Notes
Selected talks, panels and published work. Newest first, honestly dated.
- The use of AI in combatting financial crimePanellist at a session convened by Standard Chartered’s Financial Crime Surveillance Operations, on the opportunities and pitfalls of applying artificial intelligence to financial crime detection. Alongside speakers from Deloitte and UEM Sunrise.
- On-demand learning on AirAsia AcademyA short course on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, leading change, and doing the right thing the right way.
- 47th ASEAN–Japan Business MeetingPresentation: accelerating social impact leveraging the metaverse, with a focus on the informal sector across ASEAN.
- Yayasan Peneraju Talk Series: jobs of the futureA broadcast discussion on how tomorrow’s jobs will differ from today’s, and what learners should do to prepare.
- Digital transformation as corporate responsibilityDelivered at a joint UNCTAD and UNITAR webinar on the role of entrepreneurship in post-pandemic recovery. Argues that governments should set standards and clear guidelines before structuring incentives.
- Are Malaysian companies ready for cloud adoption?Survey findings presented at the inaugural KL Cloud Maestro Series. An online survey of 105 respondents, average participating organisation about 1,200 people, led by Alphaus Cloud with Hitachi Sunway. Half of respondents cited missing skill sets as the largest gap after adoption; four in five named scalability as the principal benefit. The surviving recording is a short extract and shows the summary slide only.
- UNCTAD Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, eighth sessionOfficial summary statement to UNCTAD on accelerated digital adoption and the skills gap as the determining factor in recovery.
- Cloud computing for business leadersHosted by the Malaysia–Japan Economic Association with the Malaysia South-South Association. On examining business models before they stop being viable.
- Community, foreign direct investment and the smart cityA session hosted by Cyberview on driving a technology hub ecosystem through community rather than incentive alone.
- Tech This Way: an interviewOn first-hand experience across entrepreneurship, government and corporate roles, and the common challenges that recur in all three.
- ASEAN–Japan Business MeetingConversations on startup ecosystem development, the automation of everything as a response to labour shortage, and mobility data.
- Yamato at one hundredOn keeping a company relevant across a century, and the parcel delivery business that saved one from bankruptcy in 1976.
- Mentoring at Seedstars Summit AsiaFacilitating workshop discussion on failures, lessons and what founders should understand about corporate partners before approaching them.
- Keynote at the RADIA inaugural eventOn access to the Japanese market for Malaysian businesses.
- A conversation on corporate turnaroundDinner in Tokyo with the chairman of Skymark Airlines, a founding partner of Integral Corporation and a well-known turnaround specialist.
- The digital divide in emerging economiesDelivered at the United Nations in Geneva. On infrastructure, digital literacy, and the trade-offs between open markets and domestic digital growth.
- Western management, Asian wisdomNotes from the eFounders Fellowship in Hangzhou. On information as the new dividing line, giving a venture ten years, and the four years of failure behind a shopping festival.
- Keynote at the first Global Ventures SummitTo global investors and startups, on connecting Southeast Asian technology companies with Silicon Valley capital.
- IFN Investor ForumOn the Islamic funds landscape in the age of financial technology: blockchain, digital currencies and digital distribution.