http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf 29-30 March 2008. Harvard University, Boston MA Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:11:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many thanks to Sam Chua Yale '08 for helping with the videos on the US side: Joyce's opening speech Azly Rahman Prem Chandran Tony Fernandes Malik Imtiaz Bridget Welsh Video I: Talk Video II: Q&A Karim Raslan Zainah Anwar Sim Tze Tzin Jeff Ooi You can also check out the raw footage from the Malaysian side. http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/10/22/nmf08-footage/ Thank you Yang Jerng for finally putting together something. This is just to link it back from its right place. Day 1 01 - test 02 - premesh chandran 03 - premesh disappears 04 - premesh returns 05 - premesh again 06 - premesh qna 07 - mark chang qna 08 - mark more qna 09 - colin nicholas 10 - ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/10/18/malaysia-side-speaker-videos-unedited/ We will be uploading videos from the conference to YouTube soon enough, so if you were hoping to catch the speakers and other proceedings after the conference, just sit tight for a little longer. In the mean time, we have a bunch of photos from Boston to whet your appetite. ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/04/04/photos-videos-soon-to-come/ So, as you might have noticed, our web team was not quite able to keep up with the fast pace of events here in Boston. Technical glitches + sleep-deprivation + room reservation mishaps = harried and stressed out committee. So, we missed a lot of things, and the things we ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/what-we-missed-but-you-wont/ Sim Tze Tzin, co-founder of the original Stanford Malaysia Forum, followed Jeff Ooi in teleconferencing from Penang, where he was recently elected as the state assemblyman for Pantai Jerejak. Sim opened by speaking about the contributions of student leaders who eventually radically changed the course of history like Sun Yat ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/sim-tze-tzin/ "Bloggers thrive" in the space for political expression says blogger-turned-politician Jeff Ooi. Teleconferencing from Penang, where he was recently elected as the MP for Jelutong, Jeff spoke of online media becoming an "authoritative source of information and analysis". In particular, Jeff emphasised the impact of using the internet to disseminate various ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/jeff-ooi/ Zainah Anwar is the Executive Director of Sisters in Islam, and a prominent feminist and public intellectual in Malaysia. Expanding from Malik Imtiaz, Zainah argues that the Constitution of Malaysia does not explicitly state whether Malaysia is an Islamic or secular state, and that the decision to make Islam the ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/zainah-anwar/ Malik Imtiaz Sarwar is a leading Malaysian human rights lawyer and activist and the current president of the National Human Rights Society (HAKAM). Malik argues that race-based politics in Malaysia has contributed to a concentration of power in the hands of an elite -- which has led to a variety ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/malik-imtiaz/ "You don't need political connections", says Tony Fernandes. "This is the problem with Malaysians", he says, "we sit around and think 'Oh, it can't be done.'" The self-made man related his experience setting up a fledgling business in an industry long dominated by the national airline, MAS. Tony stressed the importance ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/30/tony-fernandes/ It was a pleasant moment when our teleconferencing with Bridget Welsh, an Assistant Professor in the Southeast Asia Program at Johns Hopkins University and a political analyst, was initially interrupted by technical glitches, reminding us of the near distance we have between Malaysia and its politics. Welsh celebrated the recent elections ... http://www.malaysiaforum.org/nmf/2008/03/29/bridget-welsh/