NATIONAL
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
CONFERENCE
INTRODUCTION
The NEEC 2016 is a high-level event to strategise and formulate a sustainable and coherent plan for the empowerment of the indigenous Christian communities of Malaysia to address a most critical issue facing the indigenous church: that of abject poverty and vulnerability. The 3rd annual conference to date, and a first in Kota Kinabalu, NEEC hopes to gather all practitioners and leaders who are burdened to work alongside the indigenous church or are already engaged.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
DATO DR KIM TAN is the founder Chairman of SpringHill Management Ltd (UK), a fund management company specializing in biotech and social venture capital investments. He is the co-founder of the Transformational Business Network (TBN) and is on the advisory boards of PovertyCure, Sustainia, Africa Health Fund and the John Templeton Foundation. He is a board member of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Life Science Innovation Forum. He was the recipient of the Guildford Roll of Honour in 2014
August 18-21 2016:Putatan Platinum Hotel, Kota Kinabalu.
CONTACT US
NEEC SECRETARIAT OFFICE
c/o Malaysian CARE
15, Jalan 3/146, Metro Centre, Bandar Tasik Selatan, 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Phone: +60390582102
WHO SHOULD COME?
Those who are burdened to work alongside the indigenous church or are already involved. Church leaders and pastors, heads of mission and evangelism, business and community leaders, practitioners, social entrepreneurs, educationists, innovative and creative thinkers, industry experts, researchers, and academics are urged to come.
Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung was the Bishop of the Methodist Church in Malaysia from 2004-2012. He studied Tasmania, London and Asbury Theological Seminary (USA). Over the years he has served as a pastor, and as a seminary lecturer in STM and Trinity (Singapore). He is active in various ministries internationally, including the Lausanne Movement. His academic writings focus largely on contextual theology and Asian Christianity.