{"id":8061,"date":"2026-06-24T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T03:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:04:56","slug":"empowering-youth-to-lead-through-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/empowering-youth-to-lead-through-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Youth to Lead Through Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Persidangan Sains-Polisi Pembangunan Belia Malaysia 2026, organised by Kementerian Belia & Sukan<\/a> on 30 April 2026, featured insightful discussions on the urgent need to transform Malaysia\u2019s youth ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\"innovator,<\/a><\/p>\n

ASM CEO, Puan Hazami Habib<\/a>, was one of three panellists who highlighted critical issues from declining STEM participation and brain drain to the need for a stronger innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\"innovator,<\/a><\/p>\n

She emphasised that Malaysia must undergo a fundamental shift from being a consumer of technology to an innovator. This is not just about acquiring technical skills, but about cultivating a creative and innovative mindset among Malaysian\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n

At the same time, a supportive ecosystem backed by progressive policies, funding, and industry opportunities will enable youth to translate ideas into impactful innovations. Ultimately, Malaysia needs a generation with an innovator mindset to not only adapt to change but to lead it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ASM CEO urged Malaysia to nurture an innovator mindset among youth, backed by strong policies and opportunities to drive future innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1607],"tags":[1623,751,1621,376,1622,146],"class_list":["post-8061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-june-2026","tag-belia","tag-hazami-habib","tag-innovator","tag-inovasi","tag-persidangan-sains-polisi-pembangunan-belia-malaysia","tag-youth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/07\/Persidangan-Sains-Polisi-Pembangunan-Belia-Malaysia-2026-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajCBQ-261","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8064,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8061\/revisions\/8064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/asm-focus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}