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Malaysia Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2022

October 20, 2022

By Southeast Asia Team

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Thursday, 27th October 2022 (GMT +8), Hilton Kuala Lumpur

As a country Malaysia has adopted a proactive approach towards Cloud & Data Center adoption with the Government in 2019 announcing its ‘Cloud First’ initiative.

With an emerging young, affluent population with increasing data needs the internet economy is expected to continue its rapid expansion.

Malaysia is expected to achieve approximately 80% of 5G network coverage in populated areas by the end of 2024, starting with a 10 per cent target of 5G coverage in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya by the end of this year.

This in turn will enable up to MYR 16 billion (USD 3.8 billion) revenue opportunity for service providers in Malaysia by 2030.

As one of the three main markets driving the CAGR of the SEA region Malaysia is in a strong position with a noted potential for growth, making the next few years an exciting time for the industry.

Join us at The Malaysia Cloud and Datacenter Convention 2022 to be at the forefront of the discussions surrounding the game-changing developments within the industry, and capitalize on the opportunities they present for all major players across Malaysia.

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Our Conference Agenda:

Time (GMT+8)	Topics
08:00	Registration and Arrival Breakfast
08:55	Welcome Address Justin Heyes, Head of Malaysia and Philippines Markets, W.Media
09:00	Fireside Discussion: Cybersecurity x Cloud Speakers: Srini Rao, Regional Distributed Cloud Specialist - ASEAN , f5 Incorporations Dr Renne Barcelona, Country Cybersecurity Services Delivery Leader, IBM Philippines Jen Capones - Tongco, President, CEO, & Founder, Netrust Philippines
09:05	Guest of Honour Speech Speaker: Mahadhir Aziz, CEO, MDEC
09:20	Keynote: The New Edge of Data Centers Speaker: Jon Eaves, Founder & CEO, Edge Centres
09:40	Keynote: Future of Data Centre Speaker: Peter Ehpraim, Manager, Renewable & Future Data Centre Solutions, Power Partners
10:00	Sustainability by Design - Innovations in Data Center Architectural Design Speaker: John Taylor, Regional Critical Facilities Practice Leader, Gensler
10:20	Morning Networking Coffee Technology Bench Presentations 10.40am Eddy Chin, Key Accounts Manager - APAC, Sunbird 10.50am Paul Sawatske, Data Center Business Leader, Asia Pacific – Power Generation Cummins Power Generation
11:00	Enabling resilient, secure and sustainable IT infrastructure Speaker: Fiona Selvadurai, Software Sales Manager - Malaysia, Brunei & Singapore, Schneider Electric
11:20	Keynote: Data Sovereignty in the Cloud. Is your Business Breaking the Law? Speaker: Krish Datta, CEO, Credence
11:40	Keynote: Should Your Business Be Close to Local Internet Exchange? Advancing Connectivity Between Businesses And Providers Speaker: David Hughes,Director Systems Engineering APAC, Commscope
12:00	Panel: Data Center Design Certification - Questions Enterprise IT Should be Asking Their Colocation Provider As data centers grow in innovation and technical complexity, enterprise users or cloud service providers should be asking the right questions regarding where your mission critical IT infrastructure sits. This session will include industry experts who share deep insights on the essential design of a robust and reliable data center design. Speakers: Ts. Rizman bin Yusam, Principal Assistant Director, ICT Infrastructure Shared Services and Security Development Division, MAMPU Cheehoe Ling, VP, Infrastructure Solutions, Vertiv Asia Chris Street, Head of Data Centers, JLL
12:30	Networking Lunch Technology Bench Presentations 12.50pm Gin, Ong Hong Jin, Business Development Assistant Manager, Linkk Busway Systems 13.00pm Adrian Yap, Senior Sales Manager, Masstron
14:00	Hybrid Cloud Strategies - Adoption, Cost, and Deployment Speaker: Geetha Gopal, Head of Infrastructure and Digital Transformation, Panasonic Asia Pacific
14:20	Keynote: Cyber Attacks on Mission Critical Infrastructure Critical infrastructure in data centers, healthcare, finance, aviation etc is becoming more complex and reliant on networks of connected devices. Just decades ago, power grids and other critical infrastructure operated in isolation. Now they are far more interconnected, both in terms of geography and across sectors. The vulnerability of critical infrastructure to cyber-attacks and technical failures has become a big concern. And fears have been given credence by recent events. Hackers are becoming much more interested in operational technology, the physical connected devices such as IoT devices that sits on the least secure area of network. Speaker: Zulkarnain Asnawi, Solution Consultant & Advisory, Fortinet
14:30	Keynote: Smart DC, Building the Green Future Being the foundation of intelligent world, datacentres play an increasingly crucial role to promote an intelligent society. Due to the global carbon neutral consensus, in the pursuit of sustainable development, data centers are undergoing technological innovation. Speaker: Kurtz Lim Gang Shoei, Head of Department (Data Centre Facilities), Huawei
14:40	Keynote: Malaysia Digital: Catalyzing High Value Data Centre Investments into Malaysia Since its inception in 1996, the MSC journey has been impactful in enhancing the local ICT industry, attracting notable foreign direct investments, and creating digital jobs. But the digital economy is evolving and requires more efforts. MDEC, as the lead agency to drive Malaysia’s digital economy forward, has recently announced Malaysia Digital, envisaged to increase Malaysia’s value propositions in developing a vibrant digital ecosystem. Data Centre is one of the Malaysia Digital promoted activities and with MD status, data centre investors are set to enjoy immediate end to end facilitations from MDEC in applying for tax incentives, high value foreign knowledge workers passes, import duties, amongst others. Coupled with progressive policy and regulations, infrastructure readiness, high speed connectivity, availability of power and utilities at strategic locations nationwide, Malaysia is certainly in the position to offer competitive data centre investment locations for either new establishment or for the regional expansion." Learn how Malaysia Digital will catalyse new areas of growth and promote agile and flexible value propositions to encourage greater industry participation. Speaker: Wan Murdani Wan Mohammed, Director, MDEC
15:00	Panel: Establishing more efficient and cost-effective IT environments. Will consumption based infrastructure or As-a-Service model take off in Southeast Asia Speakers: Ir Dr Lim Eu Shawn, Chief Global Solutions Officer, Aerodyne Group Millie Yong, Solutions Sales Director, Microsoft Jia Yee Low, Chief Technology Officer, Kenanga Group Wong Chee Voon, Head of Cloud Infrastructure Services, Maxis Chia Chia Tay, Country Director, Malaysia, Brunei & Emerging Countries, Veeam Software
15:30	Panel: Through the Lens of CXOs on Cloud & Datacenters by 2040. We select some of the brightest local and international visionaries to share their thoughts on how they see future businesses adopt technology and how their visions impact design and investment. Speakers: Dr Carrine Teoh Chooi Shi, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), Bond Holdings, ASEAN - CIO Association Yu Jeen Lim, Country Manager, Edge Data Centres Ganeshbabu Nagarajan, Head of Cloud Acceleration, Standard Chartered Bank Justin Heyes, Head of Malaysia & Philippines Market, W.Media
16:00	Evening Networking Drinks