ISIDM

The Institute of Strategic Industrial Decision Modelling (ISIDM) is a centre of excellence under the School of Quantitative Sciences (SQS), UUM.

ISIDM has organized a webinar entitled ‘Gearing Up for Industrial Open Innovation 2.0’ on 6th Dec 2021 via online platforms (Webex and Facebook Live).

This forum-format webinar lasted for an hour and a half and was presented by three panels. They consisted of the ICC Director, Associate Prof. Dr. Mohd Faizal Omar, ISIDM Industrial Fellow, Mr. Khairul Hakimin Zainoor, a Senior Manager from Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) and also our ISIDM Fellow, Dr. Saadi Ahmad Kamarudin.

This forum was moderated by Associate Prof. Dr. Mohd Kamal Mohd Nawawi, the Dean of SQS, who is also an ISIDM Fellow.

In the forum sharing, Dr. Mohd Faizal explained the concept of 'open innovation' as well as provided some tips and guidelines on how to make use of commercialization in innovation efforts.

Meanwhile, Mr. Khairul Hakimin elaborated on the role of the MPC as a facilitator by highlighting the culture of innovation in the government sector and providing space to be explored and improved through the concept of the ‘quadruple helix’.

He also mentioned that the collaboration between industries, government agencies, academia and society is still wide open.

On the other hand, Dr. Saadi shared his experience as a doctoral student. At that time, he participated in various innovation expos to highlight the results of his doctoral research.

This is one of the strategies which can be used to mobilize innovation results to relevant industries. The forum ended with a question and answer session.

This webinar was able to attract nearly 70 participants from various backgrounds. This included SQS lecturers, UUM staff and alumni as well as UUM students.

It is hoped that all the participants were able to open their eyes to innovation and also gain some useful knowledge on innovation in the open industrial world.

Institute of Strategic Industrial Decision Making(ISIDM) merupakan pusat kecemerlangan di bawah SQS UUM telah menganjurkan ‘Webinar Gearing Up for Industrial Open Innovation 2.0’ secara dalam talian di aplikasi Webex dan juga FB Live di Page rasmi SQS, baru-baru ini.

Webinar berformat forum itu berlangsung selama sejam setengah itu disampaikan oleh tiga panel iaitu Pengarah ICC, Prof Madya Dr Faizal Omar, Felo Industri ISIDM,En Khairul Hakimin, Senior Manager dari MPC dan juga Felo Penyelidik ISIDM,Dr Saadi Kamarudin dari SQS bersama moderator, Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Kamal Mohd Nawawi yang merupakan Felo Penyelidik ISIDM merangkap Dekan SQS.

Dalam perkongsian forum itu, Dr Mohd Faizal menerangkan apa itu ‘open innovation’ serta tips dan panduan bagaimana untuk menggunakan membuat pengkomersialan dalam membantu sesuatu usaha inovasi yang sedang dijalankan.

Manakala Tuan Khairul berkongsi bagaimana MPC bertindak sebagai pemudahcara dalam mengenengahkan budaya inovasi dalam sektor governan dan ruang untuk diterokai dan ditambahbaik melalui konsep ‘quadruple helix’ iaitu penglibatan industri, agensi kerajaan, akademik dan masyarakat masih terbuka luas.

Sementara Dr Saadi lebih banyak berkongsi pengalaman beliau ketika mengharungi perjalanan sebagai pelajar kedoktoran sebelum ini dengan menyertai pelbagai ekspo inovasi untuk mengenengahkan hasil kajian kedoktoran beliau sebagai satu strategi mengerakkan hasil inovasi untuk diketengahkan kepada pihak industri yang berkaitan.

Forum berakhir dengan sesi soal-jawab dengan mengutarakan persoalan berkaitan apa yang dikatakan inovasi mahupun hasil inovasi yang dibangunkan oleh penyelidik.

Hampir 70 peserta menyertai program ini termasuk pensyarah SQS, staf dan alumni UUM serta pelajar UUM dari pelbagai bidang untuk mendapatkan penerangan tentang inovasi dalam dunia industri yang lebih terbuka.