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Rushdi Abdul Rahim, is a Senior Vice President in Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology or better known by the acronym MIGHT, a technology think thank under the Prime Minister Department. He is also the Director of myForesight®, Malaysian Foresight Institute. He oversees and manages various foresight & future related activities that is conducted by both MIGHT and myForesight®. Undertaking foresight projects and horizon & trend scanning activities, during the past few years he led the completion of a number of major foresight and futures initiatives including Youth Defined-Shape the Future; the engagement of youth in foresight as well as Future Rail 2030; a foresight project for the development rail industry in Malaysia. He is the Co-Chair for the working committee on Prioritization of Technologies for R&D under the National Science and Research Council (NSRC). He is also a member of the steering committee for Akademi Sains Malaysia’s Science Outlook as well as Standard’s Malaysia’s Governance Structure of Standardization, Quality Management, Accreditation & Metrology (SQAM). His area of specialization is foresight and future studies, strategic planning and project management consultancy. To date he has been involved in numerous technology related policy formulation and industrial sector development plans. His experience and involvement has been sought in various forums and workshops advocating the use of foresight & futures thinking both local and internationally. He is also the chief editor for myForesight® Malaysia’s Foresight quarterly publication. In 2014, Rushdi was entrusted to mobilize the Science to Action (S2A) initiative, a National agenda to intensify and promote Science & Technology programs and activities led by the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. The S2A is an initiative to ensure the nation maximizes its potential by realizing the use of S&T through the strengthening of STI governance and development ecosystem; focusing on a few target areas as well as encouraging active participation of private sector to lead initiatives in STI.