Echelon Malaysia 2017

Daryl Chung, e27

06-Apr-17 10:00

Echelon Malaysia is back and happening for the very first time in the Silicon Valley of the East, Echelon Malaysia is happening at Georgetown, Penang with an intensive two-day event, localised for the Malaysian market. The theme for this year is “From Second City to Startup City” so we discuss what makes Penang unique and what to expect at this year’s event.

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Tags: Echelon, Startup, Networking, Second City, Startup City, Smart City, IoT, Blockchain, Fintech, Entrepreneurs, Travel Tech

Today’s Shows

11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) Benjamin Croc, co-founder of BrioHR shares the company’s journey from tackling onboarding pain points to building a full-stack HR platform, and how they plan to use their $6.5 million Series A funding to scale regionally, deepen their product, and double down on AI.

12:00 PM

BBC World Service

(REPEAT) BFM presents the BBC World Service, which provides in-depth coverage of issues from around the world.

1:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

(REPEAT) Kam, Sheryll and Matt get together again to talk about syntax and AI, algorithm and “broligarch”.

2:00 PM

Ringgit & Sense

(REPEAT) Should we invest in gold? Ringgit and Sense tries to answer this question, together with Robin Lee, former CFO of the World Gold Council and former CEO of HelloGold.

2:30 PM

The Property Show

(REPEAT) What are the risks of a private lease scheme, or PLS? The Property Show speaks to Yeoh Tung Seng, Partner at Yeoh & Joanne to find the answer.

3:00 PM

Best of The Bigger Picture

(REPEAT) We speak to Charles Santiago about his tenure at SPAN, the politics of water and labour rights violations in the region.

4:00 PM

Best of Evening Edition

(REPEAT) We unpack the story behind Potehi or Chinese glove puppet theatre and its significance to our culture.

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

BFM presents the BBC World Service, which provides in-depth coverage of issues from around the world.

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