Briefing Session on Prosocial AI by Adjunct Prof. Dr. Cornelia Walther organised by MBI

 29 Sept 2025:

This morning Lions Cub of Perak Silver State Region 5 Chairperson cum President of Ipoh City Watch, Dr. Richard Ng was invited by Ipoh City Council - Ipoh Doughnut Economy Secretariat to attend a briefing session on Pro-social AI and how it can be used to harness the implementation of Ipoh Doughnut Economy framework. The briefing was presented by Adjunct Professor Dr. Cornelia C. Walther, a visiting scholar from the University of Pennsylvania, US. The 1.5 hours session was moderated by IDE CEO, Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamad.

Several participants including Dr. Richard Ng shared their thoughts about Articial Intelligence and how it could be beneficial to Ipohites in terms of the creating a safe planetary space and also providing information and updates and progress on the implementation plan. More than 60 people attended the session.

Dr. Cornelia highlighted th 4Ts Framework as methodlogy for design and deployment of Prosocial AI; Tailored, Trained, Tested, and Targeted. She also suggested that we should look into Hybrif Intelligence combining Human Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence.

The take home message is: Generosity and Values

Focus Group Discussion on Research on Community Development and Sustainable Tourism Karst Limestone Hill in Kinta Valley

 25 Aug 2025:

Kajian Pembangunan Komuniti dan Pelancongan Lestari Karst Bukit Batu Kapor Lembah Kinta.

Ipoh City Watch President cum Region 5 Chairperson from Lions Club of Perak Silver State was invited as one of the panel members of a research carried out by University Malaysia Sabah in collaboration with Ipoh City Council under the Ministry of Higher Education grant. It was facilitated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liew assisted by Dr. Marcela.

In his opening speech, Ipoh Doughnut Economy CEO, Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamad gave an introduction of Ipoh Donought Economy spearheaded by Ipoh City Council, making Ipoh as the first city in Asia adopting this economic model  The model is about balancing between Development and Planetary Health ensuring a Sustainable Environment.

The study which compliment the efforts of Ipoh Doughnut Economy will look into problems and impact of extensive quarry activities to find out the cause and effect and the mitigating efforts. We also did a SWOT analysis of the current situation.

Dr. Richard Ng was fortunate to be invited as an NGO represetive on behalf of Ipoh City Watch / Lions Club of Perak Silver State.