Asian Society for Innovation and Policy (ASIP) 2014 Malaysia Conference

10 September 2014

The 4th annual meeting and conference of the Asian Society for Innovation and Policy was held this year from 4 – 6 August in Kuala Lumpur and was co-hosted by Nottingham University Business School Malaysia along with Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information; and Korea Technology Innovation Society.

ASIP, whose slogan is ‘Innovation for Sustainable Asia’, is an open network of researchers and professionals supporting and promoting sustainable innovation for Asia. The Society evolved from conferences on innovation held between the Korea Technology Innovation Society and the Chinese Society for Techno-economics in 2005 and 2006. It believes in the fundamental principle that innovation and learning based on science, technology and knowledge is the key for development even in the worst international political climates. Another central tenet underpinning the Society is that innovation and learning is encouraged by interaction between disciplines, sectors, and countries and should be diffused for development in Asian countries.

ASIP publishes the Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy and every summer organises the Asian Conference on Innovation and Policy. This year’s conference, which was also supported by Malaysian higher education institutions the Multimedia University and the University of Malaya, was themed ‘Entrepreneurship. Human Resources & Innovation’ and included key note sessions and presentations with speakers from government, industry and academia from eight countries.

Professor Christine Ennew, Provost and CEO of University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, and Professor Sung-Soo Seol, President of the Asian Society of Innovation and Policy, provided the opening addresses. The two day conference included keynote sessions and presentations focussing on Innovation and SMEs from eminent speakers including Ms Karuna Jothi – Senior Director of the Economics and Policy Planning Division of SME Corporation; Professor Park Myeong-Cheol - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Professor M.H. Bala Subramanya – Chair of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Science; Mr Tan Eng Hoo - Head of TRIZ Initiative, Malaysia Multimedia Development Corporation; Professor Khairiyah Mohd Yusof – Director of the Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Professor Lee Byungmin – Dean of Academic Affairs at the Korea University of Science and Technology and Professor Seeram Ramakrishna - Founding Chair of Global Engineering Deans Council at the National University of Singapore.

The conference finished with tours to the Knowledge Workers Development Corporation in Cyberjaya, Malaysia’s purpose built high-tech city or ‘Silicon Valley as it is referred to locally, and Putrajaya, the country’s federal administrative centre. .

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