Webinar Series: Road to Recovery [Episode 9]: Role of Standards for Smart Cities Development

A smart city is an ecosystem that consist of many different actors, subsystems, and institutional logics with their interactions augmented by various technological applications. It is important to account for contextual conditions for smart cities in developing countries. Large gaps can be observed between cities authorities and the industry players even within the same country. The standards for smart cities are less discussed because it is not seen as a thrilling topic of conversation. Smart Cities constitute a new planning paradigm relevant for both fields of city development and technology adoption. It is important to understand the role of standards for smart cities that have already been developed internationally . Currently the development of the Malaysian Standards for Smart Cities is an ongoing process.

Moderator:

1. Kamarul Ariff Omar, Research Analyst II, Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology.

Panelists: 

1. Md Farabi Yussoff Md Yussoff, Head of Smart City Unit, PLANMalaysia.
2. Hussalmizzar Hussain, Senior Director of Standadisation, Department of Standards Malaysia.
3. Dr. Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek, Chairman Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission.
4. Mohamed Shajahan Mohamed Iqbal, Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Protem Member (Regulatory, Policies & Standards).