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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC. B. Rahardjo & I. Achmad Institut Teknologi Bandung August 2000. OUTLINE. Background Challenges in IT Role of academic institutions Initiatives in Indonesia. BACKGROUND.

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CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC

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  1. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC B. Rahardjo & I. Achmad Institut Teknologi Bandung August 2000

  2. OUTLINE • Background • Challenges in IT • Role of academic institutions • Initiatives in Indonesia

  3. BACKGROUND • Communications and Information Technology provide opportunities • New economy is here • Playing field is level for Asia Pacific communities

  4. CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICATION & IT • Lack of capital • Inadequate work force • Lack of brilliant ideas • Lack of entrepreneurship

  5. ROLE OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTION • Capital • Capital is like oxygen. Important, but not a competitive advantage anymore • Many universities are not poor • Strategic business units exist in universities

  6. ROLE OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTION • Attack on work force problem • AP regions are famous in producing smart people • Universities only produce a small portion of work force • Formal degree is still important in AP culture. Must remove this barrier

  7. ROLE OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTION • Academic institutions as idea labs • Big companies started from universities:Sun Microsystems, Cisco, Silicon Graphics • “Out of the box” thinking should be encouraged

  8. ROLE OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTION • Entrepreneurship • Business is frowned upon in many AP universities • Entrepreneurship should become part of formal education

  9. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • Pool of funds from venture capitals • Local VCs • Global VCs • Millions of dollars have been invested

  10. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • World (global) quality work force • Standardize education: ABET, QUE, DUE initiatives • Internet in campus • Internet in school: • “Sekolah 2000” (School 2000) programmehttp://www.sekolah2000.or.id

  11. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • Still on education & industrial link • ITB: Co-running a graduate study programme (MSc. in IT) with an industry in Cikarang. Students will be given an opportunity to create companies. A stab at entrepreneurship

  12. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • Awareness and education in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) • IPR office on campus in ITB • Grants for patent • Cyberlaw initiatives at universities (UI & UNPAD)

  13. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • Bandung High Tech Valley (BHTV) initiatives • Conducive ecosystem • Bandung is a special city

  14. SCI-TECH Community in Bandung PINDAD POS TELKOM ITB Universities: UNPAD ParahiyanganIKIP Etc. SoftwareHardwareHouse BHTV ResearchCenters PPAURISTILIPI MIDC B4T Etc. Technology Infrastructure IndustriesLEN INTI CMI TELNIC Etc. Airport IPTN

  15. INITIATIVES IN INDONESIA • Industrial links • Applied research, more product oriented: RUSNAS (strategic national research) • Output: products (Wireless Internet System, Radio Sonde, Free Office Components) • Techno-clusters are developed

  16. CONCLUDING REMARKS • Challenges are opportunities • AP region is very special • Collaboration among AP communities are needed more than ever

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