Mission & Vision

Mission

To gather a group of motivated and passionate students through a platform, providing them with insights into current and future technological trends and allowing them to interact with industrial experts to advance their ideas while exploring learning and career opportunities in STEM.

Vision

To transform the event into an interactive conference that creates a sustainable, long-term impact on the perspectives of Malaysian youth on STEM developments in Malaysia.

Objectives

To connect students to industrial leaders in the field and equip students the bigger picture of learning and career opportunities in STEM.

To inspire students to apply their knowledge in STEM and provide platform for collaboration to advance their ideas.

To explore the current and future trends in technology applied in the real world.

Jasmine Ng

Opening Keynote Speaker

Jasmine Ng is the CEO of Razer Fintech, e-payment player with more than 1,000,000 service points across South East Asia. She was the ex CEO of NEM Malaysia, world-leading blockchain platform. She is also the co-founder and Advisor of EPIC Homes, social enterprise that builds houses for the poor. She was previously the Maybank’s Head of Strategic Digital Alliances, and Project Management Office. She is also the advisor for Malaysian Crime Prevention Centre.

Girish M Ramachandran

Topic : Smart Cities

Mr Girish M Ramachandran is the Executive Director of 27 Group, founded on the base of a network of individuals on a journey, having spent 25 years in working in audit, corporate recovery then corporate finance moving onto to management consultancy and focusing on natural and built assets since 2009. He started as an auditor for EY, and quickly ascended to become one of the most sought-after consultants, heading Arcadis’ business advisory, emerging Top 15 Entrepreneurs in Malaysia, and managing multi-billion-ringgit projects.

Dr Renard Siew

Topic : Future of Jobs

Renard is a graduate of Cambridge University and UNSW. In 2013, he was selected as one of 15 international scholars to attend the PhD Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). He has published in several international refereed journals. In 2014, he won a Highly Commended Paper award by the Emerald Literati Network and was a nominee for the Individual Leadership in Sustainability Infrastructure Award. Renard is currently attached to Group Sustainability at Sime Darby Berhad, a multinational conglomerate based in South East Asia. He was previously a postdoctoral teaching fellow and a researcher based at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW. His research interest lies in sustainability/ integrated reporting, ESG research, socially responsible investment (across different asset classes: equities, infrastructure and property/real estate), climate change and sustainable construction for the building/infrastructure sector.

Muhammad Azman Che Ani

Topic : Future of Jobs

Azman has more than 21 years of experience in assurance services. He started his career in audit in London office (of a Big Four Firm) in 1997 and joined KPMG Malaysia in 2001. Briefly, Azman has an extensive range of experience in coordinating and managing complex assurance assignments, both locally and internationally especially in industries that includes oil and gas, energy power generation, transportation and oil palm plantations. His main industry expertise is oil and gas where he is currently the engagement partner for one of the largest oil & gas companies in the upstream and downstream sectors. He was also the engagement director/partner for several Reporting Accountant engagements for large financing instruments issuance. Besides, Azman has been the reporting accountant on several IPOs and POS/Rights issues and has also been involved in raising funds under the stringent requirements of S144A of the SEC, USA.

Shazmi Ali

Topic : Future of Jobs

Shazmi Ali is a seasoned & broad experienced Human Resources Leader in Malaysia. With almost 2 decades of both commercial & HR experience, Shazmi was instrumental in many organizations that he has served. He has a wide range of experience in various industries – Manufacturing, Healthcare, IT, Oil & Gas, Aviation & Pharmaceutical. Having accumulated extensive experiences in Human Resources in SEA region, Mr Shazmi is now leading Shell’s effort in recruiting the best and brightest talents in Malaysia, and building a sustainable future with a sustainable talent base. Shazmi has been credited as the Global 100 Most Influential HR Person. Shazmi has also been added to Stanford Who's Who distinguished ranks of professional individuals as a result of his extraordinary work in the field of human resources.

Stephanie Ho

Topic : Future of Jobs

Stephanie Ho is a Senior Consultant at Kincentric (formally known as Aon) across talent & engagement solutions in Malaysia and Philippines. She is experienced in the talent management space, employee experience and employer branding space. At Kincentric she is responsible for ensuring that client are kept abreast with the development across employee experiences solutions, and aligning insights and development to their business and talent strategies. Stephanie's extensive list of client covers most industries and includes Sunway Group, Boustead Holdings, UGS Boral, Great Eastern, OCBC Bank, DHL Express, Servier Pharmaceutical and Chroma Hospitality.

YB Steven Sim Chee Keong

Closing Keynote Speaker

YB Steven Sim is is the current Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Malaysia. He is a politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP). He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam constituency. He also sits on the Board of Directors of Penang Institute, a public policy think-tank based in Penang, Malaysia. In 2012, YB Steven Sim was named as a Young Global Leader of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum. YB Steven Sim graduated from University of Malaya in computer science and served in a multinational corporation for three years before joining the Penang state government in 2008. A computer engineer turned MP, he still has been using technology to digitalise the governance system and improving delivery for people.

Dr. Jasmine Hau Yuan Wen

Topic: Medical Technology

Dr. Hau Yuan Wen is a research fellow and the head of Cardiac Informatics Cluster at UTM-IJN Cardiovascular Engineering Centre, also a senior lecturer at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She received both Ph.D. degree and master degree in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2009 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Hau's research interests are in the design of multi-processor systems-on-chip (MPSoC) /networks-on-chip (NoC), from high level algorithm modelling until low level of processing architecture design, as well as field programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation. From there her research interests have spread into the field of cryptographic and data security application, biomedical application such as arrhythmia classification and medical imaging processing, as well as ADHD/autism assessment. She has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences, and several book chapters. She has won many best invention awards in design competition, as well as best paper publication award in many international conferences. She is also a member of the IEEE.

Koh Wyhow

Topic: Data Analytics

Koh Wyhow is a data analytics professional with an excess of 5 years of experience, who obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from NUS. His work involves providing advanced analytics and business intelligence solutions for airlines, media, property and FMCG industries using various data science techniques such as Decision Trees, Random Forest and many more. He developed forecasting models to model future job vacancies, identify prospective customers, electoral results and many more.

Dr. Moonyati Yatid

Topic: Rise of Machines

Dr Moonyati is Senior Analyst in the Technology, Innovation, Environment and Sustainability Programme of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia. Her research focuses on issues related to technological advancements and innovation, with interests on digital economy, Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Internet of Things (IoT) and SME development. Her past projects include consultation work for the World Bank Group on the innovation terrain in Malaysia. Previously, she drove efforts on organisational improvements in the oil and gas industry, which comprises change management, resource optimisation and business improvement initiatives. She holds a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction from University of Sydney, Australia where her works focused on human behaviours and their correlations with collaborative software and hardware tools. She obtained her bachelor’s degree of Engineering in Design and Information Sciences from Wakayama University, Japan, with a dissertation on integrating culture in designing groupware.

Clarence Chan

Topic: Data Analytics

Clarence co-leads the Digital Trust team in PwC Malaysia. For over a decade, he led multiple projects advising clients in the area of technology risks, regulatory and compliance, specifically on cybersecurity and privacy, emerging tech and e-payments. Recent experience includes assisting one of the largest regional financial institution implementing a group wide data privacy and security framework covering 15 countries across APAC. Within the payment space, Clarence has also assisted some of the largest e-wallet and remittances players within the region in the area of licensing requirements, AML/CFT, customer & merchants onboarding, risk/compliance and security attestation. He is the co-author of a thought leadership publication with Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) titled “Building a Cyber Resilient Financial Institution”.