August 2013 Events Update
Berkeley Club of Singapore
Please find below the August 2013 update of upcoming events for the Berkeley Club of Singapore (in Blue and Bold) and from our affiliate clubs via DUAL (in Red and Bold).
Please note that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Barbecue will be held this coming Saturday on August 17th at Scotts 28 Condominium. This will be a great opportunity for you to meet other Cal Berkeley family members and to hear (and be heard) about club events this past year. We'll also be taking care of some important club business like electing a new Executive Committee and voting on some changes to our charter. Please RSVP by clicking here and join us for some great food and fun.
Also, if you are interested in being part of a Berkeley team for the DUAL Trivia Challenge / American Association Quiz Night and/or MIT Beaver Cup Bowling Challenge 2013, please email berkeleyclu...@gmail.com. If there is enough interest, we will organize a team.
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Exco
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1. Thursday, 15th August, 7:00pm – 9:00pm – DUAL Drinks – new venue at Namu
2. Saturday, 17th August, 12pm – 4pm – Berkeley Club of Singapore AGM and BBQ
3. Monday, 19th August, 6:30pm – 8:30pm – An Evening with the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
4. Friday, 23rd August, 7:00pm onwards – PechaKucha Night x INSEAD
5. Monday, 26th August, 12:15pm – 1:15pm – LKY School Lunchtime Talk on “The United Nations Convention against Corruption and Corruption Prevention” by Prof. Adam Graycar
6. Thursday, 12th September, 6:30pm – Berkeley Club of Singapore Happy Hour7. Thursday, 26th September, 7:00pm – 9:30pm – DUAL Trivia Challenge / American Association Quiz Night
8. Saturday 19th October, 1:00pm – 4:00pm – MIT Beaver Cup Bowling Challenge 2013
9. Career Opportunities - JobStreet.com creates exclusive career website for DUAL members***************************
1. Thursday, 15th August, 7:00pm – 9:00pm – DUAL Drinks – new venue at Namu
Do come down and join us for our
monthly DUAL Drinks at our new venue Namu! We have the entire 3rd floor
for DUAL Drinks. It will be a great time to relax, catch up with old
friends and meet new people!
Date: Thursday, 15th August 2013
Time:
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Namu Korean Dining
3rd Floor
70 Boat Quay
Singapore 049858
Tel: (65)
81816321
Cost: From 7pm to
9pm
$16 nett 1-for-1 Asahi Super Dry bottle (330ml) and Hite (500ml)
$20 nett 1-for-1 house spirit (Vodka,
Gin, Bourbon, Whisky & Rum), house red & white wine (Dominique Portet
Yarra Valley Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon)
$7 nett 1-for-1 non
alcoholic drinks (coke, sprite, Korean grape, pear and orange juice)
15% off
all ala carte food orders
2. Saturday, 17th August, 12pm – 4pm – Berkeley Club of Singapore AGM and BBQ
Berkeley Club is hosting the second barbecue of the grilling season, but this time, we'll taking care of some club business as well. We'll be grilling up some great food and serving some drinks. Bring you wife/kids/families/better-halves and make it a Blue and Gold Family affair. Mix, mingle, eat and enjoy a great Singapore Summer afternoon with Cal. There will be a large and inviting pool available for those who want to cool down.
Come hear what the club has in store for the rest of the year and for the coming year. We will also elect our the next club Exco and vote on some very important matters such as amendments to the constitution and approving the annual financials.
Alumni are requested to show their bbq
culinary skills, volunteers needed! Feel free to bring food for the grill,
snacks to share and beer to quench your thirst (BYOB).
Date: Saturday,
17 August
Time: 12noon - 4pm
Venue: Scotts 28 Condominium, 28 Scotts Road (between Cairnhill Road and Stevens Road)
Cost: Free for paid members of
Berkeley Club and their family, $15 for adult non-members
Please RSVP at: RSVP Form
3. Monday, 19th August, 6:30pm – 8:30pm – An Evening with the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
Please join the MIT Club of Singapore
at an evening with the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
(SMART). The guest speaker is Carlo
Ratti.
Details of the event.
Event : Evening with the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)
Venue : CREATE Theatrette, CREATE Tower Level 2, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore 138602
Date : Monday, 19th August 2013
Time : 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm (catering will start from 6.30pm)
Cost : $10 for MIT Club of Singapore Members
$20 for non-members
RSVP : Kou-Yew (Mobile: 97433902 or email lko...@sloan.mit.edu) by 15th August 2013
About the speaker: Carlo Ratti
An architect and engineer by training,
Carlo Ratti practices in Italy and teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where he directs the Senseable City Lab. He graduated from the
Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris,
and later earned his MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge,
UK.
Carlo holds several patents and has co-authored over 250 publications. As well as being a regular contributor to the architecture magazine Domus and the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, he has written for the BBC, La Stampa, Scientific American and The New York Times. His work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the Venice Biennale, the Design Museum Barcelona, the Science Museum in London, GAFTA in San Francisco and The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Carlo has been featured in Esquire
Magazine’s ‘2008 Best & Brightest’ list and in 2010 Blueprint Magazine
included him as one of the ‘25 People Who Will Change the World of Design’.
Forbes listed him as one of the ‘Names You Need To Know’ in 2011 and Fast
Company named him as one of the ’50 Most Influential Designers in America’. He
was also featured in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List 2012: 50 people who will
change the world’. His Digital Water Pavilion at the 2008 World Expo was hailed
by Time Magazine as one of the ‘Best Inventions of the Year’.
Carlo has been a presenter at TED 2011,
program director at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in
Moscow, curator of the 2012 BMW Guggenheim Pavilion in Berlin, and was named
Inaugural Innovator in Residence by the Queensland Government. He is currently
serving as a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council for Urban
Management and is a curator for the Future Food District Pavilion for Expo 2015
in Milan.
About SMART
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) is a major research enterprise established by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in partnership with the National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF) in 2007. SMART is the first entity in the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) being developed by NRF.
SMART is MIT's first, and to-date only, research centre outside the United States. It is also MIT's largest international research programme. MIT faculty members have laboratories at SMART, mentor postdoctoral associates and graduate students, and collaborate with universities, research institutes and industries in Singapore and Asia.
Directions
By MRT & NUS Internal Shuttle
Bus
· Take the Circle Line MRT to Kent Ridge Station (CC24), and exit from the Lower Kent Ridge Road Exit A
· Turn right to Lower Kent Ridge Road, Bus Stop 3
· Take the NUS Internal Shuttle Bus D2 to CREATE Way
· Alight at the 1 CREATE Way bus stop
By Car to CREATE Basement
Carpark
· Take the AYE and exit Clementi Road
· Turn left to NUS Entrance A, Kent Ridge Crescent (by the University Cultural Centre)
· Keep going straight until you pass the bus stop
· Make a sharp left onto the College Link bridge
· Drive ahead and go past the bus stop along CREATE Way
· Make a full round at the roundabout so you are pointing in the direction you came. Go straight as the road dips down under the road you came on, till you reach the CREATE Basement Carpark.
· If the CREATE Basement Carpark is full, drive a little ahead to the Stephen Riady Centre Basement Carpark.
Note: The CREATE carpark is only open to the public from 6.30pm onwards, if you drive and arrive before 6.30pm, please park your car at the Stephen Riady Centre Basement Carpark.
4. Friday, 23rd August, 7:00pm onwards – PechaKucha Night x INSEAD
PechaKucha Night, a non-profit global
sharing and learning event will, for the first time, be collaborating with
INSEAD. 20x20 - True to the form of PechaKucha Night, speakers use only 20
images and have only 20 seconds per image to present – six minutes 40 seconds in
total, keeping things fast paced.
The event will feature accomplished INSEAD alumni and academic staff sharing their insights on innovation, organization, game-changers, communities and even jazz and wine’s link to happiness.
Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl Singapore 179555
Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm onwards
For more details and to registration: http://ptix.co/13r8cHU
5. Monday, 26th August, 12:15pm – 1:15pm – LKY School Lunchtime Talk on “The United Nations Convention against Corruption and Corruption Prevention” by Prof. Adam Graycar
Greetings from Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy!
We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Lunchtime
Talk on 26 August 2013 and would like to warmly invite DUAL members to
this special
event:
Title:
The United Nations Convention against Corruption and Corruption Prevention
Speaker: Prof. Adam Graycar, Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Research School of Social Sciences &
Director of the Transnational Research Institute on Corruption, Australian National University
Date:
Monday, 26 August
2013
Time:
12.15pm -
1.30pm
Venue:
Seminar Room 3-5, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy
The talk will be chaired by Dr. Kenneth Paul Tan, Vice-Dean
(Academic Affairs) and Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy.
You may refer to the attached flyer for more information
and http://bit.ly/14u4aEy
on directions to the venue.
Seats are limited and will be available
on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly register your interest in attending
at lkyscho...@nus.edu.sg
to avoid disappointment.
For more details on LKY School’s
upcoming events, please click
here.
6. Thursday, 12th September, 6:30pm – Berkeley Club of Singapore Happy Hour
Join Cal Golden Bears for the Berkeley monthly happy hour and networking session at OverEasy. This event to open to everyone.
Date: Thursday, September 12 2013
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Venue: OverEasy
1 Fullerton Road
Tel: (65) 6423 0701
Cash Bar
7. Thursday, 26th September, 7:00pm – 9:30pm – DUAL Trivia Challenge / American Association Quiz Night
If interested in creating/joining a Berkeley Team for this, please email: berkeleyclu...@gmail.com
Dust off your thinking caps for a night
of trivia, food and fun. DUAL is joining forces with the American Association of
Singapore (AAS) to bring you a great trivia challenge/quiz night. With questions
covering geography, sports, movies and more, everyone has a chance to be the
champions!
Date: 26th September 2013
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm
Venue: Brewerkz at Riverside Point
Cost: DUAL Member: $35, AAS Member: $35; Team of Six: $180
For more information or to register, please go to www.aasingapore.com
Space is limited – sign up early!
8. Saturday 19th October, 1:00pm – 4:00pm – MIT Beaver Cup Bowling Challenge 2013
If interested in creating/joining a Berkeley Team for this, please email: berkeleyclu...@gmail.com
The MIT Club of Singapore is hosting the annual MIT Beaver Cup 2013, a bowling event which promises to be a fun and friendly competition amongst the various alumni clubs of DUAL and Friends of DUAL. Do come join us, either as a bowler or as a cheerleader.
The details of the event are as follows:
Venue: Singapore Island Country Club bowling alley (180 Island Club Road Singapore 578774 – Upper Thomson)
Date & Time: Sat, October 19th 2013, 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Format: Teams will consist of between 5 to 6 bowlers. Each bowler will bowl two games. Only the top 5 scores from each team will be used.
Cost: $40/bowler; $15/non-bowler
Light food and soft drinks will be served during the event, so non-bowlers are also welcome to come along to cheer on their teams, network or just catch up with old friends from the wider DUAL community. Regardless of whether you are forming a team (6-8 teams in total) / bowling individually / attending but not bowling, please RSVP to Yeo Chuo Hao at zuo...@alum.mit.edu. (For teams please RSVP college, team name and member's names).
9. JobStreet.com creates exclusive career website for DUAL members
JobStreet.com
is pleased to create exclusively for DUAL members, a new and exclusive career
site located at http://sg.jobstreet.com/jobs/dual.htm
featuring exciting high-level Public and Private sector jobs in Singapore. This
site containing pre-selected jobs, caters to distinguished alumni members like
yourself and is designed to save you the time and effort in sorting. This
website will automatically be refreshed daily to bring you up-to-date jobs. It
will also be featured on the DUAL website.
It is best that you save this
link as it will not be featured on Jobstreet.com website.
Jobs featured have included
-
AVP/VP/SVPs
- Directors/Deputy Directors
- General Managers/CFO/Heads
- Managers
If you wish to view all other private and public sector jobs, you may browse at www.jobstreet.com.sg .
You can also find this exclusive JobStreet.com
link under "Jobs" on our website
www.dual.org.sg
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