2019 Speakers:

YB Yeo Bee Yin

Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC)

 

Yeo graduated from University Technology Petronas with a first-class honours in Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge, MPhil. in Advanced Chemical Engineering with Commendation and a recipient of Gates Cambridge Scholarship. At 29, Yeo first contested in Malaysia's 13th General Election and became the youngest member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for 2013-2018. In the recent 14th General Election, Yeo created history by gaining highest majority in the history of Bakri parliament constituency. Recently, Yeo was recognised as Nature’s Top 10 people who mattered most in 2018 by renowned scientific journal, ”Nature”. She is named as one of The Seven People Who Stood Up for Our Planet 2018 by ”Eco-Business”. Yeo is the Young Global Leaders for the class of 2019 by World Economic Forum. She was also listed as one of The 25 Inspirational Female Climate Leaders who will be shaping the climate agenda in 2019 by ”The Ecologist”, a British environmental magazine which addresses a wide range of environmental subjects.