Karenlicioussss: Youth Nation Summit 2011

Have you ever came across that we as the youth today can make the changes in our country? As one of the Malaysian citizen, have we ever thought of contributing for the country besides blaming and complaining to the certain parties and also the government? I gotta admit that I am used to be one of them but somehow, I've came across with good exposure on this kind of issues and now I believe that , we can make the changes. Believe you can do it. Even if you failed, at least you give a try. Don't ever give yourself a barrier on doing something you want to do. Impossible is nothing.

During my last sem break, I attended this event. Youth Nation Summit 2011 is an event that organized under the Power of Y, an initiative that incorporates the best of youth leadership, practical industry knowledge and experience through a series of events and programs.

Youth Nation Summit 2011 aims to empower the youth leaders with the necessary knowledge, skills and resources that will enable them to execute their own community-development initiative and make a positive impact in the community they live in!

This event was held from 28th-31st of May at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. About 350 delegates that participate in the summit. Most of us stayed the hostel.

DAY 1

We had our opening plenary by Joel Neoh, the Young Entrepreneur & Executive Director of YouthAsia.

Joel Neoh.

Some of the highlights for Day 1 were Sustainability Expo , then Sustainability issues on environmental, economical and also social.

Prof. Dato Dr Norma Mansor, speaker of the Economical sustainability.

Steve McCoy- Environmental Sustainability

Besides that, we also exposed by leadership activation and skills workshop. I attended the skills workshop on Communication and Marketing by Khai Lee.

Have you heard of says.com? Yes, he is the CEO of says.com.

Khai Lee! he is an awesome guy! (:

Overall, day 1 was pretty good. after the summit, we went all the way to PutraJaya for the Sejuta Belia event thingy. so youth right? LOL

We didn't know that Super Junior M were there. They were invited and performed. So called free concert. HAHA! well, the crowded was superb. No doubt that Korean guys are always hot. lol. sorry no pictures were taken. sobs!

DAY 2

We had two session which were the Youth2business and Youth2Government. During the youth2business, it was a forum that for corporate organizations to engage with youth and listen to youth's idea, concerns, feedbacks and opinions as well. By having this forum, it enable the organizations to capture outputs from youth in Malaysia to better target the Generation Y.

Speakers during Youth2business from respective company like IBM, NAZA and etc.

Youth 2 Government forum

In this session, it enables the government to engage with Malaysia youth to capture their output, and assist in making policy related to youth. Government would be able to compile youth's ideas and be the enablers to support youth activities in nation building.