Speakers of IDECS 2022

Chairman of Maersk & Nonimated Chairman Siemens

Jim Hagemann Snabe

Jim Hagemann Snabeis Chairman A. P. Moller Maersk (DK), and Nominated Chairman Siemens AG (D) Vice Chairman Allianz SE (D). Former co-CEO of Systems Applications & Products (SAP) AG. He focuses on leadership around innovation, digitization and societal progress.

One of the UK's Biggest Tech Personalities and One of London's Most Influential Venture Capitalist

Eileen Burbidge

Eileen Burbidge is the partner at Passion Capital, the pre-eminent early-stage technology venture fund based in London. Has extensive operational experience in investment activities gleaned from business and product roles at Yahoo, Skype, & Apple.

Head of Enterprise Strategy at Digital Nasional Berhad

Prem Kumar Menon

Prem Kumar Menon is a Telecommunications and ICT professional with 30+ years of experience. He is also helping operators evolve towards the next growth of 5G services with agility, enhanced user experience and accelerated innovation capabilities of their business approach and operating model towards industy 4.0 with 5G capabilities.

Former Mayor of Bogota, Columbia

Enrique Penalosa

Enrique Penalosa was Mayor of Bogota, Columbia from 1998 – 2000 & from 2016 – 2019. While mayor, he promoted a city model by restricting private car use & building kilometers of sidewalks, bicycle paths, pedestrian streets, greenways and parks.

Associate Professor Harvard Business School

Professor Dennis Campbell

Professor Dennis Campbell is Associate Professor Harvard Business School. He is board of the Harvard University Employees Credit Union and as an outside advisor to firms in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He is experienced in the area of exploring how digital technologies and advanced data analytic techniques can be used to strengthen corporate systems.

Smart City Strategist & Future City Maker

Tom van Arman

Tom van Arman is architect & urbanist using open data, API's and IoT to create more social, sustainable & responsible cities. In 2010, he founded Tapp, an award-winning smart city design agency enabling local governments and industries to bridge the gap between the built environment and new digital landscape.

Campus Director & Professor, University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu

Prof. Dr. Shahrul Razid Sarbini

Prof. Dr. Shahrul Razid Sarbini is Campus Director & Professor at UPM Bintulu. His field of expertise is on Functional Foods (Prebiotic; Probiotic; Gut Microbiota). Has published numerous papers associated with the prebiotic evaluation of local food, gut microbiota assessment, starch modification, together with functional food enhancement. Has also spoken in various conferences and seminars related to his expertise.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, MINIWIZ

Arthur Huang

Arthur Huang is a Taiwanese structural engineer & architect. In 2005, he established MINIWIZ, an internationally operating company based in Taiwan, Singapore, Beijing and Milan, and dedicated to upcycling and consumer trash and industrial waste. He also was selected as an Explorer by National Geographic in 2016 and most recently in 2021, the GFHS award Global Model of Green Technology.

Director, Industry at Bosch Rexroth Malaysia

Royce Tan

Royce Tan is Director, Industry at Bosch Rexroth Malaysia. Responsible to lead the Industry 4.0, focusing on Malaysia SME Manufacturers, and Education (Upskilling) which in line with the Government socia-economic development programs. Speaker on digitization (I4.0) covering smart manufacturing, smart agriculture and aquaculture for more than 50 events in the last 4 years.

Assistant Professor of Economics and Research Affiliate of Asia School of Business (ASB)

Dr. Melati Nungsari

Dr. Melati Nungsari is an associate professor of Economics at the Asia School of Business (ASB) and a Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is an applied microeconomist specializing in industrial organization, public economics, market design, and economic education. She is an active Op-Ed writer and her pieces have appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Kuching-born music proudcer, mixer, recording engineer and musician

Alvin Wee

Alvin Wee's career began after he got the opportunity to mix background music for the famous Japanese video game series, Final Fantasy after graduationg with a degree in music at a university in Boston, USA. Won the Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixiing award at the 58th annual Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards for the hit Disney animated feature film Encanto.