Synopsis:

The emerging technologies has changed the engineering environment in the fast pace. The emerging technologies, such as cloud computing, internet of things, wireless sensor network, big data and mobile internet are starting to be implemented into manufacturing industries and it is believed to be approaching. The advances of science and technology continuously support the development of industrialization all over the world. From a technological evolution perspective, there are four stages commonly identified for industrial revolution. The first three industrial revolutions took place in around two centuries, and are the result of, respectively: (1) the usage of wind, water and steam energy to power the machinery; (2) the introduction of electrical into manufacturing line for mass production; and (3) the use of automation technology for the manufacturing line. Due to the emergent of fourth industrial revolution, many worldwide governments have initiated different national plan towards new industry revolution. Malaysia has launched the National Policy on Industry 4.0 (Industry4WRD) on 31 October 2018. There are many strategies by Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to attract Industry especially manufacturing based SMEs to adopt Industry 4.0 technologies & processes. The target outcomes will be the higher manufacturing sector contribution, more high value-added products and continuing FDIs.  In this talk, the speaker will share with the audience about the latest development about National Policy on Industry 4.0 (Industry4WRD).

Ir. Dr. Tan Chee Fai AMN has more than 20 years of working experience in the advanced engineering industry. Currently, Ir. Dr. Tan is the Vice President, Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He is the Fellow of the ASEAN Academy of Engineering & Technology (AAET), Honorary Fellow of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO) and Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). In addition, he is the Foreign Senior Member, Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society (CMES). He also the alumni of Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e), the Netherlands and Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA. Currently, he is the Associate Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. He is actively involved in intelligent strategic and advanced technical consultation to assist industry towards the 4th Industrial Revolution. He has led various Industry, University, and Malaysia Government as well as International funded projects such as EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). With the knowledge and experience, Ir. Dr. Tan has contributed as Keynote Speaker in various important international engineering events such as Annual Meeting of China Association of Science & Technology (CAST), FEIAP General Assembly, World Intelligent Manufacturing Summit (WIMS) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Future Engineers Conference. He is the UNESCO Specialist to assess and study on engineering education at APEC Economy. He is the qualified HRDF Trainer and NIOSH Trainer. Based on his contribution to the ASEAN engineering community since the year 1998, Ir. Dr. Tan was awarded as the 2014 JCI Ten Outstanding Young Malaysian Award. In the following year, Ir. Dr. Tan also received Ahli Mangku Negara (A.M.N.) [Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm] bestowed by His Majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (The Supreme Head of Malaysia) in 2015.