The NexSymp is the first symposium organised by MMU Press, supported by 8 journals across MMU Cyberjaya & Melaka. The theme for NexSymp 2025 is “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainable Future”. This prestigious event will be held in MMU Cyberjaya from Sept 11th – 12th 2025. NexSymp 2025 will be conducted in hybrid mode, providing participants the flexibility to join the symposium either on-site or virtually.
The symposium aims to gather a diverse group of participants, including researchers, educators, students, technologists and policymakers from academia, government, industry and non-governmental organizations. The symposium will serve as a platform to exchange ideas, showcase achievements and promote advances in information technology, engineering, applied physics, robotics, automation, business, accounting, language, law, as well as interdisciplinary.
The programme will feature keynote speeches and invited talks by distinguished speakers, offering insights into emerging trends and cutting-edge innovations. The symposium will also include technical sessions, exhibits students’ activities and highlighting creative multimedia research and applications. The scope of the symposium includes, but not limited to the following domains. Participants are invited to submit papers through the journals’ submission page.
| Domain | Submission through Journals (Choose one below) |
| SITWE (Information Technology) | Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering (JIWE) |
| Science & Technology (S & T) | Journal of Engineering Technology and Applied Physics (JETAP) International Journal on Robotics, Automation and Sciences (IJORAS) |
| Social Science (SS) | International Journal of Management, Finance and Accounting (IJOMFA) Issues and Perspectives in Business and Social Sciences (IPBSS) |
| Arts & Humanities (A&H) | Journal of Communication, Language and Culture (JCLC) Asian Journal of Law and Policy (AJLP) |
| Interdisciplinary (IT, S&T, SS, A&H) | JIWE JETAP IJORAS IJOMFA IPBSS JCLC AJLP |
The symposium will feature both invited and contributed papers. The best papers will be selected from the contributed papers for awards. The presented papers will be submitted to MMU Press journals which is indexed by major databases. Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers via link.
Keynote Speakers
| No | Domain | Speaker | Remarks |
| 1 | IT | Prof. Ts. Dr. Hairulnizam Bin Mahdin, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia | Opening ceremony, physical |
| 2 | Dr. Dharmesh Shah, Indrashil University, India | ||
| 3 | Prof. Dr. Chien-Sing Lee, Sunway University, Malaysia | Closing ceremony, online | |
| 4 | Dr. Ji-Jian Chin, University of Plymouth, UK | ||
| 5 | S&T | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gan Kok Beng, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Opening ceremony, physical |
| 6 | Prof. Dr-Ing. Wahyudi Hasbi, National Research & Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta, Indonesia | Closing ceremony, online | |
| 7 | S&S | Dr. Zheng Feei Ma, University of the West of England, Bristol, England | Opening ceremony, physical |
| 8 | Dr. Hayyan Nassar Waked, City Graduate School, City University Malaysia | ||
| 9 | Dr. Nor Fairuz Syazana, City Graduate School, City University Malaysia | ||
| 10 | A&H | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nik Norma binti Nik Hasan, Universiti Sains Malaysia | Opening ceremony, physical |
| 11 | Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan-Ju Yeh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan | ||
| 12 | Prof. Dr. Henrik Anderson, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark | ||
| 13 | Dr. Furrakh Abbas, Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan | Closing ceremony, online |
Important Deadlines
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Full paper submission deadline |
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Paper acceptance notification |
22 August 2025 |
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Camera ready submission |
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Registration deadline |
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| Conference date |
11-12 Sept 2025 |
Committee
Committee
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Lee Lini (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Secretary: Ms. Nurul Izzati (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Programme Chair: Mr. Mason Au Kai Zhe (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Logistics & Local Arrangement Chairs: Mdm. Helen Nonis & Pn. Norhazlin binti Rohid (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Website Chair: Mr. Aaron Pook Sow Yee (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Publicity & Social Media Chair: Ms. Syaza Raiha (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Collaboration Chairs: Dr. Nor Fairuz Syazana binti Nor Fauzi (City University Malaysia),
Dr. Hayyan Nassar Waked (City University Malaysia), Dr. Feras Albdiwy (City University Malaysia)
Technical Programme Chairs:
Prof. Dr. Haw Su Cheng (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Wong Wai Kit (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Mr. Low Lay Chen (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Dr. Hawa Rahmat (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Mr. Alvis Chan Man Seong (Multimedia University, Malaysia)
Prof. Dr. Reynaldo Gacho Segumpan (City University Malaysia)
Dr. Sharfika binti Raime (City University Malaysia)
Dr. Syaharizah binti Abdul Aziz (City University Malaysia)
Dr. Azahar bin Ariffin (City University Malaysia)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Alireza Mohammadi (City University Malaysia)
Assistant Prof. Dr. Chee Wei Ming (City University Malaysia)
Dr. Nadia binti Mohd Nasir (City University Malaysia)
Dr. Nurul Azlen binti Hanifah (City University Malaysia)
Collaborators
Symposium (Hybrid)
Date: 11th & 12th Sept 2025
Time: 9am – 5pm
Venue: TMDA, MMU Cyberjaya
