Ts. Anusha Magendram

Assistant Vice President

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology

Ts. Anusha Magendram is the Head of Sustainable & Smart City / Assistant Vice President, Sustainable Development and Technologies Department at the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT). With over two decades of experience across the public and private sectors, she specialises in smart and sustainable cities, urban transformation, technology deployment, strategic foresight, policy advocacy, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. At MIGHT, she plays a strategic role in advancing Malaysia’s smart and sustainable city agenda, working at the intersection of policy, technology, financing, and implementation. She leads and coordinates key national initiatives and platforms, including the Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) and sustainable cities programmes supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Her work includes the GEF-6 Sustainable City Development initiative and the current GEF-8 Sustainable Cities Integrated Program on Decarbonization and Sustainable Cities for a Net-Zero Future in Malaysia, supporting the translation of national sustainability ambitions into city-level strategies, demonstration projects, investment opportunities, and measurable outcomes. Ts. Anusha works extensively with government ministries and agencies, local authorities, industry, academia, technology providers, international organisations, and development partners to build collaborative ecosystems and accelerate the adoption and scaling of sustainable urban solutions. Prior to MIGHT, she served as Head of Operations at Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia and Team Leader at MYOB Australia Pty Ltd. She holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science (Software Engineering) and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, combining a strong technology foundation with extensive experience in sustainability, systems thinking, and strategic urban transformation.

Programmes

From Data Centres to AI Grid

The Future

As investment in data centres and Al infrastructure accelerates, the next challenge is turning raw compute capacity into usable intelligence and economic value. This session explores how data-centre infrastructure, energy-efficient computing, Al accelerators, cloud-to-edge architectures and sovereign Al capabilities can operate as an integrated Al grid. Bringing together infrastructure, computing and national perspectives, the discussion will examine how compute can be distributed, optimised and governed to support businesses, government services, research and emerging applications. It will also consider what is required to move beyond infrastructure build-out towards an Al ecosystem that is scalable, efficient, accessible and capable of delivering sustained economic and societal value.

Day 2

City Leaders Programme: Pitch

Future Cities

Establishing a transparent working dynamic, municipal mayors and divisional leaders from across Sarawak present specific, unvarnished urban challenge statements directly to financiers and technology providers. Bypassing generic rhetoric, city leaders articulate pressing operational friction points in traffic congestion, rural-urban connectivity, water treatment, and solid waste processing. This structured exchange sets the foundation for matching real civic needs with fundable solutions and proven technological interventions.

Day 2

Scaling Innovation Ecosystems for a Borderless Economy. Earth Orbit and Beyond

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