MINISTER OF DIGITAL,
MALAYSIA, VISITS HOLOVIS
MINISTER OF DIGITAL, MALAYSIA, H.E GOBIND SINGH DEO, VISITS HOLOVIS AND WMG AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
The Minister of Digital, Malaysia, H.E. Gobind Singh Deo, visited two hubs of digital innovation in the Midlands – experiential design specialists Holovis and world-class research centre WMG at the University of Warwick.
The Malaysian Ministry of Digital was formed in Malaysia at the end of 2023 to lead the government’s digital transformation efforts, enabling them to compete quickly on an international level. The Digital Minister was visiting the UK as part of London Tech Week, designed to bring together the innovators creating the technologies of the future with the investors who fund them.
During his visit to the company the minister experienced the latest of Holovis’ technologies, including cutting-edge artificial intelligence and large scale AV installations. The company demonstrated their latest projection domes, large LED screens and DeepSmarts data platform.
The Minister then travelled to WMG at the University of Warwick. WMG is a world leading research and education group, transforming organisations and driving innovation through a unique combination of collaborative research and development, and pioneering education programmes.
As an international role model for successful partnerships between academia and the private and public sectors, WMG develops advancements nationally and globally, in applied science, technology and engineering, to deliver real impact to economic growth, society and the environment.
WMG’s education programmes focus on lifelong learning of the brightest talent, from the WMG Academies for Young Engineers, degree apprenticeships, undergraduate and postgraduate, through to professional programmes.
An academic department of the University of Warwick, and a centre for the HVM Catapult, WMG was founded by the late Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya in 1980 to help reinvigorate UK manufacturing and improve competitiveness through innovation and skills development.
Whilst at WMG the Minister was able to get a first-hand look at some of the exciting technologies they’re working on for their clients and partners.
Holovis’ Head of Platforms, Stuart Edgington, commented that “the Minister’s visit is a wonderful opportunity for us to demonstrate the fantastic technological work that we’re doing right here in the heart of the Midlands. We have been partners with WMG for many years now, so this chance to work closely with the Malaysian Ministry of Digital to show how we can assist them bring their vision to life was very exciting for us”.