| Time | Detail | |
| Day 1 | 23 Nov 2023 | ||
| 8.00 am – 9.00 am | Arrival and Registration | |
| 9.00 am – 9.45 am | Introduction – Symposium Chair (Moderate) | |
| Welcoming remark by the Vice President of Xiamen University Malaya | ||
| Welcoming remark by the President of MyRMA | ||
| Opening remark by Ketua Pengarah Pendidikan Tinggi | ||
| Opening ceremony | ||
| 9.45 am – 10.15 am | Keynote Nurturing Professionalism in Research Management By Professor Cheryl de la Rey Vice-Chancellor University of Canterbury, New Zealand | |
| 10.15 am – 10.30 am | Morning Tea break | |
| Sub theme 1: Humanizing Research Management | ||
| 10.30 am – 11.00 am | Keynote Are “Soft Skills” another demand on RM professionals or an opportunity? By Ms Barbara Herweg Senior Research Project Manager Wits Commercial Enterprise (Pty) Ltd Braamfontein, South Africae | |
| 11.00 am – 11.20 am | Invited speaker Embracing Empathy: Human-Centered Approaches in Research Management Professor Dr. Shahir Shamsir Omar Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | |
| 11.20 am – 11.30 am | Q&A | |
| 11.30 am – 11.50 am | Invited speaker Research and Discovery: Harmonising Researchers and Technology in Research Management Professor Dr. Lo May Chiun Universiti Malaysia Sarawak | |
| 11.50 am – 12.00 pm | Q&A | |
| 12.00 pm – 12.20 pm | Oral Presentation From Bureaucracy to engagement : Transforming Research Management with a Human Centric Approach By Clarice Africa, Elsevier | |
| 12.20 pm – 12.30 pm | Q&A | |
| 12.30 pm – 2.15 pm | Lunch and networking | |
| Sub theme 2: Responsible reporting | ||
| 2.15 pm – 2.45 pm | Keynote Title: TBC YBrs. Associate Professor Ir. Ts. Dr Shahiron Shahidan Director Bahagaian Kecemerlangan Penyelidikan IPT, JPT, KPT | |
| 2.45 pm – 3.05 pm | Invited speaker TBC | |
| 3.05 pm – 3.15 pm | Q&A | |
| 3.15 pm – 3.35 pm | Oral presentation 1 More Connections, Less Effort: Laying the Foundation for Research Management Reporting through PIDs like ORCID By Estelle Cheng Chieh-Chih Engagement Manager ORCID | |
| 3.35 pm – 3.45 pm | Q&A | |
| 3.45 pm – 4.05 pm | Oral presentation 2 Advancing Citations, Open Research, and FAIR Practices for the Academic Community and Beyond: The Essential Role of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) By Mohamad Mostafa Regional Engagement Specialist DataCite | |
| 4.05 pm – 4.15 pm | Q&A | |
| 4.15 pm – 5.00 pm | Afternoon Tea break and networking | |
| 5.00 pm | Session end | |
| Day 2 | 24 Nov 2023 | ||
| Sub theme 3: Research Impact | ||
| 9.15 am – 9.45 am | Keynote Malaysia and the impact economy: the role of university By Professor Dr. Ainurul Rosli, Director of Business Engagement Brunel University London | |
| 9.45 am – 10.05 am | Invited speaker Finding our way in implementing research impact assessment in Malaysian By Professor Ir. Dr. Shaliza Ibrahim President MyRMA Deputy Vice-Chancellor (R&I), Universiti Malaya | |
| 10.05 am – 10.15 am | Q&A | |
| 10.15 am – 10.30 am | Morning Tea break | |
| 10.30 am – 10.50 am | Invited speaker Leveraging university rankings to measure research impact By Julie McMahon Times Higher Education (THE) | |
| 10.50 am – 11.00 am | Q&A | |
| 11.00 am – 11.20 am | Oral Presentation 4 Estimating Economics Multiplier of Agritourism: A Hybrid Concept for Rural Economic Impacts Analysis By Dr Faizah Shahudin Xiamen University Malaysia | |
| 11.20 am – 11.30 am | Q&A | |
| 11.30 am – 11.50 am | Oral Presentation 5 Maximizing Research Impact: Predicting Success through Publications, Principal Investigators, and Grants By AP Ts. Dr. Normy Norfiza Abdul Razak UNITEN | |
| 11.50 am – 12.00 pm | Q&A | |
| 12.00 pm – 12.20 pm | Closing | |
| 12.20 pm – 2.00 pm | Lunch and networking | |
| 2.00 pm | Symposium end | |