| DATE AND TIME: | 17 October 2024 11:30am Afghanistan | 12:00pm Maldives, Pakistan | 12:30pm India, Sri Lanka | 12:45pm Nepal | 1:00pm Bangladesh, Bhutan | 1:30pm Myanmar | 2:00pm Thailand | 3:00pm China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore | 5:00pm Papua New Guinea | 7:00pm Fiji |
Background
Start-up incubation and entrepreneurship programs at universities provide fertile ground for innovation by utilizing academic knowledge and promoting economic growth. Educational institutions are the best places for establishing start-ups because of its research laboratories, qualified personnel and experienced faculty as well as industrial linkages. These universities also facilitate connections to funding sources through grants, competitions, and venture capital networks. The dynamic culture in the academic space promotes creativity and cooperation which enables the students and faculty to transform a revolutionary concept into products. Furthermore, strong engagement with the industry increases the opportunities for academic research to be used in practical applications and commercialization.
However, these opportunities come with several challenges. One common challenge is securing sustainable funding and the intricacy of commercialization processes. While academic knowledge is abundant, it is not enough in teaching practical entrepreneurship skills like risk management and scaling. Some factors within the institution may also affect the innovation process of the students and faculty engaging in entrepreneurship. With this, strong institutional support, simplification of procedures, and implementing effective entrepreneurship training programs can help in addressing these issues.
As a way forward, we invite you to join us in this international webinar as we explore how start-up incubations and entrepreneurship contribute to the upsurge and relevance of the TVET sector. The sessions will focus on the following areas:
- Discuss organizational structure required for successful incubation
- Outline the operational aspects of running and incubation and start-up ecosystem.
- Share best practices for building an institutional culture for deep-tech start-ups
- Identify and share best practices for developing a system that can nurture technological ventures.
- Discuss success stories and challenges
- Highlight case studies that are positive outcomes of institutional policy and importance of financial sustainability.
Objectives
- To provide participants insights into the workings of the start-up ecosystem at an institute of higher learning.
- To help participants identify core competencies relevant to building start-ups, at their own institution.
- To equip participants with key pointers on how to set up an entrepreneurial ecosystem at their institute.
Target Participants/Audience and Registration
- Practitioners from TVET and other related fields
- Academicians from different disciplines
Date and Time
The webinar is scheduled on October 17, 2024 (Thursday) from 3:00 to 5:30 PM (Philippine time) online through CPSC Zoom platform and YouTube livestream.
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