TRANSIT:KL Distillation Big Data Week 2014 - Photo Review
Paraphrasing the words of it's founder and chief organizer, Warren Tan, TRANSIT is an event which brings people of different worlds together which no other events would. It is a mishmash of food, music, ideas, technology and start-ups. TRANSIT is all about creating such a space to encourage collaboration, exploration and serendipity.
This year, I had the privilege to attend and be the official photographer for the event, which happened on May 5th, 2014 at PJ Trade Center, Damansara Perdana.
Here's a short photo review of the event all taken with my Fujifilm X-M1, with the following lenses: Samyang 8mm fisheye, Fujinon XF 18mm, XF 35mm and XC 50-230mm. Oh yes, along with my Fujifilm EF-42 flash too.
This year's KL Transit is actually a kick-off of Kuala Lumpur's Big Data Week line of events which is organized by MDEC. Before I continue, perhaps it may be a good idea to give a little background about what Big Data Week is all about.
And the exhibitor that brought their own Harley's!
DEBUTs, as defined by TRANSIT, are a discipline-agnostic time for individual(s) to share something new. Whether it’s a new business idea, some music, or even a new community.
Each debutant are given about 2 minutes to speak about themselves.
I personally found Epic Army the most interesting Debutant, as TRANSIT provided them a platform to share, even though they are not for profit to share a great cause for Malaysia.
Skyward came first and gave the crowd two of their songs. Being a local budding artists, I found their music quite pleasant.
Mile High Sounds came next, with a talk on how brands sound like and also with their DJs to continue to music all through the night.
To wrap up this review, this year's TRANSIT had about 300 attendees, which is a growing number from all the previous events. Entrance is free (but online registration required), it is opened for all to come and enjoy. If you are interested come or to sign up as a Debutant for the next event, you can always contact them here: https://www.facebook.com/TRANSIT.KL.
See you at the next TRANSIT!
P.S. If you like what you saw and are looking for an event photographer in Kuala Lumpur, feel free to drop me a comment to contact me. ;)
This year, I had the privilege to attend and be the official photographer for the event, which happened on May 5th, 2014 at PJ Trade Center, Damansara Perdana.
Here's a short photo review of the event all taken with my Fujifilm X-M1, with the following lenses: Samyang 8mm fisheye, Fujinon XF 18mm, XF 35mm and XC 50-230mm. Oh yes, along with my Fujifilm EF-42 flash too.
This year's KL Transit is actually a kick-off of Kuala Lumpur's Big Data Week line of events which is organized by MDEC. Before I continue, perhaps it may be a good idea to give a little background about what Big Data Week is all about.
Big Data Week is one of the most unique global platforms of interconnected community events focusing on the social, political, technological impacts of Data.
It brings together a global community of data scientists, data technologies, data visualisers and data businesses spanning six major commercial, financial, social and technological sectors.
The festival connects a number of global cities through locally hosted meetups, events, networking functions, data visualisation demo’s, debates, discussion and hackathons. Events are designed to provide a platform to educate, inform and inspire – organised by people who are passionate and knowledgeable about data. We’re a self organising community where anyone is able to host and create an event during the festival; making the our platform completely open and community driven.
We connect communities of specialists; Data Scientists, Data Technologies, Data Visualization and Data Business – Across major industry sectors and themes; Media and Entertainment, Health and Science, Financial Sector, Retail and FMCG, Public and Government and Social and Personal. Source: bigdataweek.com/about/
Exhibitors
So back to TRANSIT. First of all, is the section for exhibitors. |
| Piktochart and Malaysia SME |
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| Serviceclicks Malaysia |
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| MyTeksi |
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| MDEC, Idea Paint by Wall Tailor, Piktochart and Malaysia SME |
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| Idea Paint |
And the exhibitor that brought their own Harley's!
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| Abah & Sons Co. Motoworks |
Food!
All great Malaysian events must have this! |
| Healthy Mexican food by Thyme Out |
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| Gourmet coffee by Barista Guild Asia. |
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| Pure juice by Smooshie Juice |
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| Pasta by the Humble Chef |
DEBUT
DEBUTs, as defined by TRANSIT, are a discipline-agnostic time for individual(s) to share something new. Whether it’s a new business idea, some music, or even a new community.
Each debutant are given about 2 minutes to speak about themselves.
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| The lovely emcee for the night, Serene Gan |
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| Daniel Walters from Experian the main sponsor of Transit KL |
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| KakaoTalk |
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| The crowd |
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| EnSurvey |
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| Idea Paint |
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| MyTeksi |
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| Smooshie Juice |
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| ZENO Group |
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| Serviceclicks Malaysia |
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| Abah & Sons Co. Motoworks. |
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| EPIC ARMY |
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| Piktochart |
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| Thyme Out |
I personally found Epic Army the most interesting Debutant, as TRANSIT provided them a platform to share, even though they are not for profit to share a great cause for Malaysia.
Music
One interesting aspect of Transit is that there's always music and this year we have two participants.Skyward came first and gave the crowd two of their songs. Being a local budding artists, I found their music quite pleasant.
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| Skyward |
Mile High Sounds came next, with a talk on how brands sound like and also with their DJs to continue to music all through the night.
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| Mile High Sounds |
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| DJ Polar Seas from Mile High Sounds |
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| Lish from Mile High Sounds |
Networking
And last but not least, all the networking and new people to meet! |
| Warren meeting some attendees |
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| Some of the crew members of Transit |
To wrap up this review, this year's TRANSIT had about 300 attendees, which is a growing number from all the previous events. Entrance is free (but online registration required), it is opened for all to come and enjoy. If you are interested come or to sign up as a Debutant for the next event, you can always contact them here: https://www.facebook.com/TRANSIT.KL.
See you at the next TRANSIT!
P.S. If you like what you saw and are looking for an event photographer in Kuala Lumpur, feel free to drop me a comment to contact me. ;)
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