{"id":899,"date":"2020-10-19T11:44:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T11:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/?p=899"},"modified":"2020-10-21T07:35:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T07:35:27","slug":"merdeka-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/merdeka-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING AND HARNESSING STI TALENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1603098494534{padding-right: 5% !important;padding-left: 5% !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Extending its reach in the southern region, ASM via the Southern Chapter organised the ASM Merdeka Meeting in collaboration with the Merdeka Award Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The 2<span class=\"s1\">nd <\/span>ASM Merdeka Meeting was organised with the theme \u201cScience for a Greater Nation: Wisdom of the Past, Quest of the Future\u201d. A total of 61 young scientists and distinguished experts attended the Meeting. Covering both academics and commercialisation components, the meeting equipped the young scientists with the necessary knowledge and skills for the future STI development. The Meeting consists of four specially developed activities; Keynote Lecture, Merdeka Lecture, Merdeka Roundtable Dialogue, and Masterclasses with the Merdeka Award Laureates and guest experts from the industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><i class=\"icon-right-open\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/media\/asm-merdeka-meeting-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View the photo gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><i class=\"icon-right-open\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wisdom-of-the-past-quest-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read our coverage of the event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"icon_box icon_position_left no_border\"><div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"scale-with-grid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/10\/merdeka-01.png\" alt=\"merdeka-01\" width=\"115\" height=\"154\"\/><\/div><div class=\"desc_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"title \">7 Distinguished Experts involved in the 2nd ASM Merdeka Meeting<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Professor Dr Abdul Latif Ahmad FASc<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>2014 Merdeka Award recipient<br \/>\n(Outstanding Scholastic Achievement)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Professor Datuk Dr Ahmad Fauzi Ismail FASc<br \/>\n<\/b>2014 Merdeka Award recipient<br \/>\n(Outstanding Scholastic Achievement)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Academician Emeritus Professor Tan Sri Dato\u2019 SriDr Zakri Abdul Hamid FASc<br \/>\n<\/b>2015 Merdeka Award recipient<br \/>\n(Environment)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Dato\u2019 Dr Gan Ee Kiang<br \/>\n<\/b>2018 Merdeka Award recipient<br \/>\n(Health, Science and Technology)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Professor Datuk Dr Mohd Hair Bejo FASc<br \/>\n<\/b>2018 Merdeka Award recipient<br \/>\n(Health, Science and Technology)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Dato\u2019 Norhalim Yunus<br \/>\n<\/b>CEO, Malaysian Technology Development Corporation<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>Dr Mohd Faizal Sedaralit<br \/>\n<\/b>Head, (Delivery Hydrocarbon Recovery Technology),<br \/>\nGroup Research &amp; Technology, PETRONAS Holding Bhd<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extending its reach in the southern region, ASM via the Southern Chapter organised the ASM Merdeka Meeting in collaboration with the Merdeka Award Secretariat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-of-excellence-in-the-sciences"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}