The International Conference on Sustainability Initiatives (ICSI 2015) was successfully held at Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 24-25 August 2015, in conjunction with the 8th Asean
Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC). It was funded and supported by ASEAN Uni-Network Southeast Asia Engineering Education Development Network (AUN/SEED-Net). ICSI was officially opened by the Vice Chancellor of UTM, Professor Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Bin Omar. The conference attracted more than 150 participants from the networks well as leading universities in ASEAN and from supporting universities in Japan. There were 94 papers presented of which 75 were for oral presentations and 19 for poster presentations during the two-day conference.
ICSI was officially opened by the Vice Chancellor of UTM, Professor Datuk Ir. Dr. Wahid Bin Omar
Plenary lectures were given by 4 prominent speakers, firstly, by Secretary General to the Ministry of Higher Education, Dato’ Seri Zaini Ujang, Emeritus Professor Saburo Matsui of Kyoto University, Mr. Joseph Tek Choon Ye, CEO and Managing Director of IJM Plantations (M) Berhad and Professor Ian Jonathan Scowen from University of Lincoln. There were 4 keynote speakers; Professor Satoshi Takizawa of Tokyo University, Professor Shiro Saka of Kyoto University, Professor Yoshihiro Shiraiwa from University of Tsukuba and Professor Zainuddin Abd. Manan, Dean Faculty of Chemical Engineering in UTM Johor Bahru. Participants were invited to a dinner at Felda Villa on the first day of the conference.
MemoBio ikohza played an important role in the organisation of the conference. The Head of ikohza, Prof DatinDr Zuriati Zakaria was the Chairperson of the conference and most of the Secretariat members are students for the ikohza. A small exhibition was also held during the conference and the Chairperson gave out certificates to the participants of the exhibition.