Special thanks to all our sponsors for enabling this first-ever virtual signature event, Penang Dialogue 2020 scheduled to take place on October 26, 2020, at 9:00 am.

This signature program of ours will bring together thought leaders from business, government, and academia to discuss core themes related to doing business in Malaysia. Topics to be covered this year is includes what’s next for Malaysia, sustainable supply chains in the current climate, and developing talent of the future.

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, virtually!

Microsoft has been selected as the technology partner for an all-digital CES 2021, slated for January. The Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA) CES is one of the biggest technology trade shows of the year. Companies unveil and demonstrate their upcoming products and services. With the coronavirus pandemic, however, events like CES have been canceled en masse, or moved to digital venues.

InvestKL, the investment promotion agency tasked to attract Fortune 500 and Forbes 200 global multinational companies (MNCs) has achieved its KPI mandate of attracting and facilitating 100 MNCs to set up their Regional Services Hubs in Greater Kuala Lumpur (Greater KL). These MNCs have contributed an investment amount of RM 15.2 billion, as well as the creation of 13,962 regional high skilled jobs.

AMCHAM are excited to announce its partnership with LeadWomen and UN Women, as one of the supporting organizations for the upcoming WEPs Malaysia Activator Campaigns.

This program will commence from November 2020 until September 2021 and is expected to engage 300 companies to commit to gender equality by becoming signatories of the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs).

Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, said the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem was on par with the world’s best, but Malaysia must brand itself better to get itself noticed. “We don’t brand ourselves enough. We have to do more about positioning ourselves. Many countries are attracting the same limited amount of talent. If you don’t shout above the noise, you’re going to be bypassed,” said Khairy at a panel discussion at eNation.

Business leaders and consumers have adapted after the initial shock of the widespread lockdown that followed the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand patterns have started to normalize, supply chains are largely stable, and shelter-in-place orders are being lifted and replaced by physical distancing across the United States. Although many consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) leaders have come to terms with the crisis, they are still challenged to know what comes next.