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SME Growth Summit 2023: Unlocking SMEs Potential!

The SME Growth Summit 2023, jointly organized by Malaysiakini and Kakitangan.com, was an epic convergence of visionaries, industry experts, and ambitious entrepreneurs, igniting a new era of business transformation and unleashing boundless opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

A big shout-out to our amazing sponsors – Grab for Business, Time, and RHB Banking Group – for their tremendous support in making SME Growth Summit 2023 a grand success! Thank you for all of our sponsors & co-partners invaluable contribution towards creating a meaningful and impactful event.

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Some of the topics and presentations covered
during the Summit are:

  • Funding for your company’s growthlearn about the different opportunities with ECF, P2P & SME funding.

     

  • Listen to LHDN, MEF, SOSCO, HRD Corpabout their future and working with SMEs.

     

  • Revisit the New Amendments to the Employment Act 1995how do we ensure we are regulatory compliant and benefit from it?
  • How do we grow faster with digital and data? How do we grow OUTSIDE of digital? Are traditional media like radio, billboards, and others still relevant?

  • How do we build engagement and ownership in our team & companyan old topic but with new learnings.

 and many more…

Some of the topics and presentations covered during the Summit are:

  • Funding for your company’s growthlearn about the different opportunities with ECF, P2P & SME funding
  • Listen to LHDN, MEF, SOSCO, HRD Corpabout their future and working with SMEs
  • Revisit the New Amendments to the Employment Act 1995how do we ensure we are regulatory compliant and benefit from it?
  • How do we grow faster with digital and data? How do we grow OUTSIDE of digital? Are traditional media like radio, billboards, and others still relevant?
  • How do we build engagement and ownership in our team & companyan old topic but with new learnings.

 and many more…

DAY 1: PANEL DISCUSSIONS

9 May 2023, Tuesday

DAY 2: MASTERCLASSES

10 May 2023, Wednesday

Day 1: Panel Discussions

9 May 2023, Tuesday

Day 2: Masterclasses

10 May 2023, Wednesday

Meet our eminent Moderators & Panelists

Datuk Shahul Dawood
CE,
HRD Corp

Fabian Bigar
CEO,
My Digital

Siva Kumeren
GCOO,
TalentCorp

Datuk Hj Shamsuddin Bardan
Executive Director,
MEF

Catherine Lian
Managing Director and
Technology Leader, IBM Malaysia

Kenny Ong Chun Eng
CEO,
Astro Radio

Sam Shafie
CEO & Co-Founder,
pitchIN

Dr V. Sivapalan
Senior Partner & Co-Founder,
Scaleup Malaysia

Kamil Darman
Regional Manager,
Grab For Business

Thillai Raj
Chief Technology Officer,
BAC

Malek Ali
Founder,
BFM Capital

Goh Boon Peng
Founder & CEO,
MyStartr

Safawi Sa’aid
Senior Revenue Executive
(tax operations), LHDN

Elain Lockman
CEO & Co-Founder,
Ata Plus

Jeff Tan
CEO,
Fundaztic

YK Lai
Managing Director,
HR Edge

Lance Cheang
Founder, Managing Director,
Vlan Technology

Melissa Sim
CEO & Founder,
AdEasy

Tommy Lim
CEO,
ICT Zone

Shashankh Bhatt
Client Growth Advisor,
Netcore Cloud

Premesh Chandran
Co-Founder,
Malaysiakini

Derek Toh
CEO & Co-Founder,
Hiredly

Ben Ibrahim
Communications Manager,
Freelance

Effon
Co-Founder and CEO,
Kakitangan.com

MOHD Azmi Muhammud
MOHR

Mohd Effendy Abdul Ghani
President,
MTUC

Dato’ Sri Dr. Mohammed Azman
Chief Executive,
PERKSESO

Timothy Tiah
CEO,
Colony Coworking Space

Meet the enthusiastic Facilitators

YK Lai
Managing Director
HR Edge

Charles Gregory
CEO
Digital Marketing Consultancy (DMC)

Bikesh Lakhmichand
CEO
1337 Ventures

Nizam Shari
HR Expert
Kakitangan.com

Ahmad Kamal S. Awab
Director & Chief Credit Officer,
Cofundr

 Rashmi Menon
CEO,
Leaderonomics

Effon
Co Founder & CEO,
Kakitangan.com

Tzu Ming
Founder & Director
Datalaksa

Lee Yik Soon
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant,
LGMS

Kenneth Shak Jian Wen
Managing Consultant,
LGMS

Kayne Hoo
Senior Digital Forensic,
LGMS

Jeffrey Low Ken Wai
Senior Cyber Security Consultant,
LGMS

Network with like minded peers to potentially explore new business opportunities

It is never too late to be what you might have been. What you will learn?

Learn from a stellar line-up of industry leaders that will highlight on growing and strengthening your business through insights on smart capital solutions

Discover strategic ways on marketing your products effectively  through data

Delve into the meaning of leadership to stimulate and facilitate the role of HR in keeping employees engaged and motivated

Explore tactics on driving business digitalisation within the organisation, keeping up with latest tech trends to spur adaptability and agility

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