MaGIC (Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre) is organising a national symposium centred on entrepreneurship. The MaGIC Entrepreneurial Nation (E-Nation) Symposium 2019 will be held from 30 October to 2 November 2019 at Cyberjaya, Malaysia. The theme of the E-Nation Symposium 2019 is “Shaping an Entrepreneurial Nation” and it aims to focus on growing a robust entrepreneurship nation by addressing key dimensions of entrepreneurship, social innovation and creativity. The E-Nation Symposium 2019 will not only cover global aspects of entrepreneurship and social innovation but also local efforts and progress so that the global audience may network and exchange learning experiences and foster connection with interested parties.

The objectives of the event are:

• To connect all entrepreneurship ecosystem movers, shakers and builders in one room to share ideas, network and foster collaboration;
• To showcase some of the recent SE/E initiatives by MaGIC to the audience;
• To gather influential external speakers and entrepreneurs to generate rich knowledge and information to the public, audience and media in the areas of social innovation, entrepreneurship education, impact investment, and
• To promote the concept of social innovation, responsible business inclusive business, social entrepreneurship and to encourage the adoption and understanding of the conscious entrepreneurship concept.

The British Council will co-host a forum on Entrepreneurship Education and we are seeking UK experts on entrepreneurship education to join a panel discussion.

Date                    : 31 October 2019, Thursday
Times                  : 2.15pm - 4.00pm

Venue                  : MaGIC, 3730, Persiaran Apec, Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Duration              : 1 hour 45 mins (suggested format: 20 min Moderator Talks, 1 hour forum, 20 min Q&A & 5 min intermission)
 

Forum description:

Universities have taken education and development of entrepreneurial thinking into account in their curricula and developing entrepreneurial skills and innovations has become a major academic educational concern in different societies. The forum will touch on various aspect of education: classes and non-classes elements, in order to strive needs of having entrepreneurs being spurs from education institutions.

Benefits for the speaker:

It is reported that 70 of the UK’s 168 universities and higher education institutions have a significant amount of social enterprise activity. This symposium is an opportunity for UK HEIs to demonstrate the important role of social enterprises education and research within national education sectors and in making changes which support social enterprise. With the launch of the National Entrepreneurship Policy 2030 by Malaysia’s Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (MED) on 11 July 2019, UK HEIs are expected to play an active role in creating graduates with entrepreneurial skills.

Offer to the Speaker by the British Council:

• One 4-day Pass to E-Nation 2019
• Logistic Arrangement (Return Flights on economy class, Ground Transportation, 4 nights of accommodation and meals throughout E-Nation 2019)
• Social Media mentions

• Potential workshop with other stakeholders (not related to the MaGIC symposium)