Why I want to go to IB World Student Conference?

          I want to go to the IB World Student Conference 2012 from July 23 - 27 at Vancouver, Canada because I believe my existing knowledge and ideas can contribute in the discussion during the conference. The theme, The New Green: Making Things Better, Not Just "Less Bad" interest me. It's not like the old ways of caring for the planet, it's about the new ways and ideas that can help to improve the world. Going to Canada for this conference will be a brand new experience to me. I believe this conference can open my eyes to the endless possibilities in the world that I have never seen. Exposing myself to different point of views of the others in this conference can help me to be a better thinker.

           Going to Canada is just like an idea exploration to me. At Canada, their economy is different from what I have seen in Malaysia, what is marketable there may not be marketable here in Malaysia as this very depends on the willingness to buy and the ability to buy. I see the opportunity for growth in green technology in the future. It's a rising trend in the world especially in the more developed country. Even though Malaysia is still developing, but more individuals and corporates have started to go green. G Tower is the Malaysia's first internationally recognized green development, developed by GTower Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of Goldis Berhad). The future for green technology is there! Generating cost efficient green ideas here in Malaysia can really attract more people to invest in green technology to protect the environment. There's definitely a lot that I can learn from Canada's Green Plan. Being at conference in Canada enable me to have a clearer view on how different type of market reacts to environmental friendly technology. I believe being at Canada allows me to understand the potential markets better.

           I have always care about the environment and very fascinated by the green technology. Green technology is growing. More people has started to put effort in keeping the world clean, from individual to large multinational companies (MNC). Going green is one of the direction that I wish to go in the future. I don't just simply want to be an engineer, I want to be an engineer that produce ideas to help saving the environment. Sometimes the simplest idea to keep the earth green is just as great as those complex ones.

           The topic that will be discussed in Canada will definitely keep myself enthusiased most of the time. This conference will enable me to explore new ideas, different thought and different solution for the environmental issue and improvement. I believe that the conference can widen my perspective of view. Not just in the view of Malaysian, it will expose myself to the international view on environment. Attending the conference will also allow me to exchange ideas with the others on the view related to environment. Being at the conference allows me to express my ideas and views regarding the environment. Contributing my ideas, thought and knowledge of green technology. Building structures that maximize the natural daylight entering the building to save energy. Using the heat from the less energy efficient machine such as air conditioner to heat up the swimming pool. Just a share of simple thought like this can inspire people to generate ideas that can work in real life. People can inspire people to come out with brilliant ideas. I want to be there to inspire and to be inspired, becoming a more knowledgable person.

           I would like to meet up people with different lifestyle. I enjoy meeting people with different background, from that, I can open up myself to more different way of thought and different way of life. I enjoy making friends from foreign countries and I believe going to Canada this time will be the chance for me to get to know people from foreign country in real life. Learning to socialize with different people can help me in the future when I'm stepping into the working life. Being an engineer for me is not just about sitting in a space and think new ideas and finding out solution to problems, it's also communicating my ideas with the others that I have to work with to increase my efficiency. In this modern world, better communication and good skill in delivering thought can really helps in attracting people to invest in my idea. Also enable me to motivate and give confident to the others to join me and invest on development and improvement of an idea. Becoming an efficient communicator is one of the goal of my life. I have taken the first step to be a better communicator by joining Toastmaster and participating in MUN, attending this conference to discuss about the environment would be a next big step for me.