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TEDxKL on BFM Radio

Daniel CerVentus — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:05:48 +0000

Earlier today, one of the TEDxKL presenter Nadira Ilana and myself was at BFM Radio to talk about the upcoming TEDxKL on 20th of August. Listen to our interview by Freda Liu on Tech Talks as we talk about TED talks.

You can listen to the episode here.

TEDxKL 2011- We Have A Secret

Daniel CerVentus — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:47:36 +0000

This is the 3rd year of TEDxKL and this year it will be held on 20th of August in Blackbox Solaris. This year theme will be ” We have a secret”. The idea behind the theme is we want to look at everyday people, object and subject which seem ordinary but can be somewhat extra ordinary.

For those who are not familiar, TED with the mantra, Ideas Worth Spreading is about finding interesting and inspiring ideas which help to change the world and we licensed from TED to do TEDxKL.

We will be featuring Secretary-General of the United Nations Association of Singapore, Yap Kwong Weng, unity advocate Anas Zubedy and magician cum mentalist Zlwin Chew are but a few names in an eclectic list of speakers which also include a white-hat hacker, marine biologist turtle conservationist, award-winning poet, contemporary arts dancer and a chef who cooks for Presidents and Bollywood stars.

In addition, another special guest from Singapore, Durreen Shahnaz, Founder & Chairperson of Impact Investment Exchange, will be present to engage the audience. Durreen was selected as one of the 25 TED fellows, which spoke at TED 2010 in Long Beach, California.

To find out more visit www.tedxkl.com or register yourself here.

Broadband By Numbers in Malaysia (TEDxKL 2010)

Daniel CerVentus — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:14:19 +0000

I know this may be a bit old but the details in this presentation outlines the numbers behind broadband in Malaysia and the rest of the world. How much does broadband actually cost and what is defined as broadband. Hope you find this talk by Afzal Abdul Rahim interesting

Aged 31,Afzal was appointed as Director & Chief Executive Officer of TIME dotCom Berhad on 7 October 2008. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering with Electronics, specicalising in Acoustic Wave Theory from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.

He served as the Chief Executive Officer of The AIMS Asia Group and Global Transit International from April 2003 to October 2008.

He is also a chairman of Communications and Multimedia Licensee Associate and founded the Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) in 2006.

The First TED Talk from Outer Space

Daniel CerVentus — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 02:46:27 +0000

TED2011 is happening now and fans of TED and TEDxKL can follow some of the updates coming from the event.
Cady Coleman talks to TED2011 from the International Space Station. She is on a six-month tour on the International Space Station, recorded this talk last week to address the opening session of TED2011. Join her on a tour of the space station … with a view.

TED2011 : Cady Coleman @ The International Space Station from TED Blog on Vimeo.

TEDxUCSI: Ideas to Change Malaysia

Daniel CerVentus — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:31:18 +0000

Since our very first TEDx in Kuala Lumpur 6 June 2009, there been more and more university taking up campus based TEDx such as the upcoming TEDxUCSI (University College Sedaya International)

Come listen to Rizal Kamal (founder of Comedy Club KL), Sreedhar Subramaniam (founder of the Malaysian Insider), Fahmi Fadzil (host of the Fairly Current Show on Popteevee and Amir Muhamad (writer and director) talk about IDEAS to CHANGE MALAYSIA!

Where
Blue Ocean Strategy Hall
North Wing
Kuala Lumpur Campus
UCSI University
Jalan Choo Lip Kung
Taman Taynton View
56000 Cheras
Kuala Lumpur

Click here for Map.

When 7.00 pm Wednesday, 22 Sep 2010

To register visit
http://www.ucsi.edu.my/tedxucsi/register.asp

TEDxKL : What Malaysia Needs?

Daniel CerVentus — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:56:14 +0000

It been a while since our last TEDxKL and it is back again.

This time it will be featuring we will be featuring speakers such as Afzal Abdul Rahim, CEO of TIME.com who co-founded Malaysia Internet Exchange. Also, Urmilah Dass, a renown clinical psychologist from Malaysia that will talk about the dangerous factor of your mind. Also we will be featuring our very own TED Fellow, Premesh Chandran of Malaysiakini and Pete Teo who is the producer of the very successful 15Malaysia Projects.

To find out more about our speakers, visit our site at www.tedxkl.com and do register yourself at the button below.

TEDxKualaLumpur Speakers and Schedules

Daniel CerVentus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:15:19 +0000

Update TEDxKL 2 is happening on 27 March 2010. For more details visit www.tedxkl.com or register below.

What is TEDxKualaLumpur?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience.

Our event is call TEDxKualaLumpur, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxKualaLumpur event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

For the very first TEDxKualaLumpur, we have invited a list of interesting speakers to share their ideas and experience with the crowd.

Proposed Schedule
2.30 pm – Registration
3.00 pm – Welcome Address
3.05 pm – Intro by TED Curator Chris Anderson
3.10 pm – Yasmin Ahmad the Film Maker
3.30 pm – Dr. Bernard Leong of SgEntrepreneurs
3.45 pm – TED Video
4.00 pm – Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics
4.15 pm – Dhakshinamoorthy “Dash” Balakrishnan of Warisan Global
4.30 pm – TED Video
4.45 pm – Kid Chan of Kid Chan Studio
5.00 pm – Krishnakant Mane
5.12 pm – TED Video
5.30 pm – Arief Aziz of TEDxJakarta
5.45 pm – Devan Singaram of Unreason
6.00 pm – Event End

Selected Profile of Speakers.

Yasmin Ahmad is a movie director of films such as Sepet , Gubra and most recently Talentime.

Kid Chan is a renowned photographers of celebrities in Malaysia.

Dash is the founder of Warisan Global, Host of Global Entrepreneurship Week Malaysia.

Roshan Thiran is currently the CEO of Leaderonomics, one of the fastest growing consulting firms in Asia

Dr Bernard Leong is the founder of Singapore premier entrepreneur site, SgEntrepreneurs.com

Devan Singaram is a co founder of the Unreason movement and co-founded the social enterprise Elevyn.com

Krishnakant Mane is sight impaired open source accessibility advocate from India.

Venue Sponsor

Plug and Play Technology Garden.

We have closed off registration. Only the first 100 will be notified via email

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