Volume 3 of the MSCA E-Newsletter focused on top technologies that will be more flexible for people, work, education, as well as innovation. Smart cities can be described as ‘places for technology combined with infrastructure, everyday objects, and even human element to address social, economic, and environmental problems. Essentially, digital technologies come in a variety of forms to suite our daily lives. Similarly, these technologies increasingly co-constitute our phenomenological experience of the urban environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated the adoption of new technologies, and many of these are here to stay. In this edition, the highlights are on the top 5 eye-catching technologies achieved through the Covid-19 situation.
VOL. 3 July 2022
E-Newsletter
MALAYSIA SMART CITIES ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION (MSCA)
www.malaysiasca.org
EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
PREFACE
Volume 3 of the MSCA E-Newsletter focused on top technologies that will be more flexible for people, work, education, as well as innovation. Smart cities can be described as ‘places for technology combined with infrastructure, everyday objects, and even human element to address social, economic, and environmental problems. Essentially, digital technologies come in a variety of forms to suite our daily lives. Similarly, these technologies increasingly co-constitute our phenomenological experience of the urban environment. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically accelerated the adoption of new technologies, and many of these are here to stay. In this edition, the highlights are on the top 5 eye-catching technologies achieved through the Covid-19 situation.
Dr. Raslan Ahmad, FASc Chairman
CONTENT DEVELOPERS
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MALAYSIA SMART CITIES ALLIANCE ASSOCIATION (MSCA)
Ms. Anusha Magendram Secretariat
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SMART CITIES HIGHLIGHTS
- Special Briefing by MSCA to The Deputy Minister MOSTI - Courtesy Visit to Secretary General of MOSTI CULTIVATE EXTENSIVE NETWORKING
Mr. Kamarul Ariff Omar Secretariat
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Revolutionise Smart Cities The Top 5 Technology Trends Can Revolutionize Cities Smart Health
26 STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
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Mrs. Fatin Asmida Asman Secretariat
07 Smart Safety 08 Smart Energy 10 Smart Infrastructure
- Stakeholder Engagement with Sunway Berhad - Stakeholder Engagement with Fusionex Group - Stakeholder Engagement with MRANTI - Stakeholder Engagement with Smart Selangor Delivery Unit - Stakeholder Engagement with Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur - Stakeholder Engagement with Hatten Group - Courtesy Visit by Sergek Development - Stakeholder Engagement with Technology Depository Agency (TDA) Berhad - Stakeholder Engagement with PLANMalaysia - Stakeholder Engagement with Paylink Global (M) Sdn Bhd
11 Smart Citizen 13 What’s Next
Dr. Nurul Hidayah Shabdin Secretariat
MEMBER’S INSIGHT
14 Challenges and funding strategies for Smart City Implementation 17 How-To Build and Deploy IoT Projects
Dr. Mazlan Abbas MSCA Committee Members
ACTIVITIES
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STRATEGIC COLLABORATION - Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony - Collaborative Memorandum Document Exchange Ceremony for Sustainable and Smart Cities
Mrs. Maimunah Jaffar MSCA Committee Members
31 STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
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CAPACITY BUILDING & KNOWLEDGE SHARING
- Smart Melaka Blueprint 2035 (SMB2035) - Smart Melaka Implementation Committee (SMIC)
VOLUME 3 JULY 2022
- Virtual UK Smart Cities Vision to Malaysia - MSCA Smart Cities Networking and Talk Series - Smart City Seminar with Alor Gajah Municipal Council KNOWLEDGE FORUM & CONFERENCE SERIES
32 MEDIA COVERAGE
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- MSCA Special Appearance in Malaysia Hari Ini @ TV3 - News Cutting
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SMART CITIES HIGHLIGHTS
REVOLUTIONISE SMART CITIES Revolutionise is to completely change something so that it is much better. Cities are undergoing rapid digital transformation and experimenting with inclusive and innovative models for incorporating Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies into their programs, infrastructure, services, and governance. With the advancement of digital infrastructure, a city becomes smarter by improving connectivity between physical space and city management systems, as well as the communication channel between citizens and local government. Meanwhile, through big data analytics and IoT, a new urban social contract is gradually formed between local government, businesses, and individual citizens. The actuation feedback system further enables each actor to become part of the solutions to urban challenges, as well as end-users themselves. A smart sustainable city is one that leverages technology to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of services and life for its residents. The initiatives can cover anything from power distribution, transport systems, streetlights, and even rubbish collection towards achieving sustainable goals. The idea is to use data and technology to make everyday life easier and better for the people who live and work in the city while optimizing the use of resources in a sustainable way.
By making cities smarter, we can overcome some of these challenges and make cities better places to live. According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, smart city technology can improve key quality of life indicators by 10 to 30 percent, such as daily commutes, health issues, and crime incidents. Now technology is being injected more directly into the lives of residents. Smartphones have become the keys to the city, putting instant information about transit, traffic, health services, safety alerts, and community news into millions of hands. Moreover, smart applications produce savings in other areas, such as encouraging more efficient usage of utilities and the healthcare system. Products such as home-security systems, personal-alert devices, and lifestyle wearables involve consumer purchases, but they offer value that many are willing to pay for. Now, using the right combination of traditional construction and smart solutions, government can respond more dynamically to how demand is changing.
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TOP 5 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS CAN REVOLUTIONIZE CITIES The rising popularity of 5G, worldwide penetration of smartphones and increasing adoption of IoT are all expected to accelerate smart city technologies and bring them into the mainstream. With this, there are new ways that technology can change cities. According to Clare Epstein, Vice President of Public Sector at Civis Analytics, "In 2022, we anticipate cities — now more tech-savvy than ever — will have an increased focus on using technology to improve equity for city residents, with a particular emphasis on bridging the digital divide. "The COVID-19 pandemic has created disruptions to the global supply chain. With distancing and quarantine orders, the core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, such as Big Data, cloud computing, Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) and blockchain are building a more resilient supply chain management system for the future by enhancing the accuracy of data and encouraging data sharing. Revolutionize happens beyond expectation after the pandemic, and the momentum of this continue with the preparation towards a more resilient society.
IN THIS NEWSLETTER, WE DISCUSS ON 5 LEADING TRENDS WHICH ANTICIPATED TO CHANGE CITIES IN THE FUTURE:
Smart Health
Smart Safety
Smart Energy
Smart Infrastructure
Smart Ci � zen
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The pandemic has demonstrated that the community can play a significant role in improving citizens' health. Smart technologies can help healthcare ecosystems by facilitating not only diagnosis and treatment, but also self-care prevention. This shifts the focus away from individual-centered care and toward a community-based approach. While in term of safety, biometrics, facial recognition, smart cameras and video surveillance all have been gaining traction with increased use by law enforcement services. These technologies help cities identify patterns and trends in crime data, reduce response times and explore crime prediction. Besides, the energy revolution helps to create a circular economy by decentralizing energy production with renewable sources. This paves the way for cities to become self-sufficient in terms of energy consumption. In addition, infrastructure serve as a backbone of a city which Gartner study predicts more than 4 billion connected IoT devices in commercial smart buildings by 2028, powered by telecommunications infrastructures, with 5G and High Efficiency Wi-Fi along with smart utilities such as power, waste and water. Trending technologies include bridge inspection systems, IoT sensors for wastewater and congestion monitoring, parking sensor apps, lighting sensors and fire detection systems. Finally, smart cities magnify the voices of their residents. Apps allow citizens to instantaneously report local issues, while community networking platforms allow people to pool together and share resources.
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#1: SMART HEALTH With the rapid increasing of population especially from the elderly group and pandemic impact, the healthcare system is overwhelmed with caring for the community especially the elderly and vulnerable groups in hospitals, nursing homes and clinics; thus increases the demand for customized home care. As a result, sensing technologies are finding their way into the home environment as today’s healthcare system must recognized the advantages of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the quality of healthcare, turning traditional into smart healthcare. The idea of smart health referred to e-Health & mobile-Health services, electronic record management, smart home services and intelligent & connected medical devices.
Problem in traditional healthcare information system: - Delayed or missed diagnosis. Failing to order appropriate tests. Inability to access patients’ medical history. Prescribing the wrong pharmaceutical drugs. Patient allergic to a certain drug information. Advantages of implementing smart healthcare: - Access the data through allowing devices.
Look at the patients’ records easily. Enter the prescriptions to the cloud. Cut medication delivery time. Speed up patients care management.
Smart Healthcare Ecosystem
Smart Home Healthcare
Mobile-Health Device
Telemedicine Service
The International Smart Home Healthcare Market is expected to register a CAGR of 27.3% over the forecast period 2022 - 2027. -businesswire.com-
Arti fi cial Intelligence, A.I Internet of Things, IoT Cloud Computing
Technology Drivers
Applications
Smart Hospital Apps Naluri.life
BookDoc
Doctor On Call
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#2: SMART SAFETY
The digital transformation comes with better connectivity and extra efficient data management and analysis. We do know that some of the new technologies and devices enable urban areas to deploy smarter applications for crime detection and prevention. These applications are crucial to helping the police, medical teams, emergency response team and first responders make the best decision possible when dealing with emergency situations. Cloud-based tools enhance operational and strategic processes for faster communication and making decisions. Thus, having access to all source of data and equipment is a golden opportunity to all city resident and stakeholders. Meanwhile, safety & security issues remain major obstacles to the worldwide adoption and deployment of smart city technology. In other words, users will not fully adopt any smart city technology if there is no guarantee that it will protect their privacy. Today, technology solutions are directly on the city infrastructure itself as they bring the advantage of a rapid implementation that derives in immediate social benefits. Smart technologies are revolutionizing the way cities locate, address and prevent safety issues. Therefore, it is important to identify what sort of city system required for smartness element of safety & security.
City system required smart safety solution:- Transportation system Communication network Water & energy system Why do we need smart safety solution? Prevention of data leaks and falsifications Prevention and discovery of device tampering Provide real-time alert & surveillance Prevent cyber-attack Technology without smart safety solution:- System disrupted System hacked Increase vulnerability & threat
SMART SAFETY SOLUTION
Sensors Arti fi cial I ntelligence , A .I I nternet of Things , I oT Cloud Computing
When everything is increasingly connected, there will be a growing new vulnerability -iso.org-
Technology Drivers
APPLICATIONS
iSharing
Quake Alerts
EyeSyte
Red Panic Button
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#3: SMART ENERGY Cities can use technology to monitor real-time energy use and optimize energy consumption in addition to investing in clean energy. According to the Coalition for Urban Transitions, cities can reduce emissions by 90% by 2050 using proven technologies and practices. This entails the use of environmentally friendly and resource-efficient materials, eco-friendly and resource-efficient designs, renewable energy systems, and digital technologies that adapt to usage. While according to Deloitte Insights, the energy revolution helps to create a circular economy by decentralizing energy production and utilizing renewable energy sources. Cities will be able to become energy self-sufficient as a result of this development.
As populations grow, so do cities’ energy consumption. Electric vehicles, and electrified transportation more generally, are disrupting the supply and demand dynamics of electricity. Similarly, advanced urban farming allows food to be grown all year long; albeit at a high electrical intensity. These two emerging drivers erode the proverbial “duck curve” of electricity net load caused by the integration of large quantities of renewable energy. Furthermore, other disruptive technologies and services in energy, communications and transportation, will accelerate this trend towards digitization and 24/7 accessible service. Finally, autonomous vehicles and drone deliveries represent a new and potentially intensive form of energy consumption.
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Applications
In developed countries, the pace of adoption of new technologies is often slowed down by aging existing infrastructure that was not designed to accommodate them. Meanwhile, in developing countries, large-scale capital investments may not always be readily available despite the opportunity for “leap-frogging” with new technologies. In both cases, it is necessary to break the barriers between existing functional, information, and data silos within conventional utility systems.
In Malaysia, Melaka is one of the pioneer states in the country to debut smart grid technology with an aim to spearhead its high-tech city concept. There is an increasing number of active consumers or prosumers with energy management requirements beyond simply high reliability at a low cost. Such prosumers are often selecting clean and local sources of energy and wish to actively participate in the management and control of their energy consumption. We need to better understand what we can expect from the smarter, cleaner energy future. How We Get Energy: From providing consumers with easier access to solar to the development of microgrids, this fact sheet covers the more flexible, sustainable ways that consumers will receive energy in the coming years. How We Use Energy: This includes new ways that consumers will manage and use of energy in their daily lives, highlighting smart thermostats and smart appliances to innovations in smart cities technology and EV charging infrastructure. How We Pay for Energy: Focusing on innovations from companies in the smart energy space, it focuses on the new ways that consumers are monitoring and paying for the energy they use.
Other countries such as in Amsterdam, homes have smart energy meters to encourage reduced energy consumption while Beijing reduced airborne pollutants by around 20 percent via tracking the pollution sources and regulating activities accordingly. Schenectady in New York is upgrading its street lights to LED technology, which can be adjusted or dimmed based on real-time data.
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#4: SMART INFRASTRUCTURE Smart Infrastructure is the result of combining physical infrastructure with digital infrastructure. When a city is smart, its infrastructure has to be as well. Embedded sensing technologies allow real-time data acquisition and analysis. Reliable, robust and meaningful information gathered and processed by smart infrastructure can be used by AI for a better understanding of the usage of infrastructure.
Physical infrastructure :- Energy Infrastructure Water Infrastructure Waste Infrastructure
Digital Infrastructure:- IoT Sensors Networks Big Data Machine Learning
Transportation Infrastructure ICT Infrastructure
Integrated platform for big data harnessing & analytics Connect big data from various field for multi-purpose results outcome Transport big data in smart city system Establish an open community practises for smart city technology Gain insights and empower people for solving urban challenges in a new ways
IMPORTANT OF SMART INFRASTRUCTURE
SMART INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACT TO THE CITY
Smart Infrastructure will shape a better future. Greater understanding of the performance of our infrastructure will allow new infrastructure to be designed and delivered more efficiently and to provide better whole life value. Yet, Smart Infrastructure has the potential to make a revolutionary impact on the efficient use of existing infrastructure of the cities. Smart cities need to have an agile digital backbone in place so that new initiatives and technologies can be implemented on a mass scale swiftly. -News Straits Times-
Enhances device communication
Expend Data and information
Gathers useful BIG data
Sensors Arti fi cial Intelligence, A.I Internet of Things, IoT
Technology Drivers
SMART INFRASTRUCTURES SYSTEM
Smart Tra c System
Smart Water System
Smart Grid & Energy System
Smart Waste System
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#5: SMART CITIZEN Smart cities magnify the voices of their residents. Apps enable citizens to report local issues in real time, while community networking platforms enable people to collaborate and share resources. Cities are becoming more participatory and transparent as collaborative ecosystems. Technologies can help to close existing societal gaps by promoting inclusivity. Digitalisation in cities has the potential to improve accessibility, accelerate business opportunities, address societal gaps, and support proactive governance. Smart cities can improve the lives of all citizens as long as governments take care not to leave digitally invisible communities behind.
Cities are real-time systems, and a Smart City consists of multiple smart systems. A smart city will have the smart physical, social, institutional, and economic infrastructure in a sustainable environment, with citizens at the center of these systems.
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#5: SMART CITIZEN
Applications Open data and emerging technologies are helping cities become more human-centered and multidirectional for government, businesses, and citizens alike. Rome focused on the E-lisir project to encourage a better communication between deaf people and public administration, through the installation of an app on the tablets of the public officers of the registry services which allows to obtain in real time a translation of the requests made at the desk by deaf people in sign language through a remote connection with an interpreter. The service is thus able to make the City Hall more accessible to everybody and to solve with limited costs a particular problem experienced by a considerable number of users. While, in Helsinki, the pedestrian mobility of the blind people is facilitated by the app Blindsquare, which integrates the data of the famous application Foursquare with an audio navigation system that allows the blind person to be guided by his phone through urban places and points of interest. The progressive integration between this and other applications, such as those on the real time situation of the public transport, is revolutionizing the way of living the city by the blind people and, at the same time, is creating a networking of experiences and projects implemented by a genuine network of urban developers. If it is true that a city cannot be a smart city without smart citizens, the combined use of apps, social networks, and new social technology is radically changing the everyday urban experience, as demonstrated by the experiences of Helsinki and Rome, with varying degrees of emphasis on the use of innovative technologies or on people's involvement.
CITIZEN
COMPETITION
OPINION GATHERING
SUBSIDY
EDUCATION INSTITUTION
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WHAT’S NEXT
Human Capital for Skills & Talent Development
mechanism. The innovativeness of employees is important to be trained because innovative employees tend to be able to work smart, overcome uncertainties, and more competitive in IoT technology advancement.
Digital Infrastructure Readiness
Human capital play significant roles in meeting the requirement of smart technology implementation. Effective human capital could enhance the performance of organizations by equipping the workforce updated competencies. In this competitive technology era, human capital practices play essential roles in organizations because a suitable approach could assist organizations to reach the objectives of IR 4.0 effectively. The first practice is knowledge management (KM). An effective KM is crucial in human capital practices because KM can boost up employees’ innovation and the convenience of learning. KM is about obtaining, organizing, processing, re-utilizing, and transferring knowledge among employees, as well as making knowledge available to all organizations’ members. Besides, KM also assists in employees’ development of competency. The second practice is policy making. In order to have good quality of policy in technology readiness and human capital development, technology should have matured human capital practices with the assistance of external sources. It is encouraged that human capital should be open to external sources of knowledge in policy making because the source of knowledge could be suitable for new procedures that are essential for technology advancement. Through this effort, the knowledge of new practices will be included in university teaching, which in turn, preparing a pool of talented future workers. The third practice is training. Training is known as the key practice that could overcome the uncertainties of human capital. In uncertain working environment, trained employees will be able to adapt the frequent changes of working characteristics in IoT technology
In realizing smart city technology, it is important to have good device management system. Device management covers the hardware, software and processes that ensure devices are properly registered, managed, secured and upgraded, and that the staff and systems are notified if a device fails. Required functions include device configuration, security, command dispatching, operational control, remote monitoring and troubleshooting. The cities will need to account for these functions, even if the cloud provider doesn’t offer the required device management components. Comprehensive digital infrastructure management enables connected devices to easily and securely communicate with other devices and cloud platforms.
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MEMBER’S INSIGHT
by Maimunah Jaffar MSCA Committee Member
“Intermediate project” with the integration of technology but with no connected devices, such as LED street lightings and solar panel instalment. “Advanced project” with the integration of technology and digital with connected devices to data platform for an informed decision, such as smart traffic lights and smart bins.
In the last 5 years, Iskandar Regional Development Authorities has networked and facilitated many cities, locally and internationally under the umbrella of Iskandar Malaysia and the ASEAN Smart City Network or ASCN. Through various engagements, the top 3 key challenges faced by many cities in Smart city implementation includes: Understanding the definition of Smart City The city should not select a Smart City project just because other cities are doing it as smart city project implementation is to provide a solution to make the city a better place to live, work and recreate. Therefore, cities need to understand what the key urban challenges in the city are – and how the deployment of digital or technology can improve or solve city issues. After understanding the challenges – cities need to prioritise projects based on importance and readiness as a city government and do not get overwhelmed by many ideas proposed by the solution providers. To City Readiness Many cities feel they are not ready to embark on the smart city journey. Issues include area govern by them are yet to have fast and reliable internet connectivity, current resources are not into tech-savvy and limited top leadership to champion Smart City projects. To facilitate this unreadiness matters, cities may categorize smart city projects into three (3) categories. Challenges and funding strategies for Smart City Implementation
Project funding Funding is a major challenge for cities to embark on smart city projects. Smart City is a new game changer and councils might not have the resources in place. Therefore, bringing the private sector in has many advantages as they can bring in the technical know-how, introduce innovation that complements public-sector efforts and may provide funding with a win-win business model. Understanding the definition of smart city and cities priority projects are important to ensure selected solution complement sustainability agenda for the city. Smart City Iskandar Malaysia is a tool to accelerate Iskandar Malaysia towards achieving its vision towards becoming a ‘Strong and Sustainable Metropolis of International Standing’. Our definition of a Smart City is a city that optimises digital, technology, data and insights to improve the quality of economy, social and environment in our effort to become a sustainable nation and solve cities' sustainability challenges.
Smart City Project Categories
“Beginner project” which focus on sustainability projects without technology intervention such as promoting walking, cycling and usage of public transportation.
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In 2012, Iskandar Malaysia established the six (6) dimension and through experienced driving smart cities project, in 2018, the four (4) key enabler or ecosystem were added to the IM Smart City framework. The dimension covers Smart Economy, Governance, Environment, Mobility, Living and people and the enabler includes reliable and effective connectivity, a platform for integration of data for insights and informed decision, city councils as drivers and private sectors as partners for smart cities implementation.
In 2017, IRDA embarked on the Smart City program with 5 local authorities residing in Iskandar Malaysia, namely - Johor Bahru City Council, Iskandar Puteri City Council, Pasir Gudang City Council, Kulai Municipal Council and Pontian District Council. In the program, IRDA facilitated the five (5) councils to identify their urban challenges and projects prioritisation and explore opportunities with solution providers in a pitching process. As a result, each PBT has selected key projects and some of the projects are in collaboration with the private sector. In addition to that, IRDA had the opportunities to attend workshops with other cities in ASEAN under the ASEAN Smart City Network program and engaged various local and international solution providers.
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Public-Private Partnership The model is for higher risk project such as waste to energy or greywater treatment plant with partnership from the private sector, as a design, built and maintenance scheme, where certain commitment and guarantees are in place. Non-fiscal incentives to encourage execution by private sectors Non- fiscal incentives are those benefits that are simply “non-monetary” value but indirect gain by the private sector. The incentive is one of the easiest and possible methods to implement smart cities projects in cities by councils or municipalities. In this scheme, cities can explore giving incentive to private developers to include smart city component in their township and in return, they are given an increase of density or plot ratio. Other possibilities will be the reduction of development charges in return for physical projects in the township such as the installation of solar panels at public amenities with energy management tools.
In addressing funding, cities may explore several funding options as follows: Own funding This should be the best option, but cities need to understand 3 key items to ensure the project can be sustained in the long run. First, Intellectual property (IP) ownership if the project is an innovation, yearly recurring fees for licensing and funding for project maintenance. All items should be addressed in the procurement process. International grants There are many international grants in support of sustainability and smart city agendas. United Nation programs and ASEAN Smart City Network programs provide country to country funding. The key success factor is to have ready projects for submission and robust networking among cities and international organisation. Demonstration or pilot projects A Demonstration Project is small-scale capital investment or technical assistance project to "demonstrate" a particular approach. Many solution providers are willing to do this as part of their marketing and branding. Demonstration or pilot projects can be non-committal to the cities but enable a learning experience. Revenue sharing between PBTs and vendors In this cost cost-sharing scheme, the solution provider provides the system and application and cities role is to promote the system and payment to the solution provider is taken from the consumer as per usage, similar to the concept of Grab and FoodPanda and potential projects can include smart parking and other e-payment related apps. Differed payment from savings Differed payment scheme is a financial arrangement with a third-party solution provider that owns, operates, and maintains the project and a host customer like councils or business premises agrees to site the system or component on its property. Solution providers may offer a NO upfront cost where projects are self-funded from saving incurred before and after project implementation, and example of such projects is Solar photovoltaic (PV) system and LED lightings.
In conclusion, although it seems there are many barriers to the implementation of smart cities, the benefit to the cities and smart city players are exponential. The benefit among others shall include better city management through joint enforcement at focus and targeted areas, enhance resource management, wise business decision through insights, and automated information for city and building maintenance. Cities need to fully understand their needs and current capability, range of financing options and procurement methods as implementing Smart city projects are not the same as ‘constructing a bridge’. Smart Cities should prioritize the solutions that help them the most in improving environmental sustainability with direct impact in reducing cities’ carbon emission levels and improving citizens quality of life.
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How-To Build and Deploy IoT Projects
by Dr. Mazlan Abbas MSCA Committee Member
What’s the Next Step After “Learn and Teach” IoT?
The real “money” in the Internet of Things business is in the IoT projects themselves. There are many organizations that are undergoing digital transformation and embracing IR 4.0 technologies to remain competitive. In which part of the IoT value chain do you want to be? What kind of career can IoT offer you in the future? There are several key talents required in the IoT value chain. Business Development Product Manager Solutions architect IoT developers – hardware (electronics and embedded software) and software (front-end and back-end) System integrators You can either be on the vendor side or the customer side. You can either develop the IoT solutions in-house or totally outsource them. This depends on your IoT strategy, resource and talent. Strategy – Some organizations want to quickly develop their IoT solutions to solve their pressing issues. Each day can cost them highly if not resolved fast. Resource – Projects are temporary – thus building them requires a different set of talents. Why the need to allocate project development resources when you can focus on becoming the end-user and just use the IoT solutions to solve the problems. Talent – Do you need the talent for other IoT projects or they are only used for a temporary period? Do you need to re-train the current employees with new tools and can you afford the time to build an IoT project?
Steps Needed to Build and Deploy an IoT Solution? Steps Needed to Build and Deploy an IoT Solution?
There are 3 steps to start building and scaling your IoT project: Think Big Start Small – Keep the final vision in mind but break the big projects into smaller phases. Start with a Proof-of-Concept (POC) to get a buy-in from the C-suite. Show them the impact and benefit of the solution. The IoT solution can be a stand-alone system without the need for system integration. This will reduce the cost and time for project development. Integrate with Legacy System – In the early phase, ensure the platform is “open” to ensure they have an Open API for integration. A closed or proprietary system will definitely be very costly. A good digital transformation will enable the data to be shared from various systems and platforms. Thus, Open APIs are required in all systems. This phase will help you to get better insights into the future. Scale and Transform – When systems are able to share data and are interconnected, data can be easily aggregated from many sources which can then be used for predictive or prescriptive analytics.
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At this stage, the C-suite will be more convinced to scale the implementation to other sites. The bigger the size of the deployment, the bigger impact it will have on the transformation. Imagine a 5% savings on RM 100 Million annual operations means a RM 5 Million worth of savings.
Tips to Build and Deploy an IoT Project
There are several simple tips that can help to simplify your journey and avoid any costly mistakes.
There are 3 steps to start building and scaling your IoT project: Identify Business Case and Stakeholders – A small IoT project might not be able to show the impact and outcome that you required. However, it will assist in identifying how an IoT solution can help to collect the right data and display them to the stakeholders. This process needs to get the stakeholders involved at an early stage to avoid unnecessary change requests. Plan to Scale – Survey the area for network coverage and access to power. IoT devices need to be easily managed and deployed. The data need to be easily aggregated into a single database or platform. Probably to be stored in the cloud for easy access. It can be done with the right IoT platform. This will help you to plan for future expansion. Identify the Source of Devices – Do you want to build your own IoT devices or purchase from off-the-shelf? How “open” are the devices to connect to other IoT platforms? Take note that some IoT devices/sensors are very “closed” and can only connect to their own Iot platform or server. This need to be avoided if you planned to scale and make your ecosystem “open”. Custom-made IoT devices can be costly and need time to be delivered but you have the advantage of having full control of the source.
Connect, Aggregate, and Develop the Insights and Applications – It’s incomplete if you just collect and visualize the data. You need to create a custom-made application or use some form of machine learning to process the data further. It’s necessary to use the Open APIs of the IoT platform to extract, integrate to third-party servers, and also use the data to create your own IoT application. Iterate to Scale – Sometimes the feedback you received during the POC will help you to improve the solution. Most likely, you will need to iterate the process with feedback from the end-users. Get the buy-in and you will have no issue with a bigger deployment.
Systematic Process in Your IoT Journey
We have shared with you two key processes in your IoT journey depending on what kind of career you want to venture into:
Learn and Teach IoT Build and Deploy IoT Projects
The leap towards IR 4.0 requires a new kind of talent for both business and technical. IoT is seen to be the core of IR 4.0 because it’s the starting point for businesses to collect data. Many have said that “Data is the New Currency“. Like any currency, it has a different value – it just depends on whether the currency can create or improve the economy.
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ACTIVITIES January-July 2022
STRATEGIC COLLABORATION
Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony 26 May 2022
International Collaboration Unlocked!! Another achievement made by our MSCA member with Russian company on a Memorandum Of Understanding Signing Ceremony between, T8 LLC and 3-OPP (M) Sdn Bhd witness by MSCA Chairman, Dr Raslan Ahmad and the committee members on “Technology Transfer of Advanced Fiber Optical Systems, For 5G and Defence Solutions”.
Collaborative Memorandum Document Exchange Ceremony for Sustainable and Smart Cities 5 July 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) has entered into a partnership with four technology and industry-related organisations in an effort to transform the country's socio-economy through the Smart Cities Programme. The four organisations are the Malaysian Research for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI), Technology Depository Agency Bhd (TDA), the Malaysia Industry Forward Association (MIFA), and the Malaysian Photovoltaic Industry Association (MPIA). The four areas of cooperation that have been identified are the National Technology & Innovation Sandbox Smart Cities Sandbox between MSCA and MRANTI; Smart Cities Initiative and Industrial Collaboration Programme between MSCA and TDA; Technology and Knowledge Sharing and Industry Development between MSCA and MIFA; as well as Renewable Energy Technology and Knowledge Sharing and Industry Development between MSCA and MPIA. The ceremony was witnessed by Deputy Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Datuk Ahmad Amzad Hashim. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) said the collaboration emphasizes on technology and knowledge sharing, provision of technical and non-technical advice, as well as industrial development towards sustainable and smart cities.
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CAPACITY BUILDING & KNOWLEDGE SHARING
Smart City Seminar with Alor Gajah Municipal Council 25 April 2022
MIGHT in collaboration with MSCA has conducted an online Seminar on Smart City to spread the knowledge and information on smart city implementation. Presentations on smart cities were delivered by representatives from MIGHT and MSCA. The seminar was participated by 51 participants from Alor Gajah Municipal Council staff. Among the presentation topics that have been planned and included in this seminar included of Introduction to Smart Cities, Smart Melaka Blueprint 2035, Introduction to Smart City Standards, Taking the big leap into smart cities and Smart Action Center/ Smart City Command Center. The sharing session expected will provide a deep understanding of smart city implementation to participants.
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KNOWLEDGE FORUM & CONFERENCE SERIES
Virtual UK Smart Cities Vision to Malaysia February 2022
As a follow-through from the launch of Smart City Handbook: Malaysia in June 2021, the Department of International Trade Kuala Lumpur hosted a 3-day Virtual UK Smart Cities Mission to Malaysia from 22nd to 24th February 2022. Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance has joined in several programme conducted aimed at to increase awareness and share UK Smart Cities expertise and experiences on smart cities solutions in various cities across the UK. In addition, the program also aimed at to position the UK as a partner of choice for smart cities development by creating mutually beneficial trade opportunities, complementing the work of the Global Future Cities Programme.
Another session involved by MSCA in conjunction with the Virtual UK Smart Cities Mission to Malaysia is Industry Forum - Accelerating Smart Cities Adoption in Malaysia. Smart city development is important to improving quality of life, encouraging economic growth, providing a sustainable and safe environment as well as encouraging the efficiency of city management hands-on.’’ This session was moderated by Ts. Anusha Magendram with influence panelists and highlighted the success story of smart cities adoption in Malaysia by panelists and priority areas in developing smart cities. In addition, the session explored how to accelerate the adoption of smart cities and the opportunities in Malaysia’s smart cities development.
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Virtual UK Smart Cities Vision to Malaysia 22 February 2022
In conjunction with the above program, Ts. Zulkifflee Mohamad presented on Malaysia Smart City Outlook 2021-2022. The session also highlighted stakeholder industry commitment to Malaysia’s sustainable & smart cities development as well as how to initiate Smart Partnership in developing smart cities program. The presenter also explored the potential area for smart city business opportunities.
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MSCA Smart Cities Networking and Talk Series 5 July 2022
The MSCA Smart Cities Networking and Talk Session was successfully held on 5th July 2022. The session brought two influential speakers, (1) YBhg. Datu Hj. Junaidi Bin Hj. Reduan, Mayor of Kuching North sharing on Future of Kuching Smart City and (2) Mr. Jacob Isaac, Managing Director of Fusionex Group sharing on exciting Metamorphosis Cities for Malaysian Tourist. The programme has received many positive responses from about 120 physical attendance and 50 virtual participants.MSCA aim to grow bigger with more organisations has been engaging to be part of MSCA member which highlight the strong emphasis of MSCA in supporting agenda towards sustainable and smart cities.
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CULTIVATE EXTENSIVE NETWORKING
Courtesy Visit to Secretary General of MOSTI 23 March 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) paid a Courtesy visit to YBhg Datuk Zainal Abidin Abu Hassan, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI). The MSCA delegation was led by Dr. Raslan Ahmad, FASc Chairman of MSCA, and the committee members included Dr Mazlan Abbas, Mr. Saiful Hayaz, and Madam Azura Ali. The aim of the visit was to explore collaboration in the area of smart cities technologies sandbox, innovation and commercialisation. The courtesy visit adjourned with both parties agreed to work closely to enhance the cooperation in the area of smart cities technologies commercialisation and realisation. Special Briefing by MSCA Delegation to The Honourable Datuk Haji Ahmad Amzad Bin Hashim, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) 4 July 2022
MSCA had a courtesy visit to Honourable Datuk Haji Ahmad Amzad Bin Hashim, Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). The visit aims at briefing on the MSCA project progress updates and programs. The session was fruitful and MOSTI appreciates and welcomes such initiatives, in line with the ministry's responsibility in strengthening the role and contribution of technology and innovation to the country's sustainable development and smart cities agenda.
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STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Stakeholder Engagement with Sunway Berhad 18 April 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) led by Dr Raslan Ahmad, FASc Chairman of MSCA and the committee members including Dr Mazlan Abbas, Mr. Saiful Hayaz and Madam Azura Ali paid a Courtesy visit to YBHg. Dato’ K.L Tan, Senior Managing Director, Chairman’s Office, Sunway Group. The aim of the visit was to explore with Sunway Group on MSCA solutions & technology for Smart Building and Smart City initiative as well and the other collaboration. The courtesy visit adjourned with both partied agreed to explore further on collaboration with MSCA for any consultancy program and projects.
Stakeholder Engagement with Fusionex Group 26 April 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) led by Dr. Raslan Ahmad, FASc Chairman of MSCA, and the committee members including Dr. Mazlan Abbas, Mr. Saiful Hayaz, and Madam Azura Ali had a meeting with Mr. Jacob Isaac, Managing Director, Fusionex Group and his team. The aim of the meeting was to explore possible collaboration with Fusionex Group in the area of NTIS Smart cities sandbox, Quick win realization in selected states, and MSCA Awards. The meeting adjourned with both parties agreeing to explore further collaboration with MIGHT, MSCA & Fusionex projects.
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Stakeholder Engagement with MRANTI 28 April 2022
MIGHT and MSCA conducted a discussion with MRANTI on the possibility to anchor/partnership with NTIS Smart cities sandbox and formalizing it through a tri-party MOU / collaboration agreement (MRANTI, MIGHT & MSCA). The meeting adjourned with both parties agreeing to explore further types of partnership and agreement to formalise.
Stakeholder Engagement with Smart Selangor Delivery Unit (SSDU) 11 May 2022
MSCA delegation led by Dr. Raslan Ahmad, FASc, Chairman of MSCA accompanied by the committee members had a meeting with Dr. Fahmi Ngah, Managing Director, and the team. Based o the meeting, MSCA is keen to explore possible collaboration with SSDU on the NTIS Smart cities sandbox, MSCA Awards. In addition, both parties agreed to further explore the collaborations related to the 4 Smart Selangor domains including Smart Government, Smart Economy, Smart Community, and Smart Digital Infrastructure. Also, the meeting highlighted the possible collaboration with Selangor State Government on the ASEAN level Smart City Conference in upcoming October 2022.
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Stakeholder Engagement with Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur 17 May 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) led by Chairman of MSCA, and the committee members had a meeting with DBKL which was chaired by Mr. Muhamad Azwal Ab. Azis, Director of Information Management Department, accompanied by representatives from other DBKL divisions. Based on the meeting, MSCA is interested to explore on possible Flood management solutions for KL city by presenting ‘Smart Longkang’ - drain water level Monitoring and ‘Smart Sungai’ - Roger level & quality Monitoring. Both parties agreed to set a series of site visits to 3 selected locations for the project demo. In addition, a further detailed discussion on POC & demo of the solution offered by MSCA will be held soon and DBKL interested to explore on IoT and data Analytical solutions from MSCA members
Stakeholder Engagement with Hatten Group May 2022
The Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) led by Chairman, had an online meeting with Hatten Group on potential collaboration in implementing SMB2035 quick win and to be MSCA member. The virtual discussion highlighted the potential collaboration by signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hatten Commercial Management Sdn Bhd. In addition, the session discussed the possible area of collaboration on digital infrastructure development and virtual tourism solution for Melaka State
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Courtesy Visit by Sergek Development 22 June2022
MSCA had a fruitful discussion with Sergek Development which was represented by Ms. Alyona Tkachenko, Vice President of Global Markets, Sergek Development. In the session, the Sergek Development team presented on the Traffic Solution System and seeking for possible business opportunities under MSCA advisory and facilitation. The meeting targeted the upcoming collaboration in the future. The company unites software and hardware specialists who design innovations in the field of transport security and general video surveillance. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Kazakhstan.
Stakeholder Engagement with Technology Depository Agency (TDA) Berhad 1 July 2022
MSCA received a visit from Technology Depository Agency (TDA) Berhad which aim to explore and strategize the upcoming collaboration in Smart Cities Initiative and Industrial Collaboration Programme. The session was fruitful and both parties were committed to exploring the mission of the smart city journeys together. TDA is an entity established under the prerogative of Ministry of Finance (MOF) mandated as the custodian to operationalize the Malaysian Industrial Collaboration Program (ICP) Management Framework. As the Malaysia ICP Authority, TDA is to monitor, analyse and manage all Industrial Collaboration Program (ICP) implementation in Malaysia.
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Stakeholder Engagement with PLANMALAYSIA 13 July 2022
MSCA delegation had a Courtesy visit to PLANMalaysia Office led by Dr Raslan Ahmad, MSCA Chairman together with its committee; Dr Mazlan Abbas, Shahjahan Iqbal and Badzli Bakar to have a meeting with PLANMalaysia Director General, Tpr. Dr Alias Rameli and his team (Strategic Planning, Smart City Unit). The meeting discussed potential collaboration between MSCA & PLANMalaysia on the formation of a new Technical Committee under the National Standard Committee for Smart City (NSC SC) in response to Smart City needs. In addition, MSCA is looking forward to involving at the state and city levels in developing strategic documents and implementing of an action plan. MSCA and PLANMalaysia also will be co-organising a smart city program during National Planning Congress targeted in November 2022. In the future, both parties also look forward to MOU exchange via Pejabat Projek Zon (PPZ) at the state and city levels and next the involvement of MSCA in any current project implementation under PLANMalaysia supervision.
Stakeholder Engagement with Paylink Global (M) Sdn. Bhd. 19 July 2022
MSCA received a visit from Paylink Global which is one of the subsidiaries under Sergek Tech. The meeting aims to brief and introduce on Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA) followed by a discussion on the potential collaboration with MSCA programs and projects. PayLink Global (M) Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian company set up in 2010. The company offers innovative and customized e-payment software solutions that work on a variety of payment interfaces such as PayQuik Self-Service Kiosk, PayQuik Desktop Application, Android Mobile Application, and Self-Service Kiosks with credit/debit card facilities. In Malaysia, Paylink Global (M) Sdn Bhd aims to be a Corporate Provider for Wireless Transactions, Settlements, and Clearing and to be a solution provider for e-payment Conveniences.
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