Events Calendar
- Admissions Events
- Local Events
- Global Events
- Central Banking Initiatives @ ASB
- Research Seminar Series
- Webinars & Talks
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for more upcoming events.
Location and Date
Details
Register
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Attend a class delivered by ASB faculty, distinguished professors from MIT Sloan School as well as professors and practitioners who have profound expertise in Asian economies
Online
24th May 2023, Wednesday
Seed Global Education | Investments & Capital Markets 101: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Join this finance masterclass organized through Seed Global Education, to understand better how crises evolve and their effects on finance and the capital market.
Singapore
25th May 2023, Thursday
MBA Coffee Chat in Singapore with Kristina Rai, Chief Operating Officer
Join this event for a personalized meeting with Kristina Rai, Chief Operating Officer and get all the information you need in your MBA search
Past Events
Location and Date
Details
Register
Online
17th May 2023, Wednesday
Don’t Just Study, Take Action with Learning
Join this info session with an alumni and students panel to understand the facets of action learning and insights into its transformative power.
On campus & Online
29th April 2023, Saturday
Investments & Capital Markets 101: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Join this finance masterclass to understand better how crises evolve and their effects on finance and the capital market.
Online
26th April 2023, Wednesday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Online Asia
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Online
22nd April 2023, Saturday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Online Latin America
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Online
18th April 2023, Tuesday
Register to join our Action Learning (AL) Symposium to experience ASB’s learning, diversity and dynamic environment.
On campus
18th April 2023, Tuesday
Preview Day & Action Learning Symposium
Register to attend our Preview Day & Action Learning (AL) Symposium to experience the learning, diversity and dynamic environment at ASB.
Online
12th April 2023, Wednesday
Data Analytics Club Event: Exploring ChatGPT and Its Implications
The Data Analytics club would love to invite you to a special session, where we would explore the emerging technology of ChatGPT and its implications.
On campus
5th April 2023, Wednesday
Career Insights Series: Digital Marketing Panel
Join us for an engaging and insightful digital marketing panel discussion to stay ahead of the digital marketing curve!
Online
5th April 2023, Wednesday
Join this virtual info session to learn more about our newly refreshed 12-month MBA program.
On campus & Online
1st April 2023, Saturday
Designing People-centered and Inclusive Climate Actions: Insights from Behavioral Science
Join this masterclass in sustainability to learn a business takes on environmental and societal challenges while at the same time bringing itself new opportunities.
Singapore
31st March 2023, Friday
MBA Coffee Chat with Director of Action Learning
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Seoul, South Korea
30th March 2023, Thursday
Meet the Admissions Team at the QS World Graduate School Tour in Seoul
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Singapore
29th March 2023, Wednesday
MBA Coffee Chat with Director of Action Learning
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Singapore
29th March 2023, Wednesday
MBA Coffee Chat with Director of Action Learning
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Bangkok, Thailand
25th March 2023, Saturday
Meet the Admissions Team at the QS World Graduate School Tour in Bangkok
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Bangkok, Thailand
25th March 2023, Saturday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Singapore
23rd March 2023, Thursday
Meet the Admissions Team at the QS World Graduate School Tour in Singapore
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Singapore
23rd March 2023, Thursday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
21st March 2023, Tuesday
Meet the Admissions Team at the QS World Graduate School Tour in Kuala Lumpur
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
20th March 2023, Monday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Ho Chi Minh City
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
20th March 2023, Monday
MBA Coffee Chat in Ho Chi Minh City
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
18th March 2023, Saturday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Kuala Lumpur
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Jakarta, Indonesia
18th March 2023, Saturday
Meet the Admissions Team at the QS World Graduate School Tour in Jakarta
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Jakarta, Indonesia
18th March 2023, Saturday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Jakarta, Indonesia
17th March 2023, Friday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Online
16th March 2023, Thursday
Meet the Admissions Team at the MBA Tour Africa and Middle East
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Jakarta, Indonesia
14th March 2023, Tuesday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Jakarta
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Jakarta, Indonesia
14th March 2023, Tuesday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Online
14th March 2023, Tuesday
Meet the Admissions Team at the MBA Tour Latin America
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Manila, Philippines
11th March 2023, Saturday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Manila
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Manila. Philippines
11th March 2023, Saturday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
6th March 2023, Monday
Meet the Admissions Team at the AccessMBA Almaty
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
6th March 2023, Monday
Join this event for a personalized meeting with the admissions team and get all the information you need in your MBA search.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for more upcoming events.
Date/Time
Venue
Details
16 – 19 November 2020
Monday – Thursday
A Digital Conference
Leadership Energy Summit Asia 2020
For seven years, Leadership Energy Summit Asia has brought together the most respected, forward-thinking minds across industries to share the best leadership strategies. LESA has played a pivotal role in delivering valuable insights and fostering crucial connections that have helped leaders develop empowered teams to maximize innovation, productivity, and engagement in their organizations.
This year, LESA 2020 goes digital to bring you even more experts, so you’ll get deeper insights on how to tackle today’s most pressing leadership issues.
Past Events
Date/Time
Venue
Details
3rd June 2020
Wednesday
11:00am – 11:45am
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Creating Jobs In The Post-Covid World
Every nation is facing challenges in unemployment, business closure, and income loss. Stimulus plans proposed are primarily focusing on helping companies to retain their employees and to offer unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs. But what is the long game? Will jobs return and will they be the same jobs? How can new jobs be created? And who can do it?
A Kauffman Foundation study shows that startups make a significant source of new jobs. Can we create enough entrepreneurs to create startups and make a difference in the unemployment number? If so how do we scale this to not just today’s need, but help build thriving startups environment that addresses the future needs of the nation?
20th May 2020
Wednesday
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Digital Platforms and The New World
It is becoming clearer that there may be no quick solution to end the Covid-19 pandemic. To survive, stabilize and re-grow, individuals and organizations must transform how they have strategized and operated, i.e. adapt to a new normal. One way forward is to become even more collaborative, more creative, and cleverer in leveraging existing resources.
This webinar instalment focuses on platform strategy. What is a platform and how is it different from a traditional business value chain? How do platforms create value by connecting and solving critical operation bottlenecks? Most importantly, in context of Covid-19, how are the different platforms contributing to our collaborative efforts to emerge from this pandemic? How might the model even be an opportunity going forward after the storm has passed?
13th May 2020
Wednesday
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Flatten the Curve: Then What?
Flatten the curve. Then what? No one can really predict what happens next, while uncertainty and the competing demands of health and the economy make planning challenging.
This webinar considers the importance of goal clarity. A clear goal can simplify decision making, unite us in our planning and spur innovation. In the next instalment of The Day After Tomorrow series of dialogues, we delve into planning for the long haul while hoping for a vaccine. While the Government plays a fundamental role in testing, contact tracing and isolation, how are firms planning for the future of their operations?
8th April 2020
Friday
11:00am – 11:45am
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Building Security in an Unsecure World
How do you build a secure future in an unsecure world? Covid-19 has made the term we knew as VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, chaos, and ambiguity – more real than ever before. In its 6th instalment of The Day After Tomorrow dialogue series, we will focus on planning towards a new future. What may change? What may not?
29th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Marketing For A New Normal
No firm can really predict what the New Normal will be, but it can be among the firsts to find out what that new reality looks like. In this webinar, we will discuss the new ways to get market feedback as fast as possible allowing us to explore New Normal for business and their customers. The goal of our webinar is to stimulate thoughts and offer new perspectives to look at today’s marketing situation.
We have leaders in customer intelligence join us for this unique webinar: IPSOS and ADA. The panel will share their views on:
- Consumers staying at home: what is going on? What does the data tell us?
- Post-COVID when they come out of their homes: will there be a New Normal: yes or no?
- How should companies respond?
23rd April 2020
Thursday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Managing by Freedom Within The Framework Post Covid-19
What permanent changes will Covid-19 leave the way we live, work, and interact?
Unfortunately, the recent movement restrictions across the world, prompted by this pandemic, became the catalyst that propels a reality that there will be no more ‘business as usual’. Physical distancing to flatten the curve has forced most employees to work from home; away from their usual oversight, rules, and processes. And many organizations are caught unprepared to deal with the sudden shift to an unprecedented degree of freedom for employees.
This is the focal point of the 4th session of our series.
15th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: COVID-19 and Critical Supply Chains: Medical Services and Food
It began in China, now Covid-19 has interrupted business cycles in Europe, Americas, and all of Asia. Amongst other challenges that leaders around the world juggle, ensuring that supplies meet demands is a critical piece of this puzzle to humanity.
For companies whose operations have been impacted, if not by the virus itself then by actions to contain the spread, steps may include enhancing their production scheduling agility, activate their secondary supply network, or even prepare for the reality of plant closures. While there is no silver-bullet answer, finding your solution starts by asking, and thinking about, some key questions.
8th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: A Balancing Act: Supporting Your People and Your Business
Covid-19 has triggered a human crisis and a business crisis. Some companies have responded with aggressive layoffs, abandoning many of their vulnerable workers to try to save the core business.
Others have focused on maximizing the well-being of their employees, recognizing that the short-term financial cost of maintaining salaries and benefits will be high in the face of plummeting revenues.
In this session, we will focus on human resources. How do we maintain the health and well-being of the human capital of our organizations and nation, while adapting business models for survival and eventually re-growth.
30 March 2020
Monday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online
Being the leading nation in ASEAN affected by COVID-19, Malaysia has had a head start in seeing the impact of this virus on individuals as well as the business and economic consequences of drastic steps taken to flatten the curve.
As a n institution based in Malaysia for Asia the Iclif Executive Education Center at Asia School of Business is in a unique position to draw from real-life and real-time lessons from leaders who are living, surviving, and succeeding the repercussions of COVID-19, and to enhance that learning with academic rigors of our global faculty.
TBC
TBC
ASB Convocation Class of 2020 [POSTPONED]
Students of MBA 2020 graduate from our ASB MBA program.
20 February 2020
Wednesday
Found8, KL Sentral
Digital Potluck #4
This Digital Potluck is a meetup held to discuss new ideas and trends surrounding the digital space, transition and change by leaders of the industry. This Digital Potluck featured both Audra Pakalnyte, Head of Strategic Initiatives and PR at Fave and Aditya Tuli, Chief Digital Officer, Sime Darby Plantation.
15 January 2020
Wednesday
MindValley, Bangsar
Digital Potluck #3
This Digital Potluck is a meetup held to discuss new ideas and trends surrounding the digital space by leaders of the industry. The 2019 Digital Potluck will feature both Thomas Couronne, Head of Data Science at AirAsia as well as Sudhansh Jadon, Head of Digital Strategy & Performance Media at Dentsu Aegis Network.
10 January 2020
Friday
8.30AM – 12PM
Sasana Kijang
Talent Connect 2020
Talent Connect 2020 is designed for employers to broaden their network by connecting with ASB’s market-ready talents on campus and discovering the value that they bring to an organization. This event will also feature keynote speaker Professor Emillio Castilla, NTU Professor of Management and a Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
31 October 2019
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
(Forum, Level 1)
2019 IMF World Economic Outlook
Giovanni Melina, economist at the IMF Research Department will be giving a presentation on:
- Global Prospects and Policies (Ch. 1)
- Reigniting Growth in Low-Income and Emerging Market Economies: What Role Can Structural Reforms Play? (Ch. 3)
The presentation will be followed by a discussion by Norman Loayza, Lead Economist of the Asia Hub of the World Bank Research Group.
27 November 2019
Wednesday
Perdana Botanical Garden (Lake Gardens Kuala Lumpur)
The Edge Kuala Lumpur Rat Race
Come cheer for Team ASB at The Edge Kuala Lumpur Rat Race®. Inspired by the Carey Wall St Rat Race in New York, it’s one of the annual highlights of the Malaysian Corporate Calendar.
23 October 2019
Wednesday
Sasana Kijang
Exclusive Class Preview – Financial Accounting with Prof. John E. Core
Learn how accounting functions as an information development and communication system that supports economic decision making and provides value to entities and society. Discover the uses and limitations of financial statements and related information and apply analytical tools in making both business and financial decisions.
25 – 26 Sept 2019
Wednesday – Thursday
Alof Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Learning & Development Asia
Come see our very own ASB panelist speak at the 2-day conference that aim to bridge the gaps between the industrial change makers and the HR profession through transformational knowledge-sharing and implementation of cutting-edge strategies and programs. Do stop by at our booth to find out more.
25 August 2019
Sunday
White Box @ Publika
RYSE Showcase 2019
The RYSE Showcase is a full day event that marks the end of the RYSE pilot program. Selected participants will be showcasing their business idea to the public at the RYSE Marketplace and the top 10 teams will be chosen to pitch for funding.
29 July – 2nd Aug 2019
Monday – Friday
Sasana Kijang
EPGM 7
MIT Sloan’s Executive Program in General Management (EPGM) offsite immersion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The EPGM program introduces mid-career managers and leaders to the latest in MIT thought leadership on innovation, strategy, decision-making, and leadership.
23 – 24 July 2019
Tuesday & Wednesday
Sasana Kijang
The ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Issues and Forced Migration
The purpose of this research workshop is to serve as a platform to connect scholars in hopes of expanding the body of ethical, well-informed, and evidence-based academic literature surrounding refugee studies and forced migration in Southeast Asia.
8 – 9 July 2019
Monday & Tuesday
Borneo Convention Centre, Kuching, Sarawak
International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak 2019
The Sarawak State Government is proud to host the 3rd International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak, IDECS.
6 July 2019
Saturday
Sasasa Kijang
Future of Work Conference by Alumni Alliance
A conference with more than 15 speakers to cover four exciting panels which include Public Policy, Technology, Economics and Human Capital.
2nd July 2019
Tuesday
Sasasa Kijang
Hari Raya Celebration
ASB Annual Hari Raya celebration for students, staff and partners.
14 April 2019
Sunday
Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
MBA Graduation 2019
Students of MBA 2019 graduate from their program.
28 – 31 March 2019
Thursday – Sunday
Sasana Kijang/ Lanai Kijang
Admit Weekend
Exclusively for admitted students, this weekend features a preview class, networking with students and faculty, and a tour of Kuala Lumpur.
15 February 2019
Friday
Sasana Kijang
Summer Fair
The Career Fair looks into Summer Associate Programs for Class of 2020.
11 – 15 February 2019
Monday – Friday
Kuala Lumpur
EPGM 6
MIT Sloan’s Executive Program in General Management (EPGM) offsite immersion in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The EPGM program introduces mid-career managers and leaders to the latest in MIT thought leadership on innovation, strategy, decision-making, and leadership.
10 January 2019
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
Full-Time Career Fair
The Career Fair focuses on full time employment prospects for the graduating class of 2019.
10 January 2019
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
MIT Insights Series
ASB’s signature Faculty Insights Series see MIT Sloan faculty share their expertise and knowledge with Asia’s business community right here in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
14 December 2018
Friday
RedQ
Innovation Intervention Bootcamp with AirAsia: Follow-Up Session
Follow-up on the progress of the participants from 3 corporate development training programs organized for AirAsia.
13 December 2018
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
Christmas Celebration
ASB Annual Christmas celebration for students, staff and partners.
11 December 2018
Tuesday
Sasana Kijang
Action Learning Symposium
Students present their Action Learning Projects and Learnings to their Host Companies.
8 December 2018
Sunday
Sasana Kijang
Lean In Malaysia’s unConference 2018
Lean In Malaysia’s unConference 2018 is an annual flagship event that gathers speakers from various backgrounds and industries to discuss a wide range of progressive ideas that focuses on adjustments or differences that women can take to be more empowered in their professional decisions.
5 – 7 December 2018
Wednesday – Friday
RedQ
3rd Innovation Intervention Bootcamp with AirAsia
Corporate development training for AirAsia staff aimed at improving innovation mindsets.
22 November 2018
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
CCB-Iclif-ASB Training
An ASB and Iclif jointly-organized training program for the executives of China Cooperation Bank.
21 November 2018
Wednesday
Sasana Kijang
Dilwali Celebration
ASB Annual Diwali celebration for students, staff and partners.
17 – 18 November 2018
Saturday – Sunday
Sasana Kijang
Eco Biz 3: Stage 2 Workshop
2-day bootcamp for the Top 10 teams of Alliance Bank and GreenTech’s Eco Biz Challenge 2018.
9 November 2018
Friday
Sasana Kijang
Preview Day
Interested students are welcome to come visit us on campus, meet our students and faculty, and sit in for a few test classes.
8 November 2018
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
Powering the Future
The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in collaboration with ASB discuss Malaysia’s energy policy challenges based on the paper written by our Ass. Professor Renato Lima de Oliveira in this close door seminar for the players in the energy industry.
2 – 4 November 2018
Friday – Sunday
Lanai Kijang
Data Unchained Malaysia 2018
AXIATA Group partners with ASB to host Data Unchained Malaysia 2018, Malaysia’s largest datathon with the aim of helping to build capacity and talent in the field of data sciences and analytics.
29 October 2018
Monday
Intercontinental
Eco Biz 3: Stage 1 Workshop
Design Thinking workshop for 100 University students from 25 Universities across Malaysia who are semifinalists of Alliance Bank and GreenTech’s Eco Biz Challenge 2018.
15 – 17 October 2018
Monday – Wednesday
RedQ
2nd Innovation Intervention Bootcamp with AirAsia
Corporate development training for AirAsia staff aimed at improving the mindset of innovation.
12 October 2018
Friday
Sasana Kijang
Making the Marketing Pitch
Our students try to take home the marketing pitch trophy once again! Come for the pitch and let industry experts be the judge of your marketing campaign!
8 – 11 October 2018
Monday – Thursday
DoubleTree by Hilton and Sasana Kijang
Innovation Intervention Bootcamp with UOB
Corporate development training for UOB staff from 6 country offices aimed at improving innovation mindsets and developing talent.
3 October 2018
Wednesday
Sasana Kijang
Global Development Agenda: from MDGs to SDGsb
Join us for an overview of the international development space and a snapshot history of how the sustainability agenda has evolved.
25 September 2018
Tuesday
Sasana Kijang
KL Info Session
Meet our admissions team at out first KL info session for the year as our applications are launched.
14 – 15 September 2018
Friday – Saturday
Sasana Kijang
Makerfest
MBA – Jaya
13 September 2018
Thursday
Sasana Kijang
Design Thinking Class
MBA2020 Students
12 September 2018
Wednesday
Sasana Kijang
Action Learning Meet & Greet
Our students and Action Learning Partners meet for the first time before their project kick-off.
3 September 2018
Monday
Sasana Kijang
MBA 19 Kick-Off
MBA Class of 2019 is back from their Summer Action Learning Projects to start their final year.
3 September 2018
Monday
Renaissance Hotel KL
3rd Liberalism Conference 2018
Come join Prof. Renato to a panel that will discuss the role of state-owned companies (GLCs) in the economy and Malaysia’s recent political changes.
23 – 25 August 2018
Thursday – Saturday
Lanai Kijang
ASB MakerFest
As part of the MBA Immersion program, the ASB MBA Class of 2020 participated in the MakerFest run by ASB IEC.
23 – 31 July 2018
Monday – Tuesday
QIUP campus, Ipoh
4th Social Venture Youth Exchange
A program aimed at encouraging youth to be social entrepreneurs, organized with 3 Korean Universities: Hanyang University, Korea Polytechnic University, Ajou University and 1 Malaysian University: QIUP.
25 – 27 June 2018
Monday – Wednesday
RedQ
1st Innovation Intervention Bootcamp with AirAsia
Corporate development training for AirAsia staff aimed at improving innovation mindsets.
3 – 5 May 2018
Thursday – Saturday
QIUP campus, Ipoh
ASB-QIUP MakerFest
MakerFest as a start of a year-long cooperation with QIUP to build their University’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
7 February 2018
Wednesday
Kuala Lumpur
Masterclass with Professor Loredana Padurean: Diversity in Education
The Masterclass showcases what the MBA classroom experience is like and it’s an amazing opportunity to see how classes are run and content is shaped in an engaging learning environment.
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned for more upcoming events.
Date/Time
Venue
Details
15 – 17 December 2020
Tuesday – Thursday
Ahmedabad, India
Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC)-ASIA CHAPTER
Past Events
Date/Time
Venue
Details
6th June 2020
Saturday
Hong Kong
Making Hong Kong’s Future Work | AmCham Hong Kong
ASB partners with AmCham Hong Kong to host the Future of Work Forum. Network and hear best-in-class practices from transformational and innovative executives of leading companies.
3rd June 2020
Wednesday
11:00am – 11:45am
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Creating Jobs In The Post-Covid World
Every nation is facing challenges in unemployment, business closure, and income loss. Stimulus plans proposed are primarily focusing on helping companies to retain their employees and to offer unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs. But what is the long game? Will jobs return and will they be the same jobs? How can new jobs be created? And who can do it?
A Kauffman Foundation study shows that startups make a significant source of new jobs. Can we create enough entrepreneurs to create startups and make a difference in the unemployment number? If so how do we scale this to not just today’s need, but help build thriving startups environment that addresses the future needs of the nation?
20th May 2020
Wednesday
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Digital Platforms and The New World
It is becoming clearer that there may be no quick solution to end the Covid-19 pandemic. To survive, stabilize and re-grow, individuals and organizations must transform how they have strategized and operated, i.e. adapt to a new normal. One way forward is to become even more collaborative, more creative, and cleverer in leveraging existing resources.
This webinar instalment focuses on platform strategy. What is a platform and how is it different from a traditional business value chain? How do platforms create value by connecting and solving critical operation bottlenecks? Most importantly, in context of Covid-19, how are the different platforms contributing to our collaborative efforts to emerge from this pandemic? How might the model even be an opportunity going forward after the storm has passed?
13th May 2020
Wednesday
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Flatten the Curve: Then What?
Flatten the curve. Then what? No one can really predict what happens next, while uncertainty and the competing demands of health and the economy make planning challenging.
This webinar considers the importance of goal clarity. A clear goal can simplify decision making, unite us in our planning and spur innovation. In the next instalment of The Day After Tomorrow series of dialogues, we delve into planning for the long haul while hoping for a vaccine. While the Government plays a fundamental role in testing, contact tracing and isolation, how are firms planning for the future of their operations?
8th April 2020
Friday
11:00am – 11:45am
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Building Security in an Unsecure World
How do you build a secure future in an unsecure world? Covid-19 has made the term we knew as VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, chaos, and ambiguity – more real than ever before. In its 6th instalment of The Day After Tomorrow dialogue series, we will focus on planning towards a new future. What may change? What may not?
29th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Marketing For A New Normal
No firm can really predict what the New Normal will be, but it can be among the firsts to find out what that new reality looks like. In this webinar, we will discuss the new ways to get market feedback as fast as possible allowing us to explore New Normal for business and their customers. The goal of our webinar is to stimulate thoughts and offer new perspectives to look at today’s marketing situation.
We have leaders in customer intelligence join us for this unique webinar: IPSOS and ADA. The panel will share their views on:
- Consumers staying at home: what is going on? What does the data tell us?
- Post-COVID when they come out of their homes: will there be a New Normal: yes or no?
- How should companies respond?
23rd April 2020
Thursday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: Managing by Freedom Within The Framework Post Covid-19
What permanent changes will Covid-19 leave the way we live, work, and interact?
Unfortunately, the recent movement restrictions across the world, prompted by this pandemic, became the catalyst that propels a reality that there will be no more ‘business as usual’. Physical distancing to flatten the curve has forced most employees to work from home; away from their usual oversight, rules, and processes. And many organizations are caught unprepared to deal with the sudden shift to an unprecedented degree of freedom for employees.
This is the focal point of the 4th session of our series.
15th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: COVID-19 and Critical Supply Chains: Medical Services and Food
It began in China, now Covid-19 has interrupted business cycles in Europe, Americas, and all of Asia. Amongst other challenges that leaders around the world juggle, ensuring that supplies meet demands is a critical piece of this puzzle to humanity.
For companies whose operations have been impacted, if not by the virus itself then by actions to contain the spread, steps may include enhancing their production scheduling agility, activate their secondary supply network, or even prepare for the reality of plant closures. While there is no silver-bullet answer, finding your solution starts by asking, and thinking about, some key questions.
9th April 2020,
Thursday
Online
Virtual Masterclass: The All ASEAN Brands
This Virtual Masterclass will discuss which are the new ASEAN-born digital brands taking on the international entrants from China and the US.
8th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Online – Zoom
Webinar: A Balancing Act: Supporting Your People and Your Business
Covid-19 has triggered a human crisis and a business crisis. Some companies have responded with aggressive layoffs, abandoning many of their vulnerable workers to try to save the core business.
Others have focused on maximizing the well-being of their employees, recognizing that the short-term financial cost of maintaining salaries and benefits will be high in the face of plummeting revenues.
In this session, we will focus on human resources. How do we maintain the health and well-being of the human capital of our organizations and nation, while adapting business models for survival and eventually re-growth.
11th March 2020
Wednesday
Online
Virtual Masterclass: Financing Your Business with Fintech
This Virtual Masterclass will explore the different funding options available and provide a methodology for determining which alternative financing methods are right for your business.
13 February 2020
Thursday
Online
Virtual Masterclass: Family Business Strategy with Prof. Ambra Mazzelli
This Virtual Masterclass for insights on how you, and your children and grandchildren, can grow your family business profitably over the long term.
With a family net worth of $16.6 billion, the Kuoks have become the 15th richest family in Asia, rising from humble beginnings operating a trading post in Johor Bahru. But the Kuoks are the exception rather than the rule, as 70% of family-owned businesses fail or are sold before the second generation has the chance to take over.
Why do some family businesses grow and others fail?
Asia School of Business Assistant Professor Ambra Mazzelli explores the dynamics that shape these unique companies in our latest Virtual Masterclass.
12 – 14 November 2019
Tuesday – Thursday
Jakarta
14th IFSB SUMMIT 2019
The 14th IFSB Summit will be held from 12 to 14 November 2019 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Bank Indonesia will be the host for this year’s Summit, now a biennial event for the IFSB. This year’s topic is “Islamic Finance for Sustainable Development in the Era of Technological Innovations”.
More info: https://ifsbindonesia2019.com
23 – 25 November 2019
Saturday – Monday
Dubai
Dubai Trek
20 – 22 October 2019
Sunday – Tuesday
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Trek
14 – 19 October 2019
Monday – Saturday
Shanghai & Shenzen
China Trek
16 September 2019
Monday
Singapore
Singapore Trek
20 – 22 November 2018
Tuesday – Thursday
Dubai
Dubai Trek
Theme focused – “A Balance Play.”
25 – 26 October 2018
Thursday – Friday
Pt. Douglas, Australia
CX Leaders Council 2018 – Asia Pacific
The CX Leaders Council is an annual, invitation-only gathering of leading customer experience executives from around the world.
10 – 12 October 2018
Wednesday – Friday
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Trek
Theme focused – “Professional Services, Boutique Finance and Start-Up Ecosystem.”
20 – 22 September 2018
Thursday – Saturday
Jakarta
ASB-Habibie Festival MakerFest
MakerFest for 50 youth from different schools and Universities in Jakarta.
10 – 11 September 2018
Monday – Tuesday
Singapore
Singapore Trek
Theme focused – “Technology and Start-Ups.”
13 – 14 August 2018
Monday – Tuesday
Hanyang University campus
Asia Pacific Youth Exchange
Organized a MakerFest for 120 youth from 30 countries in Asia.
13 – 14 August 2018
Monday – Tuesday
Chicago, USA
2018 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Despite the benefits of international expansion, family firms are commonly portrayed as being conservative, risk averse, and therefore unwilling to assume the risks associated with international markets. Yet, many of the world’s largest and most dynamic multinational companies are family firms. In order to understand this paradox and reconcile previous mixed empirical results, we conducted longitudinal analyses of international market entry and survival on 2,344 Spanish manufacturing firms corresponding to 14,584 firm-year observations from 2001-2012.
8 – 12 August 2018
Wednesday – Sunday
Incheon, Korea
6th Asian Youth Forum
Focused on the theme youth employment and skills development, supported ADB in organizing the largest youth conference in Asia.
3 – 5 August 2018
Friday – Sunday
San Francisco
International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces 2018
ASB IEC presented its work at the biggest international academic conference on makerspaces.
24 – 25 July 2018
Tuesday – Wednesday
Bangkok, Thailand
MIT Sloan-Sasin Action Learning Conference
At the MIT Sloan-Sasin Action Learning Educating Leaders to Drive Real Change Conference, you will learn from distinguished speakers about how Action Learning is being used to shape education, improve leadership practices in corporations, and drive social change in the Asia-Pacific region.
12 – 13 July 2018
Thursday – Friday
Detroit, USA
Venture for America Training Camp
Training Camp is five weeks of learning new skills, getting to know your Fellow class, and beginning to think like an entrepreneur. At Training Camp, you’ll probably work harder than you did throughout four years in college, but in the end, you’ll come out stronger, energized and knowing you have your entire Fellow class beside you.
1 – 7 July 2018
Sunday – Saturday
Barcelona, Spain
2018 International Teachers Program – Module 2
Co-taught with faculty from LBS-London, HEC-Paris, Bocconi-Milan, IMD-Lausanne, and SSE-Stockholm in the 2018 International Teachers Program, Module 2 held in Barcelona, Spain, as a follow-up to Module 1 that was held in January 2018 in IAE Aix-en-Provence, France.
27 – 28 June 2018
Wednesday – Thursday
Manila, Philippines
The AACSB Assurance of Learning Seminar
Two day seminar, co-taught with Professor Renee Kim (Hanyang University, S. Korea) on the topic of designing and measuring goals and objectives of business degree programs. Target audience: faculty, directors and deans of Asia-Pacific business schools.
9 – 10 March 2018
Friday – Saturday
Singapore
The AACSB Art and Science of Teaching Workshop
Two day seminar, co-taught with Professor David Sharp (Ivey School of Business, Canada) on the science of learning and its application in the classroom, curriculum design, student engagement and management, technology for the classroom, and case teaching and case writing.
7 – 8 March 2018
Wednesday – Thursday
Singapore
The AACSB Assurance of Learning Seminar
Two day seminar, co-taught with Professor Renee Kim (Hanyang University, S. Korea) on the topic of designing and measuring goals and objectives of business degree programs. Target audience: faculty, directors and deans of Asia-Pacific business schools.
Central Banking Initiatives @ ASB
Our Central Banking Initiatives @ ASB include talks, webinars, forums and other events on topics of interest to central banks. Currently, we are running three series. Our Conversations on Central Banking webinar series, draws on the experience of our Advisory Board Members, comprising former central bank Governors from around the world, and the expertise of our MIT and other faculty members on topical issues in central banking. Our Macro, Finance and Emerging Economies webinar series, hosted jointly with the SEACEN Centre, provides a forum for policy-relevant work on topics in macroeconomics, finance and their nexus, and especially work relevant to the challenges confronting emerging economies. We feature selected sessions from our ASB Research Seminars, on topics related to macroeconomics, finance and central banking. Finally, we provide a platform for special events, such as presentations by international organisations on policy initiatives and regional/global publications. All events are open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Seats are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Scroll down to see upcoming and past initiatives, including registration links.
Applications for the September 2022 Master of Central Banking (MCB) intake are now open. Visit Master of Central Banking to know more or download the brochure.
PAST INITIATIVES
ASBXSEACEN JOINT SEMINAR: IMF LAUNCH OF WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ANALYTICAL CHAPTERS
26 April 2022 – 11.00am MYT (GMT + 8)
Asia School of Business in collaboration with The SEACEN Centre is organizing a joint seminar for IMF Launch of World Economic Outlook Analytical Chapters.
- Global Trade and Value Chains in the Pandemicby Davide Malacrino – Economist, IMF Research Department
When COVID-19 hit, the combined supply and demand shock was expected to lead to a dramatic collapse in trade. However, trade in goods bounced back quite rapidly—faster than it has in previous global slowdowns like the global financial crisis. But trade in services still remains sluggish. And some sectors that participate heavily in global value chains, such as automobiles, experienced larger and longer disruptions. Along with on-going disruptions in supply chain logistics, this has prompted calls among policy makers to bring more production on-shore, which would lead to permanent changes in the structure of global value chains. In this context, the chapter investigates the following questions: (1) what were the main drivers of trade in the pandemic; in particular domestic pandemic intensity and pandemic containment policies, as well as international spillovers on trade from pandemic containment policies; (2) how did key GVCs adapt to the pandemic; and (3) what can governments do to help strengthen global value chains against future disruptions, which may arise not just from future health crises, but also from conflict, cyberattacks, or from climate-related weather events?
- Private Sector Debt and the Global Recovery by Jean-Marc Natal – Deputy Division Chief, IMF Research Department
During the pandemic, and in particular its most acute phase, government policies helped maintain private access to credit, staving off a deeper recession in 2020. This chapter examines whether the resulting increase in leverage may affect the pace of the recovery. As countries prepare to normalize monetary policy, assessing how leverage is distributed and its interaction with countercyclical policies is key to forecasting the pace of the recovery and calibrating the unwinding of pandemic-time support. Analyzes based on micro-level data show that the recovery is likely to be slower in countries where (1) leverage is concentrated among vulnerable firms and low-income households, (2) insolvency procedures are inefficient, (3) public and private deleveraging coincide and (4) monetary policy must be tightened rapidly.
- IMF’s Asia and Pacific Regional Outlook – Spring 2022 by Nour Tawk
While the growth outlook for Asia and the Pacific has been downgraded for 2022, the region remains the world’s most dynamic. Headwinds to the region’s recovery include trade and commodity price spillovers from the Ukraine war, the tightening of financial conditions amid US monetary policy normalization, and COVID developments in some countries. High global food and fuel prices have added inflationary pressure in much of Asia, hurting the poor the most. Medium-term scarring from the pandemic in emerging and developing Asia is expected to be significant. Risks are tilted to the downside and include further escalation of the war in Ukraine, new COVID waves, a larger than expected slowdown in China, and tighter global financial conditions. Over the medium term, the potential fragmentation of supply chains and geopolitical tensions is a big risk to a region that has benefitted from globalization over the last few decades. Rising inflation and slowing growth are worsening an already-difficult tradeoff facing policymakers. With output gaps still large in many countries, the withdrawal of fiscal policy stimulus will need to be well calibrated to support the post-Covid recovery, structural transformation, and protect the vulnerable from rising food and fuel prices while the pace of consolidation is articulated in medium term fiscal frameworks focused on maintaining debt sustainability. In countries with more advanced recoveries, signs of de-anchoring of inflation expectations and/or external pressures, continued tightening of monetary policy will be required.
VICTORIA IVASHINA
Lovett-learned Professor of Finance
Head of the Finance Unit
Harvard Business School
VICTORIA IVASHINA ON WHY IS DOLLAR DEBT CHEAPER?
5 April 2022 – 6.00pm MYT (GMT + 8)
In this seminar Professor Ivashina will present her recent paper (joint with Bryan Gutierrez and Juliana Salomao) that explores the interest rate differential for lending rates is closely matched by the differential in the deposit market using the evidence in Peru. The findings highlight that the preference for dollar loans is rooted on the local household preference for dollar savings and a banking sector that is closely matching its foreign assets and liabilities. It is also discovered that borrower competitive pressure increases the pass-through of this differential.
This event is part of our Macro, Finance and Emerging Economies Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with the SEACEN Centre.

ANUSHA CHARI
Professor of Economics and Adjunct Professor of Finance
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
ANUSHA CHARI ON SPILLOVERS AT THE EXTREME
2 March 2022 – 9.00pm MYT (GMT + 8)
This event is part of our Macro, Finance and Emerging Economies Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with the SEACEN Centre.
DIGITAL DISRUPTION AND INCLUSION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
26 – 28 January 2022 – 8.00pm MYT (GMT + 8)
Digital technology has long held the great promise of putting within reach the goal of financial inclusion. The achievements of digital technology seem to have gone beyond the low-hanging fruit of mobile payments and into micro-savings and micro-credit. Nonetheless, these remarkable technological advances seem to have yet to transform the lives of most of the poor.
This conference will bring together some of the leading thinkers in digital technology and financial inclusion. The discussions will assess where we stand and allow an exchange of views on the best ways of moving forward.
PROGRAM:
Day 1: Models of digital inclusive finance and stories of success
This session will discuss the frontier in digital payments and digital credit in achieving financial inclusion. What models are working? What can we learn from China and India as leading models? What are the key elements of successful digital innovation?
Day 2: Financial resilience in the large and in the small
This session will consider financial resilience at two levels – the level of the individual household and the level of the economy at large. To what extent does increased access to credit translate into unsustainable indebtedness? How does low financial literacy interact with transparency and ethical practices such as sales tactics, fee structures and detailed terms and conditions?
Day 3: Central Banks as Enablers
This session will be about creating an environment that fosters both digital financial inclusion and financial stability. What enabling role should central banks have in digital infrastructure, building trust, mitigating risks, education, and working with other regulators?
ASB Research Series
The ASB Research Seminar Series (RSS) provides a forum for academics from a broad range of disciplines to present their research work. ASB RSS are now in hybrid mode and are usually held on Wednesdays at lunchtime. If you would like to present at and/or attend the ASB RSS please contact Ikuo Takei (ikuo.takei@asb.edu.my) or Sylvia Ng (sylvia.ng@asb.edu.my).
Upcoming Talks
Date/Time
Speaker
Title & Abstract
Thursday
Ben Charoenwong
Assistant Professor in Finance
(NUS) Business School
Past Talks
Date/Time
Speaker
Title & Abstract
Wednesday
Pieter E. Stek
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Center
Asia School of Business
Wednesday
Wong Poh Kam
Emeritus Professor
(NUS) Business School
Wednesday
PhD Candidates,
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Wednesday
World Bank EAP Research Center
Wednesday
MIT Sloan School of Management
Wednesday
Australian National University
Monday
Member of the Monetary Board, Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas
Monday
Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon
Wednesday
ASB
Wednesday
NUS
Wednesday
MIT Sloan
Wednesday
University of Auckland Business School
Wednesday
Concordia University
Wednesday
UNSW / NUS
Wednesday
Kyoto University
Management
Wednesday
National University of Singapore
Economics & Finance
Wednesday
Carnegie Mellon University
Economics & Finance
Monday
Asia School of Business
Macroeconomics/Finance
Webinars & Talks
Upcoming Webinars/Talks
Stay tuned for more upcoming webinars/talks.
Past Webinars/Talks
Date/Time
Webinar/Talk
Details
3rd June 2020
Wednesday
11:00am – 11:45am
Webinar

Every nation is facing challenges in unemployment, business closure, and income loss. Stimulus plans proposed are primarily focusing on helping companies to retain their employees and to offer unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs. But what is the long game? Will jobs return and will they be the same jobs? How can new jobs be created? And who can do it?
A Kauffman Foundation study shows that startups make a significant source of new jobs. Can we create enough entrepreneurs to create startups and make a difference in the unemployment number? If so how do we scale this to not just today’s need, but help build thriving startups environment that addresses the future needs of the nation?
20th May 2020
Wednesday
2:45pm – 3:30pm
Webinar

It is becoming clearer that there may be no quick solution to end the Covid-19 pandemic. To survive, stabilize and re-grow, individuals and organizations must transform how they have strategized and operated, i.e. adapt to a new normal. One way forward is to become even more collaborative, more creative, and cleverer in leveraging existing resources.
This webinar instalment focuses on platform strategy. What is a platform and how is it different from a traditional business value chain? How do platforms create value by connecting and solving critical operation bottlenecks? Most importantly, in context of Covid-19, how are the different platforms contributing to our collaborative efforts to emerge from this pandemic? How might the model even be an opportunity going forward after the storm has passed?
13th May 2020
Wednesday
2:30pm – 3:15pm
Webinar

Flatten the curve. Then what? No one can really predict what happens next, while uncertainty and the competing demands of health and the economy make planning challenging.
This webinar considers the importance of goal clarity. A clear goal can simplify decision making, unite us in our planning and spur innovation. In the next instalment of The Day After Tomorrow series of dialogues, we delve into planning for the long haul while hoping for a vaccine. While the Government plays a fundamental role in testing, contact tracing and isolation, how are firms planning for the future of their operations?
8th April 2020
Wednesday
11:00am – 11:45am
Webinar

How do you build a secure future in an unsecure world? Covid-19 has made the term we knew as VUCA – volatility, uncertainty, chaos, and ambiguity – more real than ever before. In its 6th instalment of The Day After Tomorrow dialogue series, we will focus on planning towards a new future. What may change? What may not?
29th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Webinar

No firm can really predict what the New Normal will be, but it can be among the firsts to find out what that new reality looks like. In this webinar, we will discuss the new ways to get market feedback as fast as possible allowing us to explore New Normal for business and their customers. The goal of our webinar is to stimulate thoughts and offer new perspectives to look at today’s marketing situation.
We have leaders in customer intelligence join us for this unique webinar: IPSOS and ADA. The panel will share their views on:
- Consumers staying at home: what is going on? What does the data tell us?
- Post-COVID when they come out of their homes: will there be a New Normal: yes or no?
- How should companies respond?
23rd April 2020
Thursday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Webinar

What permanent changes will Covid-19 leave the way we live, work, and interact?
Unfortunately, the recent movement restrictions across the world, prompted by this pandemic, became the catalyst that propels a reality that there will be no more ‘business as usual’. Physical distancing to flatten the curve has forced most employees to work from home; away from their usual oversight, rules, and processes. And many organizations are caught unprepared to deal with the sudden shift to an unprecedented degree of freedom for employees.
This is the focal point of the 4th session of our series.
15th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Webinar

It began in China, now Covid-19 has interrupted business cycles in Europe, Americas, and all of Asia. Amongst other challenges that leaders around the world juggle, ensuring that supplies meet demands is a critical piece of this puzzle to humanity.
For companies whose operations have been impacted, if not by the virus itself then by actions to contain the spread, steps may include enhancing their production scheduling agility, activate their secondary supply network, or even prepare for the reality of plant closures. While there is no silver-bullet answer, finding your solution starts by asking, and thinking about, some key questions.
8th April 2020
Wednesday
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Webinar

Covid-19 has triggered a human crisis and a business crisis. Some companies have responded with aggressive layoffs, abandoning many of their vulnerable workers to try to save the core business.
Others have focused on maximizing the well-being of their employees, recognizing that the short-term financial cost of maintaining salaries and benefits will be high in the face of plummeting revenues.
In this session, we will focus on human resources. How do we maintain the health and well-being of the human capital of our organizations and nation, while adapting business models for survival and eventually re-growth.
1st April 2020
Wednesday
Talk

In the wake of the current crisis, how are we reacting as individuals, and as organizations?
What is the significance of the 7-plus-minus concept in this situation?
What is the threat-rigidity cycle, and why is it important for organizations to understand it?
Why are we not ready for exponential growth?
Learn about all these and more as Professor Michael Frese, Professor for Management & Organisation at the Asia School of Business (ASB), takes us through the psychology of a crisis.
And in keeping with the Action Learning philosophy derived from ASB’s collaboration with MIT Sloan, discover what real, impact-driven, transformative actions you can take to turn any crisis into an opportunity.
30 March 2020
Monday
3:00pm – 3:45pm
Webinar

Being the leading nation in ASEAN affected by COVID-19, Malaysia has had a head start in seeing the impact of this virus on individuals as well as the business and economic consequences of drastic steps taken to flatten the curve.
As a n institution based in Malaysia for Asia the Iclif Executive Education Center at Asia School of Business is in a unique position to draw from real-life and real-time lessons from leaders who are living, surviving, and succeeding the repercussions of COVID-19, and to enhance that learning with academic rigors of our global faculty.