Day 2 of The Malaysia-France Convention on Higher Education, Research, and Innovation 2023

Welcoming remarks by Mme Virginie Bioteau, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France to Malaysia and Dato’ Prof. Dr. Norzaini binti Azman, Deputy Director of Higher Education (Academic and International) of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Keynote Address by Hazami Habib, CEO of Academy of Sciences Malaysia

Special Round Table 2-1: Research in Malaysia and France, presentation of the major structures and exchange of perspectives
Speakers and Interlocutors:
Dato’ Prof. Dr Norzaini binti Azman, Deputy Director of Higher Education (Academic and International) Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Associate Prof. Dr. Noor Azurati Ahmad Salleh, Director of Innovation and Commercialization Center (ICC), University Teknologi Malaysia
Prof. Dominique Baillargeat, Director of the Representative Office in ASEAN - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Prof. Jérôme Samuel, Director - Institut de Recherche sur l’Asie du sud-Est Contemporaine (IRASEC)
Dr. Mariana Losada, Regional Director - Université de Paris/Sciences Po/Inalco

Special Session 2-1: Tropical Forest International Research network

Special Session 2-2: EFEO archeology project in Sarawak
Speaker:
Daniel Perret, EFEO

Special Session 2-3: CNRS: International Strategy and tools for development
Speaker:
Dominique Baillargeat, Regional Director of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Special Session 2-4 - A success story: the International French-Malaysian Natural Products Laboratory (IFM NATPROLAB)
Speakers:
Prof. Khalijah Awang
Dr. Azeana Zahari
Dr. Liew Sook Yee
Dr. Muhamad Aqmal Othman

Special Session 2-5: National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and its international strategy
Presenters:
Dr. Valerie Barbosa, Attache for Science and Higher Education, Embassy of France to Malaysia
Section Head for Special Funds, Department of Higher Education
Commenters :
Ummi Hani Abdullah, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mohamad Nurul Azmi Mohamad Taib, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Pascal Degraeve, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Speaker:
Denis Duclos, Director for International and European Affairs, (MNHN)

WORKSHOP 1: Bilateral research programs: PHC Hibiscus, MATCH and MyTiger - funding mechanisms and laureates
Presenters:
Dr. Valerie Barbosa, Attache for Science and Higher Education, Embassy of France to Malaysia
Section Head for Special Funds, Department of Higher Education
Commenters :
Ummi Hani Abdullah, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mohamad Nurul Azmi Mohamad Taib, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Pascal Degraeve, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

WORKSHOP 2: How to build research partnerships with companies and industrial structures?
Presenters:
Milko P. Papazoff, CETIM
Nurul Nadhirah, Național Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS), MRANTI
Commenters:
Yoann Gueguen, French Tech Malaysia
Jean-Bernard Boura, Pen Aviation
Lukman Hakim Omar, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)

WORKSHOP 3: Citizen science approaches, perspectives from France & Malaysia
Presenters:
Denis Duclos, Director of International and European Affairs - MNHN
Hafez Murtza, CEO and Founder of Apadilangit
Commenters:
Julian Hyde, ReefCheck Malaysia
Dr. Jarina Mohd Jani, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Dr. Nada Badruddin, Forest research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)