Global Leadership and Mentoring Congress 2008

For your information, the Global Leadership Mentoring Congress 2008 will be held in Singapore on 4-5 August 2008 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel Ballroom. This year’s Congress organized by Research University on Leadership (RUL) in Singapore is themed “Leadership and Service Science: Research-Practice Synergy”. The Guest of Honour will be Singapore's minister Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan from Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

Leadership and Service Science are two fast-emerging fields seen as the new frontiers of the global economy and absolutely critical to business and professional success. Presently, 70% of world economies are service-driven, a major shift in the global economy. Leadership and service emphasize broad-based and multilevel leadership structures involving people, technology and co-creation of value systems. In essence, leadership and service are two sides of the new millennium coin.

This two day programme will feature academic lectures, corporate presentations, panel discussions and open dialogue with speakers. The aims of the Congress are:

• To provide an inspiring and practical update through the stories and insights of global leaders and CEOs.
• Furthering the vistas of leadership and service as a science.
• Challenge participants’ understanding of leadership, and how leadership can promote service in a nation where human capital is its main asset.
• Stretch the limits of service through multi-disciplinary considerations
• View service as an essential part of capital building in every corporation, institution and organization.
  

Panel of speakers includes:

• Mr Philip Ng - CEO, Far East Organization
• Dr Loo Choon Yong - Executive Chairman, Raffles Medical Group Ltd
• Mr Ho Kwon Ping - Chairman, Mediacorp/ Chairman, SMU/ Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings Limited
• Ms Claire Chiang - President of Singapore Compact, Senior Vice President- Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd
• Ms Chua Sock Koong - CEO, SingTel Group
• Prof. Wong Yip Yan - Founder/ Group Chairman, WyWy Group of Companies
• Mr Peter Kok - Managing Director, UBS
• Ms Teresa Lim - Managing Director, IBM
• Prof. Steve Smith - Vice Chancellor, Exeter University
• Prof. Roger Maull - Professor of Management, Exeter University
• Prof. Irene Ng - Director, Centre for Service Research, Exeter University
• Dr Shirley Lim - President, Research University on Leadership/Research Communication International PL
• Dato' Dr Jannie Tay - Vice Chairman (Executive), The Hour Glass
  

The admission fee is S$1,250, and there is discount for early birds.

Click here for more information and online registration to GLMC 2008.

Can you survive in the urban jungle?

Crimes against civilians, especially women, are on the rise today whether in the city or on the road. Therefore Tribe Toyota, the online community for Toyota car owners in Malaysia, is conducting workshops to equip ourself with knowledge on self protection.

This Urban Survival Skills workshops are for individuals aged 12 years and above. 2 type of courses are available.

1. City Survival - for females only

Focuses on the prevention of criminal acts against women like bag snatching, sexual harassment, domestic violence, kidnapping, rape, car theft and mugging.

Date: 16 August 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 8.30am - 2.00pm
Venue: Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers
Cost: RM40 per person


2. Road Survival - for both males and females

Focuses on dealing with road bullying, car-jacking and car accidents.

Date: 9 August 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm
Venue: Sheraton Subang Hotel & Towers
Cost: RM40 per person


Click here for more information about the Urban Survival Skills workshops.

Babyjaya mid-year sale, up to 50% off

Good news to parents in Klang Valley!

Babyjaya Enterprise, a one-stop 3-storey baby shop located in Damansara Utama (near the Uptown Office Towers) is having a mid-year sale now from 21 June to 8 August 2008.

We can expect up to 50% discount on the following babycare and childcare items:

• play & learn
• healthcare & hygiene
  
• safety & control
• clothes & shoes
• food & beverage
• feeding
• nursing
• bags & warmers
• nursery
• travel gears
• skincare
• gifts & vouchers
• children furniture

Offered brands include 4M, Avent, Baby Art, Baby Bjorn, Babylove, Babyvision, Bebe Confort, Bumble Bee, Bumbo, Chicco, Creative International, Crocs, Dr Browns, Evenflo, Fabulous Mom, Farlin, Fisher Price, Fridge-to-go, Gerber, Graco, Halford, Innoform, Kiddopotamus, K's Kids, Lascal, Lamaze, Leap Frog, Lindam, Littlepods, Lollipop, Lucas Papaw, Lucky Baby, Maclaren, Mam, Maxi-cosi, Medela, Miamoda, Munchkin, My Lovely Closet, My Dear, Neo Geo, Nestle, Nuby, Nuk, Peg Perego, Pigeon, Pitter Patters, Puku Petit, Quinny, Recaro, Seba Med, Seni Daya, Simple Dimple, Spectra, Step 2, Tenderly, The First Years, Tiny Love, Tolo, Unite Safety, Vtech, Zibos, Zooper, etc.

For example, the The Easy Fit Alarm safety gate usually cost RM329.90 is now selling at RM197.94 only.

iProperty.com Expo and Investment Forum 2008

Every year, iProperty.com Expo attracts thousands of regional and international investors looking for the best property deals in Malaysia and beyond. The event presents to the investors with access to the best real estate opportunities in this rapidly growing region which is brimming with lucrative investment opportunities.

This property expo will showcases over 150 award winning developments from Malaysia, Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. It expects to have 15,000 worldwide visitors.

The iProperty.com Expo 2008 will be held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on 25-27 July 2008 10am- 7pm. Entry is free by registration.

In conjunction with the iProperty.com Expo, there will be Investment Forum to provide the public with wealth of knowledge and information, essential resources for home buyers and serious investors for their property investment decisions.

Among the seminars scheduled in the Investment Forum are:

• Insight and opportunities for Singaporean to invest in Malaysia
• Developer’s success story
• Outlook of local and regional property market
• Investment in emerging market - China-Vietnam-India
• Investment in the United States
• ... and so on

There will be also forums talking about:

• IT applications in real estate practice
• International opportunities in real estate
• Latest update on Malaysia My Second Home programme
• Taxation and legal matters
• Property hot spots
• ... and so on
  

Click here to download the detailed booklet about iProperty.com Expo 2008.

Click here to register online to iProperty.com Expo 2008.

Free IT security workshops from EC-Council Academy

The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is offering 2 complementary workshops as follow:

World of Hacker - Understanding the Threats & Countermeasures

This workshop introduces you to the world of the hacker; you will understand the tools hackers use and ways to prevent attacks. You will also be exposed to Computer Hacking Forensic Investigation, which covers the process of detecting hacking attacks, investigation and analysis of techniques to determine potential legal evidence. There will also be real life case studies and demonstration.

Date: 28 June 2008
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Venue: EC-Council Academy Sdn Bhd, Phileo Damansara 1, Petaling Jaya.
Related certification: CEH (Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures)

Network Security & Disaster Recovery

This workshop will discuss about the fundamental skill needed to analyze the internal and external security threats against a network and to develop security policies that will protect an organization's information. Additionally, it covers the foundation for disaster recovery principles, preparation of a disaster recovery plan, assessment of risks in the enterprise, development of policies and procedures, implementation of plan a recovering from a disaster.

Date: 28 June 2008
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00m
Venue: EC-Council Academy Sdn Bhd, Phileo Damansara 1, Petaling Jaya.
Related certifications:
1. ENSA (EC-Council Network Security Administrator)
2. EDRP (EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional)

EC-Council currently offers the following certification courses:

• CEH (Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures)
• CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator)
• ENSA (EC-Council Network Security Administrator)
• EDRP (EC-Council Disaster Recovery Professional)
• ECSA/LPT (EC-Council Certified Security Analyst)
• ECSP (EC-Council Certified Secure Programmer)
• Project Management
• Cyber Marketing
• E-business Security
• Cyber Law
  

For more information and online registration, click here.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008 to be held in San Francisco this September

The upcoming Oracle OpenWorld 2008 presents more than 1,700 sessions organized into 4 streams—database, middleware, applications, and industries—in which Oracle experts and customers will share product road maps, tips & tricks, success stories, etc.

Date: 21–25 September 2008
Venue: Moscone Center, 800 Howard Street, San Francisco, California, US.

Early bird registration through 18 July 2008 to this event will enjoy special discount.

Click here fore detailed information and online registration to Oracle OpenWorld 2008.

MacWorld Conference & Expo to be held in San Francisco on Jan 2009

Managed by IDG World Expo, the Macworld Conference & Expo is the world’s most comprehensive Macintosh OS event, showcasing products and services for professionals involved in media and creative content development for corporate and home applications, as well as for consumers using the Mac at home.

The next Macworld Conference & Expo event will be held on 5-9 January 2009 in San Francisco, California.

This upcoming Macworld conference is expected to consist of 7 programs featuring over educational sessions taught by renowned industry experts that cover a wide array of themes that span the Mac industry trends and developments. From technical to hands-on to simply wanting to understand a particular functionality the Mac platform has to offer, the Macworld conference offers a full mix of content to appeal to enthusiasts of all levels.

This Macworld Conference Program includes:

• Users Conference – Skill Development across Mac-enables solutions
• MacIT Conference – In Depth topics for IT Professionals
• Power Tools – 2 day in-depth training on popular Mac software applications
• Market Symposiums – analysis and deployment of Mac technology in key markets
• Hands-on MacLabs - Hands on, focused training classes
• Creative Safari’s – Day long hands on and field work with key Mac tools
• Supersessions – Quick hits to get you up to speed on key Mac tecnology
  

Click here to keep track on latest news and info about this upcoming event.

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo to be held in San Francisco on Aug 2008

Established in 1999, the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the premier event for the Linux and open source community, bringing together industry leaders shaping the future of new enterprise technology in the largest single gathering of business and technical leaders deploying Linux and open source solutions. It is organised and managed by IDG World Expo and held in various cities around the world.

The next LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is coming soon:
Date: 4-8 August 2008
Venue: Moscone Center North, 800 Howard Street, San Francisco, California, US.

This upcoming LinuxWorld conference and tradeshow event in San Francisco features more than 100 educational sessions covering 7 tracks that go deep into Linux and open source industry trends, including:

• Desktop Linux
  
• Virtualization
• System troubleshooting
• Quick & dirty development
• Legal & licensing issues
• Security
• Mobile Linux platforms
• Building Mobile Linux applications
• Embedded Linux
  
• Applications & middleware

The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) is also offering the BSDA certification exam to attendees during the event days.

Pre-registered admission to exhibition hall is free. Admission to some of the conferences is chargeable, except the following which are free as well:

• Moblin.org Community Day - Monday, August 4
• PostgreSQL Community Day - Tuesday, August 5
• OpenSUSE Community Day - Wednesday, August 6
• Ubucon - Thursday, August 7

Registration before 11 July 2008 will get Early Bird discount.

Click here fore detailed information and online registration to LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (August 2008) in San Francisco.

My Family Showcase 2008 - Whiz Kidz

The upcoming My Family Showcase expo in now on its 3rd year and will be held in Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) on 4-7 July 2008. Admission is free.

This family event is divided into 3 zones:

1. Kidz zone

Education related exhibition, including kindergarten, education tools, e-learning, sports academy, swimming school, ballet academy and also music academy.

This zone is subdived into the following:

• Learning Section
• Creative Section
• Fun Section
• Intelligence Section
• Knowledge Section

2. Parents zone

This zone will showcase the FMCG products (eg. milk powder, napkins, confinement, etc), health products, nutrition, food supplement, slimming center, massage chairs, etc.

This zone is subdived into the following:

• Mommy & Baby Zone
• Food & Nutrition Zone

3. Family leisure zone

This zone will showcase the promotion of family leisure and holidays by Tourism Malaysia, as well as hobby and leisure products.

There will also be an Organic Garden activity area to educate the children on the growth of each stages of the vegetables.

Some of the highlights of this 4-days family event are:

• Free dental checkup for kids
• Free breast cancer checkup by National Cancer Society
• Sharing Session of World Vision Spokesperson, Phoebe Yap (菲比, MyFM DJ)
• Children fire escape workshop
• Children financial workshop
• Talks and seminars
• Interactive games and contests
• ... and many more

Click here for more information about this event.

"Getting Behind The Figures" investment workshop by MSWG

The Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) will be organising a Workshop on "Getting Behind The Figures". This workshop will enable the retail investors to acquire a thorough knowledge and skills in analysing and interpreting the Annual Reports and Financial Statements of listed companies.

The details of this workshop are as follow:

Date:	30 June 2008 (Monday)
Venue:	Conference Room BURSA MALAYSIA BERHAD Ground Floor, Exchange Square Bukit Kewangan, Kuala Lumpur
Fee:	RM120 (Normal) RM84 (30% Discount for MSWG Subscribers)

If you are interested to attend this workshop, please call to 603–20709090, contact persons are Ms Sharina, Ms Rohana or Ms Faiezah.

ACCA Careers 2008

If you are in the finance and/or accounting profession, this information might be of your interest.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in Malaysia is organising the ACCA Careers 2008 job mart event in Kuala Lumpur, which provides the opportunity for ACCA members, affiliates and students to explore global and local employment all under one roof. Admission is free.

Here are the details:
Date: Saturday, 28 June 2008
Time: 11.00am - 17.30pm
Venue: Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur

Apart from being a one-stop centre for employers to showcase job openings in their organisations, ACCA Careers 2008 will also serve as a one-stop centre for Members' Professional Development. Members will be able to obtain the latest updates on CPD requirements, PER and forum on the path to the top.

Click here for more information about ACCA Careers 2008.

CommunicAsia Exhibition and Summit 2008 in Singapore

For years, CommunicAsia has been the largest international ICT and telecommunications tradeshow event held yearly in the Asia Pacific region. This year, it will be held in Singapore on the coming 17-20 Jun 2008 at Singapore Expo.

With the theme "Convergence, New Technologies & Opportunities", this event is expected to attract the participation of more than 60,000 ICT industry players from all over the world.

Among the leading edge technology to feature in this international event are:

• 3.5G / Long Term Evolution / 4G
• Fixed Mobile Convergence
• Next Generation Network
• Enterprise Applications / Solutions for Financial Services
• Enterprise Applications / Solutions for Government
• Enterprise Applications / Solutions for Hospitality / Retail
• Satellite
• Security
  

Admission for visitors is free, and although the online registration period is already over, you can register on the actual event days (17-20 Jun 2008, 10.30am to 6.00pm) with your business card at Singapore Expo.

Click here to download the brochure of CommunicAsia 2008.

DKSH 2-days only warehouse sale is back again!

The DKSH Warehouse Sale is back again!

Date: 7-8 June 2008
Time: 10am - 5pm
Location: DKSH Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Look out for great savings on the following items:

• Casio cameras & musical keyboards
• Morgan electrical appliances
• Rubbermaid household products
• Timex watches
• Citizen clocks
• Ellgy personal and healthcare products
  
• Rosken skin care products
  
• Colgate-Palmolive household and toiletry products
  
• ... and many more!
  

Handphone fair @ The Walk on the park, Menara PGRM

There will be a 4-days handphone fair of about 50 booths (the 1st in Malaysia) where all major brands like Nokia, Sony Ericsson, I-Mobile, Motorola, LG, Samsung and many more will be having discount up to 70%. More than RM50k worth of freebies will be given away too, including food & beverages vouchers, handphone accessories, Bluetooth, memory cards, etc. There will also be a handphone auction.

Date : 5-8 June 08
Time : 10am to 10pm
Venue: The Walk on the Park, Menara PGRM, Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

For more detail, refer to the flyer/pamphlet below (click to enlarge).

Hush Puppies warehouse sale is coming again

Just come back from Hush Puppies warehouse sale. As usual to the previous warehouse sale, most of the apparel items are selling for at least 50% discount to market price.

This warehouse sale is held by Shoe Connection Sdn Bhd in Kinrara Industrial Park, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong. They have this sale event occasionally. This time, it started from 30 May to 8 June 2008, 10am-7pm.

Items on sale are apparels for men, women, children and todders, which include Hush Puppies shirts, casualwears, pants, underwears, socks, etc. As usual, shoe items are not included.

For more detail, you can make a call to 603-80758899.

BookFest@Malaysia 2008

The BookFest@Malaysia (海外华文书市) 2008 event is now entered into its third year. With the theme of “Reading Empowers” (阅读新势力), it will showcase more than a million books by both Overseas and Local publishers, featuring leading publishers from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia.

Held for a duration of 9 days, this BookFest will be presented from 24 May until 1 June 2008, 10am - 10pm, at Halls 1-5 of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, KLCC, stretching across the first week of the school holidays. The main organiser, Popular Book Co. (M) S/B is expecting over 450,000 visitors throughout this exhibition.

Among the interesting activities throughout the event will be:

• 2008 Feng Shui Sharing Session by Joey Yap
• Music Performance by Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
  
• Pass Your Job Interview Within 30 Minutes
• "Design Fast Forward" Book Sharing Session by Eric Leong
• Blind Fold Reading
• Sudoku Fun Time
• Cooking Demonstration
• Magic Show and Interactive Game
• Cataract & Refractive Surgery - All you want to know and should know - By Dr.Yeoh Phee Liang
• Stock Investment Talks

Jobsdb.com Apply n Win contest

Jobsdb.com, an online job recruitment service provider for job seekers and employers, is currently running an Apply 'n' Win contest from 5 May to 29 June 2008 for the Malaysian job seekers aged above 21 years old.

In order to get a chance to win for the weekly prizes and qualify for winning the Grand prize, one just need to perform any of the following activities in their website:

• Sign up as a new member with completed resume.
• Update existing resume.
• Apply for jobs online.

Grand Prize for the most active jobseeker will be one laptop computer worth RM2,500.

Click here for more information about this contest.

Hack In The Box (HITB) Security Conference 2008

The next Hack In The Box Security Conference 2008 (HITBSecConf2008) will be held on the coming 27-30 October 2008 in the 5-star Westin Hotel of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The main aim of this conference is to enable the dissemination, discussion and sharing of deep knowledge network security information. Presented by respected members of both the mainstream network security arena as well as the underground or black hat community, the HITB events routinely highlight new and ground-breaking attack and defense methods that have not been seen or discussed in public before.

The first 2 days will be hands-on technical training sessions on:

• Structured Network Threat Analysis and Forensics
• Bluetooth, RFID & Wireless Hacking
• Web Application Security – Advanced Attacks and Defense
• The Exploit Laboratory

Another 2 days will be event sessions on:

• Triple track security conference featuring new HITB Labs
  
• Capture The Flag (CTF) team hacking and defending competition
• Lock Picking Village (LPV) showcase on physical security bypass methods
• Wireless Village showcase on wireless hacking gadgets
• Open Hack to uncover new and previously unknown software vulnerabilities in operating systems and software (USD5000 prize money awaiting the first hacker to compromise a Macbook Air...)
  

Registration to the event already open on 6 May 2008. Special offer is given to students to attend the 2-Day Triple Track security conference. Click here to go to the registration page.

Beijing to host OpenOffice.org Conference 2008

Redflag2000 of China has won the majority votes and awarded to host for the OpenOffice.org Annual International Conference 2008 (OOoCon 2008) in Beijing by 10-17 October this year. This international open source conference will be held in the 5-star Beijing Asia Hotel.

This is an annual premier event for anyone interested in or working with OpenOffice.org. It is where representatives of all the community projects meet to celebrate and learn from the achievements of the past twelve months, and discuss how to meet the challenges of the next twelve.

During the conference, top open source technical staff and backbones throughout the world will gather together and share outcomes in open source technology among others, advocate progress in effective application of open source technology, improve world software technology level and try to break technology monopoly through forums, lectures and other interactive manners.

Click here for more information and latest updates about the Beijing OOoCon 2008.

Asian Festival of Speed car club gathering at Sepang International Circuit on 18 May 2008

The Asian Festival Of Speed (AFOS) organized by Motorsport Asia Ltd. is recognised regionally and internationally as the premier Asian Motorsport Series. This 4-day race meeting at Sepang International Circuit begins on Thursday, 15th May, with a qualifying session, and the first two 10-lap races run the following day on the full 5.54km Grand Prix circuit. Saturday will see another qualifying session for the three further rounds which will be held over 20-laps each of the tight 2.72km North track.

Motorsport Asia Ltd. has invited all the car clubs in Malaysia to participate in the biggest car club gathering of the year during this biggest Asian Festival of Speed 2008 event on the 18th May at Sepang International Circuit.

Participating car club members are also invited to witness 6 power packed races, i.e. Asian Touring Car Series, ATCS 1500Max Challenge, Asia Supercar Challenge, Formula V6 Asia, Formula BMW Pacific and Formula Asia 2.0. There will also be a photo session with Race Queens from projectracequeens.com.