Venue
UTM Kuala Lumpur Campus (UTM KL) is a branch campus of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and is under the same corporate structure as its main campus in Johor Bahru, Johor. The current UTM KL which is located at the centre of Kuala Lumpur city used to be the original campus of UTM on Lot 4582 Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra (Jalan Semarak), with an area of 47.56 acre. UTM KL is a semi-autonomous branch campus headed by a Campus Director and the whole structure is governed by the same Board of Directors under the same protocol of Chancellor and Pro-Chancellors. The administrative and academic support for UTM KL is provided by the major administrative offices such as Office of the Registrar, Bursary, Library, Office of Asset and Construction Management, Centre for Information & Communication Technology and Office of Corporate Affairs.
UTM KL is in its own local community affiliated with UTM, offers leading-edge programmes at bachelor and graduate degree levels and provides services both locally and internationally. In the current academic session, the UTM KL is offering full-time undergraduate programmes and postgraduate programmes under its four major schools: The UTM Razak School, The Perdana School, The Advanced Informatics School and the UTM International Business School. Some of these schools also offer part-time executive programmes for working professionals. In addition, part-time and modular programmes are run by UTMSPACE (The School for Professional and Continuing Education).
There are several centres of excellence in UTM KL which carry out research activities and also offer some academic programmes. Other major supporting units include the branch offices of Innovation & Commercialization Center (ICC), School for Graduate Studies (SPS) and International Affairs. Their presence in the International Campus would be supportive of the Campus key results areas and its strategic objectives. The University of Meiji also operates an office in UTM KL under the UTM-Meiji collaboration programme and the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT) also operates here.
UTM KL has developed a long term plan to leverage on the full advantage of its location in the urban Kuala Lumpur, cultivating on attractions and characteristics unavailable in the Main Campus. Its mission to showcase UTM in the fields of science and technology and offer cross-disciplinary programmes with international outlook and industry-driven, are its major endeavour which will qualify UTM KL as an international reference centre for the global communities.
Accommodations
The conference package does not include accommodation. The recommended accommodations are listed below that located near the conference venue:
- The Regency Scholars Hotel Kuala Lumpur @ Residensi UTMKL
https://www.theregency.com.my/TheRegencyScholars/Default.aspx - The Regency Scholar's Inn Kuala Lumpur
http://scholarsinn.theregency.com.my/Default.aspx - The Royal Widad Residence @ UTMKL
http://royalwidad.com/en/ - Swiss-Garden Hotel & Residences Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.swissgarden.com/hotels/sghkl/ - Melia Kuala Lumpur
Website : https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/malaysia/kuala-lumpur/melia-kuala-lumpur/index.html - The Federal Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.fhihotels.com/ - Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.berjayahotel.com/kualalumpur/ - Ancasa Hotel & Spa Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.ancasahotels.com/wbe/index.action?fromMenu=1&cid=ANCASA - PARKROYAL Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.parkroyalhotels.com - FURAMA Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.furama.com - Royale Chulan Bukit Bintang
Website : http://www.royalechulan-bukitbintang.com/ - Swiss-Inn Chinatown Kuala Lumpur
Website : http://www.swissgarden.com/hotels/sikl/
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