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Platinum Sponsors
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.
Some of the topics and presentations covered
during the Summit are:
- Funding for your company’s growth – learn about the different opportunities with ECF, P2P & SME funding.
- Listen to LHDN, MEF, SOSCO, HRD Corp – about their future and working with SMEs.
- Revisit the New Amendments to the Employment Act 1995 – how 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 & company – an 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 growth – learn about the different opportunities with ECF, P2P & SME funding
- Listen to LHDN, MEF, SOSCO, HRD Corp – about their future and working with SMEs
- Revisit the New Amendments to the Employment Act 1995 – how 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 & company – an 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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