SPEAKERS
URIIS 2026 / SPEAKERS
  1. URIIS 2026 MARQUEE SPEAKERS
Opening Ceremony
Y.A.B Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim
YAB Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim
Malaysia Prime Minister



PLENARY SESSION 1: Charting Malaysia's Path To 2030
Research, Innovation And Investment For National Development
22 September 2026 (Tuesday), 10.15 - 11.00 am World Trade Centre, Dewan Merdeka Level 4


YB Dato' Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir
Moderator
YB Dato' Seri Diraja Dr. Zambry Abd Kadir
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)
YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi
Panel
YAB Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development
YB Datuk Seri Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil
Panel
YB Datuk Seri Ahmad Fahmi bin Mohamed Fadzil
Minister of Communications
YB Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
Panel
YB Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
Ministry of Finance II


PLENARY SESSION 3: MALAYSIA'S Innovation-Drive Investment Economy
Development, Fiscal Innovation, and University Investment 2030
23rd SEPTEMBER 2026, 9.00 AM


 
Ashran Dato' Ghazi
Moderator
Ashran Dato' Ghazi
CEO
Malaysian Research Accelerator Technology & Innovation (MRANTI)
Datuk Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul Majid
Panel
Datuk Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul Majid
CEO
Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA)
Tindaro Danze
Panel
Tindaro Danze
President and CEO
Siemens Malaysia
Datuk Zulkarnain Md Eusope
Panel
Datuk Zulkarnain Md Eusope
Managing Director
Boustead Plantation Berhad