Speaker

Mrs. Maimunah Jaafar

Maimunah Jaffar promotes and practices sustainability and innovation in delivering her daily works in Iskandar Malaysia. She set out on her worked life as an architect in year 1988 in the United States and in 1992, she returned home and worked as an urban designer in one of the prestigious company in Kuala Lumpur. She joined Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) in 2007 and currently is one of IRDA’s directors leading the Technology and Innovation workstream. She developed the Iskandar Malaysia Comprehensive Development Plan in 2005 and Smart City Iskandar Malaysia Framework in 2012. Maimunah leads the Smart City Iskandar Malaysia team and is the Chief Smart City Officer for Johor Bahru as recognized by the ASEAN Smart City Network program alliances. She is in the Committee for Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance and a member of the Malaysia Green Building Council Southern Chapter. She oversees the UK Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities Programme Iskandar Malaysia that focus on 2 Interventions- Smart Integrated Mobility Management System (SIMMS) and Data Utilisation and Data Management for Evidence-Based Urban and Transport Planning.