Media and Technology Club (MEDTECH) of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS had organized Media Tour 2011 on the 9^th and 12^th March 2011. Media Tour 2011 basically is about providing exposure to UTP students specially, on how multimedia is applied in real-life situation (broadcasting, animation, publication and production). Apart from that, the tour also, the tour will help to enhance students’ knowledge and skills in multimedia. Furthermore, participants would be able to gain experience in handling cutting edge equipments which are not available in UTP.

As it has reached its 5^th year for 2011 session, we had expanded our capability to tour outside Malaysia which our plan for this year is Singapore. Media Tour 2011 organized a trip to various places such as High Commission of Malaysia, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Discovery Centre.

Throughout this trip, students will be exposed to new information on multimedia oriented field in the foreign country, and hopefully it will bring some inspiration to them to enrich their knowledge as well as their multimedia skill. By the end of this trip, we will have a link between UTP with High Commission of Malaysia, Sentosa Island, Singapore Discovery Centre, Nanyang Technological University and Esplanade Theater on the Bay. Thus in the future we can do collaboration activities, exchange ideas, knowledge and skills.

Media and Technology Club (MEDTECH) of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS had organized Event Management Seminar on the 12^th and 13^st February 2011. The main purpose of this event is to guide the participants on how to run the events smoothly, systematically and professionally. As it has reached its 6^th year for 2011 session, we had expanded our capability as the students from other universities and schools were invited to participate as well. This seminar consists of modules in the form of talks and workshops where participants will be exposed about the basics of the event management skills. This seminar is crucial to ensure the participants are aware of the importance of having proper management skills and also communication skills in order to make an event or an organization a success.

Following are the list of the speakers, participating schools, IPTs, and clubs in UTP for EMS2011;

LIST OF SPEAKERS FOR EMS2011

IPTA/IPTS & SCHOOLS

1. TAJ INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE
2. UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA
3. UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL (BANGI/ MUADZAM SHAH/ CENDIKIAWAN)
4. UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA
5. UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN
6. UiTM PAHANG
7. UNIKL MIMET
8. UiTM NEGERI SEMBILAN
9. MRSM GERIK
10. SBPI GOPENG
11. MRSM FELDA
12. MRSM PENGKALAN HULU
13. MALAY COLLEGE KUALA KANGSAR (MCKK)

CLUBS IN UTP

1. RoboCon
2. Rakan Masjid
3. Sekretariat Rakan Muda UTP
4. Meche Club
5. Rakan Exco MPPUTP
6. International Student Council
7. Tae Kwan Do Club
8. UCITY
9. Cambodian Student Association Malaysia
10. IChemE UTP
11. MEDTECH Club
12. ESQ UTP
13. Friends of IRC
14. Debate Club UTP

Through this MEDTECH Event Management Seminar, we hope that the participants will have some knowledge about management skills. We also hope that they will also be able to expand their hands-on skills to manage events systematically and it will be beneficial for those who are involved in organizing various events that will be held in campus.

On the 15^th- 17^th of June 2010, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) with supports from the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) & Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI) had organized a congress , World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress (ESTCON 2010).

The congress was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) and involved 1,200 experts from the science, engineering fraternity for a biennial gathering of presentations, lectures, panel discussions and debates on research and innovation.

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