Agenda: Sharing of assessment outcomes and recommendations to strengthen Malaysia’s strategy on Industry 4.0

The high level meeting will deliberate and assess the Malaysia readiness   in embracing the 4IR. It is also a platform to provide strategic recommendations and interventions from the international perspective for Malaysia to stay ahead in 4IR.

The discussion and intervention will be based on the report on the GSIAC assessment which includes interviews with industry leaders and leveraging on existing studies and policies related to 4IR in Malaysia.

Among the output of the GSIAC assessment is the recommendations to prepare Malaysia on 4IR which include:

1. Strengthen talent development
2. Set clear direction from Government level
3. Focus on the 20% of local industry with conviction in Industry 4.0

The intervention on benchmarking to other countries from the GFCC members/GIS2017 participants will also be included in the meeting.

Chairman:

Prof. Tan Sri Zakri Abdul Hamid (Chairman)
Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Government of Malaysia
Co-Chairman, Malaysia Industry-Government Group on High Technology
Distinguished Fellow, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils  

Presentations: 

TBD

Ministry of International Trade & Industry

Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan
Lead, GSIAC Special Task-Force
Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys

Interventions:

The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith
President, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils
President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness

The Honorable Jerry MacArthur Hultin
President and Chairman, Global Futures Group
Distinguished Fellow, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils

Mr. Abraham Liu
CEO, Huawei Technologies, Malaysia