Fwd: DUAL Mid-October 2013 Update

[Daniel Ng]

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From: "Hau Yee Ng" <hauy...@gmail.com>
Date: 19 October, 2013 6:46:45 am GMT+8
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: DUAL Mid-October 2013 Update

Dear All,

 

Below please find the DUAL mid-October 2013 update.

 

Please disseminate to your distribution list.

 

Thanks & best regards,

Hau Yee

 

Ng Hau Yee (Ms.)

President, DUAL

Mobile: 96282704

 

 

1. Tuesday, 22 Oct, 2013 08:00am - 09:00am - Berkeley Techie Breakie
2. Friday, 25 Oct, 2013 12:15pm - 01:30pm - LKY School Lunchtime Talk on 'On the Selection of Good Leaders in a Political Meritocracy
3. Monday, 28 Oct, 2013 09:00am - 05:30pm - Joint ADB-LKY School Conference on Getting Policies and Practices Right: Public Sector Management Issues in Asia
4. Friday, 01 Nov, 2013 12:00am - Tuesday, 05 Nov, 2013 12:00am - INSEAD Alumni & Friends Sailing Trip, Part II - DUAL friends welcome!
5. Friday, 01 Nov, 2013 12:00pm - 08:00pm - 5th INSEAD Asian Private Equity Conference

6. Saturday, 30 Nov, 2013, 07:00pm – Thanksgiving cum Year End Dinner 
7. Saturday, 30 Nov, 2013 07:00pm - UMAS Annual Dinner with Simon Kahn, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia-Pacific, Google

8.  Volunteering Opportunity – Junior Achievement Singapore – teach a class

9.  Career Opportunity – Various Positions, Accenture

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

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1. Tuesday, 22 Oct, 2013 08:00am - 09:00am - Berkeley Techie Breakie

The Berkeley Club of Singapore invites all people working in technology and new media to come, talk tech and network with fellow professionals. If there is continued interest, we will look to make this a regularly recurring event.

Venue: The Rotisserie (Raffles Place), 51 Telok Ayer St, China Square
RSVP: berkeleyclu...@gmail.com


2.  Friday, 25 Oct, 2013 12:15pm - 01:30pm - LKY School Lunchtime Talk on 'On the Selection of Good Leaders in a Political Meritocracy

Greetings from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy! We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Lunchtime Talk on 25 October 2013 and would like to warmly invite DUAL members to this special event: Speaker: Prof Daniel A. Bell, Visiting Professor, Department of Philosophy and Political Science, National University of Singapore; Professor of Ethics and Political Theory and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Political Theory, Tsinghua University (Beijing) The talk will be chaired by Dr Kenneth Paul Tan, Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) & Associate Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Venue: Seminar Room 3-5, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
RSVP: 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.

You may refer to the attached flyer for more information and http://bit.ly/14u4aEy on directions to the venue.


3.  Monday, 28 Oct, 2013 09:00am - 05:30pm - Joint ADB-LKY School Conference on Getting Policies and Practices Right: Public Sector Management Issues in Asia

We are pleased to announce our forthcoming Joint ADB-LKY School Conference on 28 October 2013 and would like to warmly invite DUAL members to this special event:

Venue: Seminar Room 3-1, Level 3, Manasseh Meyer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
RSVP: Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis. Kindly register your interest in attending at spp...@nus.edu.sg by 18 October 2013 to avoid disappointment.
Speakers: M Ramesh, Professor, LKY School, NUS; Dodo J. Thampapillai, Visiting Professor, LKY School, NUS; Wu Xun, Associate Professor, LKY School, NUS (Please take note that the speaker’s topic has been changed to: “Public-Private Partnerships in Water and Sanitation in India”); Blane Lewis, Lead Public Finance Consultant, World Bank (Jakarta); Savita Shankar, Non-Resident Research Fellow, Asian Institute of Management. You may refer to the attached flyer for more information and http://bit.ly/XbNWfI on directions to the venue.


4. Friday, 01 Nov, 2013 12:00am - Tuesday, 05 Nov, 2013 12:00am - INSEAD Alumni & Friends Sailing Trip, Part II - DUAL friends welcome!

Calling all DUAL Members who love travel, fun, relaxation, and scenery like no other! Grab spouse or friends, or just bring yourself, and join INSEAD Alumni & friends for a 2nd unforgettable trip through the Andaman Sea! Sail Spin is a unique experience where up to 10 (fully stocked) private yachts sail together, with experienced captains and a terrific mix of INSEAD & DUAL Alumni & friends of all ages on board. Discover gorgeous private islands, kayak through hidden caves, help your captain sail the boat, or simply relax on board, mojito in hand! We loved having DUAL Members along last time, look forward to welcoming you again! To find out more: Check out http://www.thesailspin.com or https://www.facebook.com/thesailspin & Contact Sailing guru Betty, be...@thesailspin.com & veteran Sail Spinner Virginia, virg...@survivalchic.com Get ready for the trip of a lifetime! ;-)


5. Friday, 01 Nov, 2013 12:00pm - 08:00pm - 5th INSEAD Asian Private Equity Conference

The INSEAD Private Equity Club proudly invites you to the 5th INSEAD Asian Private Equity Conference on Friday November 1st on the Singapore campus. This year's conference, themed "Changing tides: How will the Asian landscape react to a volatile environment?", will bring GPs, LPs, PE professionals, C-suit executives and academia together to discuss the most recent regional industry dynamics. Tickets are available for sale online here: http://mba.insead.edu/clubs/ipec/singapore_conference/index.cfm As there is only a limited amount of tickets available, we highly recommend to book early. We look forward to hosting you on November 1st! For details: Donald Wildiers MBA Candidate | Class of December 2013 INSEAD | The Business School for the World® mobile: +65 85269453 | +32 473 64 68 12 e-mail: donald....@insead.edu

Venue: INSEAD Campus, 1 Ayer Rajah Avenue

6. Saturday, 30 Nov, 2013, 07:00pm – Thanksgiving Cum Year End Dinner

Save the date! Saturday, 30th November, 7:00pm for our jointly organized Thanksgiving cum year-end holiday celebration at The American Club. Come join us for a grand buffet feast of good ole American-style roasted turkey plus all the trimmings. More details to come..............

 

7. Saturday, 30 Nov, 2013 07:00pm - UMAS Annual Dinner with Simon Kahn, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia-Pacific, Google

We are honored this year to have Mr. Simon Kahn, Chief Marketing Officer, Asia-Pacific, of Google, grace our annual dinner. Previously, he worked at American Express for thirteen years, serving as Country Manager for Singapore from 2008 to 2011. He has been on the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce – Singapore for three years and was Chairman for two years. Earlier, Simon worked in the White House Liaison office of the Department of State. Simon is multi-lingual. He holds a BA in Asian Studies from Swarthmore College, a Masters degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, and ultimately an MBA from Michigan. Simon will discuss various aspects of doing business in Asia, and will be open to questions following his talk.

Venue: Dragon Phoenix Restaurant, Novotel Clarke Quay (6th Floor of Liang Court)
Cost: $75 (Early Bird: $70 if payment received by 31st Oct). Registration is only confirmed upon receipt of payment.
RSVP: Kindly RSVP to vern...@gmail.com. Please ensure the names match the names indicated on your payment. Kindly indicate if you have any special dietary requests, we will do our best to accommodate.
PAYMENT OPTIONS (internet banking or check) -- (1) INTERNET BANKING: Kindly transfer to UMAS's Standard Chartered Account as the following details. Bank code: 7144 Branch code: 001 A/C no.: 01-0-274841-1. Please type your name in when you pay! If paying for more than one person, kindly state all names, or email our treasurer CJ Zhan at cjz...@gmail.com. (2) CHECK: Kindly mail checks payable to "University of Michigan Alumni (Singapore)". Please write on the back of your check your name or names if paying for more than one. Please mail check to: CJ Zhan, 28 Clover Avenue, Singapore 579315.

8.  Volunteering Opportunity – Junior Achievement Singapore – Teach a Class

 

We are coming to the local school year end and Junior Achievement Singapore has a number of upcoming volunteering opportunities to teach classes in schools.  We need lots of volunteers in November.  We generally partner 2 volunteers per class.  Volunteer training and all course materials are provided.  The course is very activity-based.  Please see attached for list of classes for November.

If interested or questions, please contact Ms. Ng Hau Yee at hauy...@ja.org.

 

9.  Career Opportunity – Various Positions, Accenture

 

Please see attached for 4 positions Accenture is hiring for.

If interested, please contact jill...@accenture.com.

10.  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