{"id":1747,"date":"2025-09-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2025-10-20T04:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:49:42","slug":"my-journey-at-scekl2025-driving-the-twin-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/2025\/09\/17\/my-journey-at-scekl2025-driving-the-twin-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"My Journey at SCEKL2025: Driving the Twin Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>At the inaugural Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur 2025, innovation meets sustainability. As global and intermediary cities redefine urban intelligence, this event\u2014driven by MDEC and Urbanice Malaysia under Fira Barcelona\u2019s vision\u2014embodies the synergy between digital transformation and sustainable development. A milestone moment for ASEAN and beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first day at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/smartcityexpokualalumpur\/\">Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23scekl2025&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#SCEKL2025<\/a>, the first \ud83c\udf0f edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/smartcityexpoworldcongress\/\">Smart City Expo World Congress<\/a> \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa, orchestrated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/fira-barcelona\/\">Fira Barcelona<\/a> \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8.<br><br>Led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mymdec\/\">Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)<\/a> and supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/urbanicemalaysia\/\">Urbanice Malaysia<\/a>, this event advances the twin transition combining digital transformation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23dx&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#DX<\/a>) with urban sustainability (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23sdg11&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#SDG11<\/a>).<br><br>The \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa spirit resonates throughout the exhibition, cities challenge and panel discussions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23smartcity&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#smartcity<\/a> is not only for global metropolises but also intermediary cities. The former often rely on \u201ccommand-and-control\u201d systems, while the latter build on horizontal platforms.<br><br>I was fortunate \ud83c\udf40 to reconnect with many experts, including colleagues from last month\u2019s mission workshop led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/eria-economic-research-institute-for-asean-and-east-asia\/\">ERIA: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia<\/a>.<br><br>On day 3, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23eria&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#ERIA<\/a>\u2019s study will be presented by Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anbumozhi-venkatachalam-477450114\/\">Anbumozhi Venkatachalam<\/a>, and I will also join the main stage as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23panellist&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#panellist<\/a> on public\u2013private collaboration.<br><br>This exceptional event marks a true stars alignment \ud83c\udf1f in my professional journey in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/all\/?keywords=%23asia&amp;origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED\">#Asia<\/a> \ud83c\udf0f.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the inaugural Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur 2025, innovation meets sustainability. As global and intermediary cities redefine urban intelligence, this event\u2014driven by MDEC and Urbanice Malaysia under Fira Barcelona\u2019s vision\u2014embodies the synergy between digital transformation and sustainable development. A milestone moment for ASEAN and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,83],"tags":[285,190,112,223,331,225,329,114],"class_list":["post-1747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-cities-en","category-urban-policies-en","tag-asean","tag-asia","tag-business","tag-innovation-en","tag-kuala-lumpur","tag-mdec","tag-scekl25","tag-sustainability","grid-sizer","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1749,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747\/revisions\/1749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}