Category: Event

Bangkok, 2-5 April 2026 – INITIATE.MY founder and executive director, Aizat Shamsuddin participated in Recording Digital Future, a regional convening examining platform accountability, internet governance and digital activism across South Asia. This report captures the key themes and outcomes that emerged. On platform accountability, big tech monopolies and governments are exploiting digital spaces at the...

26 March 2026 (Virtual) — The RSIS Webinar “Addressing Scams and Related Cybercrime in Southeast Asia: ASEAN Approaches and Challenges” featured presentations by Aizat Shamsuddin, founder and executive director of INITIATE.MY; Dr Yang, who discussed China’s perspective and the geopolitics of scam operations; and Mr Jason of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)....

Bangkok, 30-31 March 2026 – INITIATE.MY founder and executive director, Aizat Shamsuddin participated in SEA-ACN, Open Data on Data-Driven Investigation Workshop at The Landmark Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.  The regional workshop brought together regulators, civil society actors, and anti-corruption practitioners from Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia to address a shared challenge: monitoring politically exposed persons across borders....

Kuala Lumpur, 9 April 2026 – INITIATE.MY’s Executive Director, Aizat Shamsuddin, delivered a lecture to international relations students at the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU). The lecture examined the rise of transnational cyberscams in Southeast Asia and Malaysia, covering key legal frameworks, emerging trends, and the scale of harm caused by increasingly...

Kuala Lumpur, 5 March 2026 – INITIATE.MY attended IDEAS’ “Who’s Who & So and So” Documentary Screening & Pantau Kuasa “Who Sits at the Table? From Political to Public Appointees in Malaysia’s Federal Statutory Bodies (FSBs)” Report Launch, held at Muzium Telekom Kuala Lumpur.  The latest report and documentary highlighted ongoing trends in political appointments...

12 March 2026 (Virtual) – INITIATE.MY participated in the “R&R Series n.1: Trust Building and Public Communications in Rehabilitation and Reintegration”, organised by the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) in collaboration with the University of Leeds. The session brought together participants and practitioners from across the globe, including speakers from Yemen, Mali, the...

Kuala Lumpur, 10 February 2026 – INITIATE.MY convened a multi-stakeholder report launch and dialogue at PARKROYAL Collection Kuala Lumpur, bringing together 55 participants from government ministries and agencies, diplomatic missions, technology platforms, private companies, and local and international civil society organisations. The event launched INITIATE.MY’s report , Far-Right Extremism and Tech Accountability. The report maps...

Kuala Lumpur, 28 January 2026 – The INITIATE.MY team attended the Convention on Criminal Justice and Legal Reforms: Justice in a New Age, organised by the National Unity and Integration Department (Jabatan Perpaduan dan Integrasi Nasional, BHEUU) and held at Dewan Auditorium, Pusat Timbang Tara Antarabangsa Asia (AIAC), Kuala Lumpur.  The convention brought together legal...

Bangi, 31 March 2026 – INITIATE.MY Project Officer, Balqis Maesara, participated in a civil society organisation (CSO) meeting on the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) and legal aid for children, held at the Law Library of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Tun Tengku Maimun, former Chief Justice of Malaysia and Holder of the Royal...

Kuala Lumpur, 20 December 2025 – The Initiative to Promote Tolerance and Prevent Violence (INITIATE.MY) convened the Peace Lab for Malaysian Leaders and Thinkers: Report-Back Session and Group Year-End Dinner in Kuala Lumpur. The full-day in-person gathering brought together Peace Lab 2025 participants for reflection, integration, and meaningful reconnection at the close of the programme...