Mid-February 2013 Events Update

[Berkeley Club of Singapore]

Dear Berkeley alumni, students and friends,

Hope you are having a wonderful Lunar New Year season!

Please find below the mid-February 2013 update of upcoming events for the Berkeley Club of Singapore (in Blue and Bold) and from our affiliate clubs via DUAL (in Bold).

We would like to highlight a few events that will be happening next month. Our upcoming Happy Hour will be held on Thursday,14th of March and as always, new members who sign up or old members who renew their memberships at the Happy Hour will receive a free beer, compliments of several Exco members (limited supply). A new 8on8 flag football league will also begin next month on Saturday, 9th of March. The league will run from March 9th to April 20th and is a great opportunity for beginners and experienced players alike to develop their skills on the gridiron. Lastly, there is a fantastic opportunity for you and/or your company to hire a Cal undergrad intern at no cost!

Thanks & best regards,

Exco
Berkeley Club of Singapore

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1.  Saturday, 23rd February, 8:30am - Nature Walk along Mount Faber loop with the Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore

2. Saturday, 23rd February, 12pm - LSEAAS Chinese New Year 2013 Festive "Lo Hei" Lunch Celebration!

3. Tuesday, 26th February, 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Temple University presents Asia Panel Series: Leveraging Cultural Intelligence in Global Companies

4.  Wednesday, 27th February, 6:30pm - 8:00pm - LSE Alumni Association of Singapore Presents: " Grassroots Entrepreneurship - Building Success from the Ground-up"

5. Thursday, 28th February, 7:30am - DUAL Finance Breakfast

6.  Thursday, 28th February, 6:00pm - UChicago Happy Hour

7.  Sunday 3rd March, 4:00pm - 6:00pm - DUAL Speed Dating

8.  Saturday, 9th March - 27th April, 9:00am - 12:00pm - Singapore Flag Football Association 8on8 League 

9.  Thursday, 14th March, 6:30pm - 9:00pm - Berkeley Club of Singapore Monthly Happy Hour

10. Sunday, 24th March, 6:00pm - 8:00pm - A Conversation on Singapore's Population Policy with Dr. Paul Cheung and Prof. Linda Lim  - Organized by the University of Michigan Alumni in Singapore

11.  Volunteering Opportunity - Conjunct Consulting

12.  Hiring Opportunity - Interested in hiring an intern from Berkeley for the summer at no cost?

13. Career Opportunity - Short Term Consultant, Competitive Industries Practice, World Bank Singapore

14. Career Opportunity - Various positions - World Bank Group Competitive Industries Practice

15. Career Opportunities - JobStreet.com creates exclusive career website for DUAL members

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1.  Saturday, 23rd February, 8:30am - Nature Walk along Mount Faber loop with the Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore

Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore (ICAAS) is organizing a nature walk along the southern ridges along the Mount Faber loop, ending at the Henderson Wave. We will start the walk early on Saturday morning, from near HarbourFront MRT, ending at Alexander Retail Centre near Labrador Park MRT by late morning. We can then, adjourn to Alexander Retail Centre for late breakfast/lunch (own expense).

 

Where to meet? Entrance to HarbourFront MRT (Seah Im Food Centre side)

When to meet? 8:30 am, 23 February 2013

What to bring? Adequate water for a 1-2 hours walk

 

Do let me know if you would like to join us by emailing your interest to tsk...@gmail.com. Hope to see you on the 23rd!

 

2. Saturday, 23rd February, 12pm - LSEAAS Chinese New Year 2013 Festive "Lo Hei" Lunch Celebration!

The LSEAAS is pleased to announce that our Chinese New Year “Lo Hei” Lunch Celebration is round the corner!

This annual event is a mainstay of our alumni events calendar, and is always a great opportunity to reunite with fellow alumni and old friends, as well as to meet new friends and contacts.

Date: Saturday, 23 February 2013
Time: Lunch 12:00pm – 2:30pm
Venue: Shin Yeh (欣葉), 177 River Valley Road, Liang Court Shopping Centre, #02-19, Singapore 179030
DUAL/BA: $68/pax, $528 (table of 10pax)

The lunch venue this year is of “Fine Taiwanese Cuisine in a Contemporary Setting”. Having won numerous fans for its refreshing revival of nostalgic Taiwanese cuisine, the highly successful Taipei-based restaurant group Shin Yeh (欣葉) joined hands with TungLok Group to work its culinary magic. It offers ‘once-forgotten’ home-cooked Taiwanese dishes painstakingly revived and recreated in a unique style. Shin Yeh was chosen from hundreds of popular Taiwanese dishes to furnish its local menu with the finest from Taiwan’s rich gastronomic heritage. Shin Yeh is also the only Taiwanese restaurant in Singapore to offer a complete Taiwanese team of managers and head chefs.

Located at Liang Court, the 300-seater restaurant offers eight private rooms spread over 9,000 square feet within walking distance to the buzzing riverfront nightspots of Clarke Quay and Boat Quay – perfect for more drinks afterwards on a festive Saturday afternoon!

* Shin Yeh will waive all corkage charges on the day of the lunch of 23 Feb. 2013. Guests are encouraged and welcome to bring your own wine/liquor to share in the festive cheer!

For more information, and to register, please visit the event webpage, http://www.lsesingapore.com/index.php/events/view/chinese_new_year_2013_festive_lo_hei_lunch_celebration/

 

3. Tuesday, 26th February, 7:00pm - 8:30pm - Temple University presents Asia Panel Series: Leveraging Cultural Intelligence in Global Companies

Temple University presents ASIA PANEL SERIES: Leveraging Cultural Intelligence in Global Companies

Tuesday, 26 February
7 pm – 8:30 pm
Tanglin Club
Free event, but pre-registration is required. Seating is limited. Register at http://www.temple.sg/event-registration. Please reference DUAL in the comments section.

Panelists: Dr. Jane Horan, founder and CEO of thehorangroup; Penny Morris-Hardee, head of Society of Intercultural Educators, Trainers & Researchers (SIETAR) in Singapore; Subarna Malakar, global diversity and inclusion manager at Unilever; Andrea Muller, chief executive of Principal Global Investors in Asia
Moderator: David Barker

In today’s global marketplace, cultural intelligence is a critical skill for leaders and managers to work effectively across a variety of cultural contexts and with an increasingly diverse workforce. A leadership team with high cultural intelligence can cultivate success by effectively managing a diverse workforce. Join panel host David Barker as he delves into how companies can increase their understanding and awareness of cultural intelligence capabilities (how to lead, how to think, how to deal with diverse internal/external stakeholders) and translate those capabilities into tangible organizational outcomes.

The panel will tackle timely topics including:

Why do some managers flourish when they venture into new cultures, while other managers flounder?
How leadership will look in the future and how different will it be from leadership in the past? What will change? What will not change?
What are the key challenges in multi-cultural teams? How to optimize performance for multi-cultural teams?
How can “Cultural Quotient” lead to accomplishment of strategic business and organizational goals?

The event will conclude with an interactive Q&A followed by networking cocktails.

The event is held in partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce Singapore.

Moderator:
David Barker is president of ASIM Education, the parent organization for both the International Executive Education Center and the Asian School of International Management. His experience in the education sector has been focused on bridging highly ranked US graduate programs into Asian markets with Asian context. He is an experienced executive with greenfield startups, merger and acquisition, and divisional expansion and has lectured in China, Singapore, and the US on change management and strategy.

Panel:
Dr. Jane Horan is the founder and CEO of thehorangroup, an organization focused on building gender rich, culturally aware work environments. Her areas of expertise include building a diverse and Inclusive workforce, making unconscious/conscious bias and embracing positive workplace politics. Prior to her current role she served as director of management and organizational development at Kraft Foods Asia. She holds a Doctor of Education (EdD) in Asian Women Leaders from the University of Bristol.

Penny Morris-Hardee is the head of the Society of Intercultural Educators, Trainers & Researchers (SIETAR) in Singapore. Her work focuses on intercultural competence development, coaching, learning and development and global leadership and diversity/inclusion. She has coached, trained and mentored a variety of employees from 32 nationalities in 90+ multinational and global corporations in 12 countries. Her work includes executive, team, transition and career coaching, soft skills training, consultative sales and employee assessments.

Subarna Malakar is a proven leader with a decade of experience developing human resource management, diversity management, organizational and talent development. He is the global diversity and inclusion manager at Unilever where he leads the global diversity strategy, global external diversity relations and provides overall guidance to senior leaders. As part of this effort, Unilever won European Diversity Award 2012, the Women in Leadership: China’s Most Friendly Employer in 2012 and the prestigious Catalyst Award WorkingMums.UK Employer of the Year Award.

Andrea Muller has more than 23 years experience working with large multinational firms and is chief executive in Asia for Principal Global Investors. In this role, she has regional responsibility for the Asia (ex-­Japan) locations of Principal Global Investors, including the Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Dubai. She has oversight responsibilities for all staff located in the regional joint ventures in China and Malaysia. She is a member of the Principal Global Investors extended operating committee and is on the board of governors for the American Chamber of Commerce (Singapore).

  

4.  Wednesday, 27th February, 6:30pm - 8:00pm - LSE Alumni Association of Singapore Presents: " Grassroots Entrepreneurship - Building Success from the Ground-up"

If you have ever wanted to start a business, and are excited by the idea of being your own boss – this event is for you.

 

The LSE Alumni Association of Singapore proudly presents a conversation with 2 successful LSE alumni, turned entrepreneurs - Violet Lim and Daryl Arnold.

 

This unique opportunity will give you the chance to hear first hand from those who have done it all before - starting from the ground up, and building up successful businesses.

 

There will also be an opportunity to network with other like-minded individuals.

  

Date: Wednesday, 27th February 2013 

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: Lucky 13, #01-02, TripleOne Somerset, 111 Somerset Road, Singapore 238164

 

Price: LSEAAS Lifetime Members - $25

LSEAAS Members - $30

DUAL - $35

Guests - $38

(Includes nibbles and a complimentary drink)

Please see attached flyer for more info on the speakers.

5. Thursday, 28th February, 7:30am - DUAL Finance Breakfast

The DUAL Finance Breakfast is a networking event with fellow DUAL professionals within the industry over a casual coffee and breakfast. There is no set agenda or keynote speaker - just pure networking. This is open to all, with a focus on investment banking, hedge funds, treasury and risk management.

Please contact richar...@maroonanalytics.com (Chicago Booth) for more information and to RSVP or sign up at the LinkedIn group "DUAL Finance Club" - http://linkd.in/DualFinanceBreakfast.

 

Date: 7:30am Thursday, 28th February 2013

Place: Sarnies, 136 Telok Ayer Street, 068601, http://www.sarnies.com.sg (10% discount for DUAL attendees)

 

6. Thursday, 28th February, 6:00pm - UChicago Happy Hour 

The UChicago Alumni Club in Singapore invite you to a happy hour at the Red Dot Brewhouse.

 

Come by to mix and mingle with UChicago alumni. All DUAL members are welcome to this event!!

 

Time: Feb 28^th (Thursday) 6pm

Location: Red Dot Brewery

33/34 Boat Quay

Singapore 049823

 

Reservation under Chicago

 

http://www.reddotbrewhouse.com.sg/boatquay/rd_boatquay.php

7. Sunday 3rd March, 4:00pm - 6:00pm - DUAL Speed Dating 

DUAL will once again be making love connections through our Spring speed dating event! Our last DUAL Speed Dating event was very successful and had a great turnout so please RSVP immediately to reserve your spot! Come alone or with friends – leave with more!

Date: Sunday, 3rd Mar

Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm

Venue: Heat Ultralounge at Royal Plaza Scotts Hotel

Nearest MRT: Orchard

Cost: $27 includes 2 drinks of your choice (beer, wine, housepours, juices, soft drinks) and finger food

Additional drinks and food items can be purchased at the bar at discounted prices.

Target: For those age 35 and below

To ensure equal number of gentlemen and ladies and to prevent no shows, we will be having prepayment for the  event.

If you are interested in attending the dating event, send an email to cpd...@columbia.edu or sms Chirag (833 -14243), giving your name, mobile number, email, sex, university you graduated from Chirag will send you payment instructions to be made via Paypal to the DUAL account. Only after payment has been made and Chirag reverts with a confirmation email, you will be successfully registered for this event. Please note no refunds will be processed if you have paid for the event and cannot turn up for any reason.

Heat ultralounge’s lavish set up is a remarkable combination of opulence and finished with a dash of creativity. Socialise in a comfortable, relaxed environment, complete with subdued ambient music for accompaniment. It is a remarkable combination of opulence and finished with a dash of creativity. Socialise in a comfortable, relaxed environment, complete with subdued ambient music for accompaniment. Meet like minded single people from DUAL's society and exchange your views and opinions to gauge your compatibility in a romantic and classy atmosphere. 

http://www.royalplaza.com.sg/heat-ultralounge

Rules of Engagement:

Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Guys and girls will rotate to meet each other for a series of short 5 minute "dates" to interact and get to know each other. At the end of the event, each participant will fill out a form to be handed to the organizers stating any of the guys or girls whom you have interest in for a follow up date. We the organizers will compile the data and notify any matches.

We will be accepting 20 guys and 20 girls after which any respondents will be on the waiting list. Please contact Chirag cpd...@columbia.edu or call at 833 14243 should you have further enquiries.

8.  Saturday, 9th March - 27th April, 9:00am - 12:00pm - Singapore Flag Football 8on8 League 

Following the very successful running of the Singapore Flag Football Association's 5on5 League, a new 8on8 League will begin next month on March 9. It will run from March 9 to April 20. The Cal club was a sponsor of the 5on5 league and this format would be a great way to prep a team for our annual Cal-Stanford alumni Singapore Ax Game.

Unlike the 5s format, the 8s will allow contact for blocking and bumping but not for tackling. However, women can not be physically blocked or bumped at all times. The 8on8 format requires more specialized players as there is a dedicated line, linebackers, running backs, etc. This is an excellent format for trying out football for the first time, further developing individual position skills and learning about strategy. 

If interested, please complete this online form: SFFA 8on8 Signup Form

Date: Saturday, March 9-April 20 2013
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Gan Eng Seng School (behind Tiong Bahru Park along Henderson Road)

1 Henderson Road, Singapore 159561

Cost: $20, $10 for current full-time students

9. Thursday, 14th March, 6:30pm - 9:00pm - Berkeley Club of Singapore Monthly Happy Hour

Join Cal Bears at our monthly happy hour and networking session at OverEasy. New members who sign up or old members who renew their memberships at the Happy Hour will receive a free beer, compliments of several Exco members (limited supply). This event to open to everyone.

Date: Thursday, March 14 2013
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Venue: OverEasy
1 Fullerton Road
Tel: (65) 6423 0701

Cash Bar

10.  Sunday, 24th March, 6:00pm - 8:00pm - A Conversation on Singapore's Population Policy with Dr. Paul Cheung and Prof. Linda Lim  - Organized by the University of Michigan Alumni in Singapore

The single most important issue facing Singapore today is its population—arguably too slowly-growing indigenously to maintain a desired rate of economic growth, too densely-packed for environmental and social sustainability, too dependent on large-scale foreign inputs for cultural and political comfort, and so on. Few experts are as well-qualified to comment on the subject from independent perspectives than Paul Cheung and Linda Lim, both Singaporean alumni of the University of Michigan

This UMAS session will feature brief comments by Linda on economic aspects, and Paul on social aspects, of Singapore’s population policy, including the recently-released White Paper on Singapore’s Population. Their comments will be followed by Q&A and open discussion.

Please see attached flyer for more info on the speakers.

Date:    Sunday, 24 March 2013

Time:    6 pm – 8pm

Venue: Colonial Room, The American Club

10 Claymore Hill Singapore 229573

TEL: 6737-3411

http://www.amclub.org.sg/contact-operating-hours/getting-here

Price:    S$30

Early bird price ends Friday, 1 March, 2013

Includes drinks & hearty hor d’ourves

Registration:     To RSVP, kindly email to steph...@outlook.com and include:

·         The number in your party

·         Your full name and the name of your guest(s)

 

To confirm your RSVP, please address a check for S$30/person to "University of Michigan Alumni (Singapore)"  (Include the brackets for "Singapore" and no short form like UMAS, etc. We have had to reject checks with erroneous payees in the past!) and mail it to: Stephen Lo, 43 Walmer Drive, Singapore, 555068

 

Then, you’ll get a confirmation email.  Due to The American Club’s regulations, no walk-ins are permitted.

UMAS Contact:             Stephen Lo steph...@outlook.com

11. Volunteering Opportunity - Conjunct Consulting

"Want to use your experience and skills to grow a nonprofit?  Conjunct Consulting is expanding to meet the social sector's needs, and we want you! We have leadership positions open in development, external affairs, sustainable leadership and professionals. With your help, we can impact organizations and change lives.

 

For more information or to apply, head on to http://bit.ly/ProfLeaders. So join us and revolutionize the social sector today!"

 

12.  Hiring Opportunity - Interested in hiring an intern from Berkeley for the summer at no cost?

We invite you to consider hosting an unpaid (free to you) bright, talented and eager undergraduate student college student intern at your company under the auspices of the Global Summer Internship Program through Berkeley Study Abroad. This is a 10-week program, from June 10 – August 16, where UC Berkeley provides professional training for student interns in addition to customized internship placement through their global partner the Academic Internship Council (AIC). Student interns are expected to work a minimum of 25 hours per week, and are required to take related classes for credit. This year we expect to have approximately 30 students with a broad range of majors. The students must confirm their participation with us by April 1st, and after that date we will have a list of students, their profiles and resumes which we can share with prospective employers. Employers are welcome to set course prerequisites and/or other selection criteria (such as major or class year) for their prospective interns. While most students attend UC Berkeley, the program is open to visiting students. In the past, some Global Internship Program participants have also come from universities such as Cornell, University of Texas, UC San Diego and UCLA.

Please contact AIC Singapore Director Ms. Shannah Teo at + 65212820 or sing...@academicinternshipcouncil.org no later than March 15 if you are interested or would like further information. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

13. Career Opportunity - Short Term Consultant, Competitive Industries Practice, World Bank Singapore

 We are looking for someone smart, energetic, with at least a Bachelor's degree in Finance or Economics, preferably with a consulting background. The ideal candidate would be an analyst at a big 4 consulting firm, who is going to B-school at the end of the summer.

 

Please see attached for further info.

 

14. Career Opportunity - Various positions - World Bank Group Competitive Industries Practice

The developing world needs to create at least 350 million jobs in the next decade, especially for women and youth, just to keep pace with the working-age population. Africa will need 11 million new jobs each year, as its working-age population expands by 30%. South Asia will see a 20% increase, requiring 14 million new jobs each year. The vast majority of those jobs will have to come from the private sector. An approach is needed that will go beyond the macroeconomic reform agenda to identify and address the real microeconomic barriers to the growth of industries with high economic and social benefits.

 

The Competitive Industries (CI) Global Practice is part of the response. CI will work with World Bank Group (WBG) teams to develop targeted, multi-year structural reform initiatives to systematically address critical market failures that stifle industry competitiveness and innovation and achieve significant private sector growth.

 

The CI Practice is offering 4 job positions in the Singapore Office.

 

I. Job #130341 Senior Private Sector Specialist for Competitive Industries with at least 8 years of experience (GG)
II. Job #130342 Senior Private Sector Specialist for Competitive Industries with particular focus on Competitive Cities (urban planning/ urban development) with at least 8 years of experience (GG)
III. Job# 130343 Senior Private Sector Specialist for Competitive Industries with particular focus on economic zones development with at least 8 years of experience (GG)
IV. Job #130344 Senior Private Sector Specialist for Competitive Industries with experience in managing World Bank Group projects with at least 8 years of experience (GG)

 

Please see attached for more info.

 

If interested please apply via following link:
http://web.worldbank.org/external/default/main?pagePK=8453982&piPK=8453986&theSitePK=8453353&contentMDK=23158967&order=descending&sortBy=job-req-num&location=SIN&type=ALL&family=ALL&menuPK=8453611

 

15. 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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DUAL is the Distinguished Universities Alumni League, an umbrella organization comprising members from the following 20 alumni clubs - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University/Cornell University Hoteliers, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Imperial College, INSEAD, King's College London, London Business School, London School of Economics, MIT, NUS MBA, Oxbridge Society, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California - Berkeley, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University