The inaugural JCUS Convergence is back for the 11th time, and this time it will be presented in an exciting and unique manner. With 3 new additions lined up alongside the Business Pitch Competition, it is about to rock the stage.
The first new addition is a Fashion Show proudly presented by the Convergence Team working to bring a whole new theme of Timeless Fashion is set to bring a new outlook for a Convergence Conference.
The conferences held before has seen major industry leaders and renowned academics being invited to judge the Business Pitch Competitions. This time round for the 11th Convergence Conference, a Business Video Competition will be held alongside the Business Pitch Competition.
James Cook University Singapore is a branch of JCU Australia and has a student enrolment of 3700 students. The 11th Convergence Conference will have participants from the undergraduate business and IT programmes.
The conference comprises of approximately 160 students making presentations to a panel of distinguished external and internal judges, as well as business games such as business pitch competitions and speech competitions. The conference will take place on campus over a half day period. Awards will be presented to the teams that are judged to have the best performances.
The third addition, which is the Convergence’s newest addition sees Members of Public attending for the first time in the JCUS Convergence conference for a Public Lecture. The speaker for the Public Lecture will be Associate Professor Dr. Adrian Kuah. A/Professor Adrian Kuah specializes in industrial organization. He is the convener of global systems research cluster funded by the Singapore campus of James Cook University (JCU).
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Global systems include the study of the macro-economy and intrinsic micro-market mechanisms that will have an impact on the way businesses and societies operate in the Tropics. Research themes include the circular economy, clusters and fast expanding markets. His research has been published in the Oxford University Press, Thunderbird International Business Review, European Journal of Marketing and the European Business Review.
This conference is the only program that brings the students from both business and IT students together in their final trimester to share knowledge and ideas that they have been learning in the past 5 trimesters. It also helps in developing healthy and positive associations with each other. We have experienced remarkable benefits from previous conferences.
Before ending off, we have a celebrity in our midst who will be Emceeing the Convergence Conference, Ms Pamela Wildheart. She is the Managing Consultant of Wildheart Inc, a Music Artiste for the last 32 years till present, Professional Celebrity and Showhost for 27 years till present. She is also an Adjunct Academic Lecturer of 6 different educational institutions; James Cook University, MDIS, Curtin Singapore, SMF – Institute of Higher Learning, SIM Global Education and MIS. She held the Senior Management position at Jurong BirdPark, Singapore Zoo & Night Safari. She was the Producer and Presenter for Radio Heart 91.3FM for 7 years.