Message from Conference Chair

On behalf of the 3rd International Conference on Innovation and Technopreneurship (ICIT 2020) organising committee, I am delighted to welcome all the delegates to the conference hosted by INTI International University, Malaysia. For international delegates, we trust you will enjoy your stay in Malaysia.

Bearing the theme “Embracing IR4.0”, this conference provides a worldwide platform for both academia and industry practitioners to share global expertise, invention, innovation, ideas and technology for the benefit of mankind, and will hopefully act as a platform from which IR4.0 will bring revolutionary change to us all. In-line with its theme, the Conference covers areas in technology and business, social impact and talent development for the digital era.

We are honoured that the we have the support from our collaborative network of both local and international researchers and participants including the Asian Society for Engineering Education; R&D Centre for Smart Manufacturing of Chung Yuan Christian University Taiwan, China; UNESCO UNEVOC Centre, Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics, China; and Yunus Social Business Centre of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, as well as the Centres of Excellence of INTI International University. We are also grateful to having the Association of Global Industry Academia Collaboration Malaysia for sponsoring overseas researchers here.

I trust you will inspired by the insightful speakers and their vision, for it is through visionary thinking that innovation takes place. Our role now is to take these ideas forward through collaborative partnerships with industry so that IR4.0 can more directly impact all areas of our daily lives, not just in relation to industry but also health and life sciences and social business.

Finally, on behalf of all the members of the Conference Organising Committee, I extend our deepest thanks to all those who have contributed to making our 3rd annual conference the rousing success that we are confident it will be: our speakers, presenters, session chairs and you, our participants. We wish all participants fruitful discussions and success for the conference and we hope you enjoy and benefit from your time with us.

Dr. Lai Yin Ling

Conference Chair

yinling.lai@newinti.edu.my