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AZAM youth event November 18

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KUCHING: There will be various workshops, musical performances, recreational sports and more at Angkatan Zaman Mansang (AZAM) Sarawak’s latest edition of AYCLive on Nov 18 at Borneo744. Free and open to the public, AYCLive@Borneo744 will be a one day event from 8am to 6pm. AYCLive is AZAM Sarawak’s signature youth event that combines artistic and recreational activities, and promotes personal and professional growth among the youths.

Be entertained with musical performances by At Adau, Soundholic, Foxgloves and modern dance by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas). Watch out for the fashion show staged by Limkokwing Borneo which will also see At Adau performing. Other goings-on at AYCLive include a skateboarding clinic, RC Kuching Drift, big bike and autoshow, K-Wheel rider, Creatives showcase and a flea market.

This edition of AZAM’s signature urban youth programme also aims to engage millennials with discussions on what’s ahead for them in the age of the digital economy. Three workshops will be run concurrently from 8am to 12pm focusing on technopreneurship, artpreneurship and financial technology (fintech) in the digital economy.

The workshop on technopreneurship organised in collaboration with MaGIC Sarawak will feature Mac Jake, a founder of CampFyre and managing Partner at Squirtle Sdn Bhd, will emphasise on creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship, leveraging on current digital technology and its rise in the Internet Economy. Meanwhile, the workshop on fintech will give participants an overview of this rapidly growing sector in Malaysia and the region.

The two-hour workshop will also expose local youths to modern financial management systems towards assisting their development into technopreneurs, where business or economic activities will be increasingly dependent on modern and digital financial technologies. Young creatives will share ideas on how to turn their passion into a business or enterprise in the workshop on artpreneurship.

Whether they are into film-making, handicraft, fashion or performing art, this session led by Shaik Azahar Shaik Hussain from Unimas’ Faculty of Applied and Creatives Arts will enable them to discuss challenges, opportunities, business models, networking and related concerns in monetising their talents and products.

The ‘Ngopi Ngeteh’ session to be held in the Blackbox from 2pm-6pm on “Adapting to Change and Riding on Trends in the 4.0 Era” will feature TEDx@Kenyalang curator Zaiwin Kassim, PolicyStreet co-founder Wilson Beh, MaGIC Sarawak representative Amirin Arsyan and a HAUS Kch representative Ashweein Narayanan as panellists.

Moderated by AZAM Young Souls Amanina Matali and Muhd Ammar Zafri Zainuddin, the panel session is designed to evaluate the digital readiness of Sarawak youth, upcoming developments or scenarios brought on by increased digitisation and explore the growth opportunities available.

The AYCLive event was first introduced by AZAM in 2013 through collaborative ideas and concepts with local youth volunteers with various talents, skills and interests including, performing art, extreme sports, visual art, community service, and entrepreneurship. It is one of many youth activities by AZAM to engage with the youths in current socio-economic development in Sarawak, to ensure youth inclusion in the overall development process.

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