When you think of Creative Cities around the world; Singapore, Seoul, London etc comes to mind. Absolutely INSPIRED!
Thus, to transform OUR local design industry, the thinklab© team has spot a HUGE potential in Penang, Georgetown becoming Malaysia’s CREATIVE CITY.

You are invited to join us in the 2 days Conference + Workshop that could very well transform Penang into one.

We are OPEN TO ALL designers & non-designers to be part of this exclusive and history-making conversation.

Panel:
Ken Yeang (World Renowned Architect)
Huzir Sulaiman (Author/Director/Actor)
Kevin Mark Low (Architect/Product Designer)
Sali Sasaki (UNESCO Creative Cities Network)
Dr. Anwar (Director of ThinkCity)
Salma Khoo (Penang Heritage Trust)
Hasnul J. Saidon (new media/digital artist)

Venue: TownHall, George Town, Penang.
Date: 23rd & 24th July 2011, Saturday & Sunday.
Entrance Ticket : RM 40 for Students, RM 100 for Professionals

EARLY BIRDS PROMOTION (by 30th June, Thurs):
RM 30* – Students in groups of 5
RM 80* – Professional in groups of 3

If you wish to receive the early birds promotion, pls send your details (Full Name, Contact Num & Email) to:
michelle@make-condition.co​m
foongwai@make-condition.co​m

Visit their Facebook event page here.

Innovation Day – The Cloud

When: Tuesday, March 8, 8:00 – 17:00

Where:Microsoft Auditoriumm, Level 29, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala Lumpur Wilayah Persekutuan 50088, Malaysia

Come join us to learn about how cloud power means opportunities today and tomorrow. Leverage on Windows Azure to have elastic scalability for your applications, simplify the deployment of your software to penetrate a wider market while lowering your upfront investments in infrastructure. Gain new customers with increased efficiency, while reducing capital expenses, and extend your existing portfolio to increase bottom-line profits. During this session, we will explore the business opportunities in SaaS, the Windows Azure platform and help you understand how to migrate your applications to the cloud.

Social Media Club #12: Exploring the ROI of a Winning Social Marketing Programme

When: Tuesday, March 8, 7.30pm

Where: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 29, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This month we are pleased to host Steven Groves, founder of Social Marketing Conversations, and co-author of the ROI of Social Media (with Guy Powell and Jerry Dimos), to Social Media Club #12: Exploring the ROI of a Winning Social Marketing Programme. Guy Powell, founder of DemandROMI (a marketing consulting firm), and co-author of ROI of Social Media, will also be joining us for this event. Powell was instrumental in laying down the foundational elements in the book and is an author in his own right.

Twittamentary Special Screening : A Twitter Documentary

When: Wednesday, March 9, 7:20 PM – 10:00 PM

Where: MindValley, A-23A-13A Menara UOA, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur 47000 Malaysia

Catch a special screening of the ground-breaking documentary on Twitter. Twittamentary looks at how lives connect and intersect within the Twitter community as the real-time web accelerates serendipity. A year ago, Director Tan Siok Siok set out on a whirlwind road trip across America to discover and document the effects of the social media phenomenon, Twitter. She interviewed a wide range of Twitter’ers, from a travel journalist turned “twilebrity” to a homeless woman who uses twitter from the public library, from a stock trader and a prostitute who uses twitter as her personal GPS.

Filmmaker Tan Siok Siok @sioksiok will attend the screening and share their insights on the making of the film.

Professor Ghauth Jasmon

When: Friday, March 11, 20:00 – 22:00

Where: Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Prof. Datuk Dr. Ghauth Jasmon is the first president of Multimedia University and current Vice Chancellor of University of Malaya (UM). He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1979 and the PhD degree in Power Systems Engineering in 1982 from the University of London. Prof Jasmon is currently a Fellow of the IET, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, Senior Member of the IEEE and an Eisenhower Fellow. He will share his experiences and his secrets of success in this talk.

Help your friends get more involved in Malaysia’s startup community here.

We featured speakers such as Kamal Fariz who used to run Ruby Brigade, Johnathan Teoh from TLC, Leonard Lin who ran BattleStations (a game which was huge before Mafia Wars) and Ganesh of MOL. (Strange thing which Ganesh is now the CEO of social networking pioneer Friendster. Ganesh’s company also sells Facebook credits in SEO ) It was a small event with over 100 people all cramped in the Starbucks in Bangsar Village 2.


After that, there were a series of people organizing the Facebook Garage all around Malaysia. Most notable were the events in Penang and Cyberjaya. I have not been to the one in Cyberjaya but as I understand it was more Facebook marketing focused.

Fast forward to today, Facebook is the most visited site in the world with over 600 Million active members. It is estimated they would have around 800 members by mid 2011 if they grew at this scale. It has been valued between Ford Motor and Visa. Most importantly, Facebook have brought a Malaysian company called Octazen which became one of Malaysia’s success story in the Web2.0 space as it was Facebook’s 3rd purchase. Octazen expanded its core 2 person team and set up a development office for Facebook Malaysia.

This coming weekend, Tandemic, a group of social media consultant is organizing the latest Facebook Developer Garage in APIIT in Bukit Jalil February 26-28.

It will start up on 26th Friday where it will feature Scott Rafer of Omniar, who was formerly with MyBlogLog and Lookery, Colin Charles of MariaDB, Clayton Narcis of Wootfood and Aizat Faiz who is currently employed with Facebook.

It will then proceed with a hackaton of sort over the weekend.

For those who are interested, pls register yourself at http://klfb.urekaweekend.com/event/klfb1/

What’s Going On in Malaysia’s Startup Community

Green Drinks KL
When: Tuesday, February 22 · 8:00pm – 11:30pm
Where: The Apartment, KLCC, Lot 139, Suria KLCC (facing the park and fountain), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

You are invited to a Green Drinks SPECIAL: A Screening of the newly released (January 2011) docudrama Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph. This is his third film in a series, which looks at, as the title suggests, the Spirit/Awareness of our times (following Zeitgeist: The Movie, 2008 and Zeitgeist: Addendum, 2009).

Pocket Talk: Google for Malaysia SMEs
When: Wednesday, February 23 · 10:00am – 1:00pm
Where: SME Corp, Aras 19, West Wing, Menara MATRADE, Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Off Jalan Duta, 50480, Kuala Lumpur

This is an introduction session about Google Apps for SME’s in Malaysia. The two talks will be.
1- My WorkZone Sdn. Bhd- Google from SME perspective
2- Bytcraft Sdn. Bhd- Google for Enterprise

WebCamp Duex
When: Wednesday, February 23 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Where: Mindvalley, A-23A-13A Menara UOA Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This the second most awesome meetup of the year for people in the webspace. It features speakers for the month such as:
1. Tan Tuan Khai, Qinetics Solutions – All About New Generic Top-level Domains
2. Kal Jofres, Tandemic – On Pitching and Presentations
3. Calvin Tee and Tristan, MindValley – TBC

YCM CEO Series 29: Rejina Rahim, MD of Nomura Asset Management
When: Wednesday, February 23 · 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: Intercontinental Hotel (formerly Nikko Hotel), Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

Rejina is the Managing Director of Nomura Asset Management Malaysia Sdn Bhd. She assisted in the setting up of Nomura Asset Management’s office in Malaysia which has been in operation since December 2006. Within this short time, the Malaysian operations have seen phenomenal growth under her leadership and is currently the largest foreign fund management company in Malaysia. She is Nomura Asset Management’s first female head of business in an overseas office and also it’s first non-Japanese head of business in an overseas branch. Come and Learn from her experience. Light food and beverages will be provided, FOC!

Fire Starter 3 (CANCELLED)
When: Thursday, February 24 · 4:30pm – 7:00pm
Where: Dana Commercial Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Fire Starter is a micro conference lightning talk series designed to blow your minds with topics you didn’t know you didn’t know. We put together people of diverse background and give a talk about their passions. We aim to open up your minds to a wider world and connect you with people you wouldn’t meet otherwise. Each presentation will be exactly 5 minutes long, 20 slides each goes for 15 seconds and auto-advance.

Facebook Developer Garage KL
When: Friday, February 25, 6:00pm – Sunday, February 27, 5:00pm
Where: Asia Pacific UCTI, Lot 6 Asia Pacific Institute Of Information Technology

Register now to participate in Facebook Developer Garage KL #1. The event is targeted for developers interested in picking up skills and learning about how to program using the Facebook API and social graph.

Networking session: A little bit of fun and a chance to mingle and get to know other developers and potential investors.

Speakers sessions:
- Introduction into the Facebook Graph API : Aizat Faiz Facebook Developer based in KL
- Facebook Development on the iPhone by Clayton Narcis
- The business of Facebook applications : (TBA)
- Cloud rollouts, scaling backend of Facebook Applications: Colin Charles

Hackathon: Submit your ideas and hack-em together for fame, swag and a chance to
win some pretty cool prizes.

Beer Camp 2011
When: Saturday, February 26, 19:30 – Sunday, February 27, 00:00
Where: Friendscino Bar & Restaurant – Damansara Perdana, LG01 & 01A, Plaza Emerald North, Jalan PJU8/3A, Damansara Perdana Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 47820
Price: RM65 Normal Price, RM75 Door Sales
Contact: 603 – 77 1000 35 ( Outlet ) or 016 – 3521 726 ( Daniel Tan )

Beer Camp is back after a long haitus with Free Flow Beer, a lot of American & Jap Beer Games, Acoustic R&B Live Band and dance to your heart’s content with Latin Salsa Performance.

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