Technopreneur Open Day @ Kuala Lumpur

Event Description  

Technopreneur Open Day is a quarterly Open Day event to introduce the world of entrepreneurship and business incubation services to entrepreneurs, students, entrepreneur-wannabes and entrepreneurship enthusiasts. It is one of the avenues for MAD Incubator to touch base with its stakeholders in an Open Day.

Open Days are full-day events with attendance of more than 150 participants. It follows a Barcamp format with simultaneous workshops, trainings and discussions going at the same time. Its topics vary between entrepreneurship, technologies, ICT enablement and incubation services.

In 2013, Technopreneur Open Days will follow the theme – entrepreneurship, business building, technology enablement and community.  This one-day event also aims to provide technology updates, market trends, as well as showcase the incubatees at the Kuala Lumpur region.

MAD Incubator takes the Open Day as an opportunity to introduce business incubation to the participants by showcasing its services, people and facilities available. Some workshops will be held in conjunction with Open Day to provide various practical entrepreneurship knowledge and skills to entrepreneurs.

Event Details
Date: 19 September 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 9am to 6pm
Venue: Auditorium Enterprise 4, Technology Park Malaysia (Click here for location map)

Free Admission.  Click Here to Register!

Free Admission. Click Here to Register!

Your support towards Technopreneur Open Day (TOD) will contribute to technopreneurship development in Malaysia. We believe that with your kind supports, we could keep on organizing free events which able to help startup technopreneurs, eventually to create a vibrant and healthy technopreneurial ecosystem in Malaysia. For more information about exhibition and sponsorship opportunity, kindly contact us at 03-8311 9605 or email to [email protected] We are always waiting for your message.

PROPOSED ITINERARY

TIME	TECHNOPRENEUR OPEN DAY
8:00am – 9:00am	Registration
9:00am – 9:20am	Opening Remark by Andrew Wong, CEO of MAD Incubator
9:20am – 9:50am	The Magic in Entrepreneurship by Irwin Cheong, CEOExcel
9:50am – 10:10am	Innovation Capital  by Mohd Shahriman Nazree Dato’ Hashim, Innovation Capital Multimedia Development Corporation
10:10am – 10:30am	Virtual Incubation Services  by Technology Park Malaysia
10:30am – 11:00am	Financing Solutions for your Business by Ms. Angie Law Lee Cheng, Vice President of Business Building, Malaysia Debt Ventures (MDV)
11:00am – 11:30am	The Game of Entrepreneurship by Vincent Chew, CEO of MAD Coach Academy
11:30am – 12:00pm	Big Data – A Revolution That Will Change The Way You Live, Work and Think by Ng Jun Wen, Innovation Capital, Multimedia Development Corporation
12:00pm – 12:30 pm	Prototyping and Wireframing – Don’t Attend this if You have Big Budget for Your Product Development by Thomas Cheah, Principal CTO-for-hire, Procto Sdn Bhd
12:30pm – 2:00pm	Break
2:00pm – 2:45pm	AWESOME Presentations to WoW! Funders by Victor Lau, Advisor of MAD Incubator	Intellectual Property Financing Facility – IPFS by Malaysia Debt Ventures (MDV)To inculcate innovation and increase productivity, incentives to support RM200 million in financing have been set aside under the IP Financing Scheme, which will be offered through Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV). The scheme will enable companies with IP rights (IPRs) to use their IPRs as an additional source of collateral to obtain funding and spur more investments for companies with technology capabilities, in turn encouraging innovation. The scheme will also help alleviate the difficulties that some technology-focused companies face when attempting to get funding from financial institutions.
2:45pm – 4:00pm	Project Management Solutions by Agnes Yew, Project Manager, PKF Avant Edge Sdn BhdEfficient and responsible project management is key to any successful enterprise delivery. No matter how carefully planned a project is, without the competent supervision and coordination of all phases of the project implementation, a project is more likely to fail than succeed.The use of project management support techniques gives better initial planning and assessment risks by providing a greater chance of forecasting problem areas while there is time to take corrective action. This also allows flexibility for alternative modes of operation. The project management services offered are concentrate on three prime issues of managing time, cost and resources.
4:00pm – 4:45pm		StartupPartners program Facilitated by Thomas Cheah, Principal CTO-for-hire, Procto Sdn Bhd “StartupPartners is where Startups find their Dream Team.StartupPartners is another MAD initiative in collaboration with Procto Sdn Bhd.  It is a platform for Startup Founders to pitch their projects to potential StartupPartners, have them evaluate the project and state their intention to work with the Startup Founder. The Startup Founder will be able to choose from the different StartupPartners’ offers and pick the best Dream Team for the Startup Business. At the end of the session, Startup Founders will be able to source for a formidable Dream Team that meets the requirements of the business as well as potential investors”
4:45pm – 5:30pm	Choosing the Right Accountant for Your Business Needs by Ms. Chew How Hoon, CFO of MAD Incubator
End of Program

* The above itinerary is tentative and subject to change.