Agenda

Day 1

16 October 2024, Wednesday

09:00 Arrival of Participants
09:05 National Anthem & Doa Recital
09:10

Welcome Speech by Academician Emerita Professor Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Mazlan
Othman FASc
Chair, TropSc 2024, Steering Committee 
09:20 Opening Speech by Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen FASc
President, Academy of Science Malaysia & STI Advisor to the Prime Minister and Nation
09:30

Policy Dialogue on Facing a Post-Normal Era in the Tropics

Moderated by Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen FASc
President, Academy of Sciences Malaysia & STI Advisor to the Prime Minister and Nation
Panellists:
Professor Ziauddin Sardar
11:00 Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Development in the Tropics
Moderated by Dr Chen Jit Ern

Panellists:
Dr Serge Morand
Academician Professor Emerita Datuk Dr Asma Ismail FASc
Professor Eric Meijaard
12:30 Lunch
14:00

Policy Dialogue on The Way Forward for the Tropics

Moderated by Dato’ Dr Shazelina Zainul Abidin
Address by the ambassador – (Asia)
Address by the ambassador – (Small Island)
Address by the ambassador – (Latin America)
Address by the ambassador – (Africa)
16:30

Networking Session
19:30

Official Opening and Keynote Address

by
The Right Honourable
Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Premier of Sarawak
20:00 Official Dinner & Cultural Performance

Day 2

17 October 2024 (Thursday)

PARALLEL SESSIONS

08:30

Panel Discussion 1 (Invited Panellists) 

Tropical Agriculture
Smart Farming: New Technology Adoption in the Tropics		 Tropical Architecture & Engineering
Designing towards Net Zero in the Tropics (Indigenous Design)		 Tropical Medicine
Medicine Security in the Tropics (Vaccines, Drugs and Diagnostics)		 Tropical Natural Resources
Protection of Biodiversity in  the Tropics		 Open Science in Tropical Biodiversity
Compatibility & Interoperability of Tropical Biodiversity Dataset
10:00

Oral Presentation of Accepted Papers I

Tropical Agriculture Tropical Architecture & Engineering Tropical Medicine Tropical Natural Resources & Open Science in Tropical Biodiversity Climate Change in the Tropics

Oral Presentations based on themes
11:30

Oral Presentation of Accepted Papers II

Tropical Agriculture Climate Change in the Tropics Tropical Medicine Tropical Natural Resources Protection of Indigenous & Local Knowledge in the Tropics

Oral Presentations based on themes
13:00 Lunch
14:00

Panel Discussions II (Invited Panellists)

Tropical Agriculture
Food Security, Food-Energy-Water-Nexus in the Tropics		 Tropical Architecture & Engineering
New and Emerging Smart Sustainable Materials for the Tropics		 Tropical Medicine
Impacts of Ecological Change on Tropical Diseases + Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)		 Tropical Natural Resources
Minerals of the Tropics		 Climate Change in the Tropics
PLENARY SESSION
16:00 Presentation & Adoption of Kuching Declaration on the Tropics
17:30 Light Reception & End of Conference