Monday, March 31, 2008

B.U.M 2008

Hear ye, hear ye! Calling all bloggers in my garden!

There will be a 2008 Bloggers' Gathering on Thursday, 1st May 2008. No excuse there. It's a public holiday! Details as follows:

Venue: The Lake View Club, Subang Jaya
Time (Session I): Registration - 2.15pm till High Tea break - 4.30pm
Time (Session II): Registration - 5.15pm till Buffet Dinner - 8.30pm

Theme: Towards a Civil Society


Registration & Payment

Programme Outline (Session I): 3.00pm to 4.00pm
Topic: Fostering Civil Society - Various Voices

Speakers:
. Welcoming Address: YL Chong-Desi
. Sdr Ahirudin Attan: President, National Alliance of Bloggers
. Dato’ Syed Ahmad Idid: Ex-Judge
. Dr Azmi Sharom: Academic
. Dr Lim Teck Ghee: Director: Centre for Policy Initiatives
. Sdri Jacqueline Ann Surin: Journalist

Q and A session: 30 minutes

+++HI-TEA BREAK+++


Programme Outline (Session II): 6.00pm to 8.00pm
Topic: The Fifth Estate (Bloggers) as Agency for Change

Speakers:
. Sdr Jeff Ooi: Blogger-MP
. Sdr William Leong: Lawyer-MP
. Sdr Haris Ibrahim: Human Rights Advocate
. Sdr Steven Gan: Editor-in-chief, Malaysiakini.com
. Special Guest Speaker? Watch this space!

Q and A session: 30-45 minutes

+++BUFFET DINNER++

For updates on the progress of this Bloggers’ Hap Event of the Year in Malaysia, stay tuned!



4 flowers for this post
owww. . . . i cant go again . . gotta work and bz pulak tu . . . .
mike | 09.04.08 - 11:31 am | #

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Matey to Prose, Mike, don't worry, there will be lots of reportage -- MSM, 5th Estate etc, as Org Comm just helf a successfool PC yesterday...

PS: Primrose, art thou bringing 1/2 batal-lion? OR lionurses also cun!~~Desi, knottyaSsusual April 11, 2008.
ylchong | Homepage | 11.04.08 - 2:01 pm | #

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Are you going?
titoki | Homepage | 11.04.08 - 5:23 pm | #

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Yup Mike, I'll post pics too.

Thanks, Desi. Will try get the whole jim-bang there.

Yes titoki, I'm going. Part of committeeeee. Geng or not??
Primrose | Homepage | 12.04.08 - 10:26 am | #

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