Innovative Entrepreneurship is set to be the Key Success Factor in the future business world. The late Prof. Peter Drucker in his book ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship’ said;

“Entrepreneurship is ‘risky’ mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing. They lack the methodology. They violate elementary and well-known rules. This is particularly true of high-tech entrepreneurs"

Hence the failure rate among high-tech entrepreneurs is high. However, if entrepreneurs learn the correct methodologies and increase their entrepreneurship knowledge and skills, their chances for success increase significantly.

This program is unique as other entrepreneurial programs cover only the traditional aspects of Entrepreneurship which often follow academic programs or are copied from foreign programs and as such do not cover all the elements necessary for successful venture creation. In addition, at the end of each day, a successful Entrepreneur will be featured as a guest speaker to speak on his experiences in the entrepreneurship world.

• To provide entrepreneurs with the requisite knowledge and skills to be better entrepreneurs
• To highlight key methodologies that can be used by participants to reduce the element of risk within their ventures and thereby enhance the chances of success.

Dr. Sivapalan Vivekarajah, PhD

Dr.Siva comes from a diverse background of 20 years of regional entrepreneurship in manufacturing, corporate consulting, corporate finance and venture capital consulting in Asia. He has a Ph.D in Venture Capital studies from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland; an MBA (with Distinction) from University of Hull, UK; an LLB(Hons) from University of London and he is also a qualified Chartered Secretary. He is also the Founder & Past President of the Technopreneurs Association of Malaysia (TeAM) and currently its Advisor. Dr. Siva is known for his candid and unconventional views on entrepreneurship, business and the economy and is a popular speaker, panelist and writer. He has presented at conventions and seminars across the world from Asia to the USA including such distinguished institutions as the University of San Francisco, Universities of Edinburgh, Nottingham, London City University in the UK, Gent (Belgium) and at universities in Malaysia and Thailand on the topics of Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Strategy and Business. His field of interest is in mentoring and growing startup companies, strategy, venture capital finance, Angel investing and entrepreneurship. He is currently the Managing Principal of Ventura Partners Sdn Bhd, a boutique entrepreneurship and VC consulting firm. Siva also contributes regularly to Malaysia’s No. 1 business magazine, “The Edge” with a column entitled ‘Money and Entrepreneurship’.

Mr. Premesh Chandran (Day 1)

Prem is the co-founder and CEO of Malaysiakini.com, an independent news media organisation in Malaysia. He leads the technology and business sections of Malaysiakini and the SE Asian Centre for E-media, a non-profit division that aims to assist online media in the region. Malaysiakini has been recognised through various awards and accolades including from the International Press Institute, Reporters Sans Frontiers, Committee to Protect Journalists, Asiaweek and Businessweek. Malaysiakini is also the only media organisation in SE Asia nominated to the prestigious World Economic Forum’s International Media Council. Malaysiakini recently also became the No.1 news portal in Malaysia and is among the leading online news sites in Asia. Premesh has previously worked as a journalist and a labour researcher. He holds a degree in Physics and a Masters degree in International Studies. Apart from Malaysiakini, his passions include corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, human rights and campaigning for local elections.

Mr. Christopher Chan (Day 2)

Chris is the CEO of The Media Shoppe Bhd (TMS) a technology company listed on MESDAQ. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music from the University of Central Arkansas, USA. Chris founded TMS in 1996 and has since then received venture capital funding from two VCs, listed the company in 2004 and grew the company to almost 100 employees currently with a wide network of distributors and partners in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, UK and South America. A visionary with a keen pioneering spirit, Chris thrives at the forefront of new fields and continues to strategically engineer TMS to be a formidable technology partner, guiding and enabling companies in their IT endeavours. Due to his dynamic and active industry leadership, he was elected President of the Technopreneurs’ Association of Malaysia (TeAM) in March 2003. Chris’ efforts to be at the forefront of the Knowledge Management revolution has won him the ICT Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the PIKOM-Computimes ICT Awards 2001. One of the leading system solutions developed by TMS, tmsPUBLISHER™, also won the coveted ICT Product of the Year 2001 award as well as the Best Software of the Year at COMDEX Asia 2001. TMS' latest solution - tmsEKP™ also won the International Asia Pacific Award 2004 in Hong Kong.

~ Entrepreneurs and Business People ~ Cradle and MDeC Pre-seed Fund recipients ~ MTDC, Biotech Corporation & MOSTI fund and grant recipients ~ Entrepreneurs-to-be ~ Venture Capitalists ~ Venture capital funded enterprises ~ Academics ~ Senior Management of Businesses incl. CEOs, COOs, CTOs, CFOs and CIOs ~ Finance Professionals ~ Investment Bankers ~ Capital Market Participants ~

INSTITUTE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, MANAGEMENT & POLICY @ MUST

The Institute of Entrepreneurship, Management and Policy, Malaysia University of Science & Technology (IEMP@MUST) conducts courses for working executives, anchor policy and strategic studies in Science, Technology and Innovation. IEMP@MUST will have a unit interfacing with the industry to obtain feedback on technology needs as well as human capital requirements of the industries. IEMP@MUST will also host a unit dedicated towards policy and strategic studies to support Malaysia’s drive to expand the innovation economy.

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