PolyForum 2008

Articles
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Sub-Theme 1
Entrepreneurship : Starting Young
• 5Ws – Who, Why, When, What & Where?
Advantage India
Back to School
Banking on Singapore Enterprise
Camp start-up provides young women with tools for success
Commentary What Is an Entrepreneur
E City helping to grow young entrepreneurs
Fostering Entrepreneurship Developing a Risk-taking Culture in Singapore
Human capital, social capital, entrepreneurship and disability
Innovation and entrepreneurship in Brazilian universities
Pioneers needed to build the Singapore brand
Profiling the new Singapore entrepreneur
Promoting enterprise to young people
SBA and JA hope web resources attract teen entrepreneurs
SNAPSHOT
Targeting teens
The Social Dynamics of Entrepreneurship
Twenty-first century learning after school
Youth contest spurs business ventures
Youth Entrepreneurship in South East Europe

• Carving a Niche – New Initiatives, New Ideas
Biz contest draws young would-be entrepreneurs
CEO Whatever
Child's Play
Chris Jones
Entrepreneurial minds
Finalists Line Up for Innovation Showcase
Former 'Apprentice' star tells it like it is
Game for business
If at first you don't succeed
It's so clear
Junior Achievement
Just 23, he runs five computer stores
Music on the side
Of myths and money
Sushi for All
Tech's Young Turks Are Back
Texas students win scholarships for entrepreneurialism
Tim Kleptz
Twenty in their 20s
Welcome Generation Y
Young entrepreneur who is not afraid to try
Young entrepreneurs breathe life into area

• Encouraging Social Enterprise – Best Practices & Success Stories
A driving passion to change the world
A New Chapter for a Leader of the National-Service Movement
ACE lauded for encouraging entrepreneurship among youths
Arts and the City
Can Students Take Their Values to Work
Commission established for young entrepreneurs
Don't Give Up Your Day Job
Entrepreneurs for social change
Forum scores well with social entrepreneurs
Giving something back
Implementing a Social Enterprise Intervention
Lofty Ideals
Pioneering nurse entrepreneurs course loses government funding
Pioneering spirit
Social enterprise sector can do with more public support
S'pore students join global business ventures contest
Thew new engines of reform
Venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship in community redevelopment
Who Are You
Youth enterprise team launched

Sub-Theme 2
Community Service
• Environment
A new generation of heroes for the planet
ECO Singapore website
Empower teens and they'll change the world
Environmentalism among Norwegian youth
Greenies or just wannabes
Growing tomorrow's natural resource leaders
It's hip to be green
NEA blues - Students don't go green
Queensland Youth Environment Council website
TakingITGlobal website
The graying of the greens
The green reality
The little red dot turns green
The youth-friendly children's environment and health action plan for Europe
Warming up to climate change and credit cards
Youthabitat website

• My Sassy Neighbour – Neighbourliness & Grassroots Work
'Businesses with a heart' catching on among youth
College students spring into community service
Communities give teens a voice
Engaging Youth as Active Citizens Lessons from Youth Workforce Development Programs
Grassroots groups raise $250k in aid of President's Challenge
ITE students have big plans for Laos village
North Long Beach group on road to success
Policy Volunteering - The catalysts in the community
Recognise overseas community service trips for their true value
Should community service be compulsory
Summary Sub-theme 2 Community Service
Volunteer at home No thanks
Youths help shape a city that supports and nurtures youth

• For the Youths by the Youths
‘Youth Voice, One Vision' Hosting 2nd Anti-Violence Lock-in
City of Long Beach Earns Two Prestigious Awards For Engaging Youth in City Government, Community Service
Disadvantaged Teens Benefit from Volunteering, But Do it Less Than Better-Off Peers
County Legislature Waives Fee for Youth Groups at Camp Zerbe
IMCOM NEWSLETTER FEB. 26-USAG-DAEGU YOUTH PRACTICE 'SENSE OF BELONGING'
NEW SUMMER OF SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR YOUTH AIMS FOR EARLY START TO VOLUNTEERING
NMP Eunice Olsen gets Asean Youth Award
NOMINATIONS FOR DAVIS GOLDEN HEART AWARDS AVAILABLE
Oregon's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 12th Annual National Awards Program
Setting wayward youth back on the right path
Summer Jobs For Youth Program A Success In West Toronto
Teens show can-do spirit in social service; Hwa Chong, ITE teams honoured in annual youth community awards
Young Aussies Chosen For Commonwealth Forum
Youth Address Critical Issues on National and Global Youth Service Day
Youths help shape a city that supports and nurtures youth

Sub-Theme 3
Health : It Does Matter!
• Youth Gaming – Cyber Wellness
Cyber wellness task force report Dec 2002- June 2004
Cyberwellness Values and the Internet in Singapore
Excessive online computer gaming- implications for education
Game addicts can manage problem at centre
Is there a gaming addict in your home
Light-touch approach to regulate Internet has served S'pore well
Most young people here practise cyber safety
Not just a concern for parents, schools teach about cyber safety
One Worker's Hobby is another's Addiction
Online Games Can Be Addictive
Teenagers Need Policing Online
The Offline Guide for the Online Generation
The secret second lives of Singaporeans
What is Cyberwellness

• Let’s Talk About Sex Baby – Youth Sexuality
Abusive Relationships
Cohabitation and exchange of support
Couples should not live together before marriage
Lifestyles in sex and marriage
Living together not just playing house
Opposing Viewpoints-database
Pure Sex - book review
Quality of retrospective data on Cohabitation
Resources NLBLibraries
Resources RPLibrary
Safe-Sex Education Benefits Youths
SUMMARY_YouthSexuality
The Neglected Heart_Harvard_Study
The_Neglected_Heart_Emotional_sexual_2007
Unmarried Cohabitation and Union stability_European countries
Virginity Pledges Help Delay Teen Sex
Website Resources_YouthSexuality
When birds and bees are in flight
Why kids need sex education
World_PublicationsYouthSexuality_JanJul08
World Publications Youth Sexuality - Teen Family MayJul08
Youth at Risk

• Give Me A Break! – Youth Emotions
Alcohol Addiction
Binge Drinking
Binge Drinking Can Cause a Variety of Problems
Binge drinking fuels youth violence
Binge drinking in university students- A test of the cognitive model
Binge Drinking Is a Normal Impulse
Binge Drinking Is Declining Among Youths
Binge drinking- The sobering facts
Childhood behaviour problems can predict teenage binge drinking
GENERATION XO
In Depth - Emotions of underage drinking
Personal and social correlates of alcohol consumption among mid-adolescents
Preventing Adolescent Binge Drinking
The Perils of Binge Drinking
Why get all tanked up on booze
Young and Smashed
Young people and alcohol - a new approach launched in Government action plan
Youth binge drinking 'dangerous'
Youth on the binge- search for meaning

Sub-Theme 4
New Engines of Growth : Singapore Youth Olympic Games
• Promotions and Publicity
3D movies Where
A video runs through it_How to turn the game machine into a DVD player and more
After the mobile hype
Asia casino tally hits 121, and counting
Changing lifestyle to boost mobile TV uptake
Entertainment and media face dramatic changes
Face off_Gamers will be spoilt for choice with the launch of Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii
Four shows in one_imbX incorporates CommunicAsia, BroadcastAsia, EnterpriseIT and InteractiveDME
Handset Heat for Music Industry
In-car entertainment steps up a gear with wi-fi internet access
Inflight Internet step closer to reality
Look beyond mobile goggle box and find the right niche
M1, MediaCorp tie-up in TV-on-mobile trial
Mobile entertainment makes tech impact
Mobile entertainment to be the next big hit
Mobile TV is next big thing
Mobile TV_Dying for killer content
More tuning in to TV and radio on the Net
Netizens rejoice_Virtual 3D S'pore now on the way
New movies to roar in 3D glory
Nintendo's triumph in $12bn global war of computer games
Nokia's message to Hollywood_We are the next generation
One world, many platforms
rnet TV, games to play on the cellphone and mobile TV will be big at CommunicAsia, as will be network security
Shopping Tool of the Future_Cellphone
S'pore casino gaming revenue to top $2USb
Technology in 2006_second age of internet finally dawns
That's entertainment as Scotland's digital age brings in 100,000 jobs
TV, print urged to embrace digital
What's next in video games
Xbox 360_Microsoft's all-purpose device

• Fringe Activities
A relook at hotel rates for Formula 1

• New Media – Let’s Get Animated!
$22m boost for interactive digital media projects
33 digital media projects win $14m funding
A Framework for Heterogeneous Interactions with Virtual Characters
A Framework for Heterogeneous Interactions with Virtual Characters
Animators, game developers and special effects artists are now hot stuff
Big guns of game and movie graphics in town for show
Bridging the gap between 2D and 3D_a stream of digital animation techniques
Bridging the gap between 2D and 3D_a stream of digital animation techniques
Bringing rigid bodies to life
Bringing rigid bodies to life
Color-Based Content Retrieval of Animation Movies
Color-Based Content Retrieval of Animation Movies
Creating winners
Design of a Short Cartoon Film for Chinese Ancient Story
Design of a Short Cartoon Film for Chinese Ancient Story
Games master
Growing anime-tion
Growth in digital media, but few jobs
Local animation thrills Tokyo
Looking the media storm in the eye
Masters from Jedi land to groom local digital force
Media with a mission to help
New media masterplan will focus on talent
NTU team to do Japanese animation
Rapidly Product and Optimize Facial Animation Methods for 3D Game
Rapidly Product and Optimize Facial Animation Methods for 3D Game
S'pore studio to roll out next big Star Wars game
S'pore to host top computer graphics show
S'pore, China ink deal to develop digital media
ST Electronics making waves in digital animation
Students create total defence clips with made-at-home stop animation software
The art of making the unreal real
The Big Draw_Animation could be The Next Big Thing in Singapore's creative service industry
Top animation school adds buzz to digital media scene
Video2Cartoon_A System for Converting Broadcast Soccer Video into 3D Cartoon Animation
Video2Cartoon_A System for Converting Broadcast Soccer Video into 3D Cartoon Animation
Wanted Geeks and artists