Petaling Jaya, 25 Nov 2025 – PIKOM, the National Tech Association of Malaysia, today announced five major strategic collaborations at its annual leadership summit, LEAD 2025, reinforcing Malaysia’s commitment to talent development, AI innovation, and cross-border digital cooperation.
The event, officiated by Gobind Singh Deo, Minister of Digital, brought together more than 400 C-level executives, policymakers, innovators and international delegates from China, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia.
Under the theme “Spark, Strategy, Scale”, the summit underscored how intelligent technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), cross-border market access and talent transformation are critical to building a resilient and globally competitive digital economy in Malaysia.
Five Strategic Partnerships Announced
A key initiative revealed, PIKOM and the Silk Route Group will accelerate cooperation in AI innovation, cybersecurity, data centres and digital trade, deepening Malaysia’s strategic role as a digital gateway between China and ASEAN.
To address talent development, PIKOM Academy and TM Digital Innovation are jointly developing a Talent Intelligence Platform, which aims to enable companies to better understand future skill needs, drive digital upskilling, and build a robust, data-driven talent pipeline.
Complementing this, PIKOM Academy is working with TalentCorp to promote the LiKES internship programme, backed by a RM 1 million allocation via the LiKES Matching Grant to support SMEs and start-ups in offering quality paid internships.
Meanwhile, GCC will establish its Malaysia Hub within PIKOM, This hub will support collaborations in AI, advanced computing, digital infrastructure and cross-border commercialisation.
On the leadership front, the PIKOM CIO Chapter has partnered with the Mongolia CIO Club, forging a cross-border network to support professional exchange, leadership development, and CIO-to-CIO collaboration.
In his keynote, Gobind said as Malaysia moves towards 2030, its digital future rests on three pillars; talent, trust and technology.
“Malaysia must grow a future-ready workforce, strengthen our digital governance, and embrace emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing. I commend PIKOM and its partners for driving meaningful initiatives that advance these priorities and help shape a more resilient and globally competitive digital economy.”
PIKOM Chairman, Adjunct Prof. of Practice Alex Liew, highlighted that these collaborations represent the industry’s commitment to move from ambition to activation.
“PIKOM is building bridges that connect Malaysia to global opportunities, strengthen our talent ecosystem, and accelerate industry-wide digital transformation.”
