MyMedicNews Meet & Mingle Session - March 2010
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On the evening of 2nd March 2010, the night started off with a young team of enthusiasts putting up props and banners in a huge room, exchanging ideas on the best position to catch the attention of incoming guests. Some are rushing to prepare name tags for guests who had just confirmed their attendance not earlier until the eleventh hour, while some are preparing the reception table in time before the arrival of the first guest.
A wedding reception? Well and yes, it’s pretty close. It’s the inaugural MyMedicNews Meet & Mingle Session, a value-added event organized by Infinity 21 that promotes the marriage between businesses within the healthcare and medical industry. And what more, attendance is absolutely Free-of-Charge, which is wholly sponsored by the organizer. The networking session was held at the Red Box Karaoke @ The Gardens, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The invitation was posted online in MyMedicNews.Com, a community portal which enables registered users to make forum posts, and to communicate with one and other within the healthcare and medical related sectors. All intended participants have been advised to post a reply in the invitation thread within the forum so that everyone will be able to anticipate “who’s who” that they will be meeting. This method of invitation enables the education for those who are new to online forums participation. The responses of confirmed attendees were overwhelming to a number of 90, a fifty percent increase of what was being planned for by the organizer.
The crowd flowed in steadily in the early evening, and staffs of the organizers were seen busy with tying a “patient tag” look-alike around the wrist of all the guests which had already formed a queue. The tag is the identification ticket to dine at the wide variety of buffet delights which was set up near the entrance.
Great things happened during the MyMedicNews Meet & Mingle Session, when it was known to the organizer that this event had helped them to reunite with lost friends within the industry, and some had not even met each other until this event after some time of successful business transactions in the past. Some of the guests had already made plans beforehand to discuss on certain topics. Special guest was spotted during the early hours, Abu Zarin Abu Bakar Titingan, a young and reputable businessman from Sabah, was greeted by many major players within the medical industry. Overseas guests were also present at the networking night, with representatives from Korean governmental trade agencies, and many other related business players from Korea, Singapore, and the European countries.
The Publisher and CEO of Infinity 21, Mr Benny Yeo, started off with a brief presentation on the past publications that he had published and the events that he had organized through the years; numerous industry specific annual dinners, networking sessions, overseas trade missions, business matching, conferences and seminars, sports events and tournaments, dialogue session between private and governmental sectors, etc. He had also hinted that Infinity 21 is currently looking into organizing a trade mission for the medical sector to China very soon.
Soon after introducing his corporate profile and his group of young and energetic management team, Mr Yeo briefed the audience on the history of how the Medical Supplies Annual Directory was successfully published and explained the hardship during the very beginning of its establishment and the challenges he had faced till the day he reaches the finishing line. The guests, where many are continuous advertisers of the publication, were pleased to witness the proof of circulation which was previously guaranteed by Infinity 21. Benny’s speech ended with the crowd applauding and acknowledging the success of the media dedicated to serve the healthcare and medical community.
The karaoke singing started with Mr Benny Yeo performing his first song of the night. Many took on the wireless microphone and enjoyed the wide variety of songs available, while others continued to mingle with each other, shaking hands and exchanging business cards.
It was a fruitful night for all who attended the event, and with full of joy and laughter, many were glad that Infinity 21 took the first move to bring the industry players within the medical industry closer together to build a cohesive community.
MyMedicNews Meet & Mingle Session will be organized every quarter of the year and will be held in different countries or venues. Some of these events may incorporate business-matching sessions, dialogue sessions, and presentations by related government agencies or NGOs.
About Infinity 21
Infinity 21 is the official publisher of the Medical Supplies Annual Directory, the bi-monthly magazine Medical News, and the creator of the online community portal and forums, MyMedicNews.Com.
The Medical Supplies Annual Directory is a yearly source guide on medical equipment, devices, supplies and services which is endorsed and supported by the Ministry of Health Malaysia that serves the growing needs of Malaysia’s health