Meeting At ISTIC, ASM KL
On the 5th January 2015, Dr. Goh and the visiting scholars of MIT-UTM Malaysia Sustainable Cities Program attended an informal, introductory meeting, following an invitation by Dato’ Dr. Samsudin Tugiman, Director of ISTIC and Secretary General of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia at ISTIC Academy of Sciences, Malaysia Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The meeting was also attended by Dato’ Ir. Lee Yee Cheong, Chairperson of the Governing Board of ISTIC, who has taken a special interest in the work of the MSCP and proposes this engagement with the scholars to learn more about their research efforts (both for the MSCP and more broadly, in the scholars’ home universities).
The International Science, Technology, and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC), under the auspices of UNESCO, is a pre-eminent world organization devoted to capacity-building and supporting scientists and researchers working in G-77 nations and China. ISTIC supports collaborative knowledge transfer and international exchanges for scholars in participating countries through fellowships, training courses, and workshops.

Group photo after the meeting at ISTIC, Academy of Sciences, Malaysia Headquarter at Kuala Lumpur
