Great Thristday: Cheeky Tiki

In collaboration with Brugal 1888, join us as we celebrate National Rum day with Rum cocktails and tiki treats. Celebrate with your fellow rum zealots! Ice cold peroni beers included.

Great Thristday: Strike Out!

In collaboration with Avenue, we’re taking the party out of The Great Room this September for a friendly inter-location Strike out! If you’re interested to participate in the mini bowling competition, sign up with your location Centre Manager by 30 Aug. This party is limited to 70 pax, RSVP here.

Exclusively for members of The Great Room: Receive one complimentary drink upon presentation of The Great Room lanyard before 9pm every Wednesday and Thursday.

Getting to Avenue: The main entrance is on Level 1 along Bayfront Avenue, behind Theatres Bus Stop. Closest drop-off point: Casino/Theatres.

Registration closed.

Great Thirstday

Our favourite time of month is back, and this March we shine the spotlight on Bangkok. Expect the usual great company, merry making, tasty thai food and coconut ice cream.

Shopify x CRIB: Fireside Chat

From startups, small businesses to huge brands, the first step to launching an online website is choosing the right platform to build your e-commerce site. Given the increasingly competitive online platforms, retailers are spoilt for choice.

This fireside chat will explore how to accelerate online sales, boost brand awareness, navigate local customs, solutions to payment gateway issues, international shipping and language barriers. Our experts and creators of global online commerce platforms will share case studies. Learn the different methods and perspectives on how to improve your store performance by amplifying your online presence. Uncover solutions, chat with experts in the field and get real feedback from peers who have leveraged Shopify to grow their business online.

About the speakers:

Sarah Tan
Sarah leads up partnerships for Shopify in Singapore. As part of this role, Sarah s ambition is to grow the ecosystem of partners around Singapore and the Asia Pacific region to become a thriving community supporting merchants and each other.

Jeanette Lau
Jeanette is Merchant Success Director at Jumpstart Commerce, the go-to digital commerce agency in the region. She works with ambitious brands to launch and grow their global commerce. With over 15 years of experience delivering cloud and mobile solutions to enterprises in multiple roles, Jeanette’s forte is to match the right resources with the best services and solutions to achieve results and achieve economies of scale.

Priscilla Tan
Priscilla is the founder and CEO of SOJAO, a local organic bedding company whose ethos is to provide the best possible night’s rest, not only for their customers but also for their entire supply chain – right down to the cotton farmers and their families. Before starting SOJAO, Priscilla worked in DBS SME banking. Meeting local entrepreneurs on a daily basis was part of the catalyst that spurred her to start her own business.

Limited seats available for invited guests and The Great Room members only, kindly RSVP to secure a seat.

Private Movie Screening

An exclusive private screening of STANO featuring Joe Mangeniello (Magic Mike) and Sophie Vegara (Modern Family).

Stano is an inspirational Underdog Story from the producers of Rocky and Creed. Co-produced by Singapore’s Aurora Media, the movie is also a collaboration with the iconic New York Yankees baseball franchise, and is slated for worldwide release later this year.

Strictly for The Great Room members only.

Mission: Impossible™

Join us for a ‘Mission: Impossible’ themed Great Thirstday, held in collaboration with Impossible™.

We’re serving up Impossible™ sliders from Park Bench Deli, wedges with Impossible™ chilli cheese sauce from Grain, natural wines, ice cold Peroni beers and great tunes.

Step into our photo booth and test your skills. Find the puzzle box, crack the code and win a magnum bottle of bubbly. It always seems impossible until it’s done!

▲ About Impossible™
Love meat? Eat meat. Impossible™ delivers all the flavor, aroma and beefiness of meat from cows. But here’s the kicker: It’s just plants doing the Impossible.

*Strictly for members and invited guests only.

Great Thirstday: The Italian Job

In collaboration with SONS, join us for an Italian themed Great Thirstday this June at The Great Room One George Street.

Look forward to a showcase by Lorenzo Macchi, Head Chef of SONS, on the preparation of their homemade Pancetta, one of their best selling cured meat.

We’re serving up a variety of light bites featuring their house-special Beef Lasagna and wash it all down with cold Peroni beers. Great music, company and a great time guaranteed!

This is an adults-only members event.

High Commission of Canada: Fireside Chat

Co-hosted by The Great Room and High Commission of Canada, join us for a fireside chat to discuss more about #PLASTIKOPHOBIA.

Topics that will be discussed:

• Looking at the waste and the plastic issues at large
• The inspiration behind the art installations, challenges faced and learnings from the process
• The integration of physical experiences with digital and going viral
• Circular economy and upcycling to raise awareness and make changes

Open to members of the public.

Circle DNA: Workshop

Join us for a session over lunch to learn the fuss-free ways to enjoy a healthy diet despite a busy schedule.

Speaker:

Jasmine Kwan, Digital Health Coaching, Regional Lead

Jasmine is Digital Health Coaching, Regional Lead at Prenetics. She is a registered dietitian with a Master of Dietetics from Deakin University, Australia, and has over 10 years of nutrition counselling in diverse settings such as weight loss centres, public healthcare institutions, and on telehealth platforms. At Prenetics, she leads a team of health coaches who provide easy and actionable diet and lifestyle coaching to help all use their genetic information for real-life change.

About Circle:
Circle seeks to empower individuals with personalized valuable health information through easy-to-use, self-administered DNA tests. With a simple cheek swab, individuals can discover how their genes affect their diet, fitness and cancer risks. This information enables people to make health a choice, proactively prevent the onset of cancers and other chronic diseases by living healthier and going for early screening. Circle is now available in Hong Kong & Singapore! More tests are coming to the Circle platform. For more information, visit CircleDNA.com.

Complimentary lunch will be provided for the first 20 guests.

She Loves Data: Fireside Chat

In celebration of International Women’s Day, join us for this panel discussion as we host women leaders as they discuss the possibilities that data brings to business and personal life.

Data is everywhere, and it affects not only how we run our businesses, but how we live as individuals. We will highlight the importance of unifying data and business goals, struggle to bring data as a part of the business strategy and discover whether the change in organizations to become data-driven happens from top or bottom.

We will look if data can help you find key insights, make smarter decisions, and elevate your career. We will ask whether diversity is important to drive innovation.

Speakers

Celine Le Cotonnec – Chief Data Officer at AXA Singapore

Celine is leading teams on data management, transformation and reporting as well as running big data projects and setting up partnerships with startups, fintech and other data companies. She also has experience in the automotive industry and in User experience. While in China, she founded a charity program that provides training to underpriviledged young people.

Anila Fredericks – Head of Customer Service Operations at Telstra

Anila is leading customer service operations teams in Telecommunications and she has experience in business and digital transformation. She has been honoured with many awards, including the Eccelerate Award for Customer service operations, the Executive Director Award and the GM award for Customer Service Accreditation.

Jana Marle Zizkova – Co-Founder and CEO at Meiro & She Loves Data

Jana is the heart behind SheLovesData and the CEO and Co-founder of Meiro, a Customer Data Platform (CDP) that unifies your customer behavior data into one actionable business view. Her experience spans from consulting to sales, media, PR, marketing, business management and development.

Tammie Siew – Investment Analyst at Sequoia Capital

Tammie has international experience in logistics, social media, fintech, and business model design. She was one of 1,000 talents from 108 countries chosen to go through an innovation lab to build solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Jennifer Pattwell – Risk Management Specialist, Partner at PwC

Jennifer’s experience spans across FS Risk Management including, but not limited to: Recovery & Resolution Planning, Crisis Management and Operational Effectiveness, Executive Accountability and Risk Culture, Financial Crime Risk, Risk Data management, Enterprise Risk Management. She has conducted governance and control reviews, developed and implemented Risk Management and governance frameworks, reviewed and developed risk processes and controls for various FS organisations.