Students at The 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia Campus are organising the Aspiring Youth Leadership Conference 2015 (AYLC), an event featuring key speakers, namely Datuk Vinod Sekhar, President and Group CEO of Petra Group, Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, Eric Feng, public speaking coach and author, on 22 March 2015.

Speakers at the conference are heads of leading businesses such as Luca Barberis, Managing Director of Zalora Malaysia, Ken Chee, Founder and CEO of 8 Investment, Kenneth Yee, General Manager of Incitement, Michael Teoh, Co-Author of Potential Matrix and National Youth Icon, Mallory Loone, Director of Thriving Talents Sdn Bhd and womanentrepreneur, Johnson Khoo, startup enthusiast and Austin Wong, youth entrepreneur.

“The keyword is success, and the aims are connection, aspiration and positive influence and this is what we would like to offer to students from all across the nation at this conference,” said Khoo Swee Kiem, the AYLC’15 Coordinator who is an undergraduate from the business school at UNMC.

“There is definitely a secret formula to becoming successful, and we will unravel the common patterns of high achievers, cracking the secret and applying them within our own context, ” Teh Yong Lin, advisor of AYLC’15, and a final year psychology student at UNMC explains.

This maiden AYLC is the brainchild of Swee Kim, following the success of project FIBES (Finance,Investment, Business, Entrepreneurship, Society) which ran a series of talks in 2013 also showcasing successful professionals from various sectors.

ACYL 2015 is targeted at university students and youths between the ages of 16 to 25. The conference is free-of-charge and is organised by the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Youth, a student-led society in UNMC, in conjunction with the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@'s 15th anniversary and UNMC Careers Fair 2015.

The conference is sponsored by IpsosWhoHAA, ICAEW, MBG, Zalora, GRADMalaysia, CareerBuilder and Juice Works.

To register as a participant, sign up on AYCL official website

About UNMC Careers Fair

The careers fair is held annually in March with over 1,000 attendees that comprises students and graduates. It takes place at UNMC's Great Hall and presents a chance for local, national and international organisations to attract our students from diverse disciplines and highlight the graduate and internship schemes on offer.

UNMC's 15th Anniversary

One of the world's truly global universities, with campuses in Malaysia, the UK and China, 2015 marks the 15th year since setting up as UK's first full-fledged international campus in Malaysia  and all three campuses continue to enrich the lives of students across the world through global education,ground-breaking research and community engagement. 

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For more information, please contact Khoo Swee Kiem on ksay3ksi@nottingham.edu.my, AYCL conference team on enquiry@aylc.my or Josephine Dionisappu, PR & Communications Manager on +6 (03) 8924 8746, josephine.dionisappu@nottingham.edu.my.

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