Selected as a speaker at Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur 2025, this intervention reflects growing recognition in Southeast Asia 🌏. It explores how public–private partnerships (#PPP) can drive integrated city platforms, resilient infrastructure, and digital solutions, linking people-centric federated urban platforms with a systemic vision of urban sustainability.
✨ Proud to be officially featured as a selected speaker in the Show Preview of Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 2025 — the first-ever Southeast Asian 🌏 edition of this global event!
My journey with the Smart City Expo World Congress began in #Barcelona in 2018, when I was selected to speak for EIT Digital‘s Digital Cities Action Line 🇪🇺, presenting a strategic digital urban platform demonstrator built entirely on open standards. That moment strongly anchored my work in #Europe’s innovation ecosystem.
In early 2024, I returned to #Barcelona with a new perspective, invited by the people of #Catalonia to welcome a Malaysian delegation 🇲🇾 from the State of Sarawak. This encounter reflected the growing connections between Europe 🇪🇺 and Southeast Asia 🌏 and positioned me as a bridge between both regions — helping connect experiences, ideas, and opportunities across continents.
In Kuala Lumpur this September, I will build on this trajectory to share how public–private partnerships (#PPP) are driving integrated city platforms, resilient infrastructure, and digital solutions. I will bring perspectives from both #Europe 🇪🇺 and #SoutheastAsia 🌏, exploring how trust, co-innovation, and collaboration can shape urban environments that deliver public value while attracting strategic investment.
This is also the focus of my recent ASEAN-level study with ERIA: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia 🌏, where I thoroughly examine the connection between people-centric federated urban platforms and the systemic vision of urban sustainability. I first advocated for this mission-oriented strategy in Kuala Lumpur at the Malaysian Institute of Planners‘ National Planning Congress #NPC2023, and I’m excited to now expand the discussion on an international stage.
📥 You can download the official show preview. See you in Kuala Lumpur!
#SCEWC #SCEKL2025 #SmartCity #UrbanInnovation #UrbanSustainability #DigitalTransformation #PublicPrivatePartnerships #ASEAN
