On 30 September and 1 October 2022, IMU held its first ever Alumni Conference, complementing the Alumni Homecoming Dinner 2022. The conference was a collaboration between the Alumni Association and Alumni Relations Office, which provided IMU Alumni and students a platform to come together and exchange ideas. It was a nonscientific conference comprising of 3 topics being Teaching & Learning, Entrepreneurship and Public Community Engagement. This inaugural event was received warmly by both Alumni and the student body as the conference saw a combination of participation from Alumni and current students. This conference received participation from 34 Alumni from various schools, 20 staff members some of them who are Alumni, 32 active students from various schools and 3 external participants.
The Entrepreneurship segment was a robust kick start to the conference thanks to the interactive oral presentations.
The audience was suitably enthralled by the oral presentations which led to a lively Q&A session between the audience members, panelists, and oral presenters.
Attendees of the Conference also had the opportunity to listen to a sharing session by Bikesh Lakhmichand, Founder of 1337 Ventures, a Malaysian Venture Capital that invests in early-stage startups and Dr Kev Lim, CEO & Founder of QueueMed a healthcare technology startup founded in 2018 by a group of doctors and engineers. Its inception was made possible by the assistance of 1337 Ventures.
After a spot of lunch, the Conference continued with poster presentations for the category of Teaching and Learning.
The conference also received entries of poster presentations for the Public Community and Engagement segment.
Day One of the Conference ended with the second segment, Public Community and Engagement. This segment was moderated by our alumna, Fazlina Razif (CH110), and the panelists were Dr Sharminithevi Paramalingam (ME298) and Dr Richard Teo Soon Kiat (ME110).
The final segment of the conference was then moderated by Kishen Kunalan (BP1/16) and the panelists were Dr Lwin Mie Aye (MScPH213) and Dr Amanda Albert (ME207). Our participant who flew in from Thailand, Dr Kasemsuk Yothasamutr (ME203) was the first presenter with his title: “From A Disaster Medical Team to COVID-19 Field Hospital Operator. The audience then listened to the presentation by Dr Joash Tan Loh (ME208) on “The Value of Combined Qualitative and Quantitative Survey: A Survey of Workplace Bullying and Struggles among House Officers in a Tertiary Hospital” and Agus Alysha Nadia binti Agosmustaram with her title: “The Experience of Overcoming School Bullying Among Young Adults in Malaysia” concluded the conference.