KUCHING: Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM), a statutory body under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti), organised the two-day Global R&D Leaders and CEOs Forum 2015 that was held here beginning yesterday.
The forum is supported by the Sarawak Convention Bureau, Sarawak Government, Sarawak Energy Bhd, Sime Darby Plantation Bhd, and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).
The forum, themed ‘Injecting Soul into R&D’, was officiated at by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur on behalf of her minister, Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau.
The forum hoped to enlighten change makers and stakeholders to pave the way, develop and find solutions to challenges facing humankind, such as poverty, malnutrition and climate change.
The forum comprises five sessions, with session one focusing on finding the soul in R&D, session two on leveraging social innovation and entrepreneurship, session three on co-producing value-based solution, session four on technology sharing, and session five on sustainable financing and impact investing.
The International Association of Universities (IAU) president Prof Tan Sri Dzulkifli Abd Razak delivered his keynote address on ‘Injecting Soul into R&D’ yesterday.
Speakers such as Universiti Malaya’s Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Martha Tilaar Group founder Dr Martha Tilaar, Mercy Malaysia founder Tan Sri Jemilah Mahmood, Ashoka India director Vishnu Swaminathan and Simply Giving chief executive officer Kristopher Rogers will be speaking at the forum.
Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Promotion of Technical Education) cum Assistant Minister of Environment Datu Len Talif Salleh will close the forum on behalf of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem today.