14 November 2019 – A closing ceremony was organised to conclude the International Conference on Business, Management and Information Systems (ICBMIS) 2019 held at the University campus.
Present as the Guest of Honour was the Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Research) of UTB, Yang Mulia Professor Dr. Mohamed Hasnain Isa. The ceremony began with a closing remark by Yang Mulia Dr. Fadzliwati binti Mohiddin, Deputy Dean of UTB School of Business as the Deputy Chairperson of ICBMIS 2019.
Prior to the closing ceremony, a second keynote address entitled ‘Small nations, Big ambitions. How can Brunei leverage on innovation and entrepreneurship?’ was delivered by Yang Mulia Mr. Talal Ikhwan, Associate Director of KPMG Digital Village from Singapore. He has more than eight years of management consulting experience with focus on innovation strategy and business model innovation. His latest projects include assessing the FinTech ecosystem in Brunei, setting-up an innovation hub in Southeast Asia and developing a blockchain-based land registry in the South Pacific.
A panel discussion on Developing Innovation Ecosystem for Business Growth was also held that morning.
The conference then concluded with the presentation of the Best Paper Awards. Receiving the Overall Best Paper was ‘The Determinants of Nascent Venture Performance in Malaysia’ by Umi Kartini Rashid, Rusnifaezah Musa, Juzaimi Nasuredin, Wan Fauziah Wan Yusoff, Siti Sarah Omar, Noor Aslinda Abu Seman, Nur Aniza Quantaniah Jusoh and Noreina Kepal @ Nasir from Malaysia.
Special Mention Awards went to two papers, ‘Measurement of Social Capital and Welfare for Sustainable Development of Malaysia’ by Gazi Nurul Islam, Nik Abdullah and Syed Agil from Malaysia; and ‘The Impact of Organizational Learning on SME Performance: Mediating Effect of Competitive Strategy’ by Chin Han Wuen, Fahmi Ibrahim and Kabiru Jinjir Ringim from Brunei Darussalam.
