The conference kicks off with a prestigious opening ceremony, featuring a keynote address by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, and the official launch of NICE 2025 by the YAB Deputy Prime Minister. This inaugural session will celebrate and propel Malaysia’s innovation ecosystem forward with key highlights including the Malaysia Commercialisation Award, the unveiling of the RDICE Action Plan, and significant MoU exchanges.

FundConnect 2025 serves as a vital platform to showcase groundbreaking research, foster powerful collaborations, and align national R&D efforts with the 13th Malaysia Plan. This event brings together key stakeholders from academia, industry, and government for high-level dialogues, expert forums, and insightful sessions on commercialisation and strategic funding.

Driving productivity through AI applications in smart manufacturing, autonomous systems, and digital transformation. Aimed at positioning Malaysia as a leader in national tech innovation.

Advancing innovations in diagnostics, care delivery, mental health, and biotech. Focused on improving health outcomes and scaling biotech solutions to meet global demand.

Building climate-resilient and tech-driven food systems that are sustainable, scalable, and export-ready. Supporting food security while opening new opportunities for agri-innovation.

Empowering deep tech ventures with funding, policy support, and global collaboration mechanisms. Unlocking pathways for Malaysian innovators to compete and thrive on the world stage.

NBiOSHOWCASE is a biotechnology and bio-based industry summit and exhibition jointly organised by MOSTI and Bioeconomy Corporation as the main organiser. NBiOSHOWCASE aims to attract investment and industry collaboration while encouraging the public to explore how biotechnology and bio-based industries shape society through innovative solutions.

NBiOSHOWCASE serves as a platform to achieve the objectives of the National Biotechnology Policy 2.0, which aims to advance the biotechnology and bio-based sectors as key drivers of the national economy towards creating a bio-innovation society by 2030.

MTDC EXCEED (Evolving Xperiences in Entrepreneurship, Deep Tech & Development) 2025, themed “Deep Tech Connect: Building the Nation Through Collaboration,” is designed to strengthen Malaysia’s innovation ecosystem on a focused scale. Guided by the tagline “Pioneer. Partner. Progress.”, the event highlights promising deep-tech solutions, lifts entrepreneurs through targeted visibility and capacity-building, and connects key players across research institutions, industry, and government to spark purposeful collaboration.