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MALAYSIA TECH MONTH 2021: WCIT 2022 – CONNECTING MALAYSIA TO THE WORLD Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) organised a virtual curation of digital and technology content geared towards promoting investments in a digital economy and establishing Malaysia as the Heart of Digital ASEAN.
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DEC’s Malaysia Tech Month (MTM) 2021 was launched as a virtual month-long digital and technology conference comprising workshops, business matching sessions and dialogues. Officiated by Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, Communications and Multimedia Minister, the conference presented 40 curated events and more than 300 local and international industry speakers as well as investors. MTM’21 is aligned to MDEC’s recently unveiled “Digital Investments Future5” (DIF5) Strategy – a fiveyear plan focusing on five key thrusts aimed at attracting investments and advancing the nation’s digital economy in line with the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint. The initiative, scheduled to run from 2021 to 2025 in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan, aims to secure high-quality digital investments as it seeks to unlock new drivers of growth. The session features international and local speakers who are experts in IR4.0-driven digital economy. MTM is a platform to showcase digital ecosystem leaders and creators, leading edge companies as well as talents, enabling stakeholders to discover new perspectives on domestic and global trends in AI, drone technology, data
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analytics, fintech, Islamic fintech, e-commerce, creative games, animation and digital works. The session comprised a panel discussion on WCIT 2022 – Connecting Malaysia to the World, featuring a distinguished line-up of speakers namely, Raymond Siva, Senior Vice President, Investment & Brand, Chief Marketing Officer, MDEC; Dr Sean Seah, Deputy Chairman PIKOM and WITSA (World IT & Services Alliance); Cheah Kok
Hoong, Organising Chair, WCIT 2022; Dr James Poisant, Secretary General, WITSA; and, Dato’ Loo Lee Lian, Chief Executive Officer, Invest Penang. The panel was moderated by Ong Kian Yew, Chief Executive Officer of PIKOM. During the session entitled “WCIT 2022 – Connecting Malaysia To The World”, the panelists shared about their hopes and outlook for WCIT 2022 which is to be held in the island of Penang.
