We Are All One Nest Garage Volume
←
→
Page content transcription
If your browser does not render page correctly, please read the page content below
Nest Garage Volume
3
2019 • 12
We Are All One
The Collective Entity?
Featured Topic 1
Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference (HIC)
• New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing •
Featured Topic 2
Go to Japan
• Debunking the Japan Ecosystem •
Featured Topic 3
TECH PLANTER 2020, Career Discovery Forum 2020,
and Education programs in Malaysia and Singapore
1 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3
Nest Garage Contents
2019.12 VOL. 3
Featured Topic 1 : Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference (HIC)
Issuer • New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing •
Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd.
4-5 HIC in ASIA
(201026851H)
6 HIC in THE PHILIPPINES and INDIA
Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
7 HIC in MALAYSIA
(1066170P) 8 HIC in SINGAPORE
9 HIC in JAPAN
Chief Editor
Idarahayu Ayob 10 Special Corner : Psyche-Tech
Editors Featured Topic 2 : Go to Japan
Kihoko Tokue • Debunking the Japan Ecosystem •
Shohei Maekawa
Abdul Hakim Sahidi 12 - 13 How Can You Expand Into Japan?
14 - 15 ACSL: Liberating Humanity Through Technology
Haruka Takeda
16 Advancing Food and Agri Technologies for a
Fatin Ilyani Abdul Ghani
Happier Future with GERMI8
Writers Featured Topic 3 : TECH PLANTER 2020
Nurul Syazwani Ahmad Sabri • To Advance Deep-Tech in Southeast Asia for Global Solutions •
Takumi Jindo
Ryuta Takeda 18 - 19 TECH PLANTER 2020
Elizabeth Wee 20 Tech Venture MeetUp in SINGAPORE 2019
Jeremy Lim 21 Tech Venture MeetUp in MALAYSIA 2019
Chan Hui Ling 22 TECH PLANTER in US and UK 2019
Nur Ahmad Zaim Hussin
Featured Topic 4 : Education
Ravikrishna Ramanujam
• Preparing the Next Generation of Researchers and Innovators •
Design 24 SCIENCE CASTLE in SINGAPORE 2019
Nur Aiza Zainol Abidin 25 NEST Camp
Printing Company Featured Topic 5 : Human Resource
Fabulous Printers Pte. Ltd. • Discover New Opportunities and Communicate Your Ideas •
Attin Press Sdn Bhd
27 HR in Southeast Asia: Hub To Increase Connectivity
and Communications Among Researchers and Industry
In Southeast Asia
28 Career Discovery Forum in MALAYSIA 2019
29 Career Discovery Forum in MALAYSIA 2020
30 Career Discovery Forum in SINGAPORE and
JAPAN 2020
Chief Editor’s Message
It’s been a year since the first Nest Garage magazine came out. The magazine serves as a centre point of new
knowledge that is created and merged by diverse players in Japan and Southeast Asia. In this Nest Garage issue,
we provide the updates of every program that has been carefully curated in our effort to bridge the Science and
Technology divide while identifying deep issues within the society. We are calling for the Southeast Asian region to
rise up and grab the chance to be actively involved either as our program partner or participant in the year 2020.
You will have the chance to make new industry or academia contacts, spot the sprout of potential decacorns that
can turnaround business in the new decade, decide the right country to enter or share groundbreaking research
findings with future investors and partners. All of this can be achieved through Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference,
Career Discovery Forum, TECH PLANTER, and how to go to Japan market. I hope you will find hidden gems in the
programs that match with your interest and join us in Advancing Science and Technology for Global Happiness.
Idarahayu Ayob
2 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3
New Era of Knowledge Manufacturing Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 3
HIC in ASIA
Hyper-Knowledge Manufacturing
• General overview of HIC
• How HIC in each countries connected each other
• Vision of HIC ASIA
HIC in Japan
6th & 7th March 2020
Ota Ward Industry Plaza PiO
Summary of topics:
Renaissance of knowledge
manufacturing
HIC in India
27th November 2019
The Grand New Delhi, Vasant Kunj
Summary of topics:
How can technology overcome
Deep Issues in India
HIC in Malaysia
18th January 2020
Kuala Lumpur
Summary of topics:
Bridging traditional and
modern healthcare
HIC in the Phillipines
7th December 2019
HIC in Singapore Philippine Trade Training Center,
15th February 2020 Pasay City
Singapore Summary of topics:
Summary of topics: Island Issues and its Potential
Breaking Out of Convention: Impactful
Science for Today’s Deep Issues
4 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3
HIC in ASIA
H
yper Interdisciplinary Conference (HIC)
originated from an internal communication
through the gathering of Leave a Nest
members in Japan in 2008. The mission of this
gathering was to share and exchange research
findings to create new projects. The gathering
then evolved to become a unique conference
where academic researchers, scientists,
corporations, startups, government agencies,
Another example is HIC in Malaysia 2020 where
educators and school students from various
we will discuss about traditional and modern
backgrounds come together to discuss the most
healthcare to overcome the issues of Malaysians
recent trends, innovations, concerns, challenges,
contracting diseases at a young age. Comparing
as well as solutions to related issues faced by the
with the older generations who are equipped
participating countries.
with knowledge in utilizing herbs and natural
resources, the younger generations are not
HIC is not only being held in Japan but it has also
well-informed about the benefits. Nowadays,
expanded to Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines,
Malaysians living in urban areas has resorted to
and India.
traditional healthcare due to cultural and historical
influences along with medical technology which
Through HIC, we are able to uncover deep
has taken its pace in the innovation. As we know,
issues within each country and discuss potential
not only Malaysia but the whole world is facing
solutions and ideas to overcome the challenges.
with the healthcare problem. Hence by discussing
this topic, we hope to spread the solutions from
For example, HIC in India is focusing on
Malaysia to worldwide.
addressing deep issues related to water and
air pollution. We hope by gathering all relevant
As such, by discovering the local issues of
partners to share their expertise and technologies,
respective country, we are able to create one
we could integrate the knowledge and come out
platform where seeds of knowledge are shared,
with effective solutions to solve these issues. Not
analysed and transformed into global solution.
only in India, the same issues are most likely to
This solution will then interconnect people across
occur in other countries such as the Philippines
the countries with the mission of creating a better
and Malaysia too. By interconnecting these
world for our future generations.
interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise, we
could identify and implement the solutions across
the country, and use the same knowledge and
Text by Nurul Syazwani Ahmad Sabri
solution to address bigger global issues.
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 5
HIC in India
Main Theme : How can technology overcome Deep Issues in India?
Air Pollution Water Pollution Healthcare Technology
Focusing onto three deep issues in India; such as water Date & Time:
pollution, air pollution and healthcare. We believe Nov. 27th 2019
that if technology from Japan implemented to Indian 10:00am - 6:00pm
Past Event
society, these problems will be solved. In this HIC Venue:
event, we are trying to 1) grasp deep issues in India, The Grand New Delhi, Vasant Kunj
2) introduce Japanese technology (Big corp ones and Register:
startups) that can potentially solve 1) , and 3) thinking https://hiconf.lne.st/conference/india2019/
about the way how Japanese tech to be used by Indian Contact: info-asia@lnest.jp
startups.
HIC in the Philippines
Main Theme : Island Issues and Its Potential
Island Issues Energetic Young Generation Science &Technology
The Philippines consists of over 7,000 islands have Date & Time:
Upcoming Event
deep issues in the area of infrastructure, agriculture, Dec. 7th 2019
education and healthcare etc.. On the other hand, the 10:00am - 5:30pm
Philippines, national average age: 24 years old and its Venue:
population sum: 100 million, has vast human resources Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City
with full of energy. The conference causes new Hyper Register:
Interdisciplinary Platform connecting energetic human https://hiconf.lne.st/conference/philippines2019/
resources and advanced science and technology to Contact: info-asia@lnest.jp
solve global island deep issues.
6 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3
HIC in Malaysia
Main Theme : Bridging Traditional & Modern Healthcare
Natural Herbs Functional Food Digital Diagnostic Robotics and AI
Date: 18th January 2020
Venue: Zell-V Wellness Hub, Menara Ruyi 30A, Taman Highlighted Content
Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur
Plenary Speech
Upcoming Event
“FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
About HIC Malaysia INDUSTRY”
Speaker: Dr. Hoosmand Palany,
In Hyper Interdisciplinary Conference Malaysia 2020, Chairman, Healthcare Working
with the theme of ‘Bridging Traditional & Modern Group, ASEAN-BAC
Healthcare’, we will bring together leading academic
scientist, researchers, corporations, government
agencies, startup, educators as well as school students Panel Discussion:
to discuss the Integration of the knowledge of “Bridging the gap between
traditional wellness with modern technology for the traditional & modern practice in
advancement of the healthcare industry and towards a healthcare: The possibility?”
sustainable solution to the world.
Moderator
Program Timeline Dr. Hooshmand Palany, Chairman, HealthCare Working
Group, ASEAN BAC
Panelists
09:00 : Registration Ministry of Health, Malaysia
09:30 : Opening Ceremony Mr. Yong Wei Shian, CEO, Advanx Health
09:50 : Plenary Speech 1 *subject to change.
10:05 : Plenary Speech 2
10:25 : I-Talk 1 Innovation Talk (I-Talk)
11:30 : Exhibition Core Time Startups, Companies and
12:30 : Lunch Break researchers will do presentation
14:00: I-Talk 2 on their solution to enhance
15:00: I-Talk 3 traditional and modern healthcare.
16:00: Panel Discussion
17:00: Closing Ceremony
17:30: Networking Session
Registration
http://bit.ly/HICMalaysia2020
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 7
HIC in Singapore
Main Theme : Breaking Out of Convention - Impactful Science for Today’s Deep Issues
Asian Skin Corporate Partner Session Healthier Living Smarter City
Current critical issues Program Timeline
If you think about world issues today, climate change, lack 08:30 - 09:00 Registration
Upcoming Event
09:00 - 09:15 Opening Remarks
of clean water, poverty, orhealthcare might come up at the 09:20 - 09:50 Keynote Speech
top of your head. Singapore and its neighboring countries in 10:00 - 10:50 Corporate Partner Session
the Southeast Asia region has their own unique challenges 11:00 - 11:30 TECH SPLASH
and issues to solve with the world. Hyper Interdisciplinary 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch + Poster Showcase
Conference Singapore 2020 (HIC SG 2020) will bring 13:00 - 13:50 Skin Health for Southeast Asians
together various stakeholders to discuss on the issues and 14:00 - 14:50 Nutripharma Solution for Healthier Living
possible solutions. 15:00 - 15:50 Developing Smarter Cities in Southeast Asia
16:00 - 16:30 Best Poster Award + Closing Ceremony
16:30 - 17:30 Networking Session
Turning research data into solutions
At HIC SG 2020, we envision to turn research data into usable
Highlighted Content
solutions in order to solve deep issues, through the usage of
new research developed or innovative methods instead of Keynote Speaker
Dr. Reid Lim, Founder of MEDGIC
the conventional route. We would like to challenge this by Title: AI and Mankind: Building an Equitable Future
bringing corporates, researchers, and startups together to for Global Healthcare with MEDGIC
discuss from the viewpoints of Healthier Living, Asian Skin,
and Smarter City. Dr. Reid Lim (MBBS) is a physician and the founder of MEDGIC - an AI
company dedicated to transcending tomorrow’s healthcare by building the
world’s largest neural network for skin pathology. Half of today’s population
Open discussions and open collaborations has no access to healthcare and many more are impoverished to pay for it.
MEDGIC harnesses the transformative power of AI to forge a better and fairer
future for global healthcare. It’s a gift from machines, to all mankind on Earth.
Unique to HIC SG 2020, we hope to build an ecosystem
to foster active discussions and open collaborations that Corporate Partner Session
can bring about more awareness for the issues, research We will invite our partners to host a session to co-
create with the audiences.
collaboration, and business idea creation.
TECH SPLASH
Details Students, researchers and startups are welcome to come on
stage to give a short 3 minutes pitch of their project to the
audience! Take this opportunity to get our distinguished guests
Date: 29th February 2020 to visit your poster. Please sign up on the registration link.
Time: 09:00- 17:30
Skin Health for Southeast Asians
(registration starts at 08:30) Unique microbiome and skin condition to Southeast Asians.
Venue address:
NTU Alumni Club, 11 Slim Barracks
Rise, #06-07, Singapore 138664 Nutripharma Solution for Healthier Living
Nutrition and pharmaceutical compounds that enable the
population to feel better.
Registration
Developing Smarter Cities in Southeast Asia
https://forms.gle/iBP8FefCnrbLZuG16 Developing technologies for the different rate of
development in Southeast Asia.
8 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3
HIC in Japan
Main Theme : Renaissance of Knowledge Manufacturing
Global Prototyping Agriculture Healthcare
About 9th Hyper Interdisciplinary Japan Deep-Tech Ecosystem Tour
Conference in Japan
Upcoming Event
The Hyper-Interdisciplinary Conference continues to
run as a place to create new and unique knowledge.
In this 9th conference, there will be up to 40 different
sessions running all together. There keywords for the
sessions are healthcare, brain science, IoT, data science,
material science, energy, building organization, regional
ecosystems, and more. This diverse background of
people gathering together to merge each other’s
knowledge will help to create new and unique ideas
that no one has ever thought of. This is the true value
of Hyper-Interdisciplinary Conference and it is a place
where individuals with a passion for solving global Why should you join?
issues can take a step toward social implementation. • In 2 days, you will get good birds eye view of deep
Please join us and start a new project together! tech ecosystem in Japan
• Chance to get directly connected to Japanese
Details companies, startups and researchers with support
from Leave a Nest
• Leave a Nest will be there to support you to build
Date: 6th & 7th March 2020
the network you are looking for
Venue address:
Ota Ward Industry Plaza PIO 20-20-1 Minami Kamata Tour is designed for:
Ota Ward, Tokyo 144 – 0035 • Government who is interested in learning about
Register from Here: https://hiconf.lne.st/ Japanese startup ecosystem
Contact info: info@lne.st • Startups who is interested to explore market
opportunity in Japan
• Corporate representatives who are interested in
open innovation
Inquiry:
Please contact info-asia@lnest.jp
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 9
PsycheTech Lab by Leave A Nest
This corner covers the innovations and breakthrough in psychology applications in
technology within the PsycheTech Lab created by Leave A Nest.
An Augmented Tomorrow
Is Technology Living With Us, or Are We Living In Technology?
What you lack is muscle memory, coordination and
The reality that we live in judgement of performing that surgery. Hence, why not
stimulate the external environment and have your brain
Imagine this, you are commuting to school or work ‘practice’ the surgery? Now, we are seeing the advent
as usual. You take the train or bus, ever notice what of such technology in the medical sector. Hospitals and
most people are doing? That’s right, looking down at medical institutions are now adopting Virtual Reality (VR)
their mobile devices. Before I proceed any further, this technology into their curriculums and training programs.
behaviour is actually no different than 50 years ago. People Students can now use VR to simulate the operating theatre
were also looking down too, the main difference was that and have that practical experience that they hoped for.
they had printed materials like newspapers, magazines
or books. The common denominator between the two,
advancements in technology. We live in a system where
living with advances in technology is inevitable. Mankind
is constantly evolving, hence the technology to satiate
our thirst for knowledge has to also be accompanied by
better technology. Sure, looking down at your phones
constantly is a social stigma. But rather than fight it, how
should we embrace this inevitable change? How do we
harness the power of technology to better our lives and
find a solution to this social stigma? New technology
isn’t all that bad, we have access to more information at
our fingertips than our predecessors. We are constantly The past embracing new
getting closer and closer to finding cures to diseases, technologies for our future
ending hunger, providing more access to education and
much more.
generations
These are but some of the examples of how technology
Off-loading past constraints to has rapidly affected us and our behaviours. In our efforts
to make the future a more technologically advanced world
evolve mankind for better quality of life, we should also not dull ourselves
with dependency on these technologies. Instead, we
Technology has definitely changed the way we live our should harness these upcoming technologies to improve
lives today. For instance, do realise that you are hardly our skills and knowledge to build a better tomorrow and
using cash? Or that it is easier to forget your wallet than evolve together as mankind. With that, I end this two-part
your smartphone? Your wallet is slowly losing its purpose corner on Psychology and Technology.
as the functions of the wallet is slowly being replaced by
the smartphone. Or when you take a private hire or a taxi, Text by Haruka Takeda
you find that lesser drivers are capable of driving without
a GPS device next to them?
We can also see these in education too. For example, you
resident surgeon at a hospital and need more practice
in an operating theatre. However, you can’t simply
open-up a body for practice and how often does that
come by? What if you could ‘simulate’ the experience.
10 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3Go to
JAPAN
Debunking the
Japan Ecosystem
Did you know? There
are currently zero
Singapore listed
companies in the
Japan Stock Exchange?
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 11Apply for Enter to
Japan Market Program!
There will be 2nd batch in 2020 summer too!
Why Japan?
Although Japan is known as shrinking market, Japan is an interesting market for startups as it has a
population close to one billion and having a matured market. In addition to this Japanese companies
are now focusing more on collaboration with domestic and international startups for open innovation.
As Japan is a single cultural country it is also easier for international startup to spread the business after
setting one successful entry point. However there is challenging hurdle for international startup to go
enter this fruitful market due to its language barrier and difference in business culture. It is very difficult
for the international startup to enter by themselves without connections in Japan.
This time Leave a Nest and Enterprise Singapore will conduct together a supporting program for
Singaporean startups to help them enter Japanese market.
X
Opportunities in Japan?
IPO
Business
partner
Investments
Prototyping
Research
Collaboration
Intellectual
Property
12 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3Overview of the program
• PHASE 1 • • PHASE 2 • • PHASE 3 • • PHASE 4 •
Application Pre-visit Workshop Visit to Japan Feed back
Workshop will be done
by Leave a Nest member After return to Singapore
Applicants will be asked to prepare selected On Japan side as well, there will be a feedback
to send an application startups to visit Japan. each startup will receives session with Leave a
form to join this Contents to be covered: support from Leave a Nest member to review
program. According to • Lecture about Japan Nest members to visit how the visit was and
the application form, 5 • Discussion on Japan each of the customised to create a plan for next
startups will be selected. visit visit in Japan. todo.
• Coordinate places
• Presentation check
Schedule of the program
DEC JAN FEB MAR APR
Application window Pre-visit Workshop Visit to Japan Feedback
1/13 Info
Session on the
program 1/20 Deadline
Workshop date: 2/3, 10, 17
Time: 14:00-18:00
2nd March 3rd March 4th March 5th March 6th March
Minimum 5 different visits
Morning Opening Move
to meet potential partner
Introduction Visit 4
Visit 2
Lunch Lunch
Dedicated Leave a Nest Afternoon Super Join Hyper
Member for each team. Move Lunch Move Interdisciplinary
Factory or
To support in both Singapore VC visit
Conference
and during Japan visit Move
Visit 1 Visit 5
Evening
Visit 3
Wrap Up Wrap Up
All visits completely
customized to your needs. Wrap Up
Key Points to note for applicants: For enquiry, please email:
• 5 startups will be chosen from each batch info-asia@lnest.jp
• Participation fee for this program is 5,000 SGD (Contact person: Michael Maekawa)
• Singapore startup with 30% or more share Website:
holding from Singaporean or PR are eligible https://global.lne.st/news/2019/12/10/
for this program esgxlvns_gia-1st_application/
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 13ACSL: Liberating
Humanity Through
Technology
Mr. Dai Tsukada, Business Development Director of ACSL.
The Core Technologies That Fuel
ACSL’s Vision
W
ith the increased demand in labor in a world ACSL’s growth over the years since inception was based on
where technology is constantly getting more and a single vision, “Liberate Humanity through Technology”, in
more advanced, we are now in an era where many other words, releasing mankind from menial and redundant
companies are automating their workflows. A company that tasks through cutting-edge technology and enabling people
envisions humanity to be more efficient by off-loading menial to reallocate their time to more valuable things. Currently,
tasks to autonomous technology is Autonomous Control ACSL is venturing into unmanned drone systems for industrial
Systems Laboratory (ACSL) Co. Ltd., a company based in applications and aims to do so by introducing 3 core
Japan. technologies into the market. First, to achieve autonomous
flight by enabling drones to fly in GPS-denied locations using
Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory (ACSL) Co. Ltd. vision-based control and integration with artificial intelligence
is a drone-manufacturing company that was created by (AI). Vision-based control is the simple concept of mimicking
researchers from Chiba University in Japan in 2013 and how humans see in order to orient themselves and navigate
became a listed company in December 2018. At this point the environment. Second, with drones flying autonomously,
in time, ACSL is the first ever drone startup to be a listed a key concern would be safety. ACSL also ensures that their
company on a stock exchange. Now, the company has a drone is endorsed with IP ratings, an emergency parachute
capital of 3 billion yen with over 40 employees. system in the event of a power failure, and other customizable
emergency protocols. Finally, what they are able to bring to
14 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3their clients is customization. As a drone manufacturer, they Recently, ACSL and All Nippon Airways (ANA HOLDINGS
not only customize the actual drone for the specific project, INC) formed a partnership to tackle logistics issues with
but also other backend software which aren’t limited to AI the aim to liberate logistics labor through their unmanned
on analytics, integrated cloud system and APIs. With these drones. One key application that may solve a social issue
solutions at the core, ACSL is effectively trying to head is delivering aid to islands. As Japan is comprised of many
towards their vision. islands, transportation between islands may be inconvenient
and even delayed in bad weather. Though this case has only
been tested in Japan, the social issue is present in other parts
Real Technology In Real-World of the world that also have islands. With ACSL expanding
Situations into the Southeast Asian region, they are tackling deep issues
such as transportation of medical aid. A similar partnership
was also forged with Japan Post to deliver mail to residents
One such example of how ACSL aims to liberate humanity
of the previously nuclear devastated area of Fukushima in
is to offload labor intensive inspection work. Humans have
Japan. Despite the circumstances, there are still residents in
been the key personnel when it comes to inspections and
the area and Japan Post fulfilled its responsibilities with the
quality control. ACSL plans to use their unmanned drones
aid of ACSL’s technology.
and solutions to offload these repetitive checks and possibly
even dangerous work. For this case, ACSL manufactured
drones equipped with the Visual-SLAM technology to The Makings Of A Technology-Based
conduct inspection of rusting of pipes in a chemical plant.
The drone executes a pre-planned flight path, gathers Visionary Team
images of points of interest and uploads those images to
the cloud for further analyses with their customised back- The technologies that you have read about here are based
end software. Interestingly, though metal interferes with on the sheer need to make humanity lead better lives in the
the magnetic compass on commercial GPS-based drones, future. When researchers come together with a common
potentially causing a crash, ACSL drones are able to fly near goal and the passion to solve a certain issue or to strive for
metal structures to conduct the inspection. Another example a better tomorrow, an entity may be formed. In this case, a
of how they use Visual-SLAM is in inventory management. company is formed in order for the solutions presented to
As warehouses today are transitioning to a fully automated be sustainable. As Mr Dai Tsukada, Business Development
warehouse, the logistics industry is now looking for seamless Director of ACSL, puts it “Technology is just a tool, it is not the
solutions to automate inventory checks. ACSL has paired goal”, we should aim to reach our goals by using technology
their technology by attaching a commercial RFID reader to and not being limited by it. In ACSL’s case, their main goal is
their unmanned drone to seamlessly read RFID tags. A task to make workflows autonomous but they need not limit their
that would typically take hours, if not days, can be completed applications to just drones.
in a mere few minutes! Text by Haruka Takeda.
Visual-SLAM setup Customised drone developed by ACSL for ANA
ACSL Mini Live inspection of rust on a chemical plant
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 15Advancing Food and Agri Technologies
for a Happier Future with Germi8
Introduction to Germi8 and its mission Towards a better future
Germi8 Pte. Ltd. is a company, which invest specifically All in all, through providing capital, connections and
to food and agritech startups in Southeast Asia. Germi8 expertise to the food and agritech startups, Germi8
differs from other investor as it primarily considers will leverage its strengths to achieve a solution for the
startups from Leave a Nest’s TECH PLANTER program, global issue. Below are the co-founders of Germi8:
in order to help alumni advance technologies while
Southeast Asia continues to grow and attract attention euglena Co., Ltd.
from investors and businesses. euglena Co., Ltd. is a biotech company that engages
R&D, production, and distribution of microalgae
Founded on 8th August 2019, it is a new joint products across healthcare, energy, and environment
establishment by euglena Co., Ltd, Kobashi Industries sectors.
Co., Ltd., FocusTech Ventures Pte. Ltd., and Leave a
Nest Co., Ltd. Germi8 will be investing close to $1 Kobashi Industries Co., Ltd.
million over 3 years to early stage startups. With the Kobashi Industries Co., Ltd. is an agricultural equipment
fund, Germi8 aims to assist in new business and value manufacturing and distribution company.
creation in the food system as well as to advance the
future of food and agritech industry while solving FocusTech Ventures Pte. Ltd.
global problems such as sustainability of food supply, FocusTech Ventures Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based
climate change and environmental issue by activating private investment firm.
innovation in the food and agritech field.
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. is founded with a vision of
3 critical pillars to Germi8 investment “Advancing Science and Technology for Global
Happiness”. Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. has built a vast
collaborative network with Japanese corporations,
First, sustainable protein. In 2050, population will reach investors, and researchers globally.
10 billion, therefore there is a need to re-think the
approach to food consumption. Driven by increasing
consumer awareness and demand, alternative food Mission: Help Ideas Take Root and Thrive
that are sustainable would be one solution to please Business line: Agri-food startup investment in Southeast
the consumer. Alternative food can include plant- Asia
based, fermentation-based, cell-based, and insect- URL: https://www.germi8.com
based. Additionally, animal and aquatic feeds will be
considered. Text by Chan Hui Ling
Second, sustainable supply chain. With more
exchange of food products and demand for processes
advancement, the global food supply chain will require
constant updates. Therefore, Germi8 will invest in
technologies and differentiated business models that
can improve production yield, food safety, traceability
and waste reduction.
Third, sustainable lifestyle. There is a rising awareness
of better health and needs for chronic diseases
prevention. One approach to achieve a better health
is to consume healthier food and obtain sufficient
nutrition. Hence, advancement in food and nutrition
science that drives growth in the fortified, reformulated
and functional food and beverages market will be
critical.
16 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3TECH PLANTER
2020
To Advance Deep Tech in
Southeast Asia for
Global Solutions
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 17TECH PLANTER 2020
T
he world is full of issues that must be solved. In order to solve many of these issues
that lies in the world, Leave a Nest believes that we have to utilise Deep-Tech as
one of the solutions. So the question is, what is Deep Tech? Deep-tech may not
necessarily need to be related to advanced technology but rather, the accumulation
of tangible technologies that may bring a change to life - benefiting specific groups in
society by improving their lives. Hence, while some of the deep-tech may seem relatively
simple but if it can be used as a solution to address deep issues around the world, this
is what Leave a Nest is looking for. In TECH PLANTER, we aim to support Deep-Tech
researchers and startups who aim to solve different societal problems through their
technologies By utilising the different expertise and technologies in the world, Leave a
Nest believes that it can be used in ASEAN countries and other regions to solve their
problems.
About TECH PLANTER Who should join TECH PLANTER?
TECH PLANTER is a unique seed acceleration program We welcome researchers from any institutions and
for deep tech-based startup and researcher teams. startups/SMEs to join our TECH PLANTER program.
The aim of TECH PLANTER is to discover and transfer If you are looking to collaborate with well known
emerging technologies to benefit the global society. industrial conglomerates, raise capital for your
The different types of deep tech includes Robotics, technology/company and be part of a supporting
IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Agri-tech, Food- ecosystem, TECH PLANTER is the program to join!
tech, Drone etc. Leave a Nest members will serve as TECH PLANTER accepts applications from any stage
the communicators between government bodies, (conceptual, incorporated, prototyping and profit
universities, industrial partners and manufacturers to making) and aims to support you to see your passion
connect and complement the startup teams - forming made into reality. Our program is free to join and does
not require any start-up or researcher to give up any
an ecosystem together to solve social problems and
equity.
global challenges.
About TECH PLANTER ASEAN Benefits in a glance
Leave a Nest is partnering with Japanese large
conglomerates, local incubators, accelerators and
venture capitals to actualize this program. It has been
running since 2014, starting from Singapore and
expanding to other Southeast Asian countries such as
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia.
So far, TECH PLANTER program has supported over Collaboration Prototyping Mentoring and
568 teams in ASEAN alone. with industrial help investments
partners
18 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3TECH PLANTER ECOSYSTEM
r G l o b al
fo
S o l u ti o ns
Ch
a ll e n g e s
Releasing new
technologies into
the society
INDUSTRIES MAKERS COMMUNITY &
Financial Assistance SUPER FACTORIES
GOVERNMENT/ Technical help in
UNIVERSITIES/ Prototyping, Manufacturing
INCUBATORS
Business Know-how
Leave a Nest’s strategy to success
Incubation Investment Internationalize
Tech Venture Meetup Hyper Interdisciplinary
TECHPLANTER Singapore Conference Japan
2 winners per country are Grand Winner is sponsored to Grand Winner is sponsored to
sponsored to attend Tech Venture attend the Hyper Interdisciplinary further global exposure through
Meetup Singapore Conference Japan participation in HIC
TECH PLANTER process
TECH PLANTER incubation
TECH 30
PLANTER mins Selection
online Mentoring Demo Day
application process
interview
Tech Application Tech Discovery Tech Matching Tech Strategizing Tech Pitching
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 19Tech Venture Meetup in
SINGAPORE 2019
TECH VENTURE MEETUP Partners Highlight of the program came from Presentation by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust
Gather for the Second Time in Demo Day Alumni from Japan and Bank on list on Japan Stock Exchange
Singapore Panel Sessions using JDR method. Topics discussed
centered around partnerships with
Over the years, Leave a Nest has Mr Kevin Ng, Project Leader of TECH Japan and the challenges one should
been working continuously to support consider when entering.
VENTURE MEETUP in SINGAPORE 2019
real-tech startup ecosystem all over Panel Discussion: “Food and
opened the event, followed by a keynote
Southeast Asia, especially through the Healthcare: Future Food and How We
TECH PLANTER community platform. speech from Dr Shinji Fukuda, Founder
and CEO of Metabologenomics Inc. Dr Define Healthy Living in Coming Era”
Through our in-house TECH PLANTER
programme, startups and researchers Fukuda shared about the journey of his
company as a startup from a BioTech Another hot topic that was discussed
are supported in various ways to bring during this event was the future of food
Past Event
them to realize their mission. In their Grand Prix in Japan and highlighted the
effects of a healthy gut in one’s lifestyle sources and alternatives. With that,
later stages, TECH VENTURE MEETUP a specially formed Singapore-based
(part of our in-house platform) provides and how his technology is able to help
everyone with it. AgriTech company, Germi8, delivered
them with opportunities to network and an opening presentation about the
connect with appropriate investors and Dr Fukuda believes that TECH purpose and vision of the company.
corporate partners. PLANTER is a unique platform that has The discussion circled on the different
This year, TECH VENTURE MEETUP the potential to accelerate Real-Tech forms of food and how humans will
in SINGAPORE 2019 event had Startups especially with the support of consume in the future. Controversial
been successfully conducted on 23rd Japanese Superfactories that Leave a topics such as engineered meat or full-
November 2019, at Co-Space Park. The Nest brings into the ecosystem. course medications also surfaced during
event was attended by approximately 60 the discussion and we got to see first-
In the following segment, representatives hand on the audience’s hesitation on
participants from startups, researchers, from Ota City Government in Japan
corporations, government agencies and consumption of these products.
(partner to support Southeast Asian
investors. startups), ACSL (startup which was The key highlight of the event was
The event created a supporting recently listed on Japan Stock Exchange the startup pitch session. There were
avenue for these startups to grow their market), and Mitsui Chemicals twelve startups, categorised into
knowledge and insight about the Japan Singapore R&D Centre Pte Ltd (strategic 3 Themes:
market as well as the benefits and partner for TECH PLANTER programme) Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Engineering
consequences of entering new markets. respectively. These partners work with Healthcare, Agriculture and
The event also highlighted support from Leave a Nest in different capacity for Biotechnology, Food and Water.
local government and incubators in the business development in Southeast Asia.
During the pitch, startups presented
ecosystem. Panel Discussion: “Go to Japan their core technology and business
Market: Business and IPO strategy of their company. Of all the
Opportunities in Japan” teams presented, WaveScan Singapore
won the best presenter award. Here,
In this segment, we broach the subject startups, Japanese conglomerates and
on Singapore-based startups and government agencies were able to discuss
businesses on expanding their business and explore the potential collaborations
into the Japan market. Here, panelists between Singapore businesses and their
help to debunk on the challenges counterparts in Japan.
and even introduce new and modern
solutions to start a business in Japan. Text by Elizabeth Wee
Left to Right: Dr. Virginia Cha, Ms. Isabelle One of which is on the use of Japan
Decitre, Dr. Shinji Fukuda, Dr. Brian Salmons, Depository Receipts (JDR)!
Mr. Daiki Kumamoto
20 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3Tech Venture Meetup in
MALAYSIA 2019
O n 12 October 2019, Leave a
Nest Malaysia was successfully
organised TECH VENTURE MEETUP
The event continued with a Keynote
Speech by Dr. Kengo Suzuki, Co-
Founder of Germi8 and selection
The peak session of the event was
the Forum Discussion entitled:
“Collaborative Competition, Way
Malaysia 2019 at SME Corp., Malaysia, committee of Real Tech Fund. His Forward for Global Startups?”,
Platinum Sentral, Kuala Lumpur. Keynote Speech topic was about which featured 3 strong panelists
This event is one of the initiatives “What Should Startups Expect ;- Ms. Azrina Azizan, Program
from Leave a Nest to continuously From Japanese Venture Capital?”. Director of Johor Initiative, CREST,
support real-tech startups ecosystem As one of Co-Founder of Germi8 Captain Sudhir A/K Kumaran,
especially TECH PLANTER Venture Capital, he explained why Group Executive Director of Arinaa
Community. This year’s event have Germi8 was established and they Kambyan Berhad and Dr. Kihoko
gathered about 70 participants from are looking forward to working with Tokue, Managing Director of Leave
Past Event
startups, researchers, corporations, passionate startups that want to a Nest Singapore. As a summary
government agencies and investors. bring their technology to the global to the discussion, the key to have
and together with them to change sustainable business in the 21st era
Mr. Noor Azmi Said, CEO of SME the world. is to find and collaborate with any
CORP. Malaysia gave the Opening partners that could complement our
Remarks by highlighting the Another highlight of the event technologies and business.
importance for startup to find a good was Startups Presentation session.
partner and mentor that can help 7 startups from TECH PLANTER Again, TECH VENTURE MEETUP
them to expand and accelerate their community and Ota City program Malaysia 2019 had created a
business forward. He thinks TECH were selected to share their current supporting avenue for those
PLANTER is a unique platform that progress and attract more partners startups to expand ideas on product
really have the potential to accelerate to work together with them. TECH development, prototyping, how to
Real-Tech Startups especially with VENTURE MEETUP Malaysia 2019 build an industry-ready product,
the support of Japanese Monozukuri also provide a Business Matching exploration of commercialization
that Leave a Nest bring into the Session where some of the local potential and most importantly
ecosystem. startups and local partners were given it gives invaluable networking
opportunities to have one on one opportunity for startups and TECH
discussion with Japanese Partners to PLANTER alumni.
explore potential collaboration.
Text by Nur Ahmad Zaim
Mr. Noor Azmi (left) giving Opening Remarks Exciting Forum Discussion entitled: “Collaborative Competition, Way Forward for Global
and Dr. Kengo Suzuki giving Keynote Speech Startups?”
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 21Report from
TECH PLANTER in
US and UK
TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in Silicon Valley 2019
Date: Oct. 11th 2019 | Time:
When13:00-18:00
every second |counts...
Venue: Triple Ring Technologies
Grand Winner
Squishy Robotics
Theme: Life-Saving, Cost-
Saving Information in Real Time
Chlorine Tanker Derailment: 9 fatalities, 632 injuries
Glocalink Award
2
Guided Clarity
Theme: Next Gen “Food as
Medicine” for Functional Aging
Past Event
Mitsui Chemical Award
OptoCeutics
Theme: Medical device treat
neurodegenerative diseases
TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in UK 2019
Date: Nov. 8th 2019 | Time: 13:00-18:00 | Venue: BLOOM.SPACE
Grand Winner
Arete Medical Technologies
Theme: Respicorder - device
and digital therapeutic for
chronic lung conditions.
delightex Award
Sensory design
Theme: Wearable closed-loop
scent intervention for Mood
Disorders
22 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3Advancing Science and
Technology for Global
Happiness through
Research-Based
Education
Preparing the Next Generation of
Researchers and Innovators
Nature | Engineering | Science | Technology
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 23Science Castle in
SINGAPORE 2019
Science & Technology in the 21st Century Society
2 days,150 students from 8 countries
12-16 years
SCIENCE CASTLE in Singapore, is a annual two-day international science conference that brings together
bright young minds from diverse backgrounds with the passion to solve real world issues or social challenges.
This year teams came from Japan, India, the Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, Thailand & Vietnam. Through
curated oral and poster presentations, students showcased their innovative solutions to tackle pain points in
their communities.
Judge’s People’s
Grand Best
Choice
Award Award Poster Award
Winner Winner Winner Winner
Past Event
SSH Biology Aames Juriel B. Morales Samuel Timothy B. Bernal
The Last Straw, Cavite National High School
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Group Team Ant, Cavite National High School
Seed Priming Oryza sativa L.(PSB
Bacteria Growth in Reusable Ikeda High School Broiler Feed 1: Oreochromis
Rc28) in Isosorbide Dinitrate
Regional Comparison of Ants Niloticus (Tilapia) Waste and
Straws Solutions for Soil Salinity
at Ports in Southern Japan- Leftover Oryza Sativa (Rice)
Inhibitory Effects Mitigation and
Monitoring of Alien Ant Species Feed for Broiler Chicken
Possible Seaside Planting
Events kicked off with oral presentations, with 12 teams presenting, selected from a pool of 40 teams.
Day 1
Additionally, 25 teams presented across a wide range of topics, ranging from “Affordable Holograms”
to “The Reason Why Mullet (a type of fish) Jumps”. Winning teams or individuals were selected based on
criteria such as passion, novelty, social issues being addressed, scientific methods & team diversity.
Involved 3 workshops for students to engage the students in identifying their Question and Passion of their
Day 2
future research and apply it in different situations. The concepts highlighted in the workshops stem from the
QPMI (Question, Passion, Mission & Innovation) model and is conducted by Science Bridge Communicators
from Leave a Nest Singapore.
Text by Ravikrishna Ramanujam
QPMI workshop, to help students identify Paper plane workshop, students learn Chemistry Quest workshop: To make
their passion to drive innovation. the importance of trial and errors during Learning chemistry FUN.
experimentation.
For further inquiries, please contact us at info-asia@lnest.jp
24 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3NEST
CAMP
Explore the
Explore the fun
fun of
of science
science during
during your
your school
school break!
break!
Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. will be organizing its first science camp called NEST
Leave a Nest Malaysia will organize a science camp called NEST Camp for the first time
Camp this year. The objectives of this camp are to expose students to scientific research
this year. The objective of this camp is to expose the students about scientific research
methodology and critical thinking skills through the Research-Based Education (RBE). This
Upcoming Event
methodology and critical thinking skills through the Research-Based Education (RBE). This
camp encourages the students to come up with innovative solutions to solve existing
camp also will encourage the students to come up with innovative solutions to solve
problems in the society. It is also a platform for the students to learn how to become a
existing problems in the society. NEST Camp will be a platform for the student learned to
youngbecome
researcher and
a young to interact
researcher withwith
and meet distinguished researcher
Japanese Distinguish from Japan.
researcher.
Theme:Theme:
Nature Ecosystem
Nature - Water,
Ecosystem - Water, Soil
Soil and and Plant
Plant
Overall
Overall CampMission:
Camp Mission:
To ChangeTo
Your Curiosity
Change Into Scientific
your curiosity into Research
Scientific Research
Day 3:
Day 1 Day 1: Day 2 Day 2: Day 3
Understanding how researcher
Creating the Hypothesis Test the Hypothesis
solve the world problem
Create The Hypothesis Test The Hypothesis Understand How Researchers
Student will learned about proper Student will collecting sample and Solve
Student willThe World
learned aboutProblem
QPMI
Students will learn about
research methodology proper
and learned Students will to
doing experiment collect
test theirsamples
own Students
thinking willto create
skill for them learna unique
about
research methodology
to create and will
their own Research from
researchnature
hypothesis.and
Studentconduct
also QPMIand method
research change theirthat can
curiosity into be
be able to create
Hypothesis from the their
real own experiments to finding
will share their research test withtheir scientific
used research.
to turnStudent theiralsocuriosity
will
research hypothesis.
researcher hypothesis. They will also learn
real researcher intofromscientific
the experience research. There’s
of Japanese
present their research findings. also
distinguished experience
researcher to solvesharing
the
by distinguished
world issue Japanese
researcher on how to solve the
world issue.
For more info, please contact:
fatin@lne.st
global.lne.st +6018 2233 230 fb.com/ScienceCastleAsia/
zaim@lne.st
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 25Human Resource in
Southeast Asia
Discover New Opportunities
& Communicate Your Ideas
26 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3HR in Southeast Asia
About Dr. Shuichiro Takahashi
Dr. Shuichiro Takahashi is the original founding member and Representative
Director Chief Operating Officer of Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. He received his Ph.D
in Life Science from the University of Tokyo with specialization in Plant Virology.
Dr. Shuichiro is known as the pioneer in Chemistry
incubation of young
Quest researchers
workshop: To make with
industry collaboration. In this interview article, Learning
Dr. Shuichiro
chemistry FUN.his insights
shared
on researchers’ journey and aspiration in Japan.
Hub To Increase Connectivity and Communications Among Researchers and
Industry In Southeast Asia
Painful Lessons from Asia’s Science than industry. Dr. Shuichiro said leaders their countries. They are passionate and
and Technology Powerhouse from government ministry and industry wanted to find research partners that
must work together to strike a good can develop solutions for the issues.
Back in the olden days, being an balance in creating suitable positions for Southeast Asian countries are the best
academician in a university is the dream postgraduates to grow their career. test beds for technologies from Japan.
career for most of the school children Similar research subject with different
in Japan. The Japanese hold academic Bridge The Gap with Universal Values potential might be spotted in Malaysia,
researchers in high regard. About 20 Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam or
years ago, the Japanese Government Idea is a big asset for academia. There Indonesia, especially those related to
introduced a new policy on Post- are several gaps in getting those ideas biodiversity. “This is actually a healthy
Doctoral Programs in order to increase across to the industry. Young Japanese advantage because the basis of research
the number of PhD graduates in the field researchers in the past did not have the is to compare data. Technology may
of Science and Technology. As a result of opportunity to share their ideas with be the same but the situation to apply
this policy, Japan had produced about big corporations. There was also lack the technology may lead us to discover
16,000 post-doctoral research fellows. of chance for the Research Department new things in our research. In the future,
However, these graduates couldn’t fulfill to communicate with young researchers I would like Leave a Nest to make a
their ambitions to work in the academia during company recruitment process. lot of research collaboration programs
since there were not enough positions at Graduates may not understand the because we can learn from each other
the universities. It was also unfortunate industry needs if they have no prior and researchers will be able to move
that they were unable to get jobs in working experience. “Most of them will further in their career,” Dr. Shuichiro
their fields of expertise because the study about the industry needs when explained.
industry couldn’t create positions for PhD they are preparing themselves for a job
graduates. interview because they have to show Positioning Leave a Nest as
interest and the right attitude to fit in. Researchers Hub
Dr. Shuichiro shares his observation, However, such preparation is not natural
“This situation had caused a serious and already too late for the candidates,” It is challenging for Japanese researchers
problem in the Japan academic research said Dr. Shuichiro. By understanding to start a new collaboration with
scene. The perception towards academic these gaps, it can be concluded that researchers in Southeast Asia and vice
researchers also began to change. It was communication between graduates and versa but the symbiotic relationship
no longer a career of choice among the the industry is of the utmost importance. will contribute greatly to the academic
school children.” Gradually, the number Leave a Nest Japan is bridging these scene. With strong and vast network that
of students that continued their PhD gaps by introducing several programs Leave a Nest has in Japan and Southeast
also started to dwindle. It was during to support young researchers and Asia, Dr. Shuichiro believes that the
this period that a group of sprightly graduates in Japan and Southeast Asia. company can become a good bridge
young graduates including Dr. Shuichiro The essence of these programs is to communicator for industry and academia.
who was a Masters student at that connect people from different sectors When asked about his message to
time decided to establish Leave a Nest and to increase the communication Southeast Asian researchers, Dr.
Japan with the aim to open up career points between academia and industry Shuichiro mentioned warmly that Leave
possibilities for graduates like them. They so that both parties can understand each a Nest has a relationship with over 5,000
believe their knowledge and expertise other. active young researchers in Japan who
can benefit the society. It is a sad fact, are eager to collaborate with Southeast
that fast forward 20 years later, the Learn From Each Other’s Strength Asian researchers. “Please contact us to
situation in Japan has ‘’not’’ improved. discuss about your passion and deep-
Although new career developments Although Japan is a fully developed issue in research. We will introduce you to
have emerged for post-doctoral research country, many researchers there do not Japanese researchers and companies.”
fellows, the problem remains significant. have real experience about issues in His vision is to make Leave a Nest as a
The take up rate for doctoral degrees is society. They have lots of good hypotheses big hub for researchers to discover new
decreasing and as a result, the number on science and technology but needed things, new career opportunities, and all
of post-doctoral researchers is also to get a good feel on how to apply things about research. “I believe we can
decreasing. Leave a Nest is still battling their technology outside of a laboratory. become such a hub.”
with the challenge to change the mindset On the other side, Southeast Asian
of Japanese researchers who prefer to researchers have deep understanding Text by Idarahayu Ayob
stay within the realm of academia rather on social and environmental issues in
Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3 • 27Career Discovery Forum
In MALAYSIA 2019
Integrating Science and Technology in Agriculture
Career Discovery Forum is a unique platform for graduates from any field of study to mingle and meet with startups,
big corporations, and government agencies to discuss ideas and design innovative future by sharing their visions.
This mixing will encourage communications from many different directions and will eventually lead graduates to gain
valuable insights and catch rare opportunity by chance. Widen the perspective and meet new people from different
fields at Career Discovery Forum. Let the juice of open innovation and human development flow!
Date: 12th October 2019 Key Takeaway from Keynote Speaker 2
Venue:
Mahkota Hall, SME Corp., Platinum Sentral, Kuala Lumpur We as the agricultural
Participants: engineers could contribute
Postgraduates, undergraduates and fresh graduates from to the needs of human
various fields and universities. kinds and sustainability with
the application of precision
A
agriculture.
griculture remains an important sector of Malaysia’s
economy. However, there have been three main Title
challenges faced by the agriculture sector in Malaysia. Revolution of Industry 4.0 for
The challenges are the domination of aging farmers, gap Next-Generation Farmers.
between farmers and new technologies, and lack of interest Associate Professor Dr. Samsuzana Abd. Aziz
in agriculture sector among young people in Malaysia. Career Smart Farming Technology Research Centre, Department of
Discovery Forum in Malaysia 2019 unravelled the current Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
trends of agriculture sector in Malaysia and allowed potential Universiti Putra Malaysia.
career path to be discovered by the participants.
Open Booth Discussion
Past Event
Silver Partner:
Aerodyne Group, Arinaa Kambyan Berhad
Participating Companies and Association:
Abmanan Biomedical Sdn. Bhd., Life Origin Entreprise, My
Conceptual Robotics Sdn. Bhd., Nomatech Sdn. Bhd. and
Malaysia Biotechnology Students’ Association (MyBIOSA)
Key Takeaway from Special Speaker Open Booth Discussion provide employers with a unique way to meet
potential talents outside normal recruitment channel. Companies were
You need to know what able to interact with participants through small group discussions and
drives you and what is your exchange of ideas on topics provided. This session subtly challenged
‘ikigai’, the purpose of your participants’ thinking and problem solving skills by engaging them in
life. You also need to have
focus to have a successful discussion about real industry problems.
career ahead. Session 1: Shape Your Way in Agricultural Science and Technology
Panelists: Dr. Chandrawathani Panchadcharam, Ministry of Agriculture
Title and Agro-Based Industry, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Zuhainis Binti Saad,
Driving Digital Transformation Ministry of Education, and Captain Sudhir A K Kumaren, Arinaa
Mr. Kamarulazman A Muhamed with A.I-Driven Drones and Kambyan Berhad.
CEO, Aerodyne Group. Related Technologies. Moderator: Dr. Kihoko Tokue, Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd.
From this forum session, all panelists agreed that talents from various
disciplines are needed to improve agriculture sector. Interdisciplinary
Key Takeaway from Keynote Speaker 1 ideas and knowledge from different researchers are required to
invent new solutions for farmers. Younger generation should feel
Genetics is all about more inquisitive of the current situation and must be ready to explore
differences and these different skill sets if they were to become the drivers of technology.
differences need to be Session 2: Entrepreneurship in Agriculture, Science & Technology
utilized to maximize the Panelists: Mr. Yong Wei Shian, Advanx Health, Ms. Atiyyah Ameenah
potential of crops, including
rice species. Azmi, Pakar Go Green Sdn. Bhd., and Mr. Sio Chun Jia, Life Origin.
Moderator: Nurul Syazwani Ahmad Sabri, Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
All panelists shared their motivation and challenges as young
Title entrepreneurs. It includes the importance to work and learn about the
Advancement of Plant Genetics business operations first before starting a company. Graduates should
for Future Food Security. have a positive mindset, believe in their own capability as well as to
Prof. Dr. Wickneswari Ratnam embrace mistakes and learn from it. Final key point is for graduates to
Professor of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology,
Faculty of Science and Technology, have a strong passion and be prepared physically and mentally to face
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. all kinds of challenges in the entrepreneurial world.
Text by Nurul Syazwani Ahmad Sabri
28 • Nest Garage | 2019.12 VOL. 3You can also read
