Issue 10 /12 October 2017

Themed ‘Shaping the Future Economy of Is-

kandar Malaysia’, YAB Dato’ Mohamed Khaled

Nordin, Menteri Besar of Johor Bahru officiated

the event in the morning while YB Dato Seri

Mustapa Mohamed graced the event despite his

busy schedule and delivered the Ministerial Key-

note Address in the afternoon. The Symposium

featured a line-up of high-profile speakers from

IKEA, Forest City and AirAsia who shared their

unique business propositions to be leader in their

fields. In the Plenary Sessions, top leaders

shared their insights on what could be the new landscape in

the next 10 years and how can Iskandar Malaysia reinvent

itself and adapt in the changing technology landscape. The

panelists include Mr Manohar Khiatani, Deputy Group CEO,

Ascendas-Singbridge, En Anwar Syahrin Abdul Ajib, MD and

CEO of UEM Sunrise, Ms Sarena Cheah, Managing Director

- Malaysia and Singapore, Property Division, Sunway Ber-

had, En Shahrull Alam, CEO Johor Ports and many more.

The Symposium brought together more than 650 people rep-

resented by our key stakeholders, investors and business

communities. We have 62 speakers/panelists and modera-

tors from local and international with representatives from

more than 16 Chambers of Commerce, Associations and

Business Councils. 6 Ambassadors/Counsel General/First

Secretary led by HE Vanu Gopala (Singapore), HE Maria

Castillo (EU) and HE Masahiko Horie (Special Assistant to

Minister of Foreign Affairs Japan took time to the Symposi-

um.

According to YB MITI Minister, Iskandar Malaysia remains

one of the key beneficiaries of the improving economy espe-

cially with all the investor-friendly factors in place along with

its positioning as a choice destination for Investment, Work

and Living.

In his opening address, YAB Dato Seri Khaled Nordin urged

investors (local and foreign) to embrace Industrial

4.0 and new technologies for Johor to remain

competitive and relevant in the global market.

Invest Iskandar Malaysia 2017 Symposium, touted as the biggest

and most comprehensive investment-related event in the south-

ern economic corridor was held on 3 to 4 October at the Phoenix

Hotel, Forest City in Johor. The Symposium organised by Iskan-

dar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) is part of the Invest

Iskandar Malaysia series and was also one of the signature

events in conjunction with Iskandar Malaysia’s year-long 10th

anniversary celebration (IM10).

Held over 2 days, the Symposium focused on three main areas of

economic growth which drive the sustainable development of

Iskandar Malaysia. These are: investments and moving forward

strategies, digital

economy and green

economy. There

were also five con-

current tracks on

Halal Economy, For-

est City Collabora-

tive Opportunities,

Talent in Iskandar

Malaysia, Destina-

tion Iskandar Malay-

sia and Green Econ-

omy & Future Cities.

Datuk Ismail and YAB Khaled Nordin with the VVIPs YAB Chief Minister

delivering his opening address

YB MITI Minister delivering his

Ministerial Keynote address

INVEST ISKANDAR MALAYSIA

2017 SYMPOSIUM (cont.)

Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, the Chief Executive of IRDA said “This

conference is a platform for the gathering of corporate leaders,

policy makers, investors – existing and potential Iskandar Ma-

laysia investors alike, and various professional practitioners

from the public and private sectors as well as community lead-

ers and influencers, from Malaysia and overseas.”

“As we move closer towards our maturity as an economic cor-

ridor in 2025, it is timely to envision the future economy of Is-

kandar Malaysia. We are willing to learn from foreign and local

experts on the new transformative forces which can change

the economic landscape and provide great business opportu-

nities and not forgetting the lessons that we can take away

from the past years,” he added.

Datuk Ismail Ibrahim In his welcome remarks

Engku Ahmad Kamel Director of Economics & Investment IRDA

delivering the investments update

Panelists in action during Plenary Session 1

Panelists in action during Plenary Session 2

Robots in action during The Opening Ceremony Aireen Omar on Building the Next Airline Hub

Lively Plenary Session 3 led by Mr Manoj, MD Frost Sullivan

INVEST ISKANDAR MALAYSIA

2017 SYMPOSIUM (cont.)

Day 2—Green Economy and Future Cities

YBhg Datin Badriyah Ab Malek, Deputy Secretary General

(Energy and Green Technology) under the Ministry of Energy,

Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) gave the opening

address followed by inter-

esting keynote lectures by

Prof T Ikaga, Keio Univer-

sity, HE Masahiko Horie

and TPr Hajah Rokibah

Abdul Latif, Deputy DG,

PLAN Malaysia. The Ple-

nary session with a diversi-

fied group of panelists

(local and international)

was moderated by Prof Ho

Chin Siong, Director of

UTM Low Carbon Asia

Centre.

In the morning Special

Tracks, we have the Talent

in Iskandar Malaysia with

interesting presentation on

the German Dual Vocation-

al Training Model by Josef

Tschoep, Malaysia-

German Chamber of Com-

merce & Industry followed

by a lively Plenary Session

with industry players mod-

erated by IRDA’s Nagara-

jan Prakash. In this ses-

sion, we heard from AEGIS

and Politeknik Ibrahim Sul-

tan bringing insights on the

supply and demand for talent.

In the Destination Iskandar Malaysia session moderated by

Prof Dr Amran Hamzah, UTM, we saw interesting presenta-

tion and discussion on Big Move 3 Destination Iskandar,

health tourism, opportunities in Muslim travel market as well as

Forest City’s tourism strategies.

Panelists In Action During Plenary Session 1

HE Masahiko Horie on Climate Change and 2015 Paris Agreement

Prof Toshiharu Ikaga intro-ducing Future City Initiatives

Datin Badriyah Ab Malek de-livering the opening address

TPr Hajah Rokibah on Sustainable Future Cities

Plenary Session moderated by Prof Ho, UTM

Destination Iskandar - Plenary Session

Talent in Iskandar Malaysia —Plenary Session

INVEST ISKANDAR MALAYSIA

2017 SYMPOSIUM (cont.)

Day 2—Digital Economy—Smart Cities and Digital Transfor-

mation

In the afternoon, we started off with the welcoming address by

Datuk Ismail. The sessions for digital economy were very in-

tense with exciting presentations and discussions by leading

players in the digital world such as SAS Malaysia, China Tele-

kom, Smart City Consorti-

um Hongkong, Microsoft

Asia Pacific, IBM Malaysia,

MDEC Malaysia with lead

presentations by TM One,

Telekom Malaysia.

Keynote speaker En Azizi A

Hadi, Executive Vice Presi-

dent, TM One shared in-

sights on TM’s journey to-

wards smart cities and this

topic was further elaborated

by En Zamry Ibrahim.

Hazmi Yusof, Managing

Director Malaysia, Frost & Sullivan presented the 5 year out-

look for global smart cities setting the pace for the session.

In the Special Track on Green Economy, interesting views

were presented by speakders from Japan (Kyoto and Toyama

city), United Kingdom, Thailand, Australia and Taiwan.

Panelists In Action During Plenary Session 1 Hazmi Yusof - Global Smart Cities 5 Year Outlook

En Azizi Executive VP, TM One

Plenary Session 1-The Future is Now, moderated by Hazmi Yusof

Plenary Session 2 - Smart Mobility and Big Data moderated by Safuan Yusof, IRDA

Top left clockwise: Taro Akatsuka, Kyoto City, Satoko Yanagihara, Toyama City, Kaye Patdu, UN Environment

Programme, Bangkok, Prof Dr Huang, Minima Technolo-gy Taiwan, Prof Peter Davies, University Western Aus-

tralia, Perth, Jon Price, Maynard Innovations, UK

Dr. Rezal khairi ahmad - ceo nanomalaysia

INVEST ISKANDAR MALAYSIA

2017 SYMPOSIUM (cont.)

INVEST ISKANDAR MALAYSIA

2017 SYMPOSIUM (cont.)

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