28^th International Input-Output Association Conference
and
10^th Edition of the International School of I-O Analysis
28^th Aug - 02^nd Sept 2022, Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) as Host Organization

Located approximately 22 km south of Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, and about 10 km from Putrajaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is one of the five designated Research Universities (RU) in Malaysia that are deeply committed to the discovery, research and distribution of knowledge.

The university houses 16 faculties offering various academic disciplines such as agriculture, forestry, animal science, pure science, engineering, technology, humanities, social science and education. UPM is now among Asia’s top 50 universities, world’s top 300 and has been rated as a 5-star institution in the 2016/2017 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Ranking. Presently, UPM has 26,000 students enrolled in its 74 bachelor, 7 diploma, 42 coursework programmes and 5 research programmes at Masters and PhD levels.

UPMs strategic location and conducive environment has attracted over 4,000 international students from more than 60 different countries.

KL 2020 conference will be jointly organized by the Faculty of Economics and Management and Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies

Faculty of Economics and Management

The Faculty of Economics and Management (FEP) was established in January 1974, as the fourth faculty in University Putra Malaysia. FEP is the 1st university in Malaysia and 6th in South East Asia to achieve AACSB Accreditation.

Drawing on the strength of three departments; Economics, Accounting and Finance and Management, the faculty currently offers three bachelor level programs; Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Business Administration and nine programs at the postgraduate level including the Masters of Economics, Master’s of Science and PhD in Economics.

Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies

Institute of Agricultural and Food Policy Studies (IKDPM) was founded in 2005. The institute is a leading agriculture and food policy centre in the country.

IKDPM research seeks policy options towards sustainable agricultural development in Malaysia and beyond. It provides objective analyses on issues and future challenges to enhance informed policy making. It also conducts professional training for institutional and individual capacity building.