ASTI Socrates Dialogue: A Discourse on Building A Better World Post Covid19

PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA 10 February 2023: The Association of Science, Technology & Innovation (ASTI) organised its first ever ASTI Socrates Dialogue (ASD) in Persatuan Alumni Universiti Malaya (PAUM). 

In conjunction with ASTI’s paper writing competition, “Reinventing A Better World Post Covid-19”, focusing on economics, entrepreneurship and livelihood, we organised the first ever ASTI Socrates  Dialogue (ASD), with visionaries and experts on the subject in question. ASDs are public discourses to  deeply understand the nature of things.  

We hope this event will galvanise us to start asking the right questions and expand on this domain of  thought towards creating a more balanced world. This was a hybrid event with limited seats.  

We also launched our new programme for young people, called the Young Technopreneurs Challenge, before the event. We hope to empower young people to be active change makers in their communities.  

The details of the discourse are as below: 

Physical Event Venue: Persatuan Alumni Universiti Malaya (PAUM), Rumah Kelab PAUM, Lot 10476,   Jalan Susur Damansara (Jalan Damansara Lama), Off Jalan Gegambir, 50480   Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Zoom Meeting Link : shorturl.at/ajCJL  

Date : 10 February 2023, Friday 

Time : 4.15pm to 7.00pm (MYT)  

Discourse Participants: 

Prof Ulung Dato' Dr. Rajah Rasiah - Executive Director of Asia-Europe Institute Universiti Malaya Tan Sri Dato' Azman bin Haji Mokhtar - Former CEO of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (2004 - 2018),  Chairman of Tabung Haji and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 

Khailee Ng - Managing partner at U.S. venture capital firm 500 Global 

ASTI, a non-governmental organisation formally established in 2012 and has been actively designing and  running projects for 15 years, advocates for the promotion of education and understanding of scientific  knowledge through innovative programmes for young school children. They have recently expanded to  include secondary school children projects at the height of the pandemic through various online  ventures with great success; and has garnered over 650,000 participants from all over South-east Asia  and the UK since its inception. 

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