Programme Day 3

Day 3 11 September 2026 (Friday)
Time
Programme
8:00 am – 05:00 pm

ASIA PGI Workshop — Programme

Danum 4,5 (Level 5)

9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Strategic Roundtable: Sarawak Bioeconomy Roadmap 2026–2035 (By Invitation Only)

For More Information Contact: +6016-934 2139 (Kelly) or +6017-668 5651 (Edmund)

Danum 6  (Level 5)

08:00 am – 09:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

09:00 am – 9:40 am

Keynote 5

Facing Health Inequity Head-On: Breaking Social Barriers to Better Health

Speaker Dr. Nihara Krause MBE Consultant Clinical Psychologist / CEO stem4, UKSEA Vax Hub (United Kingdom)

9:45 am – 10:25 am

Keynote 6

Engineering Sarawak's Future: Leveraging Technology for Sustainable and Resilient Development

Speaker Bernard Yong Director, Sar-Alam Indah Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Ongoing Tea Break — no pause in conference sessions
10:30 am – 10:50 am

Electrochemical Properties of Bamboo-Derived Activated Carbon Electrodes for Supercapacitor Energy Storage

Research project: Sustainable utilization of Sarawak Bamboo-biowaste derived activated carbon for high performance supercapacitor and soil remediation

Speaker Prof. Bridgid Chin Lai Fu Professor & Associate Dean of Research and Development, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University Malaysia (Malaysia)
Danum 2, 3

Gut Microbiota and Health across Multiethnic Community in Malaysia

Speaker Assoc. Prof Dr Chong Chun Wie Monash University (Malaysia)
Main Hall
10:55 am – 11:15 am

Sarawak's Sarawak’s Green Energy Testbed: The Next Chapter in Sustainable Innovation

Research project: Portable hydrogen gas storage system for downstream application

Speaker Dr. Eldon Chung Han Chua Green Energy Program & Testbed Coordinator, CENTEXS (Malaysia)
Danum 2, 3

Understanding Infection: The Key to Better Prevention, Treatment, and AMR Control

Speaker Prof. Dr. Cindy Teh Shuan Ju Associate Professor, Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)
Main Hall
11:20 am – 11:40 am

Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production

Research project: Visible light activated photocatalytic hydrogen production using zinc oxide-graphene membrane

Speaker Dr. Khairul Anwar Mohamad Said Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) (Malaysia)
Danum 2, 3

From Policy to Practice: How UK-Malaysia Collaboration is Advancing One Health Governance for Regional

Speaker Aaron Kual Policy Lead, British High Commission (Malaysia)
Main Hall
11:45 am – 12:05 pm

Functional Photocatalysts for Water and Environmental Remediation

Research project: Elucidating the photocatalytic performance of 3D molybdenum doped bismuth vanadate/graphene aerogel (M-BiVO4/GA) for pollution control

Speaker ChM. Dr. Alvin Lim Teik Zheng Senior Lecturer, Department of Science and Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Management and Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia)
Danum 2, 3

Mental Health – The Least Addressed Component in Health

Speaker Lily Ling Hui Lee President, Two Tree Lodge Hospice Kuching (Malaysia)
Main Hall
12:05 pm – 02:00 pm

Lunch

Boulevard Grand Ballroom (Level 5)

02:00 pm – 03:30 pm

Panel Discussion

Accelerating Sustainable Technologies for Climate-Resilient Development in Sarawak

  1. Dr. Leong Kam WengSurbana Jurong Consultants Pte Ltd (Singapore)
  2. Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Charles Bong Hin JooAssociate Professor, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Malaysia)
  3. Kamlesh Naraindas AsnaniSenior Business Lead, SEDC Energy Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)
  4. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ghufran Bin RedzwanAssociate Professor, Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya (Malaysia)
  5. Moderator Adj. Prof. Ir. Dr. Voo Yen LeiChief Executive Officer, Dura Technology (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Closing Ceremony
03:45 pm

Arrival of VIPs

04:00 pm

Arrival of the Guest of Honour

The Honourable Dato Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development

04:10 pm

Closing Remarks by the Guest of Honour

The Honourable Dato Sri Roland Sagah Wee Inn Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development

05:00 pm

Sponsor Appreciation Awards

Lucky Draw

Memento Presentation

SRDC DHIC Health Digiventors Challenge Launching

Recap Video

Refreshments

End of Conference