Dr Liew (centre) with the audience
Kampar Campus’ Centre for Foundation Studies
(CFS) organised a talk titled “ICT: Transforming People and Organisations”
on 6 April 2016.
Delivered by Faculty of Information and
Communication Technology (FICT) Dean Assoc Prof Dr Liew Soung Yue, the talk
was aimed to give insights about how ICT is the main development in peoples’
lives in this era. Present at the talk were FICT Department of Computer
Science Head Dr Ooi Boon Yaik, FICT Department of Computer and Communication
Technology Head Dr Goh Hock Guan, CFS (Kampar Campus) Director Tan Lee Siew,
lecturers, staff, and Foundation students.
During the talk, Dr Liew introduced the major
courses in FICT where the students can explore, discover, and polish their
skills in ICT for their future career. He also added, “ICT is indeed
transforming our lives as people nowadays live with computers and
smartphones. We cannot avoid ICT because we use the internet to get
information, make bill payments, watching videos, do online shopping, look
for jobs and much more. ICT also plays the main role as a platform for young
entrepreneurs to expand their business opportunities globally. ”
He also shared some FICT alumni success stories,
recognition of skills, and awards, to inspire the students to be passionate
in facing any challenge and learning by following the development of
technology. He encouraged the students to start exploring and creating new
and innovative applications or designs that may positively impact society in
future.
Dr Liew ended his talk
with an interactive Q&A session.
Tan delivering her opening remarks
Dr Liew delivering his talk
The audience listening attentively
Dr Liew receiving a certificate of appreciation
from Tan while Mr Bala looks on
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