EVENTS ORGANISED BY CHEVENING ALUMNI OF
MALAYSIA: 2007 to MARCH 2010
 

Public Forum Series – 9 events

Title

Date

Speakers

Attendance

2007

Malaysian Response to Climate Change

23
May
2007
  • Mr Chow Kok Kee, former Director-General, Malaysian Meteorological Services and Expert, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Datuk Peter Wentworth, Chief Executive Officer, BP Companies in Malaysia
  • Ir Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Centre for Environment, Technology & Development Malaysia
  • Mr Nithi Nesadurai, Hon. Secretary, Chevening Alumni of Malaysia and Past President, Environmental Protection Society Malaysia.

160

Nation Building through Transparency, Accountability and Integrity

5
July
2007
  • Tunku Abdul Aziz, former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Ethics and former President, Transparency International Malaysia

60

Corporate Social Responsibility – From Rhetoric to Action

15 November 2007
  • Dato’ Saw Choo Boon, Chairman, Shell Companies of Malaysia
  • Dr Geoffrey Williams, Managing Director, OWW Consulting
  • Mr Brian Lariche, Executive Director, The Liaison Combination
  • Ms Jothimani Muniandy, Head of Research and External Affairs, Bursa Malaysia

110

2008

Youth Perspectives on National Development

21
May
2008
  • Ms Deborah Henry, Celebrity Ambassador, Malaysian Child Resource Institute and Ms Malaysia 2007
  • Ms Bernise Ang, Founder, Syinc (Singapore) and YouthActionNet Fellow 2007 and Mr Shaun Koh
  • Mr Edmond Bon, Chairman, Human Rights Committee, Bar Council of Malaysia
  • Mr Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, Practising lawyer and Social and political  commentator

105

Global Financial Crisis

4 December 2008
  • Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations & Member, UN Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.

530

2009

Democracy, Law and Human Rights in an Era of Globalisation

23
June
2009
  • Ms Ambiga Sreenevasan, Immediate Past President of the Bar Council of Malaysia, and recipient of the US Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage in March 2009.

110

Migrant Workers and Human Trafficking in an Era of Globalisation

1
October 2009
  • Dr Irene Fernandez, Executive Director of Tenaganita and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (widely regarded as the Alternative Nobel Prize) in 2005.

105

Triple Global Crises Finance, Development and Climate: Can we kill three birds with one stone?

9 December 2009
  • Dr Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations & Member, UN Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System.

275

2010

Solving Tough Problems – including Climate Change – through Innovative Processes

14
March
2010
  • Mr Adam Kahane, Partner, Reos Partners and Associate Fellow, Institute for Science, Innovation and Society, Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK.

75

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EVENTS ORGANISED BY CHEVENING ALUMNI OF MALAYSIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION AND BRITISH COUNCIL: 2008-2010

Public Forum Series – 6 events
Title Date Speakers Attendance
2008

Climate Change Post-Bali: The Way Forward For Malaysia*

 27 March 2008
  • Mr Chow Kok Kee, Managing Director, STREC Sdn Bhd and Expert, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Dr Lian Kok Fei, Undersecretary, Conservation and Environmental Management Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
  • Ir Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Centre for Environment, Technology & Development Malaysia
  • Ms June Tan, Manager, Business Development, Aretae Pte Ltd
120
New Challenges on Public Policy: Perspectives from the UK* 9
June 2008
  • Ms Meg Munn, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is the Minister responsible for relations between the UK and Malaysia. 
70
2009
Climate Change: From Poznan to Copenhagen* 26 March 2009
  • Mr Chow Kok Kee, Managing Director, STREC Sdn Bhd and Expert, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Mr John Pearson, Head, South East Asia Climate Change Network, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • Ir Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Centre for Environment, Technology & Development Malaysia
120

Employability of Graduates: How do we close the gap between higher education and business+

20 October 2009
  • Sir Drummond Bone, Higher Education Adviser to the British Government and former Vice Chancellor, Liverpool University
  • Ms Irene Donner, Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Bank, Malaysia
  • Associate Professor Dr Norsaadah Ismail, Director, Industry Relations Division, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education
100

Commonwealth Conversations*

 26 October 2009
  • Mr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah, Director-General, Royal Commonwealth Society (London)
  • Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim, former Director, Commonwealth Secretariat (London)
  • Datuk Muhammad Feisol Hassan, President, Royal Commonwealth Society, Malaysia Branch
  • Mr David Collins, Canadian High Commissioner to Malaysia
100

2010

Post-Copenhagen Forum on Climate Change*

19 January 2010
  • Mr Gurmit Singh, Chairman, Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia
  • Dr Geoffrey Williams, Chief Executive Officer, OWW Consulting
  • Mr Adrian Yeo, Chairman of MyClimate Youth Justice Network
  • Mr John Pearson, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK 
  • Mr Andrew Chan, Executive Director, Sustainability Solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers
300

* Organised in partnership with the British High Commission
+ Organised in partnership with the British Council and British High
   Commission
All these forums, except the one on 9 June 2008, were moderated by Nithi Nesadurai, President, Chevening Alumni of Malaysia
 

IN ADDITION

  • The Chevening Alumni of Malaysia and the Commonwealth Foundation co-organised a Civil Society Consultation on Education on 28 May 2008. The Consultation was organised to obtain inputs for the Stakeholders Forum of the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) to be held in Kuala Lumpur from June 14-18, 2009. It was attended by 62 representatives of more than 30 civil society organisations.
  • The Chevening Alumni of Malaysia, the British High Commission and the British Council organised a Combined Alumni Social for Chevening Scholars and Commonwealth Scholars on June 18, 2009 in conjunction with Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM) held in Kuala Lumpur from June 14-18, 2009.
  • The British High Commissioner and Chevening Alumni of Malaysia President were interviewed for a feature article by the Education section of The Star. The full-page article entitled “Brit Flavour” appeared on October 4, 2009 on page 2.