Immerse yourself in an unprecedented exhibition that brings together cutting-edge technologies, innovative products, and visionary concepts shaping the future of smart cities. Engage with industry leaders, solution providers, and city representatives to discover transformative solutions for urban challenges.
In progressing the Smart City agenda, the Maturity Journey provides the Implementation Roadmap through various stages of Smart City Maturity and Accreditation namely Pre-Smart City, Early Adopter, Developing Smart City, Leading Smart City and Visionary Smart City.
1A High Level Roundtable involving high level government leaders, industry champions, academia and community leaders, in addressing implementation challenges and gaps towards more integrated, coordinated and synchronized implementation.
2IOCs is the pinnacle of the Smart City Value Chain. Its critical role to support city operations in 3 Modes namely Normal Daily Mode, Incident/Accident Mode and Disaster Mode. The accelerated recovery from Incident and Disaster Modes back into Normal Daily Mode increases the cities resilience and sustainability.
3As a global initiative led by UN-Habitat, UO integrates local level data involving all major cities in a country on one interactive platform. The flagship UO is the Malaysia Urban Observatory (MUO). Other UOs are also planned at the state and local levels.
4To accelerate smart city implementation, Smart City Awards are essential to recognize achievements and form as role model to motivate others in various aspects of smart city implementation involving policies, program and projects.
5Talents are key to successful realization of any new industries such as Smart City. Talent Pipeline to Market is important to provide visibility on talent readiness to meet smart city market needs especially in areas of Smart City Program Management and Data Management.
6Discover the future of smart cities at the 9th Smart Cities Asia 2023.
Join industry leaders and innovators to accelerate collaborative implementation for sustainable urban development.
Chairman of 9th Smart Cities Asia 2023
Chief Scientist & Chief Advisor for Digital Economy, Sarawak State Government
Professor Jugdutt (Jack) Singh is acknowledged as one of Australia’s leading ICT researcher and thought leader with extensive senior level academic & research leadership and consultancy experience both in Australia and globally. Jack has considerable experience in initiating and leading large-scale initiatives collaboratively with industry, government, universities and community driving high impact economic and social outcomes of global significance.
Prior to his current appointment, he held various positions in Australia, including Victorian Director of the National Centre for ICT Excellence Australia; Director of SenseT - a partnership program between Fed Govt., Tasmanian State Govt., CSIRO, University of Tasmania and industry to transform Tasmanian economy; Director of Innovation and Translation at Swinburne University amongst others.
He has also served on the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Transport Expert Group and member on number of Boards, including Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA), Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), Centre for Technology Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS), Oceania Cybersecurity Centre, Australian Microelectronic Network, National Networked Teletest Facility, amongst others.
Director Cities, Planning and Design, Global Transport Planning Skill Lead, Arup
Joanne is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Highways and Transportation and Director for Arup in Cities, Planning and Design. She has held a board position with the Transport Planning Society in the UK and is currently the Global Skill Network Leader for Transport Planning for Arup.
Over the last 25 years she has worked in the UK, Middle East, Australia and Southeast Asia on city shaping, innovative projects including the Master Planning of the Seychelles, Dubai Expo, the Surface Transport Masterplan for Abu Dhabi and the Future Transport Strategy for Sydney.
Journalist, Editor, Moderator
Kamarul Bahrin Bin Haron was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Astro Awani. In his 27 years of media career, this multiple award-winning TV journalist, editor and talk show anchor is well known for his grassroot focused journalism without fear or favour.
He is especially sharp on the issues of digital, social, and economic inclusion, new politics reforms, 4th Industrial Revolution and socio development balance, social entrepreneurship for a more equitable society and science and technology communications.
This bachelor of broadcasting graduate from Universiti Sains Malaysia has refined the art of balancing the depth and width of challenging topics like political reforms, vaccine inequality and inter faith issues into mass friendly editorial narratives and even live discourse on air.
Managing Director & Smart Sustainable Cities Advisor, Communities Connect Cities (C3)
Laila is a highly respected global futurist leader with over 18 years of experience in the Government and Private sector. As a renowned expert in Smart Sustainable Cities and Digital Transformation, she has been at the forefront of Metaverse development since 2006.
With a strong focus on the Middle East, Laila has become one of the region's leading Smart Cities advisors. She is currently leading an advisory company in smart and sustainable cities, while also serving as an advisor for different global consulting firms. Laila has worked extensively with various UN organizations and has held a Research fellowship in UNU eGov. Additionally, she founded the Smart Cities Ambassadors program, which aims to empower individuals to become leaders in the field.
Laila is an award-winning global leader and considered one of the most inspiring and influential women in the Middle East. In 2021, she was recognized as one of the top 50 inspiring women in Oman and the Middle East, as well as one of the most inspiring personalities in Oman. She is a global jury and mentor in different competitions and is passionate about empowering others.
As a global keynote speaker, Laila has participated in over 100 conferences and is an accomplished author and traveler. Her insights and knowledge have been sought after by organizations around the world. Laila's energy and commitment to leading change make her a powerful force in the field of Smart Cities and Digital Transformation.
Chief Executive Officer Urbanice Malaysia
Norliza Hashim is the Chief Executive of Urbanice Malaysia, a Centre of Excellence for Community Well-being and Urban Sustainability, under the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Malaysia; where she leads a team that focus on the implementation of sustainable urbanisation policies in cities and regions through shared knowledge platforms, innovative urban solutions, development research and collaborative partnership.
She led the Local Secretariat for World Urban Forum 9 hosted by Malaysia in 2018. WUF 9 is the world’s premier forum addressing various urban challenges where her key tasks were to work alongside UN-Habitat to address the implementation of the New Urban Agenda that emphasise on Cities for All to ensure inclusivity and sustainability of our cities in light of rapid urbanisation faced today.
Norliza has been appointed as Adjunct Professor to the Kuliyah of Architecture and Environmental Design of International Islamic University of Malaysia, where her area of focus is on the sustainable urban development agenda and advancement of urban planning in Malaysia.
Norliza is a professional Town Planner and is the founder of AJM Planning and Urban Design Group Sdn Bhd, and her experience covers a wide spectrum of the planning discipline and has developed plans and blueprints that has contributed towards Malaysia’s nation building. She had led several teams of experts to develop the Low Carbon Cities Assessment Framework and is also the Director for Malaysian Institute of Planner’s Low Carbon Cities and Sustainability Centre.
Norliza sits on the Leadership Council for Sustainable Development Solutions Network Malaysia and several organisation related to sustainability as her passion lies in promoting the sustainability agenda and in providing innovative solutions that contributes towards better quality of life and built environment for cities and nations.
She actively participates in community based programmes and also sits in various technical working groups that focus on issues relating to sustainable planning and development. Norliza is also a prolific speaker and has presented at various local and international conferences on the many areas of urban planning and sustainability.
