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LAPORAN PRESIDENPRESIDENT’S REPORTtersebut dalam tahun 2003. Pelawaan pencalonanbagi tahun 2008 dibuka melalui laman web <strong>Akademi</strong>.Kecemerlangan yang ditonjolkan melalui Anugerahini amat penting untuk dipelihara demi pengiktirafanantarabangsa. Kecemerlangan saintifi k juga memerlukaninovasi dan kreativiti di kalangan penyelidik dan bakatbakattersohor kita. Demi merangsang Agenda InovasiKebangsaan ke arah membangunkan modal intelekyang berwibawa bagi memacu ekonomi ke hadapan,tahun ini <strong>Akademi</strong> sekali lagi telah dimandatkan bagimenganjurkan Anugerah Inovasi Kebangsaan untukpencipta inovasi dan penyelidik cemerlang kita sertamengetengahkan idea-idea ini supaya diberi penilaianpakar bagi tujuan pengkomersilan. Pemenang bersamaAnugerah tahun ini ialah School of Computer Science,Universiti <strong>Sains</strong> <strong>Malaysia</strong> dan Dr Fazilah Fazan, AMREC,SIRIM (Kategori Produk); Mohd Shahrizan Ali dari PusatGiatmara Kuantan, dan Bugs Tan Yeow Kiang (KategoriAkar Umbi); Unit Bank Tisu, Hospital Universiti <strong>Sains</strong> <strong>Malaysia</strong>(Kategori Perkhidmatan Awam) dan Sekolah MenengahTeknikal, Kuala Lumpur (Kategori Sekolah).Aktiviti Kesedaran <strong>Sains</strong> kita telah diperkemas dari aspekstrategi, pendekatan dan rangkuman subjek. SyarahanMemorial, Syarahan Perdana ASM, Siri Syarahan Sterling,Syarahan Tokoh Tersohor dan Syarahan Umum merupakanaktiviti utama kita dalam memperteguh dan berkongsipengalaman serta membangunkan jaringan olehmasyarakat saintifi k kita. Bagi menyuntik budaya celiksains di kalangan generasi muda, projek berterusan kitaialah Cabaran <strong>Sains</strong> Kebangsaan, Program Kembali keSekolah ASM dan pelbagai Program Jangkauan Luar.Sejajar dengan RMK9, Cabaran <strong>Sains</strong> Kebangsaantelah dinaik taraf melalui penukaran format bertujuanmembolehkan pelajar yang merangkul kemenanganberada di persada yang setanding dengan pelajarantarabangsa. Penuntut yang mengambil bahagiandisyaratkan mempunyai kemahiran dari segi praktikaldan teori. Kini pertandingan ini terserlah sebagai acaratahunan yang ulung dan penukaran formatnya menyamaipembangunan bidang STI di arena antarabangsa selainmenjadi aspirasi pendidikan kita.<strong>Akademi</strong> juga telah diperuntukkan dana untuk memperkukuhjaringan S&T dengan Pertubuhan Negara-negaraIslam (OIC) dan negara lain dan tindakan ini semakinketara menerusi peranan penganjuran bersama yangdikendalikan oleh <strong>Akademi</strong>, selain kehadiran banyaknegara-negara OIC di acara-acara berikut. Pertama,Simposium Antarabangsa terhadap <strong>Sains</strong>, Teknologidan Inovasi Islam bertemakan ‘Towards a Properousand Secure Islamic World’ yang telah melibatkan WorldIslamic Call Society, Islamic World Academy of Sciences,Call for norminations for the 2008 Award was announcedin the ASM website. It is important that the excellencethat this Award signifi es is sustained for internationalrecognition. Scientifi c excellence also calls for innovationand creativity among our top notch researchers andtalents. To invigorate the national Innovation Agendatowards developing intellectual capital to propel theeconomy forward, this year the Academy was againentrusted with organising a National Innovation Awardfor our outstanding innovators and researchers and todraw on these ideas for expert evaluation for possiblecommercialisation. This year the Award was jointlywon by the School of Computer Sciences, Universiti<strong>Sains</strong> <strong>Malaysia</strong> and Dr Fazilah Fazan, AMREC, SIRIM(for Product Category); Mohd Shahrizan Ali of PusatGiatmara Kuantan, and Bugs Tan Yeow Kiang (GrassRoot Category); Tissue Bank Unit, Hospital Universiti <strong>Sains</strong><strong>Malaysia</strong> (Public Services Category) and SecondaryTechnical School, Kuala Lumpur (School Category).Our Science Awareness activities have seen furtherrefi ning in strategies, approaches and subject areas.Memorial Lectures, ASM Inaugural Lectures, SterlingLecture Series, Eminent Persons’ Lectures and PublicLectures constitute a steady component of our effortstowards strengthening and sharing of experiences andbuilding on linkages by our scientifi c community. Towardsinculcating a culture of scientifi c inquiry among theyoung, our ongoing projects are the National ScienceChallenge, ASM Back to School Programme and variousOutreach Programmes. For the National Science Challenge,in line with the 9MP, the competition was upgradedwith a change in format to enable winning studentsto be at par with international students. Participatingstudents are required to be profi cient at practical andtheoretical levels. The competition has now emergedas a premier annual event and changes to the formatare equal to international developments in STI and oureducational aspirations.The Academy has also been given funds to consolidateS&T linkages with OIC and other countries and this wasevident by the signifi cant co-organising role playedby the Academy, and the participation of many fromthe OIC countries in the following events. Firstly, theInternational Symposium on Islamic Science, Technologyand Innovation with the theme ‘Towards a Prosperousand Secure Islamic World’ which involved the WorldIslamic Call Society, Islamic World Academy of Sciences,In Pursuit of Excellence in Science 9