SPEAKERS
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URIIS 2026 MARQUEE SPEAKERS
Opening Ceremony
YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development
PLENARY SESSION 1: Charting Malaysia's Path To 2030
Research, Innovation And Investment For National Development
22 September 2026 (Tuesday), 10.15 - 11.00 am World Trade Centre, Dewan Merdeka Level 4
Moderator
YB Dato' Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)
Panel
YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Panel
YB Datuk Seri Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil
Minister of Communications
Panel
YB Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
Ministry of Finance II
PLENARY SESSION 2 : MALAYSIA'S RESEARCH & INNOVATION-DRIVEN INVESTMENT ECONOMY
23 September 2026, 9.30 AM - 10.30 AM,Dewan Merdeka, Level 4
Moderator
Ashran Dato’ Ghazi
Chief Executive Officer, MRANTI
Panel
Datuk Zulkarnain Md Eusoff
Managing Director, Danajamin Nasional Berhad
Panel
Eneng Faridah Iskandar
Deputy Managing Director, MCMC
Panel
Zuaida Abdullah
Deputy Director (Investment), MIDA
Panel
Ng Sai Kit
Regional Managing Director, ASEAN, Tencent Cloud
Panel
Tindaro Danze
Program and SME Executive, NVIDIA
PLENARY SESSION 3: MYTMAP2030: FROM RESEARCH TO IMPACT
Accelerating Technology Innovation, Investment and Industry Adoption
23 September 2026, 10.30 AM - 12.00 PM,Merdeka Hall, Level 4
Moderator
Prof. Dr. Zamberi Sekawi
Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Research & Innovation)
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Panel
Abdul Karim Fakir Ali
Managing Director
MCMC
Panel
Hakan Olofsson
Director of Advance Technology
CTO Office, Asia Pacific Ericsson
Panel
Dr. Zaharudin Mansor
Managing Director
Boustead Plantation Berhad
Panel
Junaida Abdullah
Head of Enterprise Innovation Platform (EIP)
U Mobile
Panel
Vlakshmanan Lakshmanan
Vice President, Frontend Technology
Infineon Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Panel
Jean Wang
Vice President, Education and Healthcare
Huawei Asia Pacific