23 – 24 November – Institute of Plantation Studies (IPS) had successfully organized the 1^st International Conference on Plantation Technology (ICPTech2021) in conjunction with the 14^th Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering 2021 (RC CIE2021). This virtual event was officiated by Yang Berhormat Datuk Hajah Zuraida Kamaruddin, minister at the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities. This program was participated by more than 140 participants from 14 countries, including the USA, Australia, Japan, China, South Korea, Turkey, Portugal, Nigeria, Iraq, India, Sudan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.  Among the keynote speakers in this conference were Prof. Dr. John Schueller, (University of Florida, USA), Prof. Dr. Deng Ganran (Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences-CATAS, China), Dr. Mohd Azwan Mohd Bakri (Malaysian Palm Oil Board, Malaysia), dan Prof. Ir. Dr. Azmi Yahya (Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia).

On the second day, the participants had a chance to listen to the forum entitled “Potential Application of Mechanization, Automation and Digitalization Technologies for Sustainable Plantation Sector in Malaysia”. The panellists were among the experts in plantation crops as well as technology of IR4.0. The forum was moderated by Prof. Sr. Gs. Dr. Abdul Rashid Mohamed Shariff, research associate at the laboratory of Plantation System Technology and Mechanization, IPS. In overall, this two-days program had successfully discussed the contemporary issues in plantation sectors and the latest technologies to be employed in the plantation to increase the yield and reduce the operational costs. According to the feedback from the participants, they were very satisfied with the conference.

Date of Input: 02/12/2021 | Updated: 02/12/2021 | ainzubaidah