[This is a sponsored article with MRANTI.]
Malaysia has made no secret of its ambitions to develop into a high-tech nation, as outlined within the National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (NSTIP) 2021-2030.
However how can we truly obtain this? A technique is by remodeling native analysis and growth (R&D) into real-world options with international influence.
Think about self-driving automobiles that may navigate tropical downpours. Feels like an fascinating idea, proper? Nicely, it’s now a actuality because of MRANTI’s Autonomous Vehicle Experimental Lab (AVXL).
That is the sort of breakthroughs you’ll see on the upcoming National Innovation and Commercialisation Expo (NICE) 2025, occurring from October 6 to 9 on the World Commerce Centre Kuala Lumpur.
Organised by the Ministry of Science, Expertise and & Innovation (MOSTI) and carried out by MRANTI, the expo serves as Malaysia’s main platform to exhibit how homegrown improvements are being commercialised.
As a substitute of simply speaking about these tech breakthroughs, NICE 2025 is centred on showcasing them in motion.
Enjoyable truth: Launched in 2016 and previously often called the Malaysia Commercialisation Yr (MCY) Summit, NICE started as a bridge between lab analysis and market purposes. At present, it’s advanced right into a national-level expo to speed up the commercialisation of homegrown R&D.
Expertise Malaysian-made AVs at NICE 2025
To start out off, guests can find out about Malaysia’s Autonomous Car Experimental Lab (AVXL), one in all MRANTI’s flagship testbeds for self-driving know-how. Right here, you possibly can stand up shut and private with Malaysian-made AVs and even expertise the AVXL by way of a 600m demo loop.
The AVXL has logged 412,000KM in each managed environments and real-world situations that mirror Malaysian roads. This contains flash floods, old-palm fronts, and “unannounced” roadside stalls.
Specializing in tropical situations offers it a singular international edge. Whereas most worldwide testbeds function in temperate climates, AVXL is calibrated for Malaysia’s 32°C warmth, 95% humidity, and abrupt rainstorms that may rapidly change driving situations.
Past car testing, AVXL additionally acts as an innovation ecosystem.
Each kilometre logged within the testbed and the Nationwide AI Cloud, creating new job alternatives for rising applied sciences. Examples embrace individuals to remotely supervise fleets of AVs and to show AVs the way to perceive native driving quirks, like sharp kampung turns.
MRANTI shared that EY discovered this information pipeline might ultimately cut back 0.8% off the nation’s logistics cost-to-GDP, or about RM11 billion a yr, as soon as new AV legal guidelines are in place.
World analysts are taking discover as properly. Frost & Sullivan’s “Autonomous Vehicle Regulations Global 2024” report described Malaysia as a “deliberate tropical outlier,” recognising that AVXL’s efforts might put us forward of different nations in adopting AV tech. In different phrases, AVXL showcases how Malaysia is shaping the way forward for autonomous mobility.
Greater than an expo, it’s a motion
NICE 2025’s mission is to position Malaysia on the worldwide innovation map by bringing collectively innovation showcases, coverage dialogues, enterprise matching, and strategic nationwide initiatives below one roof.
With 150 exhibitors and 12,000 contributors anticipated, the national-level expo is connecting consultants from all over the world. There shall be 62 audio system and thought leaders discussing themes surrounding commercialisation and innovation.
On the coronary heart of NICE 2025 is the I-Nation Global Summit (occurring October 7 to eight), the flagship convention inside NICE.
This yr’s summit will highlight 4 innovation pillars aligned with each native wants and international megatrends:
- Synthetic intelligence (AI)
- HealthTech
- AgriTech and Meals Safety
- Going World
Attendees will get the possibility to listen to straight from international buyers, business leaders, and policymakers, in addition to be capable of discover sensible methods such applied sciences will be scaled in Malaysia and past.
By these efforts, NICE 2025 reinforces Malaysia’s place as not only a participant within the dialog, however a rustic able to scale options internationally.
Whether or not you’re a startup founder, researcher, investor, businessman, scholar, or policymaker, that is your invitation to be a part of Malaysia’s innovation journey.
Admission is free and people can enroll here.
- Register your curiosity for NICE 2025 here.
- Be taught extra concerning the MRANTI here.
- Learn articles we’ve written about Malaysian startups here.
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