I arrived in Bandung on the evening of the 18th (March) with my team, Azul, Laila and Rassa.
No, definitely not for shopping although I suspect the ladies did indulge in some form of shopping therapy.
We were there, invited by the British Council, Indonesia for a “One Day Social Entrepreneurship Summit 2009” jointly organized by the British Council, Indonesia and the University of Padjajaran or UNPAD.
UNPAD is one of the best universities in Indonesia and they are leading the thinking on Social Entrepreneurship here. In fact I am told they have included a SE Course in one of their business curriculum. Apparently they are also planning to set up an SE Business Development centre soon.
The audience for the summit mainly consisted of various stakeholders – Government officials, NGOS, Social Entrepreneurs and also academicians from UNPAD and people selected by BC.
The keynote speaker was John Pepin, a Social Entrepreneur from the UK. John spoke on what SE is and shared his UK experience.
The Event was well attended – there were more than 150 people in the main summit and I had a packed room in our break out track.
I was there to speak about our experience in promoting entrepreneurial awareness in Malaysia especially in the universities and also my team’s experience in working on various projects promoted by the Governments and private organizations in Malaysia.
The organizers also arranged for various break-out sessions. I was co-leading a session on Strategic Collaborations which was well attended. The participants were extremely vocal, had many ideas.
We discussed how and why its important for strategic collaborations between government, organizations and civil society.
I shared some of our Malaysian experience.
It was great fun to see the energy and enthusiasm in entrepreneurship in the room.
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