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Highlighted Events
Drupal Meetup – Controlling Content Visualization with Display Suite
When: Tuesday 1st March 2011, 7.15pm for registration
Where: 179 River Valley Rd #04-10
At the next Drupal meetup, meet guest speaker, Matthias Vandermaesen. Matthais represents Krimson, a company that works on large Drupal projects within media, culture, non-profit, etc. Employees of Krimson have submitted thousands of commits to about 30 Drupal modules.
TEDxKRP – Social Change Through Local Innovation and Global Entrepreneurship
When: Tuesday 1st March 2011, 6pm-10pm
Where: 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, University Hall Auditorium, National University of Singapore, Lee Kong Chian Wing level 2, 119077 Singapore
There have been quite a few TEDx events in Singapore. But this one focuses on the power of local innovation and global entrepreneurship for social change. There will be 11 live speakers from Silicon Valley, Pakistan, Singapore, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean sharing their inspiring stories and projects changing the world at a local level with a global vision and impact. Must go.
Female Innovation In Competitive Markets
When: Wednesday 2nd March 2011, 9.30am-12.30pm
Where: RMI Seminar Room 1, I3 Building, National University of Singapore, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrance Level 1
Women entrepreneurs listen up! A 3-hour workshop with internationally renowned entrepreneur, fund raiser and Silicon Valley mentor capitalist, Margarita Quihuis. She will share how Astia (formerly known as Women Technology Cluster) raised US$65 million for women-led startups and receive direct insight, advice and techniques to turn your idea into a successful and well-funded business enterprise.
Power Of Profit For Social Good
When: Wednesday 2nd March 2011, 2.30pm-5.30pm
Where: RMI Seminar Room 1, I3 Building, National University of Singapore, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrance Level 1
Meet three experienced social entrepreneurs:
- Margarita Quihuis, social entrepreneur and mentor capitalist focused on innovation, technology incubation, access to capital and entrepreneurship.
- Carlos Miranda Levy, social entrepreneur in residence at National University of Singapore, Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, Google Developing World Scholarship recipient, named by CNN as one of Latin America’s top 20 more influential people on the internet.
- Atif Mumtaz, founder of Jaroka Tele-healthcare a servicing rural Pakistan, which won the mBillionth Award’s mHealth category in 2011 in New Delhi, India, organised by the Digital Empowerment Foundation.
Conversations On Vietnam Tech Scene
When: Thursday 3rd March 2011, 7pm
Where: Hackerspace.sg, 70A Bussorah Lane
Vietnam has one of the fastest growing online population in the region, probably globally too. Vietnam is also seeing growth in IT companies exploring the local market and setting up offshoring centers. Vietnam-based entrepreneurs and technology event organizers Dang Hong Phuc and Mario Behling are visiting Singapore and will be talking about the startup and tech scene in VN and what opportunities there might be for collaboration (tech events, open source, women in IT, etc.).
Meet NYC EDC – Learn About Business In NY
When: Friday 4th March 2011, 9.30am – 11am
Where: Little Red Dot room, IE Singapore, 230 Victoria Street
Singapore has a population of about 5M people. Startups started here need to go global from day one. The NYC Economic Development Corporation is here to share more about the infocomm opportunities and business ecosystem in New York.
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