UEH Innovation of Institution (UII) and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) co-organized the Workshop “Student Leadership in Sustainability”

Singapore University of Technology and Design was ranked as the fifth most influential scientific research organization in the world in the field of telecommunications research (Source: The 2017 State of Innovation Report, Clarivate Analytics).

Overview of the workshop

Students from both universities exchanged

Before the official workshop, SUTD delegation and students were introduced to UEH Innovation of Institution (UII) as well as visited the workplace of projects being incubated at the Institute's Incubator and interacted with UEH students.

The workshop with the exciting and enthusiastic atmosphere of the youth together with useful and interesting teamwork activities around the theme of "Smart City" gave students opportunities to learn and exchange knowledge. Based on the topic given, students of UEH and SUTD were divided into groups to discuss and share ideas and solutions for problems towards building a smart city in Asian countries. After that, the student teams presented and answered questions before the jury of delegates, teachers from UEH and SUTD.

Activities at the workshop

MSc. Pham Duong Phuong Thao - Executive Director of UII gave a speech

On behalf of UEH, MSc. Pham Duong Phuong Thao - Executive Director of UEH Innovation of Institution (UII) gave a warm welcome to the SUTD delegation and students.

Mr. Frank Lee - Director of Tech JDJ Investment Fund discussed with students

Mr. Frank Lee - Director of Tech JDJ Investment Fund, partnered with UEH and SUTD to organize exchange activities for students expressed and shared the joyful feelings when attending the connection program between the two universities.

Groups receive gifts from the Organizing Committee

The workshop also included the start-up project teams at the Creative Incubator. Kevin Toh, the founder and CEO of Sweego, which was being incubated at the UII, shared startup experience in the Vietnamese market, a new market opening up a lot of potentials for startups. The students from SUTD were very excited and asked many interesting questions to know more about Vietnam and receive useful sharing from Mr. Kevin.

Mr. Kevin Toh shared his experience in Workshop

The students presented to the judges and received many praised comments

Selecting 'Waste' as a problem that needs to be solved to help Ho Chi Minh City become a more livable city, team Trashed (team #3) came up with extremely interesting, feasible, and excellent solutions and achieved the highest score from the jury and the support of the other teams. The first solution was a smart bin with GPS navigation and status bar. Tourists, residents, and even public service centers can know the location and status of the bins to dispose of garbage in the prescribed places and clean up quickly. The second solution included policies to encourage businesses to conduct CSR, direct employees to use environmentally-friendly and recyclable products, and give rewards for actions to protect green, clean, and beautiful environment.

Delegates take souvenir photos

The seminar ended but was a new beginning for the cooperation between the two universities, bringing many useful and valuable opportunities for students and the community of research - scientific applications and innovation.

Source: UII, Department of Communications and Public Relations.