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Exhibition Debate at Al-Sharq Youth Conference 2019

Exhibition Debate at Al-Sharq Youth Conference 2019

Date : 13 May 2019

Reported by : MUHAMAD ZAMIR BIN ZAINUL ABIDIN

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IIUM Debaters Debating about the Impact of AI at the Al Sharq Youth Conference 2019

This is the 5th Conference organised by the Al Sharq Youth and the first in Malaysia. The conference was attended by many political and business dignitaries. IIUM World Debate and Oratory Centre was invited to stage an exhibition debate. IWON presented a short version of debate on the motion that “AI would bring more harm than good.” The IIUM students who spoke in the event are:

  • Tinir Mohamed Sadi, KICT (Moderator)
  • Khalis Khalid, AIKOL (Debater)
  • Ahmad Syarifuddin Bin Ahmad Fakhri, KOE (Debater)
  • Shitab Daiyan Akash, KENMS (Debater)
  • Umy Marshita, AIKOL (Debater)
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Conference participants together with many dignitaries watched the debate presented by the IWON. Among the people who watched the debate were many journalists of Aljazeera and other news networks, CEOs of start-ups and technology companies, the youngest parliamentarian from Turkey and youth activists from many Muslim countries.