledge Press, which is expected to be out on February 25, 2023.
| 8:00 am | : | Registration and light drinks/snacks |
| 9:00 am | : | Opening:
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| 9:30 am | : | Keynote Lecture: Distinguished Professor Dato’ Dr. Rajah Rasiah Title: Prometheus Unbound: Digitalization and Industrial Revolution 4.0  |
| 9:50 am | : | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:00 am | : | Session 1 Chair: Associate Professor Dr. Roy Anthony Rogers Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UM Speaker 1: Dr. Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid Head of Economics and Research Department, EPF Title: Digitalizing Food Production through the Fertigation System Speaker 2: Mr. Hisham Razuli Halim Head of Business and Development, DreamEDGE Title: Proliferation of IR4.0 Technologies in Large Scale Agriculture. Speaker 3: Ms. Charis Yeap Khai Leang PhD Candidate, Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Title: Diffusion of IR 4.0 Technologies in Electronics Manufacturing. Discussant: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Tham Siew Yean Visiting Senior Fellow, Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) Q&A: 30 Minutes |
| 12:00 pm | : | Lunch and Prayer Break |
| 1:30 pm | : |
Plenary session 1: Making the Technical Leap into IR4.0 Mr. Kamarul A Muhamed Mr. Naguib Mohd Nor Mr. Chong Chern Peng Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Kamal Mat Salih Dr. Sumitra Nair |
| 3:00 pm | : | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 3:15 pm | : | Session 2 Chair: Prof. Dr. Low Wah Yun, Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UM Speaker 1: Ms. Kiranjeet Kaur, PhD Candidate, Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Title: Ecosystem for Promoting IR 4.0 Technologies in Textiles and Clothing Manufacturing. Speaker 2: Dr. Shankaran Nambiar, Senior Research Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) Title: Did Digitalization Help Manufacturers Cope with COVID-19 Pandemic? Speaker 3: Dr. Mohamad Norjayadi Tamam, Director, Delivery Management Office (DMO) Title: Government Initiatives to Promote Adoption of IR4.0 Technologies in Manufacturing. Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sameer Kumar, Associate Professor, Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Q&A: 30 Minutes |
| 6:30 pm | : | Dinner |
| 8:30 am | : | Registration and light drinks/snacks |
| 9:00 am | : | Session 3 Chair: Datuk Prof Dr. Danny Wong Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UM Speaker 1: Prof. Emeritus Dr. Tham Siew Yean Visiting Senior Fellow, Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) Title: Ecommerce Expansion in Malaysia Speaker 2: Dr. Khairul Hanim Pazim Senior lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Title: Digitalization and the GIG Economy: Ecosystem System Supporting Consumer Services Speaker 3: Mr. Naguib Mohd Nor CEO and MD of Business Consulting Centre, Strand Aerospace Malaysia Title: The Role of STRAND in Malaysia’s Industrial Transformation Speaker 4: Dr. Maslina Daud Senior Vice President, Cyber Security Proactive Services Division, CyberSecurity Malaysia Title: Addressing Cybersecurity Measures Discussant: Dr. Nurliana Kamaruddin Deputy Executive Director (Academic & Student Affairs), Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Q&A: 25 Minutes |
| 11:15 am | : | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:30 am | : |
Plenary session 2: The Digital Divide in Society Prof. Emeritus Dr. Tham Siew Yean Dr. Mohd Shahril Nizam bin Shaharom Datuk Dr. Anis Yusal Yusoff Dr. Smita Kuriakose Professor Khaeruddin Sudharmin |
| 1:00 pm | : | Lunch and Prayer Break |
| 2:00 pm | : | Session 4 Chair: Dr. Ngeow Chow Bing Director, Institute of China Studies (ICS), FASS, UM Speaker 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dorothy DeWitt (Rtd.) Faculty of Education, UM Title: Creative Digital Pedagogies for Student Engagement: Preparing students for Industry 4.0 Speaker 2: Dr. Nurliana Kamaruddin Deputy Executive Director (Academic & Student Affairs), Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Title: Online Education in Malaysia: Institutional Change to Stimulate Digital Literacy Speaker 3: Dr. Cheong Kee Cheok Adjunct Professor, , Faculty of Business and Economics, UM Title: The Role of TVET in IR4.0 for Malaysia Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fumitaka Furuoka Associate Professor, Asia-Europe Institute (AEI), UM Q&A: 30 Minutes |
| 4:00 pm | : | Closing Speech: Distinguished Professor Dato' Dr. Rajah Rasiah Executive Director, Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya |
| 4:30 pm | : | Coffee/Tea Break |
Last Update: 25/10/2022