Archive | Speakers

Co-founder of Sinar Project, Open Source Information Khairil is a lead developer of corruption issue tracker at Sinar Project. Sinar Project uses open source technology, development and ideas to make Malaysian government transparent and accountable. Open government involves several related and connected applications that help to improve transparency, governance and citizen involvement. Sinar Project is a collection of related [...]

Durreen Shahnaz is the Founder and Chairperson of Impact Investment Exchange, a social stock exchange for Asian social enterprises to raise growth capital. Durreen is also Head of the Programme on Social Innovation and Change and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Durreen has [...]

Nadira Ilana is a 24 year old writer-filmmaker from Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia. She procured her BFA in Film and Television at the Queensland University of Technology and also attended Montclair State University in New Jersey, USA in between. Nadira’s films have screened at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia and Filmmakers Anonymous Kuala [...]

Vishen Lakhiani is the co-founder of the quirky, award winning-company Mindvalley, which comprises of 50 incredibly smart young people from some 20 different countries. Their mission is to combine marketing and technology to help spread enlightened ideas. Vishen and his crew at MindValley work with authors, thinkers, revolutionaries and leaders who have pioneered new ways [...]

Inspirer, community leader, adventurer.  Yap Kwong Weng’s defining confidence and conviction have enabled him to lead with purpose. What’s less known about him is that he develops social capital by leading youth teams and inspiring voluntarism. Described as 93.8 Live’s “Passion People”, Yap trekked across 100km across the world’s largest non-polar Taklamakan desert to raise [...]

Anas Zubedy is a unity advocate and founder of zubedy (M) sdn. bhd., a training provider with the mission to add value to society. With zubedy, he has developed and facilitated training programs which have helped change the lives of individuals and the culture of corporations. Believing that a merciful God allows us many ways [...]

A trilingual Malaysian who can’t seem to make up his mind between Bahasa Melayu & English as his main language, Jamal Raslan is a poet who is a great example of the conundrum that is the current Malaysian youth – modern, exposed, liberal but yet struggling to find a sense of belonging in the identity [...]

TiC (formerly known as The Infernal’s Conundrum) comprises Angelo Manuel and Brendan Teh. Formed in 2009, the duo from PJ fuses elements of digital and analogue instruments to create their music, and has previously collaborated with numerous artistes from diverse musical backgrounds. Heavily inspired by soundscapes, industrial elements, electronica, and ambient music, TiC aims to [...]

Dinesh a.k.a. Alphaque has always been interested in technology. Not merely an enthusiast, he finds joy in figuring how it works and tinkering with new-found ways to push its limits. An accidental hacker, Dinesh Nair has been actively involved in open source since 1986. He designed the PicoBSD embedded operating system jointly with Andrej Bialeki; [...]