Theme: Unfold & Enlarge

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Theme: Unfold & Enlarge
Ideas are priceless and surely, worth spreading. It comes from every single corner of the world but not always can be presented and to be delivered to the community. The first part of the theme "Unfold" describes how we unfold, discover and explore the ideas, secrets and stories from major events to the tiny matters that happen in our daily lives. The latter part "Enlarge" signifies the solutions and methods that are implementing to enlarge, amplify and magnify the ideas we would like to deliver.

Dewan Auditorium
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Jalan Transkrian
Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, 14300
Malaysia

Aaron Tan

Aaron Tan is currently a final year undergraduate student of Materials Engineering however Aaron began his music journey with the electronic organ and piano at the age of 4 and he had obtained Associate Diploma in Piano Performance and Music Theory. Apart from that, he is also keen in composing pieces and songs.

Dr. Horizon Gitano

Dr Horizon Gitano hitchhiked around the world from 1992 and contribute to the development of the mechanical engineering field many countries. However, in this talk, he shared the mind-blown ideas about the decision making. When making decision, have you ever think about yourself without any external influences? Are you sure?

Dr. Nethia Mohana Kumaran

Dr Nethia graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia with Microbiology Honours Degree and received the prestigious New South Wales Scholar Award to continue her PhD work at University of Sydney. She had also been awarded with Best Oral Presentation by a Young Investigator from the Australasian Society of Dermatology Research. Currently, her main research focus is to identify pro-survival proteins which contribute to Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) cell survival and later target these proteins with drugs.

Dr. S. Madhusudhan

Fondly nicknamed ‘Teddy Bear Doc’, Dr S. Madhusudhan completed his MBBS degree in 2006. He has been providing free medical check-ups for the homeless and less fortunate till today, first with the Kechara Soup Kitchen and now through his Teddy Mobile Clinic founded in 2015 every Wednesday nights. Genie foundation founded by him to fulfill the wishes of under-privilege kids too. He has been awarded Star Golden Hearts Awards 2015, Suhakam Human Rights Awards 2016, Klang Rotary Club Vocational Excellence & Service Awards and iMillenium Award in 2016 from EduAssist Foundation for his kind deeds.

Dr. Soo Wincci

Dr Soo Wincci is an award winning Malaysian singer, actress, composer, chef, apprentice radio DJ, ambassadorial role, host, model, beauty queen and also an entrepreneur. Dr Soo was crowned as Miss World Malaysia 2008 and represented Malaysia in the Miss World 2008 beauty pageant. In 2014, she was selected at TOP 100 world most beautiful faces by Hollywood Independent Critics. She is a law graduate from UK, MBA holder from Australia and PhD in Business Administration from Malaysia. She was awarded as “The 1st Miss World Malaysia to receive PhD” in 2016 after her completion of six years PhD in Business Administration.

Escapeva

Escapeva is pseudonym and representative for all the creative works. Escapeva stands for Escape Visual Art.The scope has been expanding yearly,starting as the tag name from graffiti culture into branding material. Escapeva works as full time muralist And visual artist in Malaysia since 2006.

Kevin Kumala

Kevin Kumala is an entrepreneur and he is particularly acute in his study of biological sciences. Kevin never ceases to seek for solutions to minimize the effect of plastic pollution. In year 2013, he decided to retro-engineer the commercialised petroleum-based products by replacing it with bio-plastics polymer together with his R&D team. This serves as launching pad in which gave him the momentum to further his research which is then producing solutions derived from renewable resources with common underlying attribute of being 100% biodegradable and compostable.

Lim Gaik Siang

Ms Lim Gaik Siang holds a top management position in an American top 500 engineering company. However, in Malaysia, she is better recognized as an enthusiastic promoter of cultural heritage and Chinese culture. Her involvement in heritage conservation was first started with her joining in the preparation of Georgetown World Heritage Site listing with UNESCO. Apart from that, she was appointed as conservation consultant by Penang Teochew Association to restore and conserve Han Jiang Ancestral Temple which was awarded the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Culture Heritage Conservation in 2006. Her eloquence enabled her to deliver to audiences worldwide, including Shanghai Expo, and was appointed to deliver a speech on Sun Yat Sen to the Premier of China in 2011.