Northeast Malaysia Forum 2008 – 5 more days!

A quick reminder for those who signed up. For those in US who didn’t, can try asking if still can sign up. For M’sia side – consider a trip to m’kini this weekend. Still no news on whether S’pore will have one stream, which most likely will be in NUS.

Accurate as of writing: check the latest at: malaysiaforum.org/nmf!

Northeast Malaysia Forum 2008

Date: March 29-30, 2008
Theme: Changing Freedoms in Malaysia
Venue: Harvard University, Boston, MA

Confirmed Speakers/Teleconferencees:

Invited Speakers:

• Zainah Anwar, Founding Member, Sisters in Islam (SIS)
• Azly Rahman, Doctorate in International Education Development at Columbia University
• Meredith Weiss, Research Fellow, East-West Center Washington DC

Teleconferencees:

• Dato’ Tony Fernandes, CEO of AirAsia Berhad
• Bridget Welsh, Assistant Professor in the Southeast Asia Program at Johns Hopkins University
• Karim Raslan, lawyer, columnist and author
• Malik Imtiaz, human rights lawyer
• Premesh Chandran, CEO and co-founder Malaysiakini.com
• Mark Chang, CEO Jobstreet
• Jeff Ooi, Jelutong MP, Blogger
• Colin Nicholas, Coordinator, Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)

Agenda Highlights:

Saturday 29th March (Day 1)
Boston (EST) / Malaysia (MST)

8:30 a.m. / 8:30 p.m. Start
9:00 a.m. / 9:00 p.m. [Teleconference] Premesh Chandran/Jeff Ooi, Mark Chang, Colin Nicholas

1:00 p.m. / 1:00 a.m. Meredith Weiss, Azly Rahman
3:00 p.m. / 3:00 a.m. [Teleconference] Bridget Welsh

Sunday 30th March (Day 2)
8:30 a.m. / 8:30 p.m. [Teleconference] Malik Imtiaz, Karim Raslan, Tony Fernandes
11:00 a.m. / 11:00 p.m. Zainah Anwar