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Five Days of Fascinating Events

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Voyages@Frontiers of New Asia ----- Ancient Maritime Silk Road to the Cosmos

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Public Talk for Students, Jen Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Exhibitions

8.30-10.30am

KOMTAR - Visit Tech Dome Exhibition

Jen Hotel - Poster Exhibitions & Interactive activities with Dacha KL

Prof Gerald Pollack, 4th Phase Water

10.30am

Forbidden knowledge?

  • Mangrove desalination research
  • What is Life?
  • Dr Gilbert Ling’s AI Hypothesis 


Mr Ian Hudson, 1421Foundation

11.15am

  • Voyages of Zheng He by Gavin Menzies 

Prof Danny Natawidjaja, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

12 noon

  • Sundaland Pyramids & SEA Megalithic Civilizations

Lunch Break

12.45pm

eHang presentation (TBC)

2.00pm

  • The future of air-taxis
  • The first air-taxi to be approved for eVTOL  Air Operator Certificates

Tan Sri Mazlan Othman, Future of Malaysian Space Economy

2.45pm

  • Cosmic Connections
  • A potential future career in space

Ms Wu Xiaoxi, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum

3.30pm

  • China’s aerospace journey

Mr Timofey Egorov

3.45pm

  • Young Cosmonaut School 

Tea Break

4.15pm

Movie screening

4.30pm

The Challenge - First feature film shot in space 

(Grand Ballroom)


End Day

6.45pm

The programme is subject to changes

Thursday 4th September

Public Talk for Students & Pre-conference Workshops

Concurrent programmes at Jen Hotel.

Exhibitions

8.30-10.30am

KOMTAR - Visit Tech Dome Exhibition

Jen Hotel - Poster Exhibitions & Interactive activities with Dacha KL

Pre-conference workshops Cha room, Jen Hotel

8.30-10.00am

Winfred Khoo workshops overview 


 

Prof Danny Natawidjaja, Dr Gegar Prasetya (TBC), Mr Ian Hudson 

Sundaland & Ancient Maritime Silk Road Documentary Proposals

Tes Break

10.00am

For pre-conference workshop participants


Start of Public Talk for Students

10.30am

Grand Ballroom, Jen Hotel

  • Repeat of 3rd September programme
  • See schedule for previous day


Workshop Session II

10.30am

Mr Kwok Kian Chow, Mr Colin Goh, Mr Lim Siang Jin (TBC)

Regionalizing SEA Art – curatorship course, museum and media


Dr Sarah Akbari & Dr Emira Oepangat (TBC)

Regionalizing integrative medicine 

Lunch

12 noon

Lunch for invited guests

Workshop Session III

1.30pm

Prof Gerald Pollack, Prof Tay Kheng Soon

Revolutionizing Scientific Research The Urban Mangrove Park – Art & Enterprise Campus

  • Regional interconnectivity
  • Global cooperative funding research

Tes Break

3.00pm

Workshop Session IV

3.15pm

Tan Sri Mazlan Othman, Mr Timofey Egorov, Ms Wu Xiaoxi

International Youth Space Camp

Summing Up

4.45pm

Panel discussion for all four pre-conference workshops 


Summing up 

End Day

5.30pm

Informal dinner

For speakers and invited guests

Pangkor Room

7.00pm

Bossa nova jamming session Supported by a local band.



The programme is subject to changes

Friday 5th September

Official Opening, Jen Hotel

Keynote Addresses

Opening Ceremony

8.30am

YAB Tuan Chow Kon Yeow

Chief Minister, Penang (TBC)


Ministerial Address

8.50am

YB Tuan Chang Lih Kang Minister of Science, Technology & Innovation (TBC) 

Space the Next Frontier

9.10am

Tan Sri Mazlan Othman

Founder, Malaysian National Space Centre

Former Director United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Charting a New Private Sector Space Industry

9.30am

(TBC)

Frontiers of Scientific Research - 4th Phase Water

9.50am

Prof Gerald Pollack

Tea Break

10.10am

Rubarnisation - Rethinking the city

10.30am

 Prof Tay Kheng Soon 

Funding Novel Start Ups

10.50am

TBC

Young Cosmonaut School

11.10am

Mr Timofey Egorov

Cosmonaut Trainer, Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre

General Director Association of the Ecology of the Unknown

Indonesian Pyramids & Megalithic Strictures of Sundaland

11.30am

Prof Danny Hilman Natawidjaja

Ancient Maritime Silk Road and the European Renaissance

11.50pm

Mr Ian Hudson

Founder 1421Foundation

Economies and Monetary Systems of the Multipolar World

12.10pm

(TBC)

Roads to Chinese Modernity

12.30pm

Prof Wang Gungwu

Lunch

1.00pm

Dato' Ooi Kee Beng

Director, Penang Institute

Ms Low Shi Ping, Editor 

Roads to Chinese Modernity

Book Launch and Review


Plenary: International Space Academy

Cha room

Overview

2.15pm

Tan Sri Mazlan Othman 

Chinese Space Education

3.00pm

Ms Wu Xiaoxi

Shanghai Planetarium (History of the China Space Programme)

Tea Break

3.45pm

Russian Cosmism: Importance of Ethics in Space

4.00pm

Timofey Egorov (Young Cosmonaut School)

Panel discussion

4.45pm


Tan Sri Mazlan Othman, Timofey Egorov, Wu Xiaoxi

From concept to reality: International Youth Space Camp, Space ports & Asteroid mining

End Plenary

5.30pm

Evening Art Launch

Courtyard@Beach Street

Zheng He - da Vinci Juxtapose

7.00pm

Light refreshments provided

The programme is subject to changes

Saturday 6th September

Plenary: Ancient Maritime Silk Road & Sundaland

Cha room

Sundaland

8.30am

Prtof Danny Hilman Natawidjaja (Sundaland poster exhibition) and presentation

Ancient Maritime Silkroad

9.30am

Mr Ian Hudson (1421Foundation)

Latest evidence supporting Gavin Menzies' hypothesis

Tea Break

10.30am

Voyages of Zheng He: Trade & Friendship between Countries

11.00am

International Zheng He Society

The multipolar global network

11.30am

Ms Sulia Chan & friends (International Zheng He Community)

Panel Discussion

12.00am

Documentaries & Field Research

Lunch

1.00pm

Plenary: 4th Phase Water, Carbon & Energy Science

Cha room

New Frontiers

2.00pm

Prof Gerald Pollack (4th Phase Water) 

  • Science of Consciousness
  • Integrative health applications 
  • Mangrove desalination

Tea Break

3.30pm

Fundamentals of Living Cells

3.45pm

Prof Gerald Pollack

  • What is Life? 

The Dr Gilbert Ling’s story

  • AI Theory (how cells really work?)

Panel discussion

4.45pm

Funding a New Worldview

Institute for Venture Science

• Institute for Venture Art & Science Asia

End Plenary

5.30pm

Dinner with Emily, a dinner show

Grand Ballroom, Jen Hotel

Cocktail Reception & String Quartet

6.30pm

Pre-dinner 

Cultural dances

7.00pm

By the Sayang Sayang and Yogjakarta Troupes


Dinner is served

7.20pm

Commentaries 

  • Mr Dezz Moey
  • Ms Stella Kon
  • Mdm Eleanor Tan


Show starts

7.45pm



End Evening

9.45pm



The programme is subject to changes

Sunday 7th September

Track 1 Plenary: Art, Umami Architecture & Culture

Cha room

Regionalizing Southeast Asian Art

8.30am

Mr Kwok Kian Chow 


Challenges to regionalizing art

9.00am

Colin Goh

CEO, TRCL Ltd 

Panel discussion

9.30am


Kwok Kian Chow, Bingley Sim, Lee Khai and Colin Goh (TBC)

Tea Break

10.30am

Penang Urban Mangrove Park – Art & Enterprise Campus

11.00am

Prof Tay Kheng Soon 


Panel Discussion

Prof Tay Kheng Soon, Ong Siou Woon, Dr Foong Swee Yeok(TBC)


CWC Curatorship Short Course

11.30am

Dr Kuah Li Feng 


Panel Discussion

12.00am

Dr Kuah Li Feng, Mr Kwok Kian Chow, Mr Bingley Sim, Mr Ivan Gabriel

Lunch

1.00pm

Track 2 Funding Opportunities Invitation

Grand Ballroom, Jen Hotel

Arrival of invited guests

9.30am

Cultural dances

By the Sayang Sayang and Yogjakarta Troupes


CWC Ventures

9.45am

Vasily Pasetchnik

 Overview of the fund 


CWC Ventures

10.30am

Winfred Khoo

Introduction to CWC projects

Light refreshments

10.45am

Table service

Presentations

11.00am-1.00pm

  • New Asia Currents a CWC Media Channel
  • International  Space Academy
  • Dinner with Emily Southeast Asian Tour
  • Mangrove desalination research
  • Penang Urban Mangrove Park, BRICS Enterprise Campus
  • Curatorship course
  • Documentaries – Ancient civilizations of Southeast Asia
  • Integrative Health Projects
  • Institute for Venture Science: About IVS and Asia start up for commercialization



Dinner with Emily, a lunchtime show

1.00-2.30pm

Invitation: Forming a Network of Investors for CWC

3.00-4.30pm

Coffee & Tea service


Breakout Sessions

Cha room

Group Discussions

2.00-4.30pm

  • International Space Academy
  • AARC - documentaries and field research
  • IAUA - Curatorship course and Urbana Mangrove Park
  • 4th Phase Water - Research & Funding Structures
  • Integrative Medicine 2026

Tea Break

4.30pm

Summaries and Conclusion

4.45pm

Presentation of next steps by project groups

End Conference

5.30pm

The programme is subject to changes

Monday 8th September

Round Island and Hill Tour

Specially curated by CWC


Heritage City Tour

Specially curated by CWC

The programme is subject to changes

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