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On September 29, 2021, from 08.20 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. (Bangkok local time), Dr. Pakatip Ruenraroengsak, as an official delegation representing MUPY, participated as an invited speaker in the Virtual International Research Network Initiative (IRNI) and International Postgraduate Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPoPS) 2021. Her lecture topic was ’The development of 3D-liver models for drug toxicity study and cancer drug delivery’. This virtual conference was hosted by the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, in collaboration with Japan’s Tokyo University of Science and Malaysia’s International Medical University. In this event, there were nine invited speakers from prominent universities such as Queen’s University Belfast (UK), Institut Teknologi Bandung (Indonesia), Mahidol University (Thailand), Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (India), University of Santo Tomas (Philippines), and Juntendo University (Japan). Also, there were more than 150 international audiences including lecturers, scholars, and students who joined this online conference which was broadcasted via the Zoom Meeting platform. The conference included four plenary lectures, five special lectures from invited speakers from UiTM’s partner universities, poster presentations, and oral presentations arranged via the online platform. This virtual conference aimed to promote collaboration among academicians, healthcare practitioners, industry professionals, and students in research related to the pharmaceutical sciences field. Furthermore, this conference responded to SDG’s Goal 4: Quality Education to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, and Goal 17: Partnership for the Goals to strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.