Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Intellectual Property & Innovation Seminar 2012


INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & INNOVATION (IPI) SEMINAR 2012

Theme = ECOSYSTEM FOR INVENTORS

Date : 19 May 2012
Time : 8.15am to 1.00pm
Venue : KLCC Hospitality Lounge 1, Hall 1

Speaker 1:

Dr Ciesinski, VP of SRI (Stanford Research Institute) from Silicon Valley to talking on the Eco-system for Inventors.

SRI is one of the leaders in the world for innovation and invention. The computer mouse, and latest the I-phone apps SIRI ( a voice activated virtual personal assisitant using CALO (cognitive assistant that learns & organizes) are products developed there.

Ciesinski is the Commercial R&D Business Development Head of SRI and is an electrical engineer with an MBA from Stanford. He was the former CEO of Yahoo.

Speaker 2:

Linus Liang from Stanford Design School and a young technopreneur will talk on social invention & design for extreme affordability. He is a member from a group of post grad student at Stanford that invented and developed a product call Embrace for the poor in the world.

The product is a cheap portable 'incubator' that will help save millions of babies in the 3rd world like India from dying due to lack of warmth after birth as a result of not being able to get and afford incubators and hospital care.

The group is receiving financial support from Bill Gates's trust fund after their success and is now manufacturing the product in India.

For anyone who is interested to attend, pls PM me (Jun Yan) as soon as possible because it's first come first serve basis.

Thank you!

Friday, May 4, 2012

The Tracer Studies surveys by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia


Dear Graduates

Greetings from the International Medical University (IMU)!

For your kind information, all graduates of Higher Education Institutions who are graduating in the year 2012 (those awarded a degree certificate from IMU) are required to complete the Tracer Studies survey.  The purpose of this survey is to get your feedback about:

–      your programme of study
–      the University facilities and services
–      how you fare in your field of work

Please follow the below steps in order to complete the survey by 5.00pm on Thursday, 24 May 2012:

1.       READ through the attached Appendix as it will help you to answer the questions (10% of the questions are opinion-based which mean students need to type out otherwise they cannot proceed to the next page).

2.       Log on to the MOHE website (please copy and paste the following URL): http://graduat.mohe.gov.my/skpg1/nokp.php

3.       Log in with:
a.       IC Number for Malaysian; or Passport Number for Non-Malaysian
b.      Choose ‘IPTS’ for Institution, and
c.       Search/choose ‘International Medical University’.

4.       Click the Hantar button to start the survey.

5.       Answer ALL questions.  Once completed, your profile will be shown on the screen and you could print an ‘Acknowledgement Slip’ (sample as attached herewith in PDF format) for reference.

6.       Reply to this email by attaching the ‘Acknowledgement Slip’ as a proof you have completed the survey, OR

7.       Bring along the ‘Acknowledgement Slip’ to IMU on 25 May 2012 (Rehearsal Day) to exchange it with your graduation gown.  Failure to present the ‘Acknowledgement Slip’ may result to being prohibited from collecting the graduation gown.

If you encounter any problem while doing the survey, please contact Ms Nor Shazana Ismail, Unit Kajian Pengesanan Graduan, MOHE at 03 8870 5111 or send an email to tracer_ipts@mohe.gov.my.

Thank you.


Regards,
Maryani Masri
Student Records & Placements
Academic Services Department
International Medical University, Malaysia (IMU)
DID: 03-2731 7443 (Ext. 2202)
Fax: 03-8656 7229