The I-CONNECT and Malaysia Open Science Platform (MOSP) initiatives were officiated by the Minister of MESTECC, YB Puan Yeo Bee Yin, during a Launching Ceremony held on 7 November 2019 at the Putrajaya Convention Centre (PICC).
The Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and International Science Council Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ISC-ROAP) organised the Open Science Forum for Asia and the Pacific on 13 February 2020.
The Forum aims to inform Asia Pacific countries on the importance of Open Science for facilitating collaborative data-driven research which enables the region to be at the forefront of the global Open Science movement to accelerate economic growth.
On 14 July 2022, a collaboration agreement signing ceremony for the Malaysia Open Science Platform (MOSP) pilot project was organized by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
This award recognises the initiatives and efforts of the organisation at the forefront of digital transformation to improve the lives of citizens with online and digital cutting-edge services.
MOSTI and ASM represented Malaysia at the 22nd APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI-22) Meeting in Seattle, Washington from 7-8 August 2023.
ASM President, Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen FASc, was in Kyoto, Japan on 2 October 2023 to participate in the 20th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum.
Since 2023, MOSP has gathered more than 1,900 research datasets covering ten research fields from eight data repositories, which are freely accessible to you.