Kuala Lumpur, 19th January 2017 :- Malaysia and Switzerland are teaming up via an inaugural business innovation program catered to upgrade and boost innovation, commercialisation and internationalisation of Malaysian business ideas to greater heights.

The Swiss Innovation Challenge 2017, a prestigious collaboration between Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) International Business School and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), and strongly supported by the Federal Commission of Technology and Innovation of the Switzerland government as well as the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia, is a project encompassing coaching and mentoring of 100 potential businesses aiming to go global with their business ideas and innovations.

An eight-month long stint, this project will work on the basis of comprehensive knowledge, innovation and experience transfer from Switzerland to Malaysia, involving multiple collaborations between various parties, particularly from the Swiss-Malaysian industries, mentoring by prominent business leaders, networking sessions with selected industries, engagement in business forums, as well as private, tailored coaching to participants.

The MoA signing on this project witnessed the Switzerland Ambassador as well as the MOSTI Minister gracing the ceremony on the 1^st November 2016.

The Grand Kick-Off, launching of the Challenge, which took place earlier today, in UTM Kuala Lumpur, where again, both the Minister and the Ambassador represented Malaysia and Switzerland. An overwhelming response was received for participations, from all over the country, as well as from other nations, and the 100 most innovative and potential business ideas were selected.

The Grand Kick-Off will witness participants from all over the nation, various parties from the Swiss Malaysian Business Association, and the industry, researchers and students, to gather in UTM Kuala Lumpur to join the Kick-Off.

For the next months that follow, the Challenge will monitor the performances of each business (team) and by end of July, 25 teams will be selected for the final business pitch and internationalisation of their projects.

A CSR project by both nations, the Challenge seeks to obtain financial and moral support from various organisations and industries throughout Malaysia.

The SIC Asia (Malaysia) Team plans to turn the Challenge into a ‘reality show’ in 2018, and is seeking for potential collaborators to make this happen

28 Jan 2016, Johor Bahru  – UTM Language Academy organised a free market event today at Pusat Komuniti Kg. Pasir. People do not need to pay anything and they can take any of the new and preloved items that they need from the event. This might be a new concept to some but the team hope that this event will encourage the habit of giving.

The objective of this community event is to highlight the importance of kindness. Kindness from both the giver and the receiver. For the giver, instead of throwing things away and hurting the environment, it would be kinder to give them away to those who are less fortunate to reuse the items. They also have to make sure that they only donate items that are in good condition. For the receiver, kindness needs to be exercised in the sense of politeness and consideration for others. Although they can take whatever they want, they also need to refrain from taking things just for the sake of taking.

  Tajuk      :  Town Hall Session UTM Global Plan (Phase III : 2018 – 2020)

                   Tarikh     :   11 September 2017

                   Masa       :   10.30 hingga 1.00 tengahari (selepas Perhimpunan Bulanan)

                  Tempat    :   Dewan Sultan Iskandar, UTM Johor Bahru

Sunway City, 8 September 2017 – His Royal Highness Sultan Dr. Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Azlan Shah Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfurlah, the Sultan of Perak is to launch Professor Tan Sri Dr. Lin See Yan’s Second book “Turbulence in Trying Times. What Are We to Do?” at Sunway University today.  The event hosted by Tan Sri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah, AO, Founding Trustee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation and Chancellor of Sunway University. 

The book is a follow-up to “The Global Economy in Turbulent Times” which was launched in 2015. The essays within “Turbulence in Trying Times. What Are We to Do?” pick up on developments covering the recent past two-and-a-half years until 2017.  Hoping to initiate a conversation among readers and with leaders on serious global problems (especially in Asia), the book gives an account of world affairs since the beginning of 2015.

The book is a culmination of Professor Tan Sri Dr Lin’s 50 years of experience in economics which includes consultations with high-level policy analysts and immersion in core domestic policy discussions. 

Tan Sri Dr Lin is a Harvard educated economist, a British Chartered Scientiest and Malaysia’s first UK Chartered Statistician.  Holding three post-graduate degrees from Harvard University including a PhD in Economics, he is currently Pro-Chancellor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

“Turbulence in Trying Times. What Are We to Do?” has received excellent reviews by His Royal Highness Sultan Dr. Nazrin Muizzudin Shah; Tan Sri Dr Jeffrey Cheah, AO; Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik, Chancellor, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman; Dwight Perkins, Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University; Muhammad Ibrahim, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia; Jeffrey Sachs, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Anwar Nasution, Professor of Economics, Universiti Indonesia and Woo Wing-Thye, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis

“Turbulence in Trying Times. What Are We to Do?” will be available at all major bookstores.

We, SustaIN Secretariat, are pleased to invite you to participate in UTMRS-ICAT 2017. This conference is organized by UTM Razak School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. It comprises of three conferences – ICHCKM, SUDLiC and SustaIN. UTMRS-ICAT 2017 will bring together experts from industries, public sectors, researchers and academic.This conference is also a joint conference with international institutions such as Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia and Naresuan University, Thailand. It will cover broad areas of sustainable development and human capital and knowledge management.

LAUNCHED BY: YBHG. DATO’ SRI HAJI FADILLAH HAJI YUSOF (MINISTER OF WORKS)

**Awarded with 6 CPD Hours from BEM**

**Published in Special Issue of Malaysian Construction Research Journal MCRJ-Scopus Index (with additional fee)

SPEAKERS

 Forum Session

Sustainable Development Goals 2030 – The Challenges of Sustainable Development Realising Dreams From Realities

 Panels:

1. Dato’ Sri Haji Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir (Vice President (Marketing) of Petronas)
2. Prof. Ir. Dr. Ade Sjafruddin (Dosen Teknik Sipil Institut Teknologi Bandung)
3. Dr. Shuhana Shamsuddin (Ex-Professor of Urban Design, UTM)

Experience Sharing Session

Knowledge Management Practices: Implementation, Challenges and Key Success Factors in Industry

 Speakers:

1. Dr Jasbir Singh (Manager, Human Capital Development Center, Bank Negara Malaysia)
2. Dr. Ida Yasin (Knowledge Management Expert, Asian Productivity Organisation)

CONFERENCE  FEE

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• All mode of payments (bank-in/ bank draft/ cheque/ telegraphic transfer) should be made payable to BENDAHARI UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA

• All proof of payment documents / receipts should be upload at the online registration link:  http://razakschool.utm.my/icat/online-registration/

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Thank you for your kind attention.

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