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BUSINESS MEETING ASIA 2017
Tuesday 04/07/2017
Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the Business Meeting Asia 2017.
Details of the event are as below:
Day/Date: Wednesday 5 July 2017
Time : 9.00 am - 5.30 pm
Venue : Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur Hotel (Orchid Grand Ballroom)
Opening Ceremony: 9.00 am - 10.00 am
The one-day Business matching session is co-organized by MTDC and Korea’s Asian Science Park Association (ASPA). The session will have 22 foreign companies participating namely from the medical/healthcare, ICT, electronics and biotechnology fields.
The Business matching session will serve as a platform for local and foreign entrepreneurs looking for new business markets in the Asian countries. This will serve as an opportunity for business counselling and technology sharing between venture companies in the Asian region by utilizing the cooperation between MTDC and ASPA.
Program
9.00 am : Registration
9.30 am : Welcome Speech by YBhg. Dato' Norhalim Yunus Chief Executive Officer Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
9.35 am : Opening Speech by Co-Host Organisation Dr. Sunkook Kwon, Secretary General Asian Science Park Association (ASPA)
Group Photo
Press Conference
10.00 am : Business Matching Session
12.00 pm : Lunch
1.30 pm : Business Matching Session
5.30 pm : End of Program
About MTDC
MTDC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and has been the key player in commercialisation and management of government funding since the 7th Malaysia Plan.
The company was set-up in 1992 to promote the adoption of technologies by local companies via commercialisation of local R&D or acquisition of foreign technologies. Since then, MTDC has been a key player in commercialisation and management of Government funds. Currently, MTDC manages six funds amounting to RM 1.8 billion, specifically the Commercialisation of R&D Fund (CRDF), Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF), Hala Fund,Business Start-Up Fund (BSF), Business Growth Fund (BGF) and Business Expansion Fund (BEF).
Besides fund management, MTDC also provides an integrated support services for technopreneurs which includes advisory services such as mentoring, soft-landing, branding, fund raising, international collaboration and networking. MTDC’s commercialisation ecosystem has provided funding and assistance to over 500 technology-based companies that are involved in a wide range of activities ranging from the agricultural sector to ICT.
In the 9th Malaysia Plan (9MP) and 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) alone, companies that were recipients of MTDC’s Commercialisation of Research and Development Fund (CRDF) and Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF) generated a total of RM1.974 billion in sales and contributed towards the creation of 5,261 new jobs and a total of 465 Intellectual Property Rights were filed.
About ASPA
ASPA is an international non-governmental organization established in Japan in 1997 for the purpose of accomplishing the joint development in the fields of scientific technology, industry and economy in the Asian region.
ASPA has been trying to present a new paradigm for Asian industry and build economic consensus in Asia by bringing innovative organizations, companies and individuals together that make contributions to industrial and economic development in their societies.
You are cordially invited to send your reporter and photographer/cameraman to cover the event.
SOURCE: Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC)
FOR MORE INFORMATION,PLEASE CONTACT:
Name : Alvirah Mohd Natt
Vice President, Communications Department
Tel : 017 212 2802
Email: alvirah@mtdc.com.my
Name : Abdul Hafiz Mohamed
Assistant Vice President, Communications Department
Tel : 019 266 7149
Email: abdul.hafiz@mtdc.com.my
-BERNAMA
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