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UN SDSN Launches its Asia Headquarters in Sunway City, Kuala Lumpur
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched its newest secretariat office in Asia, hosted at Sunway University. The office in Sunway City Kuala Lumpur will serve as SDSN's Asia Headquarters, one of only three such global centers, alongside Paris (overseeing Europe and Africa) and New York City (overseeing The Americas).
The launch of the Asia Headquarters is testimony to the importance of engaging countries in the Asia-Pacific region towards advancing the global sustainable development agenda. The launch comes 10 years after SDSN was established under the auspices of then-UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. SDSN now has a global membership of over 1,700 institutions, of which about 90% are universities...
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UN SDSN Malaysia Representatives at UN SDSN Asia Launch
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched its newest secretariat office in Asia, hosted at Sunway University, on 17 November 2022. SDSN Malaysia is the country chapter for the Global SDSN, a network of universities and other knowledge-generating bodies. Collectively, SDSN has 1,700 members, as of December 2022. Each SDSN Chapter comprises members. In SDSN Malaysia there are 22 Member Institutions, as of December 2022. Within each Member Institution, a Focal Point serves as the link between the Member Institution and the Chapter’s Secretariat...
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Cities of Dreams: What Are Our Challenges and Our Opportunities?
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The ambitious Make it Challenge, co-organised by Sunway University and Sunway iLabs, was designed to inspire participants to create more innovative solutions in the rapidly urbanizing world that we live in. The competition was launched on 8 September 2022, with a fireside chat titled “Creating the Cities of Dreams – Challenges and Opportunities.”
Designed to lay the foundations for participants to begin formulating game-changing ideas, the insightful fireside chat saw experts including Sunway Group’s Group CEO (Digital & Strategic Investments), Evan Cheah; Sunway University Pro Vice-Chancellor and Member of the National Science Council of Malaysia, Professor Mahendhiran Nair; and Sunway Centre for Planetary Health’s Executive Director, Professor Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood sharing their valuable thoughts...
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Uncovering What Make Cities Great
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The fireside chat started with Dr Renzo Guinto acknowledging that there is a rising recognition that cities need to adopt new models of operating because of the myriad challenges faced in cities, as well as pointing out that the end goal of smart cities shouldn’t be about the technology but for the people.
“More than 60 or even 70 per cent of the world’s population are now living in cities. So we now need to start reimagining urban living, in a way that respects planetary boundaries, so at the same time, people will be living healthy and happy lives.”
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Innovative Energy Solutions Trump at Sunway’s Make It Challenge Hackathon
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Sunway iLabs’ sixth installation of its annual Make It Challenge which was launched on Sept 6 had seen more than 100 participants race to tackle the world’s most pressing challenge, sustainable cities.
The Best Innovation Award went to Team Energy for their sustainable energy-utilising phase-changing materials, while Team Ippudo was crowned the Grand Prize Winner (Student Track) for their kinetic energy solution. The first runner-up went to team Mechaseed for their IoT-enabled socket that aims to reduce energy usage...
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German Unity Day
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On German Unity Day, The German Ambassador to Malaysia Dr Peter Blomeyer said climate crisis and the environment was this year's topic for the celebration. An exhibition related to the issue was held at Sentul Depot, in collaboration with Sunway University and Sunway College Kuala Lumpur, German companies in Malaysia, Malaysian German Chamber of Commerce, a German school in Kuala Lumpur and the German Agency for International Cooperation...
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A UN SDSN Malaysia Youth Initiative: Victoria University Students Create Wall of Kindness
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A wall of boards was put up along a Sunway College hallway to entice passers-by to come be a part of a wall. A wall that contained handwritten messages on kindness.
This project implements SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing Target 3.4 on reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases and promoting Mental Wellbeing within a tertiary education institution...
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