Second Annual Malaysian Student Leaders Summit
2nd and 3rd August 2008
Nikko Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Tentative Itinerary
Saturday 2nd August
Officiating Speech
“Student Activism as an Element of Human Capital Development” by Dato’ Seri Khaled Nordin (Minister of Higher Education Malaysia)
“Malaysian National Unity: Organic or Manufactured?”
Moderator: Amir Abdul Rahim
Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (former Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaya) Khoo Kay Peng (Executive Director, SEDAR)
“Reconciling Religion and Gender: The Malaysian Context”
Moderator: Khatijah Rahmat
Zainah Anwar (former Executive Director of Sisters in Islam)
Dr. Mazeni Alwi (Chairman, Muslim Professional Forum)
Ministerial Address
Education “The National Education Blueprint: Addressing Racial Polarization and Sustainable Economic Development”
Session MC: Ng Eng Han
YB Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein(Minister of Education)
Industry and Corporate Forum
“Malaysia’s Corporate Sector: Where do Malaysia’s Youth Fit In?”
Moderator: Farhana Roslan
Tengku Zafrul Aziz (CEO, Tune Money)
Datuk Justin Leong (Head of Strategic Investments & Corporate Affairs, Genting Berhad)
Ruben Gnanalingam (Executive Director, Westport Malaysia)
Keynote Address “Holistic Development and The Role of Government”
YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Sunday 3rd August
Keynote Address
“Managing the Malaysian Economy in the Face of Global Economic Uncertainty”
Session MC: Afifah Ahmad
Marzunisham Omar (Director, Economics Department, Bank Negara Malaysia)
Race Relations Short Presentation 1
“Race in Contemporary Malaysia”
Session MC: Jonathan Lim
Ibrahim Suffian (Director, Merdeka Centre)
Race Relations Short Presentation 2
“Policy Challenges in Multi Racial Malaysia”
Session MC: Jonathan Lim
Dr. Denison Jayasooria (Executive Director, Social Strategic Foundation)
Race Relations Forum
“Impact of General Elections”
Moderator: Jonathan Lim
Ibrahim Suffian (Director, Merdeka Centre)
Karim Raslan (CEO, KRA Group)
Dr. Denison Jayasooria (former Executive Director, Social Strategic Foundation)
Judiciary Opening Speech
Session MC: Ivanpal Singh
YB Senator Dato’ Zaid Ibrahim (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department - Law and Judicial Reform)
Judiciary and Legal Forum
“The Rule of Law: A Question of Restoring Faith in the System?”
Moderator: Ivanpal Singh
Datuk VC George (Consultant, SKRINE)
Mr Yeo Yang Poh (Former President of the Malaysian BAR Council)
Young YBs Forum
“Subsidies: A Question of Necessity or “Tongkat” Culture?”
Moderator: Shahril Hamdan
YB Khairy Jamaluddin (MP, Rembau)
YB Tony Pua (MP, PJ Utara)
YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Assemblyman, Seri Setia)
Student Forum
“Student Activism: The Way Forward”
Forum leader: Khairizul Rizzuan
Shahril Hamdan (Director, Second MSLS)
Nithiyananthan Muthusamy (Officer, Northeast (USA) Malaysia Forum)
Affendy Sutrino Tanjung (President, MPPM Universiti Malaya)
Alright, this pretty much sum up the event which I will be participating this weekend. Will be leaving for Kuala Lumpur tonight. Anyone who’s going there and would like to meet up, please give me a call at 018-7734968 (highlight to view).
For more information, please visit the organizer’s website.
PS: I present my contact number here because I trust that you are matured enough and will not result in playing any stupid pranks.
6 comments ↓
I think i saw a familiar name, is it “Jonathan Lim”??
Whahahaha~
Karim Raslan! I’ve got his book, “Heroes and other stories”. I was teaching English Literature and one of his short stories “The Inheritance” was among the selected texts! Very interesting!!
ooohh my.. haha.. visit a few times to your blog.. this is the first time i drop some message to your post. :p
Jon,
Too bad that Jonathan is not you. Haha.
suituapui,
Karim Raslan, a columnist. He sure deserves the respect. I wonder if he blogs too.
kate,
You are most welcome here. I hope you have a great time here.
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