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Smart Cities #1 - Making Malaysian Cities Smarter

Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) | Dr. Thomas Tang, Kuala Lumpur Centre for Sustainable Innovations (KLCSI)

22-Aug-16 15:00

Smart Cities #1 - Making Malaysian Cities Smarter

Most people in the world now live in cities. As demands on our cities’ resources grow exponentially, policy makers and urban planners around the world are turning to the idea of using technology to make city living more efficient. In other words, creating smart cities. Explaining this concept and what it takes to make Malaysian cities smarter today are Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman, CEO of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, better known as MIGHT, and Dr. Thomas Tang, managing director of the Kuala Lumpur Centred for Sustainable Innovations.


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