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APRU Enterprise Status Report. Jacob Phang Chair, APRU Enterprise Coordinating Group APRU 2 nd Senior Staff Meeting, 23 March 2005 University of Auckland. APRU Enterprise. Mooted by NUS at 6 th APRU Annual Presidents’ Meeting, 22 June 2002
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APRU Enterprise Status Report Jacob Phang Chair, APRU Enterprise Coordinating Group APRU 2nd Senior Staff Meeting, 23 March 2005 University of Auckland
APRU Enterprise • Mooted by NUS at 6th APRU Annual Presidents’ Meeting, 22 June 2002 • Leverage on the diverse and distinctive strengths of member universities in education, research and technology transfer and application; • Provide a platform to promote best entrepreneurial programs and practices as well as to launch innovations; • Support APRU to take on a catalytic role in advancing knowledge, transferring technologies and creating wealth for the Pacific Rim.
APRU Enterprise Coordinating Group • To facilitate development of new initiatives and coordinate activities under APRU Enterprise umbrella • Endorsed by APRU Steering Committee on 7 March 2003 • Coordinating Group Members: 11 • APRU Enterprise Coordinators: 26
APRU EnterpriseCoordinating Group Members • Jacob Phang, National University of Singapore (Chair) • Alan Meyer, University of Oregon • Angus Livingstone, University of British Columbia • Guoxing Jiang, Fudan University • James Severson, University of Washington • Koso Murakami, Osaka University • Lin-shan Lee, National Taiwan University • Mathew Yuen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology • Neal Sullivan, University of Southern California • Tim Hurst, University of Sydney • Tina Seelig, Stanford University
Past Activities • Technology Transfer and Wealth Creation Survey • Report and publication • APRU Enterprise Conference, 30 Oct 03, Singapore • attended by 31 staff from 19 member universities • 6 initiatives proposed • APRU Pavilion at Global Entrepolis @ Singapore, 27-31 Oct 03 • 11 member universities participated in exhibition • 250 exhibitors from 19 countries • 10769 participants from 30 countries
Proposed Activities • APRU Business Plan Competition: Extra Chapter Challenge • Global Startup Competition • APRU Enterprise Web Portal • 2nd Roundtable for Entrepreneurship Education Asia, 6-8 July 2005, Beijing, China
APRU Business Plan Competition: Extra Chapter Challenge (1) • An APRU competition for commercialising student research • Objectives: • Encourage Masters and Doctoral students to write an “extra chapter” in their dissertations on commercializing their research output • Possibility of including this competition as part of APRU Doctoral Students Conference • Coordinator: Tim Hurst, University of Sydney
APRU Business Plan Competition: Extra Chapter Challenge (2) • Action items: • Each university to provide one or two awards which includes the following: • stipend for 3-6 months to complete “extra chapter” • travel support to participate in Extra Chapter Challenge to be held during APRU Doctoral Student Conference • host university to provide prizes
Global Start-up Competition (1) • Winners of various national and regional business competitions invited to compete. • 1st Global Startup, 27-28 Oct 03, Singapore, organized by NUS and INSEAD • 16 teams from Asia, Europe and North America • Winners (US$20,000): UC Berkeley, Runners-up: London Business School and NUS • 2nd Global Startup, 11-12 Oct 04, Singapore, organized by NUS and INSEAD • 20 teams from Asia, Europe and North America • Winners (US$20,000): Stanford; Runners-up: Wharton and UC Berkeley • 3rd Global Startup, Oct 05, Stanford, organized by Stanford, NUS and INSEAD
Global Start-up Competition (2) • Propose that winners of various Business Plan competitions at APRU universities compete at Global Startup Competition • APRU Enterprise could be a co-organizer of this competition with INSEAD and members could take turns to host the competition • Member universities to provide financial support for their winning teams to participate in the competition annually
APRU Enterprise Web Portal • Objectives: • To create a resource centre for information relating to technology transfer and commercialization among APRU universities e.g. technologies available for licensing, spin-off companies, etc; • To serve as a online platform for APRU member universities to share and discuss new initiatives, best practices and research initiatives, with opportunities for collaboration. • Working committee to be formed and concrete plan to be worked out • Coordinator: NUS
2nd Roundtable for Entrepreneurship Education Asia, 6-8 July 2005, Beijing, China • Objective: • Designed to gather Business, Science and Engineering faculty from leading universities with the goal of accelerating entrepreneurship education for scientists and engineers; • Successful Inaugural Roundtable for Entrepreneurship Education Asia held in Singapore, 28-30 July 2004, led by NUS, Stanford U and UC Berkeley. • APRU Enterprise will continue to support by endorsing the event • Led by Stanford, Tsinghua and NUS