IPB Organized the Appreciation Evening for Innovators and Its Working Partners
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) is one of the most innovative campuses in Indonesia. IPB was listed as a university with the highest number of most prospective innovations in the list of the Most Prospective Innovations Indonesia published by Business Innovation Center Indonesia in collaboration with Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) RI, the index of Business Innovation Center (BIC) in 2017. Out of 1045 (one thousand forty five) most prospective innovations determined by Ministry of Research and Technology and Business Innovation Center (BIC), 407 (four hundred seven) or 38.95% Indonesian innovations were produced by IPB. The university has contributed 38.95 percent are innovative works of IPB academic communities.
To appreciate the achievement IPB has made, the university organized the Appreciation Evening for Innovators and its Working Partners, on Monday, 11 December 2017, at IPB International Convention Center (IICC), Bogor. Items of this Special Events Program for the Appreciation Evening for Innovators and Working Partners, among others were talk shows, and launching IPB font and logo equations. The theme talk show was "Harnessing an competency for better employability." Talkshow was moderated by Zulfiani Lubis, and the resource persons were Mukhlis Bahrainy (CEO of Pachira Group), Ibnu Amin Ridwan (South East Asia Licensing Technology Development Lead), Prof. Dr. Erliza Hambali, and Prof. Dr. Indra Jaya.
Vice Rector for Research and Cooperation of IPB, Prof. Dr. Anas Miftah Fauzi explained that after the past ten consecutive years of 2008-2017 contributing the highest number of most innovative work among other universities in Indonesia, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in 2017 again becomes the most innovative university.
He added that by organizing “the Appreciation Evening for Innovators and its Working Partners”, the university methods to appreciate the innovators for the achievement they made, they will be more excited and always innovate to produce new findings, so that IPB can maintain the achievement as an innovation campus. Therefore, IPB takes initiatives to pick up the balls. "We seek innovations from the titles of theses, researches, and dissertations made by academicians. Then we contact the researchers to ask for their willingness to explore their studies.
As for the Working Partners, Prof. Anas hoped that they can become users and transporters in distributing IPB innovations to the public.
"One of the objectives of “the Appreciation Evening for Innovators and its Working Partners” was to bring together partner companies with innovators, to discuss how the role of Working Partners to promote the innovations they have made. It allows both innovators and Working Partners to meet, discuss, and collaborate. They can chat together and formulate problems together," Prof. Anas added.
The appreciation for the most promising innovator was awarded to Prof. Dr. Erliza Hambali from the Department of Industrial Technology of Agriculture, of the Faculty of Agricultural Technology (FATETA), and Prof. Dr. Indra Jaya from the Department of Marine Science and Technology, of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences (FPIK).
Prof. Dr. Erliza Hambali has produced 9 (nine) prospective innovations and has filed 13 (thirteen) patent applications. Prof. Erliza has also been awarded the Extraordinary Intellectual Property Award in 2012 and the Innovation Award of Prakarsa West Java in 2012.
As for Prof. Indra Jaya, he has produced 9 (nine) prospective innovations, and has patented the 10 (ten) inventions he produced. Prof. Indra also won the IPB Innovation Innovation Grant 2012 and was one of the recipients for the Technology-Based Beginning Applicant Program from the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) RI in 2017.
Appreciation of IPB Working Partners were awarded for 100 partners, consisted of companies and educational institutions. The appreciation awarded by IPB for Working Partners is expected to increase mutual cooperation to improve the quality and for the advancement of IPB. (Wied)
