FORTHCOMING EVENTS

MASSA Forthcoming Events


a. 5 December 2024 — iDeas Xchange 2024/2025 Series: First Series of the Start-up Meet-up & Sharing Session on 5 December 2024

b. 15 January 2025 — Webinar: Timor Leste & ASEAN: Overview & Business Opportunities in Timor Leste for Malaysia

For more information, please contact the MASSA Secretariat at
mail@massa.net.my / massamssc@gmail.com

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5 DECEMBER 2024: MASSA-KolaXus-MAJECA’s iDeas Xchange 2024/2025 Series: First Series of the Start-up Meet-up & Sharing Session on 5 December 2024


The Malaysia South-South Association (MASSA), KolaXus and the Malaysia-Japan Economic Association (MAJECA) will be organizing a Start-up Meet-up & Sharing Session Series.

This Series aims to bring together the members of MAJECA & its co-organisers and the business community to network with selected innovative startup founders & entrepreneurs, to explore opportunity to do business and to partner up strategically in the growing startup ecosystem in Malaysia and beyond. The organisers aim to create & build a platform for the sharing & exchange of innovative ideas and insights.

Each session in this five-part series for 2024/2025 will delve into themes such as:

  • • Emerging Technologies
  • • Cross-Border Partnerships
  • • Growth-Stage Startups
  • • Sustainable Development & Social Impact
  • • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

This kick-off event in the series will spotlight the opportunity for growth-stage tech startups to showcase their innovative solutions and business models, and explore collaboration opportunities.

This Series will have its first event on 5 December 2024, details are as follows:

 
Theme: Introducing Tomorrow’s Innovators

Date / Day: Thursday, 5 December 2024

Time: 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm (MYT) *Registration will begin at: 2.30 pm

Venue: Bangunan AmBank Group, 55, Jalan Raja Chulan 50200 Kuala Lumpur (Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/noayyyHPdfMeNcfK6)

Registration: https://forms.gle/vHYHgP8RxfqfZy439

We encourage members to actively participate in this event to hear from entrepreneurial speakers, discover innovative solutions, explore partnership opportunities, and network with a diverse range of business people. There is no participation fee. However, a prior registration is required. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Secretariat should you need more information.


15 JANUARY 2025: Webinar: Timor Leste & ASEAN: Overview & Business Opportunities in Timor Leste for Malaysia


MASSA is organizing a webinar with the support of the Embassy of Malaysia in Timor-Leste, the Embassy of Timor-Leste in Malaysia and the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) titled “Timor-Leste & ASEAN: Overview & Business Opportunities in Timor-Leste for Malaysia” on the following:

 

Timor-Leste, roughly the size of the state of Kelantan, is situated in Southeast Asia between Indonesia and Australia. In February 2024, Timor-Leste officially became the 166th member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In 2022, Timor-Leste was admitted “in principle” to ASEAN with the country moving towards full membership.

Over the course of the last twenty years, Timor-Leste has warmly welcomed many Malaysian entrepreneurs, who have established and continue to operate their business; and provide employment to a substantial number of Timorese. To date, there are some 200 Malaysian business entities registered in Timor-Leste.

With an abundance of natural resources, Timor-Leste offers a variety of opportunities across industry sectors such as gas & oil resources, renewable energy, fisheries, agriculture and services. For more information on Timor-Leste, you may read MASSA’s feature on Timor-Leste compiled by the Embassy of Malaysia in Timor-Leste.

Cognisant of the developments in Timor-Leste, MASSA has tapped on the insights of various expert resource persons amongst others, H.E. Ambassador of Malaysia to Timor-Leste and the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) and Trade Investment Timor-Leste amongst others, to share their insights and observations at this webinar. This 21 August webinar aims to provide an overview and the potential business opportunites in Timor-Leste that Malaysian businesses can tap into.