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// Focus

et against a tranquil and relaxing backdrop of the Cyberview Resorts and
Spa in Cyberjaya, the International Convention on Wisdom (ICW) which
Swas packed with distinguished personalities and programmes was held
on Saturday January the 10 2015. Organised by Universiti Islam Malaysia (UIM)
th
which adopts wisdom as its central theme of research, ICW was aptly themed
‘Harmonising the World’ to promote wisdom as a core value essential for peaceful
and harmonious living in a world full of chaos and conflicts.

International Convention

on Wisdom

Muhamad Ridzuan Abdul Latif
(Deputy Registrar, Global Wisdom Academy)

It was no surprise that the number of ICW scholars from Australia, Ireland, Japan, The Right Hon. Major
participants well exceeded an initially Indonesia, Jordan, Oman and Singapore. General Dato’ Seri
Jamil Khir bin Baharom
projected number of 300-odd delegates, an (R) officiating the
overwhelming 650 to be exact, considering ICW Opening Ceremony Convention
the wide-ranging variety of topics discussed
at the convention as can be seen in the The International Convention on Wisdom
glossy sheets of La Sagesse and Wisdom was officiated by the Right Honourable
Is Not Dead, two exquisitely prepared Major General Dato’ Seri Jamil Khir Baharom
special publications as proceedings of (R), Minister in the Prime Minister’s
the convention. The delegates consisted Department of Malaysia, who highlighted in
of mainly who-is-who’s in the national his officiating speech that it is only through
academic institutions as well as international wisdom that the nation can get through

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