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• 23 Apr 2009
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BuzzCity - NUS Digital Media Forum Series

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

MR. STEVEN GAN, 45, began his career in journalism in Hong Kong 15 years ago. In 1999 Gan launched the country's first and only independent Media, Malaysiakini (Malaysia Now). Since it went live, Malaysiakini has become one of the most influential news websites in the country. Malaysiakini received the Free Media Pioneer 2001 award from the Vienna-based International Press Institute, and Gan is a recipient of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award 2000.

The online website was ranked 18 on Asiaweek's Power 50 in 2001, and Gan was also selected as one of the 50 most influential individuals in Business Week's 'Stars of Asia'. In 2003, he was among seven Malaysians picked by Asia Inc's 'Who's hot in Asia?

In 2007, Gan was selected as a member of the World Economic Forum's International Media Council, which meets annually in Davos, Switzerland.

KEYNOTE SYNOPSIS

How can a high-brow Malaysian political news website able to sustain commercial operations for more than 9 years, when many other sites with deep-pocket backers have failed? Since its founding in 1999, Malaysiakini has not only survived the dotcom crash, police raids and criticisms from powerful political figures, but has been widely considered to be one of the leading independent paid-news agencies in Malaysia. It has been able to generate quality contents, grow its readership, charge subscriptions from its contents, and attract talents to join the company. Steven Gan, co-founder and Editor-in-chief of Malaysiakini.com, will tell the story.

SYNOPSIS "SOCIAL CHANGE 2.0"

The emergence of Digital Media changed the way people interact. It also opens up a whole new platform for many organizations. In this talk, we will close in on Syinc's experience in harnessing Digital Media to further our cause as a NGO. We will also share the WHY and the HOW of adopting Digital Media, providing an insight to the opportunities and potential impact presented by this trend from the perspective of a NGO.

MS BERNISE ANG is the founder of Syinc, which works to connect young Singaporeans and build their capacity to engage in their community more effectively and seek innovative solutions for social change. She has since been appointed to the Advisory Board of Youth Action for Change (http://youthactionforchange.org) , which works to engage youth to empower youth through ICT for positive social change. She also serves as the National Focal Point in Singapore for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (http://youthaidscoalition.org) , involved in an initiative to build a national network of HIV/AIDS actors in Singapore. Most recently in Nov 2007, in recognition of her efforts, Bernise is the first Singaporean to receive the YouthActionNet Award & Fellowship from the International Youth Foundation. In her term as Global Fellow, she will be connecting with schools, NGOs, youth groups, public and private stakeholders, to further her work.

MR SHAUN KOH spearheads web strategy development at Syinc , taking web 2.0 concepts and applying them to facilitate social action through technology. Shaun is a passionate technologist bent on creating tools that bring individuals together and empower them to bring about positive change in this world. He is interested in socially driven concepts; technology in education; free access to information; and disruptive technological innovation.

SYNOPSIS "Bringing the Silicon Valley Vibe to Singapore"
Challenges and game plan for technology entrepreneurship in Singapore, in light of lessons from the global center stage Silicon Valley.

MR JUSTIN LEE graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with Honors in Information Systems and a Minor in Technology Entrepreneurship. He spent a year at Stanford University in California, USA studying the unique entrepreneurial nature of Silicon Valley by attending classes at the Stanford Technology Venture Program (STVP). He also experienced the entrepreneurial dynamism of startups by working as a Sales Engineer at L2 Solutions, an enterprise direct-marketing software solutions company serving the Fortune 500 companies. During the year in Silicon Valley, he was actively engaged in the community through his participation in numerous industry/developer conferences, entrepreneurial organizations and even pitched to Venture Capitalists. Upon returning to Singapore he co-founded the Entrepreneur 27 Singapore branch (http://www.e27.sg) that is now the organizer of the largest Web 2.0 UnConferences and the innovative GARAG3 Interactive Digital Media incubator (http://www.garag3.com) in Singapore. Previously he was involved in setting up the first student-run restaurant in NUS, the first student-run mobile phone shop in NUS, the largest online magazine in NUS and organizing the largest warehouse sale in NUS. He firmly believes in the potential of young people to make a difference in this world.

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