Global Entrepreneurship Community Summit (GECommunity Summit) brings forth ecosystem influencers, startup communities and industry leaders from across the globe to collaborate and find new innovative approaches to solve real problem and chart the way forward for entrepreneurs.

The global summit is initiated by the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia (MOF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia (MOSTI) and Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (MOHE), and organised by Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC). The summit aims to empower entrepreneurs around the world with groundbreaking ideas and collaborations to solve cross-border challenges, uncover new possibilities and develop revolutionary ideas and solutions, catalysing innovation.

Last year, under the theme "Reimagine the Future of Entrepreneurs”, GECommunity 2016 was attended by approximately 6,000 participants and featured world renowned speakers such as Mike Walsh, CEO of Tomorrow, Bill Rancic, Joel Neoh, Founder of KFit as well as Emil Michael of Uber. In addition to engaging speakers and networking opportunities, GECommunity 2016 offered business matching, mentoring sessions and cluster discussions where 50 initiatives were formed across 9 industry-specific cluster labs with participants and experts from over 60 countries.

This year, GECommunity Summit 2017- Designing the Future will be a convening ground for change makers to be inspired by over 20 stimulating keynotes and panel discussions, participate in 100 labs across 15 themes set around an un-conference format, receive mentoring from notable entrepreneurs, participate in over 10 entrepreneurship Masterclasses, and visit more than 200 exhibition booths aside from partaking in the Malaysian Business Angel Network (MBAN) Summit, video competitions and the Entrepreneurial Higher Education Symposium.

The global summit will be officiated by the Honourable Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia, and will play host to the first-ever Global Blue Ocean Shift Awards with the participation of world-renowned management gurus and co-authors of Blue Ocean Shift, Professors W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne.

The summit will also feature other prestigious awards such as COLOSSUSINNO2017 and TENXCLUB by Global Entrepreneurship Movement (GEM), a community part of GECommunity Summit 2017.

Join over 7,000 delegates in designing the future of entrepreneurship globally on 12 & 13 December 2017 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.