directors, Prof. Ilias Fernini, Mr. Marwan Shwaiki, and Mr. Khaled Al-Raboy, were present.
Several important members were part of the Malaysian delegation:
- The Honorable Datuk Rais bin Yasin - Executive Council of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, State of Malacca
- Muhammad Syukri bin Ibrahim - Principal Private Secretary to the YB Minister
- Nurulhuda Binti Abd Aziz - Press Secretary, Minister's Office
- Norshida Binti Ibrahim - Political Secretary, Minister's Office
- Dzuleira Abu Bakar - Chief Executive Office Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI)
- Andi Suswandi Shamsuddin - Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation (MRANTI)
- Datuk Zainal Abidin bin Abu Hassan - Secretary-General of MOSTI
- Fairul Azida Binti Shahabudin - Deputy Undersecretary Technology Transfer and Commercialisation of R&D Division, MOSTI
- Rafidah Binti Arshad - Special Officer to the Secretary-General of MOSTI
- Anita binti Bahari – Director National Planetarium
- Sharmila Binti Mohamed Salleh - Chief Executive Officer Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia
- Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan Othman - Malaysia Astrophysicist
The Malaysian delegation was very pleased by the achievements of both the University of Sharjah and SAASST. Prof. Maamar discussed the possible areas of cooperation between UoS/SAASST and the different research educative sectors of Malaysia, especially in space applications. This looks very promising since the delegation enjoyed the visit and was very impressed by the various components of the facility: public outreach, academics, and research.