Malaysia National E&E Forum 2023

and Networking Lunch
6 November 2023, 830am - 1pm (GMT +8, Kuala Lumpur)

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Organized by Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association

Supported by The Government of Malaysia

Supported by Malaysia Productivity Corporation

Supported by Electrical & Electronics Productivity Nexus

Supported by
SEMI

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E&E industry - the Golden Goose of Malaysia

Connexion Conference & Event Center , Kuala Lumpur and virtually over Zoom

Monday, 6 November 2023. 8:30am to 1:00pm (GMT +8, Kuala Lumpur)

The MSIA E&E Forum 2023 is set to be a groundbreaking event for the semiconductor industry, bringing together experts, innovators, and enthusiasts from around the world. With a focus on cutting-edge technology and electronic components, this forum promises to be a hub for knowledge exchange and collaboration. Participants can expect engaging discussions, insightful presentations, and networking opportunities that will shape the future of the semiconductor field.

This year’s MSIA E&E Forum will delve into the latest trends and developments in semiconductor manufacturing, highlighting the role of artificial intelligence, IoT, and 5G technology. Attendees can look forward to deep dives into advanced materials, fabrication techniques, and the impact of these innovations on various industries. From exploring the challenges of scaling semiconductor processes to the potential for quantum computing breakthroughs, this forum aims to inspire, educate, and empower semiconductor enthusiasts.

Malaysia National E&E Forum and Networking Lunch

This event is free for both in-person and virtual attendees. You may attend this event in-person event at MIDA Sentral or join us via Zoom. In-person seats are limited and available on a first-come-first-served basis. This event is open to the public.

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The E & E Event Of The Year

and networking lunch

Connexion Conference & Event Center, Kuala Lumpur and virtually over Zoom
Monday, 6 November 2023. 8:30am to 1:00pm (GMT +8, Kuala Lumpur)

This free event is open to professionals in the semiconductor industry and members of the public.

The Forum's Program

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8:30am

Welcome by Emcee

Ms. Nurul Nadia Zainal Adnan,
Assistant Manager, Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)

8:35am

Introductory Speech

Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai
President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA)
Champion of EEPN

8:45am

Keynote Speech

YB Liew Chin Tong
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

9:00am

Keynote Presentation
Market Outlook - Equipment, Fab Capacity and Semiconductor Forecasts

Clark Tseng
Senior Director, Market Intelligence Team, SEMI

Moderator

Dato’ Seri Wong Siew Hai
President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA)

10:00am

Coffee Break

10:15am

Panel Discussion 1
Global Battle for Domestic Supply Chains in light of US restrictions and geo-political tensions.

How is Malaysia positioning its semiconductor industry to move up the value-chain?

Panelists

Faizal Mohd Yusof
Senior Director, Industrial Development Division of Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI
)

Zhao Xueyi 
Director of International Affairs, China Semiconductor Industry Association

Ang Wee Seng
Executive Director, Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association

Moderator

Tan Chun Sheng
Vice- President of Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) and
Group Vice President & General Manager for STMicroelectronics Muar and
Regional Advisory Board Member, SEMI SEA

11:15am

Coffee Break

11:30am

Panel Discussion 2
How are the rest of the world preparing for supply chain resiliency?

Panelists

Mariana Vijil
Senior Economist, Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank

Dato’ Lim Yong Jin
Vice President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association and
Independent Non-Executive Director of RGT Berhad


Dr. Tay Kheng Chiong
Group Managing Director, D&O Green Technologies Berhad

Moderator

Dr. Sharbanom Abu Bakar
Independent Non-Executive Director Affin Islamic Bank

12:30pm

Networking Lunch

Speakers, Panelists and Moderators

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Dato' Seri Wong Siew Hai

President
Malaysian Semiconductor Industry Association

YB Liew Chin Tong



Deputy Minister
Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

Clark Tseng



Senior Director
Market Intelligence Team, SEMI

Faizal Mohd Yusof



Senior Director
Industrial Development Division of Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI)

Zhao Xueyi 


Zhao Xueyi 

Director of International Affairs
China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA)

Ang Wee Seng 



Executive Director
Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association

Tan Chun Sheng


Group Vice President & General Manage
STMicroelectronics Muar

Mariana Vijil


Senior Economist
Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank

Dato' Lim Yong Jin


Independent Non-Executive Director
RGT Berhad


Dr. Tay Kheng Chiong


Group Managing Director
D&O Green Technologies Berhad

Dr. Sharbanom Abu Bakar


Independent Non-Executive Director
Affin Islamic Bank

 

Who Should Attend

Semiconductor companies including

  • Existing players in Malaysia (Multi-Nationals, Malaysian)
  • Potential investors into Malaysia
  • Service Providers (including Investment Analysts, Consultants, Banks)
  • Foreign Chambers of Commerce
  • Investment promotion Agencies
  • Other relevant industry associations

Members of the public are also welcome to join this forum.

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For more details, contact us at secretariat@msia.org.my

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Register your interest for this free hybrid event that will be held physically in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and over Zoom.

The Forum will also be streamed live. Please register to either attend physically or receive the Zoom and live stream link.

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CONNEXION CONFERENCE & EVENT CENTER

7, Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South
59200 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan

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Dato Seri Wong Siew Hai

President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association

Dato’ Seri Wong is a member of Pemudah, a public – private sector special task force to facilitate business and improve Malaysia’s global competitiveness.
 
Dato’ Seri Wong served with Intel for 27 years. His last position with Intel was Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing Group (TMG) and General Manager of Assembly and Test Manufacturing (ATM), responsible for all assembly test factories worldwide. 

YB Liew Chin Tong

Deputy Minister Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry

YB Liew is the Iskandar Puteri MP and Perling assemblyman. He was a senator and served as deputy defence minister from July 2018 to February 2020 when he supported former defence minister Mohammad Sabu’s efforts to present Malaysia’s first Defence White Paper, which was passed in Parliament on 2 December 2019. He is passionate about policies relating to the economy, defence and security, institutional reform, political Islam, security and international relations, and urban studies. 
 

Clark Tseng

Senior Director, Market Intelligence Team, SEMI

Clark Tseng is the Senior Director of the Market Intelligent Team (MIT) at SEMI. In this role, he is responsible for leading SEMI’s global market research team that tracks and analyzes the dynamics of the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain. Clark has extensive experience and expertise in analyzing and forecasting various microelectronics industries, including IDM, Fabless, Foundry, Memory, and OSAT, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific and China markets. Additionally, he oversees SEMI’s MIT partnerships worldwide.
Clark has held several strategic and analytical roles in leading companies in the microelectronics sector before joining SEMI. At Mediatek, he was the Deputy Director of Computing, Connectivity, and Metaverse Business Group. There, he provided market intelligence and competitive analysis for Computing (HPC/ASIC), Connectivity (5G/Wi-Fi) and Multimedia (XR and Auto) domains. Clark has also worked as the division manager of Strategy and Business Development at Qimonda, where he managed market & competitive intelligence functions in the Asia/Pacific region. Before that, he was an analyst at IDC, covering semiconductor, flat panel display, and telecommunication markets.
 

Faizal Mohd Yusof

Senior Director, Industrial Development Division of Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI)

 Fizal has been with MITI since 1996 and current the Senior Director of the Industrial Development Division of MITI. The Industrial Development Division is responsible to formulate, review policies and strategies for development of the manufacturing sector such as, automotive, chemical and petroleum products, pharmaceutical and medical devices, electrical, electronics and ICT, llifestyle and new emerging industries. Faizal holds a degree from University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Zhao Xueyi

Director of International Affairs, China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA)

 Senior consulting architect, enterprise technology strategy consulting expert, communication network, cloud computing, network security technology expert, smart city, smart park, smart government, city brain solution top architect.With nearly 20 years of working experience in the world’s top 500 companies in the ICT field, he is good at enterprise technology strategy decoding, technology strategy direction selection, and complex architecture technology projects, and is currently engaged in international cooperation in China’s semiconductor industry.

Ang Wee Seng

Executive Director, Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association

 Wee Seng has over two decades of experience in the semiconductor industry, encompassing fab start-up, technology development, manufacturing, and senior leadership roles. Wee Seng now leads the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) in supportng the semiconductor industry by growing its talent pool, helping businesses grow, and advocating for an environmentally sustainable business strategy for the industry. He concurrently sits on several advisory committees, such as Singapore Polytechnic’s School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (SEEE), NTU’s School of Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP), as well as ESG’s Smart Manufacturing Technical Committee (SMTC) and Environment and Resources Standards Technical Committee for Energy. Wee Seng also plays an active role in supporting the community, and is a District Councillor for North East CDC. 

Wee Seng holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and a Masters (MSc) in Management of Technology from National University of Singapore. 

Tan Chun Sheng

Vice- President of Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) and Group Vice President & General Manager for STMicroelectronics Muar and Regional Advisory Board Member, SEMI SEA

 CS Tan is the Group Vice President & General Manager for STMicroelectronics Muar and has held this position since joining the Company in 2013. 

In his tenure, the ST Muar back-end plant has grown to be ST’s largest in terms of space, with an expanded range of technologies including advanced packages. In 2019, the ST Muar back-end plant received the Industry Excellence Award from Malaysia’s Prime Minister and was also recognized as a Lean Gold plant by the Malaysia Productivity Corporation.

 

CS started his career with National Semiconductor Penang and has an illustrious career spanning 32 years covering industries such as Semiconductor, Hard Disk Storage, and Electronics Manufacturing Services. His most recent appointments include General Manager of large MNC factories such as Flextronics and ON Semiconductor. Throughout his career, CS led various important manufacturing initiatives such as Lean Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Reliability Centered Maintenance and more recently Industry 4.0 (Connected Manufacturing). 

CS Tan was born in Penang, Malaysia in, and graduated with 1st Class Honours degree in Applied Physics from USM and subsequently obtained MBA with USM. He was also recently appointed as Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in UTEM, Melaka and was recently awarded Honorary Doctor of Engineering by UTEM. 

Mariana Vijil


Senior Economist, Finance Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice, World Bank

 Mariana Vijil is Senior Economist at the World Bank, specialized on private sector development issues. She has worked in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe as well as Latin America and the Caribbean regions, providing policy advice as well as developing and implementing projects on entrepreneurship, international trade, value chains development and green competitiveness. 

Before joining the World Bank, Mariana was Deputy Head of the Trade Policy Department at the French Directorate General of the Treasury. 

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), and a Master degree from the Center for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI). She authored World Bank Country Private Sector Diagnostics, and her research has been published in professional journals such as World Bank Economic Review, The World Economy and Environment and Development Economics; as well as in the book “Jobs and Growth, Brazil’s Productivity Agenda”.

Dato' Lim Yong Jin

Vice President, Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association and 
Independent Non-Executive Director of RGT Berhad


 Dato’ Yong Jin (YJ) Lim is the ex-Regional President of Plexus Corporation, a US-based Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) company for 14 years from 2007 to 2021.

Now Dato’ YJ is the Independent Board Director of Rapid Growth Technology (RGT).

Dato’ YJ has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Hons) from the University of Technology Malaysia and has worked in various industries such as semiconductors, hard-disk storage and medical industries.

Dr. Tay Kheng Chiong

Group Managing Director, D&O Green Technologies Berhad

 Mr. Tay Kheng Chiong is presently the Group Managing Director of D&O Green Technologies Berhad which is the main holding company of Dominant Opto Technologies Sdn. Bhd. He holds an Honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, MBA, D.Eng Doctorate in Engineering and a chartered engineer in the UK’s Institution of Engineering and Technology. He has been named as Best CEOs in the magazine Focus Malaysia, December 2017.

Dr. Sharbanom Abu Bakar


Independent Non-Executive Director Affin Islamic Bank

 Dr Sharbanom is a former lead consultant to the UNDP for the development of Malaysia’s SDG investors’ map, which was launched in June 2023. 

While in the UK, where she obtained a PhD, she was involved in the UKCITE (UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment) consortium, where she evaluated technologies for the connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and explored their implications for existing infrastructure, regulations and environment. 

She has also worked at IBM Malaysia, where she was seconded to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to manage projects under the Economic Transformation Programme.