00:00Today, we are at the iGEM, International Green Tech and Eco-Products Exhibition and Conference
00:11Malaysia 2024, which is in its 15th year, and this event is our, not only Malaysia but
00:22also the region's premier sustainability and climate change event, and it's happening
00:31as we gear up towards COP29 in Azerbaijan, the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, and Expo 2025.
00:40Today, we saw the attendance of YP Rafizi Ramli, the Minister of Economy, and other
00:46senior officials, and this event is organised by the Malaysian Green Tech and Climate Change
00:55Corporation, MGTC, an agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability,
01:02NRES, with collaborations with other agencies.
01:07In this year's event, it's expected that there will be almost 500 exhibitors and 48,000 visitors
01:15from almost 50 countries from across the world, and the team is raised towards net zero regional
01:23leadership for climate urgency, and there will be five key pillars, empowering cities,
01:29electrifying mobility, decarbonising energy, accelerating circularity, and conserving biodiversity.
01:36There's a few new innovations or events in this year, including a dedicated industry
01:46zone for hydrogen and carbon technologies, the Central Energy Transition Asia, and a
01:52multi-venue exhibition showcasing the future of connected, autonomous shared electric mobility
01:58or MobilityX.
02:03And we believe that as we are in the midst, last year we came up with NETR, we've revised
02:09our national climate change policy, and we're in the final parts of introducing the climate
02:16change bill, and the carbon market framework.
02:20This comes at a very strategic time, and next year as we host ASEAN, we aim to make iGEM
02:28to grow beyond merely more of a, now it's very much business-centric, but it can grow
02:34beyond to include even policy-centric and thought leadership events within the conference.
02:43And for this year, we've seen support from Austria, Canada, China, Singapore, Thailand,
02:49Finland, Korea, and the Netherlands to showcase their corporates and their technologies with
02:55regards to sustainability.
02:58And we've seen participation from various partners as well, Petronas, OCBC, TNB, Solar
03:04First, UOB, Solarvest, ITRAMA, Samayden, Cita Global, and SolarX, as well as Bio-Eneco,
03:15Plus X Energy, Leader Energy Grab, and Bank Pembangunan Malaysia, as well as Iskandar
03:22Investment Berhad.
03:23So through all this collaboration, we've seen that we, again, I believe we can create
03:29another record in iGEM 2024.
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