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The central stage for bold ideas, national strategies, global insights, and leadership visions. This is where keynotes, ministerial addresses, and high-level dialogues set the tone for Sarawak’s digital journey.
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IDECS 2026 brings together leaders, innovators, investors and changemakers to explore how digital technology, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, talent and the emerging space economy can power the next wave of borderless digital growth.
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Innovation is moving beyond borders and beyond traditional industries. IDECS 2026 is a convergence event for leaders shaping the digital economy, semiconductor innovation, artificial intelligence, talent and the emerging space economy. Across two days, government, industry, academia, investors and innovators will exchange ideas, build partnerships and turn emerging opportunities into real-world growth.
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The central stage for bold ideas, national strategies, global insights, and leadership visions. This is where keynotes, ministerial addresses, and high-level dialogues set the tone for Sarawak’s digital journey.
A stage dedicated to empowering women and underrepresented communities in the digital economy and tech innovation ecosystem. It champions inclusivity and digital skills with equal opportunity access.
Powered by the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Digital Economy, this track brings together researchers, academia, industry and innovators to advance digital research and foster breakthrough solutions for the future digital economy.
A focused platform to explore the transformation of urban and rural ecosystems through AI, data, sustainable infrastructure, and digital governance.
A high-energy platform for emerging founders, innovators, and ecosystem enablers to showcase scalable tech solutions that address real-world digital and sustainability challenges.
Dr. Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese astronaut and the first person in history to fly on three different types of spacecraft. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 2005, on the ""Return to Flight"" mission following the Columbia disaster, during which he became the first Japanese astronaut to conduct three spacewalks as lead spacewalker.
Dr Nici Sweaney is a scientist with nearly two decades of academic and data experience. She has collaborated with the United Nations, the World Bank, and AusAid. She's delivered over 200 keynotes to audiences including executives from WWF, Hewlett Packard, and Salesforce - who called her the best person they'd ever heard on this topic.
Adjunct Professor, Dr Catherine Ball is an award-winning, company director, bestselling author and futurist working across global projects where emerging technologies meet humanitarian, education and environmental needs. Catherine is proud to be an advisor to a broad range of enterprises and philanthropic organisations including being an XPRIZE visioneer and member of their Global Brains Trust.
De Kai is the author of the award winning book Raising AI, newly released in paperback from MIT Press and audiobook from Penguin Random House. He is a pioneering AI professor who invented and built the web’s first global AI translator, laying the groundwork for tools like Google Translate and Bing Translator, and was honored by the ACL as a Founding Fellow for his decades of breakthroughs, which lie at the intersection of language, AI, cognition, and ethics.
Prof. Jason Pomeroy is an award-winning architect, academic, author and TV presenter, regarded as one of the world’s thought leaders in sustainable design. He is the Founder of Singapore-based Pomeroy Studio, Pomeroy Technology and Pomeroy Academy: sustainable urbanism, architecture, design, research and education firms. His career has included critically-acclaimed green cities, buildings and landscapes.
Opening perspectives, keynote conversations and sessions exploring the digital economy, semiconductors and AI
Opening perspectives, keynote conversations and sessions exploring the digital economy, semiconductors and AI
The central stage for bold ideas, national strategies, global insights, and leadership visions. This is where keynotes, ministerial addresses, and high-level dialogues set the tone for Sarawak’s digital journey.
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A focused platform to explore the transformation of urban and rural ecosystems through AI, data, sustainable infrastructure, and digital governance.
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A high-energy platform for emerging founders, innovators, and ecosystem enablers to showcase scalable tech solutions that address real-world digital and sustainability challenges.
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Powered by the Centre of Excellence for Digital Economy, this track brings together researchers, academia, industry and innovators to advance digital research and foster breakthrough solutions for the future digital economy.
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A stage dedicated to empowering women and underrepresented communities in the digital economy and tech innovation ecosystem.
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Borneo Convention Centre,
Kuching, Sarawak
Find Us
Borneo Convention Centre,
Kuching, Sarawak
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