Nikko Hotel Kuala Lumpur (3rd-5th August 2007)
Tentative plans for the summit includes:
1. Keynote address and lectures by prominent foreign and local figures:
- Right Honourable Mr Kofi Annan (former Secretary General of the United Nations)
- Joseph Stiglitz (Economist, Nobel Prize winner)
- Right Honourable Mr Junichiro Koizumi (Former Japanese Prime Minister)
- Mohammed Yunus (Grameen Bank founder, Nobel Peace Prize winner)
- Eisuke Sakakibara AKA ‘Mr Yen’ (former Deputy Finance Minister for International Affairs, Japan)
- Dato Tony Fernandes ( CEO, Air Asia Berhad)
- Tan Sri Razali Ismail (former permanent UN representative)
- Tunku Abdul Aziz (former UN special advisor for ethics)
- Dato’ Johan Raslan (Executive Director, Pricewaterhousecooper Malaysia)
- Prof Emeritus Mohd Ariff Karim ( Director, Msia Institute of Economic Reseach)
- Prof Emeritus Dato’ Khoo Kay Kim (Historian University Malaya)
- Karim Raslan
- Karam Singh Walia (TV3)
2. Constructive discussions on international and national issues, among others:
- Globalisation/Role of 3rd World Countries in the UN
- Malaysia’s Foreign Policy
- Malaysia’s Economy/Corporate Lessons for the Young and Bright
- Corporate Governance/Ethics/Transparency
- Unity in Diversity/Dasar Ekonomi Baru
- Education
- Environmental Governance in Malaysia (Karam Singh Walia)
- Role of Mass Media in Malaysia
- Vision 2020 – Are we on the right track?
3. Networking opportunities with prominent individuals and fellow Malaysian student leaders from all over the world.
UKEC is inviting Malaysian student leaders from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Egypt, Jordan, South Korea, Japan, India, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia and all public and private university students in Malaysia. Compare and relate your experiences with others!
UKEC need YOUR participation and support to make this event a success and hope it will surpass the success of Project Amanat Negara IV held recently last Easter at the Malaysia Hall London (refer to New Straits Times 15 April 2007)
Please contact alia.sidek@ukeconline.com to participate! Places are limited. For further information and enquiries, please contact firdaus@ukeconline.com or ain@ukeconline.com
Berkhidmat Untuk Negara dan UKEC,
Wan Mohd Firdaus Wan Mohd Fuaad
Chairman
United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC)
Majlis Perwakilan Pelajar Malaysia di United Kingdom dan Ireland
http://www.ukeconline.com
#For those interested are very much welcome to get involved. Also any feedback is utmost appreciated.
Batigol

1 response so far ↓
kaki bangku // Apr 20, 2007 at 3:46 pm
This should be a unique experience for overseas students coming home for the summer.
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