UPM
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Theme: Paradigm Shift

This event occurred on
November 8, 2018
Serdang, Selangor
Malaysia

Flickr Tag: TEDxUPM, TEDx
Youtube playlist of videos:

Shomy Hasan Chowdhury https://youtu.be/pP3J0e4rXNo

Nada Khalid https://youtu.be/fc_p89m6m6k

Stephan Dyer and Juan Cajiao https://youtu.be/2Nx9SMJre_w

Alexander Kuch https://youtu.be/aT3MwBxgzGY

Dr. Renard Siew https://youtu.be/E2AAMA5UE3M

Issam Salih https://youtu.be/iiGuMQXV1Ow

Ng Zhu Hann https://youtu.be/WuE-p2iTBeI

We truly felt that in order to advance forward as a community, every individual should embrace a change in mentality, which includes disrupting the fundamental perception, understanding, and knowledge that we had learned since young. In an era where innovation is moving so fast, we have to adapt ourselves quickly in order to take calculated risks and optimize golden opportunities presented to us. Self-complacency and stagnation can be the root cause of opportunities lost or making inaccurate decisions. Therefore for TEDxUPM 2018, we have prepared a lineup of speakers from diverse backgrounds and experience to cultivate your way of thinking and broaden your knowledge in different industries or sectors.
Thus, we thank you for coming and joining us for a mind-blowing session with some of the best experts in their relative fields as they share their experiences or stories to you.
Time to Reinvent, Reorganize and Reconstruct your Mindset!

Dewan Besar
PKKSSAAS, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Ground Floor, Main Hall
Serdang, Selangor, 43300
Malaysia
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Speakers

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Alexander Kuch

Advocate for International Adoptions
Alexander Kuch will be sharing his personal inspiring life story, expertise and work in international adoptions and children’s rights, for which he was invited to present as one of the youngest presenters at the world largest adoption research conference, ICAR6, in Montreal and participate at the third Asia-Europe Foundation Young Leaders Summit on ethical leadership and 12th ASEM summit where he was invited to meet with high ranking government officials from Romania, Germany and New Zealand. For his global work as an Ambassador, he has been awarded with numerous awards, including being named a Young New Zealander of the Year semi-finalist, and a Royal Commonwealth Associate Fellow. Alex was also one of New Zealand’s youngest Rotary Peace Fellowship nominee.

Dr. Renard Siew

Climate Leader
Dr. Renard Siew works across the nexus of engineering and economics to help develop sustainable communities. He is a Climate Leader, the Outgoing Curator of Global Shapers KL and a member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network focusing on Sustainable Development in Asia. He's also on the Advisory Board of Global Infrastructure Basel, Economists without Borders and a startup adviser to Swaayatt Robots and deMITasse Engines. Renard is a graduate of Cambridge University and UNSW. He received the 2018 Forbes Fellowship and was inducted as part of Asia Society's 21 Young Leaders Initiative.

Issam Salih

Director of Multinational Corporate Training Agency
Issam Salih is a young expatriate working in Malaysia as a Director for a multinational corporate training and consulting firm that has footprints in thirteen different cities in South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Before that he worked as the Chief Operating Officer for a leading airline GSA in one of the world’s most corrupt regions where he learned how to navigate his way through major ethical and legal challenges. Issam took courses in Business, Air Freight and Fine Arts. Fascinated by Behavioral Science, he has been a passionate learner of Psychology and its applications in modern life which widened his perspective and gave him that extra edge. Throughout his career, Issam has helped two companies crush competitors and expand in a short period of time by adopting a rather aggressive and agile approach in conducting business. He “walked the talk” and as a result, he’s a successful man at a young age with a lot to offer.

Michael Furdyk

Tech Revolutionist
Michael Furdyk is the Co-founder of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world's greatest challenges. TIG was awarded the 2013 Intercultural Innovation Award by BMW and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Michael has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People's "Twenty Teens that will Change the World". Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and educational reform to audiences in over 30 countries.

Nada Khalid

Muay Thai Fighter
Nada is a Muay Thai fighter from Singapore who strives to boost the status of the female community in a traditionally male-dominant combat sport. Her dedication through victory or setback has seen her through amateur and professional fights in Singapore and Thailand. When she’s not busy giving someone a beating or getting beat up, Nada goes back to her gentle-natured job in the clinic. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in Physiotherapy, and has since set out to enable others to move more efficiently and adopt active lifestyles.

Ng Zhu Hann

Youngest Chief Strategist of a Fortune 500 Company in Malaysia
Originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hann obtained his LLB (Honours) in Laws from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2010 and a postgraduate in NUS Singapore. Striving for excellence and bigger challenges, he was headhunted by the largest real estate company in the world and is currently the Chief Strategist & Official Spokesperson for Country Garden Malaysia and Forest City. Hann is also the youngest Chief Strategist of a Fortune 500 MNC in the country. He is amongst the youngest self-made corporate leader and most watched up & coming industry expert in the Malaysia property & construction industry. Hann’s rich experience in business, investment, diplomacy, government, strategy, and leadership led him to be interviewed by many local and international media such as Reuters, Forbes, New York Times, Washington Post, Phoenix, CCTV, Ming Pao, The Edge, and others.

Shomy Hasan Chowdhury

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Activist
Shomy Hasan Chowdhury is a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activist from Bangladesh, with a vision to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for everyone. Shomy, an Economics’ student of Universiti Putra Malaysia, is the Co-Founder of a youth organization “Awareness 360,” a State Alumna, a YES Alumna, an International Exchange Alumna, a Global Changemakers Fellow, a Royal Commonwealth Society Fellow, an International Election Observer, a Global Youth Ambassador of former British First Lady Sarah Brown’s “Their world,” Youth Advocate of Global Citizen and the Asia Representative of the Commonwealth Students' Association. She has been engaged in community service for over 10 years now. She has been awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold) from President Barack Obama for her outstanding contribution in community service.

Stephan; Juan Dyer; Cajiao

Stand-up Comedians
Stephan Dyer & Juan Cajiao are international bilingual, award-winning stand-up comedians born in Costa Rica and Colombia, respectively. Their weekly shows in Spanish and English in Toronto, sold out Spanish comedy workshops, as well as their numerous awards in Public Speaking earned them the prestigious Latin Comedians of the Year Prize by Latin Awards Canada (2017). They both founded MalPensando- Club de Comedia Canadá, the first and only Spanish Comedy & Public Speaking school in Canada, and just finished their third international comedy tour through 7 cities in Mexico, Costa Rica and Colombia. They’ve performed over 300 shows in 14 cities across 8 countries, been invited to participate in Comedy Central (callback), received The Second City Diversity Fellowship, and have been part of a number of Canadian projects on radio and television.

Organizing team

Rijve
Arefin

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Organizer

Ong
Kai Jing

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Co-organizer
  • Wasim Knakri
    Marketing/Communications