Agenda

Introduction | 9:00–9:10  (10 minutes)

Presenters:
— Aiza Azreen Ahmad, Chief Digital Business Officer, MDEC
— Nikolai Dobberstein, Partner, Kearney 

Opening remarks | 9:10–9:20 (10 minutes)

Presenter:
— Mahadhir Aziz, CEO, MDEC

Keynote 1: The rise and power of AI | 9:20–9:50 (30 minutes)    

Presenter:
— Carl Ward, APJ Lead for Public Sector Solutions, AWS

Keynote 2: Status of AI in Malaysia | 9:50–10:20 (30 minutes)  

• Status
• Key challenges
• Value at stake

Presenter:
— Nikolai Dobberstein, Partner, Kearney

Panel 1: Charting Malaysia’s AI path forward | 10:20–11:20 (60 minutes)    

• AI strategy development
• Focus areas and priorities
• Local champions
• Talent development    

Moderated by MDEC
— Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director, Data Ecosystem Development, MDEC
— Prof. Rose Alinda Alias, UTM
— Mohd Khairil Abdullah, CEO, Axiata Digital Services
— Tzu Chjeh Wu, CTO, Supahands
— Dr. Afnizanfaizal Abdullah, CTO, Aerodyne

Panel 2: Lessons from building and scaling other AI hubs | 11:20–12:20 (60 minutes)    

• Singapore
• Estonia
• Korea 

Moderated by Kearney
— Keirin Lee, Partner, Kearney, Dubai (moderator)
— Laurence Liew, Director, AI Innovation and Makerspace, NUS Singapore
— Ott Velsberg, Chief Data Officer, Estonia Government
— Yeseul Park, Deputy Director, Artificial Intelligence Policy Division, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea

Summary and thank you | 12:20–12:30  (10 minutes)      

Presenters:
— Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director, Data Ecosystem Development, MDEC
— Nikolai Dobberstein, Partner, Kearney