Strengthening Industry-Academia Partnership (SIAP)

Section 1A :Water & Wastewater Management

Water resource management (both surface and groundwater).
Securing, monitoring and preserving water resources in the ecosystems and river basin management.
Mitigation of water wastage by advanced and efficient wastewater treatment.

Dato’ Ir. Nor Hisham bin Mohd Ghazali Fiem, P.Eng.ACPE

Deputy Director-General (Business Sector), Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran, Malaysia (Irrigation and Drainage)

Datuk Ir. Abdul Kadir Mohd Din, Fasc

President of The Malaysian Water Association (MWA)

Board of Director for Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd

Managing Director of Sacra Sol Sdn Bhd

Mr. Lau Chai Ming

Programme Manager, Reef Check Malaysia

Section 1B :Water in Food Security

Sufficient water provision to ensure national food security and promote rural development shift from water-supply to water-demand management.
Promotion of water awareness and education

Mr. Mohamed Razali Mohamed

CEO, Aquagrow International Sdn Bhd & ALM Technologies Sdn Bhd

Deputy President of Marine Fish Farmers Association Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mathew Tan

CEO & Director, Oceanus Tech Pte Ltd, Singapore

Dr. Salmah Zakaria

Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM)

Chairperson of the ASM Water Committee (AWC)

Section 2A :Water in Manufacturing Industries

Water to spur and sustain economic growth of manufacturing industries such as in chemical, electroprocessing, electronics, automation and hydropower generation.

YBrs. En Shamsul Bahar Mohd Nor.

CEO, Malaysian Green Technology Corporation

Prof. Dr. Ahmad Zaharin Aris CEnv, MRSC, FGS

Professor of Hydrochemistry

Faculty of Environmental Studies, University Putra Malaysia

Mr. Steven Aroki @ Arokiasamy Thangaraju

Managing Director, Smane Malaysia

Council Member, Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)

Chairman, FMM Energy and Utilities Management Committee

Chairman , FMM (Negeri Sembilan Branch)

Section 2B :Water Issues in Health and Tourism

Access to safe, adequate and affordable water supply and services (i.e. hygiene and sanitation).
Promotion of water awareness and education.
Water-related hazards (i.e. flood, drought) contingency plans.
Water in supporting tourism-related activities.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa bin Ali Mohd

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UCSI University

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