Andy Roy Sian is a public sector and digital transformation expert, facilitating large institutions pivot to Industrial Revolution 4.0. An Information Technology graduate with more than 18 years
work experience in various capacities and performing roles such as Business & Strategy Development, Sales & Account Management, Strategic Partnership & Alliances, Web Design &
Development, Program Management, Business Intelligence, Operations and Support. He was formerly the Director of Business Development, Public Sector for NEM Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a
a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEM.io Foundation, a global Blockchain technology organization, Assistant Vice President at POS Malaysia’s e-Commerce unit, Manager of Malaysia Airports
Holdings Berhad’s Business Intelligence and Data Management Unit, Commercial Services division, and has managerial experience in various roles leading digital transformations.

Andy’s speciality lies in leading large institutional transformation, especially in the public and GLC sector. He led the charge to ready large corporations’ pivot to the digital economy and
has a deep understanding of the multiple layers of stakeholders involved in any transformation process.

Andy is passionate about bringing Malaysia and Southeast Asia to the next digital revolution, and as such has been heavily involved in creating a vibrant Blockchain ecosystem within Malaysia.

With 20+ years of experience in Information Technology, He had the privilege to work in many different, diverse and multi-cultural environments, leading global teams to provide managed Security Services for multinational companies on a 24/7 basis.

Passionate about any disruptive technologies, I was able to grow his knowledge far beyond Cyber Security and IT networks into Big Data Analytics, Cloud, AI and IoT.

CEO/Director at Datalynx Sdn Bhd in Malaysia for the past 4.5 years, building the branch office for a Swiss HQ company, taking care of all operations, marketing/sales, managing P&L. – MSC, AWS partnership.

Founded SwissTech Solutions Sdn Bhd, focusing on consulting and training in Digital Transformation. Helping companies to understand and embracing technologies to solve their business problems and grow in their industry.

Living and working in Asia (China and Malaysia) for 7 years, he has had the great pleasure of being invited to be moderator, panellist and speaker for several conferences and panel discussions.

In 2017, he started to support the Malaysian Startup community Startups. Zone by contributing to meetups, panel discussions and recently also recording weekly tech and entrepreneurship talks. Grateful to have met with so many amazing and inspiring people.

Started his own podcast Pat’s Chat in 2020 – interviewing more amazing and inspiring people that are sharing their stories…

Sharizal Shaarani is an experienced entrepreneur, corporate senior executive and as well as actively involved in non-governmental organizations. He has lived in 9 countries and this has given him an eclectic upbringing and exposure.

His industry exposure is equally eclectic ranging from IT, fibre-optic network engineering, PR and Media Consulting Agency, sustainable agriculture.

His entrepreneurially experienced in affordable housing, fintech and agri-biotech. This includes joint-venturing with a US Fortune 500 company, the Sabah State Government and creating an RM725million grants program while managing 30 different federal and state agencies. The company also owns a unique global IP in Lobster Aquaculture.

He is a keen strategist in communications and also public policy advocacy. He participated in the ETP Labs whereas the lab leader for Agriculture presented to Cabinet Members proposals from the lab which included an RM1.6 billion grant for aquaculture which was subsequently approved by the government.

He has always been very active in the NGO space where he co-founded the United Kingdom’s and Eire Executive Council of Students (UKEC) in 1995. He was also in PROMUDA where he was the pioneer batch that was chosen to be a part of the US State Department-sponsored program: American Corporate Young and Political Leaders (ACYPL) in 2005.

In 2012, he helped co-founded the Majlis Tindakan Ekonomi Melayu, a leading Malay Economic NGO whose success include leading a strong inclusive national campaign against TPPA and coming up with fresh strategic ideas to promote sustainable Malay entrepreneurship.

Currently, he focuses his attention to community-driven technology projects with the Bukit Bintang Foundation.

He hold a PhD degree in Physics from University of Cambridge, and he is currently the Director of Visa Consulting & Analytics, where we provide cutting-edge analytics to our clients to improve their business efficiencies – from predictive models to root-cause analysis.

He has an inquisitive mind, love solving complex problems, and have a strong affinity for numbers. He believe machine learning and artificial intelligence is going to change the way businesses are run in the next few decades.

He is also vocal and confident in communications, who believes that disagreements should be solved on the meeting table rather than being swept under the carpet.

Sue-Anne is the Managing Director and co-founder of Clear in Malaysia. Clear is a global marketing and branding consultancy, positioned as a strategic partner to ambitious organizations
looking to drive lasting transformation in their business. As head strategist, she consults business leaders on building successful and sustainable brands to ensure continuous business
growth.

Sue-Anne has helped various brands such as Celcom, Petronas, Nestle, F&N, Honda, Panasonic, UNIQLO, AirAsia and many others to reach their full potential and transform in the
digital economy. She has a total of 17 years of experience in designing brand and marketing strategy for businesses.

Prior to her current position, she held the position of Chief Data and Strategy Officer of Dentsu Aegis Network Malaysia, where she was instrumental in driving integrated and strategic synergy
at the group level for the advertising and media conglomerate.

Sue-Anne has published thought-leading articles and spoke in industry events on digital disruption in Asia and the effects on marketing, in collaboration with industry voices such as
CAMPAIGN ASIA, WARC and The Economist. Keen on economics and behavioural science, Sue-Anne holds an MSc Psychology and is an expert in ethnographic researches and thematical
analysis.

Darmain’s background is in law in which he has over a decade of practice experience. He currently consults in the field of data privacy especially in the context of emerging technologies
where he advises clients on privacy framework development, privacy policies, risk mitigation and data breach incident management. With a keen interest in the ethical concerns arising in
technology he co-founded the Data Ethics Society of Asia (DESA), a think tank aimed at leading thought and discourse arising from the use of data, algorithmic regulation and AI in the context
of altruistic values.

Peter Kua, the nation’s notable Data Science Evangelist with more than 10 years of experience in this field. Extensive ICT experience in various roles: Big Data / Data Science Strategy, Technopreneur, CTO, Project Manager and Software Developer. Startup leadership & management style. Excellent communication skills. Solid network of contacts in the private sector, government and universities/colleges

Industry experience includes Big Data / Data Science Strategy, Open Data, e-learning, plantation systems, FMCG, high-tech manufacturing and training and education

Relevant Data Science, Big Data and Open Data experience:

Head of Data Science & Analytics, Media Prima Digital

• Leads both the data science and data engineering teams to ensure high-value, data-driven business cases are developed and operationalized
• Engages with stakeholders from various business units (print, radio and TV) on new high-impact business cases, as well as plan the resources – people, process and technology – required to develop and deploy them
• Evangelizes a data-driven culture in the organization and breaking down data silos among business units
• Collaborates with third-party data providers to further enhance the organization’s existing audience data

Head of Big Data Analytics (BDA) Innovation, MDEC

• Thought leadership, industry development and evangelizing the National BDA Initiative agenda to realize the vision of Malaysia being a regional BDA hub by 2020
• Driving the BDA Talent Development, Open Data and Open Innovation/Adoption imperatives in the public and private sectors, including universities.
• Creation of a BDA adoption framework that allows organizations to become data-driven organizations in a structured manner
• Developed the National BDA Framework to deliver strategic recommendations / action plans to achieve the National BDA vision
• Developing the National Data Ocean (data sharing & data brokerage) and its governance and policy framework