PLENARY SESSION 1 : BEST PRACTICES OF SCIENCE PARKS

Since the establishment of the first science park in 1951 by Stanford University, the concept of the science park has undergone several reinventions and redefinitions. Governments across the world have adopted this concept as a popular policy instrument to stimulate economic development through wealth creation from technological innovations as well as the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The question is how to plan, manage and operate science parks that can successfully achieve the desired end goal of stimulating economic development.

This plenary session will deliberate on best practices in the development and operation of science parks including aspects of governance, business strategies, financing and sustainability. Science parks should serve as a catalyst for partnerships. This plenary session will highlight best practices in the design of spaces that create encounters as well as value-added services that promote linkages among resident firms leading to the generation of new technologies and better business results.

Taufik is currently the Vice President at Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA). His primary responsibility is to see Iskandar Malaysia primed to be the most liveable metropolis by 2025 in accordance to the strategies laid out in the Comprehensive Development Plan.

Several key projects that relate to wealth sharing and inclusiveness fall under his supervision, which include enhancing economic participation, and achieving equitable wealth & social connectedness. Prior to IRDA, Taufik served several state government agencies. He went to Purdue in 1997 and studied economics.

Suwipa Wanasathop is Director of Thailand Science Park (TSP), and Vice President of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). NSTDA is the scientific and technological solution provider for Thai businesses, with five national research centers on Biotechnology, Materials Technology, Electronics and Computer Technology, Nanotechnology, and Energy Technology, with over 2,000 full-time researchers. She drives TSP as a robust innovation platform, and home for S&T, and Innovation- driven corporates and startups. Suwipa acquires extensive experience in technology commercialization and industry engagement through different mechanisms such as technology business incubation, joint-venture investment, low-interest loan, tax incentives, and programs to foster innovation and technology transfer. She also serves as Asia Pacific President of the International Association of Science Parks and Area of Innovation (IASP), President of the Asian Association of Business Incubators (AABI), and Honorary President of the Thai Business Incubators and Science Park Association(Thai-BISPA). She has also been a Board member in the University Business Incubator Sub-Committee under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, as well as Advisor to the Asian-Oceanian Computing Industry Organization (ASOCIO) and the Association of the Thai ICT Industry ( ATCI).

Hadi K. Purwadaria was the founder of the Incubator Center for Agribusiness and Agroindustry (ICAA) of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in 1995, and lead the incubator to a sustain institution until 2005, when it was further developed into Research and Development Center for Entrepreneurship with the ICAA remained as a division under the new Center. He became the Director of the Center until 2007.

Under his management, ICAA-IPB has been selected as one of the twelve agricultural incubator models in the world by infoDev, an incubator forum under the World Bank.

He has been also one of the ten founders of the Association of Indonesian Business Incubators (AIBI) in 1996, and the only one among them since then who has been consistently motivating the incubator development in Indonesia up to the present through various government programs at the Ministry of Education lately transformed to the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs, and Office of Coordinating Minister for Economics. He is currently holding the Commission International of AIBI.

He is active in various international incubator fora such as APIN (Asia Pacific Incubator Network), infoDev – World Bank, SPICE (Science Park and Innovation Center Experts), and AABI (Asian Association of Business Incubators), and has made many presentations at various international business incubator meetings. He initiated the formation of ABINet (ASEAN Business Incubator Network) in 2013 which has 30 technology and business incubator members from all over ASEAN such as NUS and SMU from Singapore, TPM from Malaysia, Thai BIC Software Park, Center for Business Incubation of Agricultural Hi-Tech from Vietnam, and Ayala TBI from Philippines. This program continued to 2018-2020 under the ASEAN-JAIF Project : “Promoting the SME Competitiveness through ABINet”.

With a profession in food process engineering, he had served as a teaching and research professor at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, IPB, Bogor, lately transformed into Dept Mechanical and Biosystem Engineering from 1970 – 2011, and at the Department of Food Science at Swiss German University, Tangerang from 2012-2014. He wrote a chapter in some international books like the CIGR Agricultural Engineering Handbook Vol VI published by ASABE US in 2007, the Modernization of Traditional Food Processes and Products published by Springer in 2016, and the latest one is Konjac Glucomannan published by CRC in 2020. He has been also active in some professional organizations such as the Technical Committee of Intelligent Control in Agricultural Automation, IFAC (International Federation for Automatic Control).

SESSION 6 – SCIENCE PARKS AS ENABLER OF COOPETITION AMONG SMES IN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Science Parks as Enablers of Coopetition Among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Advanced Technology Development Small and medium enterprises are the backbone of economies as they are considered key drivers of employment, innovation and economic growth. It is therefore imperative for SMEs to adopt and develop advanced technologies to sustain their competitiveness in an environment of rapid technological changes and high economic uncertainties. However, in order to thrive in such environment, SMEs need to adopt strategies that would overcome resource and capability constraints to pursue technological development that entails high investments and risks. Coopetition is an important strategy for SMEs in knowledge- and innovation-intensive, dynamic and complex industries that are typically characterised by short product life-cycles, a need for high research and development (R&D) investments and convergence of various technologies. Coopetition is a business strategy that emphasises both cooperation and competition relations between two or more organizations that combines complementary resources and strengths to create synergies. A key prerequisite of coopetition is mutual trust, especially crucial when it involves competitors. Trust is built through continued successful interactions among the coopetitors. Science parks can serve as trust builders supporting the implementation of SMEs coopetition strategies. This plenary session will highlight the features and functionalities of science parks that enable SMEs to enter into coopetition relationships to develop advanced technologies.

Dr. Ramesh Zaidi Rozan, Associate Professor in Information Systems at Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS) and formerly in School of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for 16 years. Previously, he served as the Director of UTM XCITE, a university-level centre for innovation and entrepreneurship building between UTM community and external stakeholders. He has more than 27 years of experience and was formerly in four positions of non-academic and academic in private and public organizations and an entrepreneur since 1993. He has BSc, M.IT and D. Eng in Information Science and Control Engineering in 2007 from Japan and a Diploma in Digital Entrepreneurship in 2020.

Dr. Zaidi continues his professional development, having recently been selected as one of 16 worldwide participants of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) USA focusing on Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Inter-Regional Project. He also led the Impact Digital Entrepreneurship Apprentice@KPT National Program, and just recently completed a Master Program in Data Scientist. Since 2013, he has accumulated 1.53 million industry grants and 2.03 million public grants from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia on projects relating to entrepreneurship development. Actively involved in coaching and mentoring start-ups, he has assisted many projects or enterprises owned by young entrepreneurs. This involves mostly technologically driven enterprises within the domain of Computing and Electronics.

SESSION 5 – Supporting Start-ups Experiences from the National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS)

The National Technology and Innovation Sandbox was launched in July 2020 as a means for Malaysian researchers, innovators, start-ups and high-tech entrepreneurs to test their products, services, business models and delivery mechanisms in a live environment.

Over the past year the Sandbox has supported and funded more than 70 companies in a diverse range of technologies in key industries such as fintech, healthcare and agriculture. The implementation of the programme has also brought to light some important findings regarding the support and facilitation needed by the start-ups to transition from lab prototypes to successful commercial products. The experiences of the team managing the programme, key lessons learnt as well as case studies of successful and not so successful projects will be shared in this session to serve as a framework and reference for similar programmes in the future.

Jie Ai is currently Regional Project Manager (APAC) at Manus Bio, a biotech startup manufacturing plant-based ingredients sustainably via advanced fermentation. Previously, as ecosystem developer and programme manager at NUS Enterprise@Singapore Science Park, she managed a portfolio of deep tech startups, facilitating business connections and events for startup success. She was also a market access consultant for Israeli high tech firms looking to expand into ASEAN, managing the roll-out of Dragontail Systems (ASX:DTS)’s artificial intelligence automation platform in Fortune 500 company YUM!’s quick service restaurants.

Interested in foodtech, innovation, and sustainable practices, Jie Ai holds a B.Sc. Food Science and Technology from NUS, and is currently reading a M.Sc, Management of Technology to learn more about IP management, technology forecasting, and strategic new product development for future-proof businesses.

CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSION 4 – INNOVATIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE

While we’ve had our fair share of innovative breakthroughs in the past that have changed the world, the more amazing, incredible and world rattling innovations of the future will change the world even greater in many ways. The tech innovation of the future will also be seen and felt in all segments of our lives. According to experts some tech innovations that will have the potential to shape our future are:

• Personal robot assistants – it was the cartoon Jetsons we’ve dreamt for these robotic household servants of the future.
• Heart-Monitoring Clothes – the next generation of heart health might lie in heart-monitoring T-shirts. These devices accurately measure heartbeats and then load the data into a Cloud server.
• 3D Printing – Though. 3D printers have been around for some time now, but the applications in the future almost seem limitless.
• The AI Revolution – it’s hard to envision an area where AI won’t be put to use though already being used in many fields. A study by Stanford University predicts that AI will completely change how people work, where people live, how people drive and even how entire communities will be organized.
• The Evolution of Smartphones – though smartphones already control much of our lives, many believe holographic displays and communications will become a common feature on most smartphones

Jacob is the Managing Director of Fusionex Group – an established multi-award-winning data technology leader specializing in Analytics, Big Data Management, IR 4.0, Internet of Things, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Jacob has more than a decade’s experience in enterprise software project implementation. He has overseen and been involved in all aspects of Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Trade Facilitation and IR 4.0 projects encompassing large volumes of business data and diverse

data sources to provide in-depth analysis of data and trends for numerous clients spanning various industries. Jacob has a strong technical background coupled with a wide domain knowledge across manufacturing, market research, finance and asset management. His expertise and experience have led him to have successfully executed and spearheaded projects for both large corporations and SMEs in the US, the UK, France, Holland, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

Jacob is often invited to give talks in numerous forums and conferences, and has been invited

by Gartner, Alibaba, General Electric, UOB Bank, ACCA, Lazada, The Star, Digital News Asia, MDEC, FMM and PIKOM, among many others, to share his erudite views and deep insights on how businesses can excel with new technology.

With a passion for data science and over 15 years of experience in the telecommunications field under her belt, Sharala Axryd is leading the datadriven business transformation and driving the benchmark for data science education in the ASEAN region. A thought leader in the data science space, she is a highly-sought after speaker for conferences with topics ranging from analytics to women in STEM.

Award-winner of the EY Woman Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 Malaysia, SEBA 2018 Woman Technopreneur of the Year and among the Digerati 50 by Digital News Asia (DNA), she is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Center of Applied Data Science (CADS), ASEAN’s first and only one stop platform and center of excellence for Data Science. She was part of the team that brought in The Data Incubator (an American-based data science center) to Malaysia, launched ASEAN’s first data science accelerator program in 2016 and spearheaded an initiative with the Harvard Business School in Boston to support Malaysia’s national agenda to be the hub for Big Data Analytics (BDA).

Prior to CADS, she worked with a diverse set of clients to deliver hands on training through several workshops and trainings on GPRS Performance Analysis and Optimisation. As the Founder and Managing Director of ULearn, Sharala and her team was successful with the Hands On Technology Training (HOTT), eventually evolving to be the first in the industry to develop an Automated Competency Gap Analysis (UrSkillsReporter).nt Control in Agricultural Automation, IFAC (International Federation for Automatic Control).

Mr. Rahmat serves the Institute of Research Promotion, and CICS, the University of Sialkot at the leading positions. He also serves SIG on Innovation Systems and Models at International Triple Helix Association. He is a regular author on technology and innovation, entrepreneurship, and S&T policy. He has developed many S&T ventures to promote science and technology commercialization.

Mr. Rahmat is an active researcher in innovation management with a specialized focus on innovation and technology development. Mr. Rahmat moved into the management profession by setting up his enterprise, managing marketing, and doing sales for national firms. After management and business administration education, he joined a research organization-IRP to promote the R&D culture in Pakistan. Mr. Rahmat has published in academic journals and presented many papers in national and international conferences. He has diversified experience of providing training, managing survey projects, developing online portals, initiating academic publishing, and executing funded projects of a development nature.

He has the credit of introducing several research software in Pakistan, developing many training modules of research methods, and training research scholars in Pakistan and abroad. He is also the focal person for university-industry linkages where he successfully launched a collaborative R&D promotion program with state-run R&D organizations, chambers of commerce and industries, business associations, and industrial groups all over Pakistan. He has managed the development of many technologies and initiated many industries-driven projects in the universities of Pakistan.

Mr. Rahmat is listed NIVOV trainer and doing training for the last few years. He is a regular trainer in research methods and consultant for innovation and technology development for academia, industry, and R&D organizations. Mr. Rahmat devised a 10X growth plan for district Sialkot, led by the University of Sialkot. Currently, he is actively involved in policies and planning to develop USKT as an entrepreneurial university having a significant contribution to the development of its region. Other Current Positions

With more than 25 years in industry-based R&D roles in various positions, his current role focuses on open innovation and collaborative research & development (R&D) platform to promote innovation and growth in targeted clusters within Electrical and Electronic sector and enabling growth in relevant adjacent sectors leveraging the technology and expertise of E&E sector ecosystem partners.

Leads key programs namely Collaborative R&D Grant, The Great Lab Challenge and Industry-Relevant Talent Development program. Initiates Johor Program to establish a CREST-like STI ecosystem in the southern region.

Previously, more than 6 years in Motorola Solutions Penang Design Center in the senior leadership team initiating and driving strategic initiatives, in addition to leading mechanical design and advanced technology development team of more than 150 engineers and managers.

Initial 3 years in industry with Motorola Semiconductors since 1995 as materials engineers, followed by 7 years as R&D Manager at previously a UCB Chemicals SdnBhd, a Belgium MNC -established and led a research and development team in developing and commercializing specialty polymers for photoresist in PCB and color display fabrication.

Received his BSc, MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Rhode Island, in the US (from 1987-1994) -specializing in the field of corrosion science and technology, specifically in the application of localized impedance spectroscopy methodology, photoelectron spectroscopy and phase transformation in characterizing degradation and protection of alloys, tri-bologicalcoatings and polymer matrix composites in marine environment.

CONCURRENT PLENARY SESSION 3 – WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE

Automation, robotics, AI, are having an impact on jobs. They are replacing human tasks, changing the skills that organisations are looking for in their people. But what will the future look like? Or more specifically what will the future workforce will be like? What is it and why does it matter? Leading businesses are reimagining the nature of work, pivoting their workforce to create new forms of value and scaling up “new skilling.” Further, since the pace of change is accelerating, competition for the right talent will be fierce. And ‘talent’ no longer means the same a decade ago. Many of the roles, skills and job titles of tomorrow are unknown to us yesterday and even today. So how can organisations prepare for a future that few of us can define? How will your talent need change? How can you attract, keep and motivate the people you need? And what does all this mean for HR of tomorrow?

Naguib is CEO of Strand Aerospace Malaysia and President of Malaysia Aerospace Industry Association (MAIA).

He began his career growing a UK aerospace start-up, and then returned to Malaysia to build Strand Aerospace Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (Strand) into an organisation leading the design and analysis engineering services industry in Malaysia.

Naguib has been active as an engineer, technologist and business developer in the global aerospace supply chain since 2000. He speaks frequently on aerospace and other technology subjects at global events.

His deep understanding of technology comes through his 20 years’ experience as an aerospace engineer supporting the design and development of commercial aircraft and aerospace companies.

Mr. Shigekata Mizuno is the Executive Adviser of Kyoto Research Park Corp.

He is supervising international cooperation and collaboration with local governments from 2021 April.

Mr. Mizuno was born in Osaka on 1960.

He joined Osaka Gas Co, Ltd, in 1984 after graduating from the department of architectural engineering at Osaka University.

He was in charge of establishing KRP Corp. as a subsidiary of Osaka gas Co, Ltd and worked at KRP from 1986 to 1999 to take charge of planning and development of the site and business.

After experiencing several positions at Osaka Gas Co, Ltd., he returned to KRP in 2013 as the managing director, he was in charge of startup support, academia-industry collaboration, international cooperation and collaboration with local governments.

Mr. Mizuno is teaching Entrepreneurship at Ritsumeikan University Business Scholl as a Part-time Lecturers from 2020.

KRP has grown into a district of 18 buildings on 59,000 square meters of the site, where 6,400 workers with 500 companies in various kinds of industries, such as ICT, healthcare, biotechnology, and machinery are working.

KRP offers a variety of facilities, including wet labs for chemical and biological experiments, offices of various types, service offices with secretaries and lounges, and conference facilities of different sizes. The operations of these facilities are supported by an energy system with gas cogeneration and an area management system.

In addition, technical and business support organizations of Kyoto Prefecture and City are located in KRP site, and they are engaged in R&D and technical support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Kyoto.

KRP had been establishing a support system for startups, together with universities, venture capitalists, and accelerators, in order to produce international startups. In the Kyoto’s startup ecosystem, KRP is working on various programs such as pitch contests and acceleration programs for the startups to connect them to the global business field.

Mr. Khaled Qalalwa has a concrete experience for more than twenty years in the field of implementation of both Quantitative and Qualitative studies, analysis and writing policy reports and policy brief for the policy makers in the state of Palestine about socioeconomic issues and political parties.

Nowadays; He is working as director general for international cooperation, fund and investment since last year, after three years as manager in Policies and Planning at Higher Council for Innovation in Palestine HCIE.  Hold a master degree in Economics and Policies at Boccioni University in Italy.

Twenty-five years of experience in Palestinian Statistics and Research Center PCBS, HCIE and National and International NGOs; where he has excellent knowledge and solid experience in;

1. Preparation of; plans, strategies and policies on Innovation, reporting p recommendations on innovation presented to the President of Palestine and Prime Minister Office.
2. Institutionalization of official statistics programs; in different socioeconomic issue like; information society, culture and education, and health care financing,  poverty, particularly I was the team leader for some  of those programs, participated in publishing more the fifty quantitative and qualitative studies, descriptive, analytical and policy reports and policy paper in different socioeconomic issues, in cooperation with big national international institutions like, UNFPA, UNICEF, FORD Foundation, AUC, USAID.  Also, present recommendations to certain national policy makers at the prime Minister Office of Palestine.
3. Building up; Science Technology and Innovation Statistics program from Zero.
4. Author and coauthor for more than fifteen articles and assays in different socioeconomic issues in national and international newspapers and magazines.
5. National committees’ member like; bilateral EU Palestine partnership committee, MEDRIC for fund and evaluation PhD project in Palestine.
6. Member in Monitoring and evaluation local committees; for innovative projects and startups.
7. Board member for; different national Palestinian associations like; JICA, KAAP, SHABA.

SESSION 1 : PANEL DISCUSSION – BEST PRACTICES OF SCIENCE PARKS

Since the establishment of the first science park in 1951 by Stamford University, the concept of the science park has undergone several reinventions and redefinitions. Governments across the world have adopted this concept as a popular policy instrument to stimulate economic development through wealth creation from technological innovations as well as the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The question is how to plan, manage and operate science parks that can successfully achieve the desired end goal of stimulating economic development. This plenary session will deliberate on best practices in the development and operation of science parks including aspects of governance, business strategies, financing and sustainability. Science parks should serve as a catalyst for partnerships. This plenary session will highlight best practices in the design of spaces that create encounters as well as value-added services that promote linkages among resident firms leading to the generation of new technologies and better business results.

PLENARY SESSION 1 : BEST PRACTICES OF SCIENCE PARKS

Since the establishment of the first science park in 1951 by Stanford University, the concept of the science park has undergone several reinventions and redefinitions. Governments across the world have adopted this concept as a popular policy instrument to stimulate economic development through wealth creation from technological innovations as well as the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. The question is how to plan, manage and operate science parks that can successfully achieve the desired end goal of stimulating economic development.

This plenary session will deliberate on best practices in the development and operation of science parks including aspects of governance, business strategies, financing and sustainability. Science parks should serve as a catalyst for partnerships. This plenary session will highlight best practices in the design of spaces that create encounters as well as value-added services that promote linkages among resident firms leading to the generation of new technologies and better business results.