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CLOSING CEREMONY OF MTDC BUSINESS CHALLENGE 2018
Monday 22/10/2018
Members of the media are cordially invited to the Closing Ceremony of MTDC Business Challenge 2018. The event will be held on the following:
Day/Date : Tuesday 23 October 2018
Time : 11.30 am – 1.30 pm
Venue : Ballroom 2, Tenera Hotel Bangi, Selangor
PROGRAMME
11.30 am : Arrival of Guest
12.00 pm : Negaraku & Doa Recital
12.05 pm : Welcoming Remarks by Puan Normala Ibrahim
Ketua Unit Keusahawanan & PPRN, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
12.15 pm : Closing Remarks by YBhg. Dato’ Norhalim Yunus
CEO of MTDC
12.25 pm : Prize Giving Ceremony
1.00 pm : Press Conference
: End of Programme
Program Background
MTDC and UTMXCITE collaborates in organizing MTDC Business Challenge (MBC) 2018, a competition opened to local undergraduate students from all public and private Institutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) in Malaysia. MBC 2018 aims to support and accelerate commercialization of innovations from IHLs students and foster the spirit of technopreneurship. This 3 day program runs from 20-23 October 2018. The organisers have selected 38 contestants where the winners from this competition will be given the opportunity to join the MTDC Accelerator 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, specifically the Commercialisation of R&D Fund (CRDF), Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF), Halal 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.
You are cordially invited to send a 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, Corporate Communications Department
Tel : 017 212 2802
Email : alvirah@mtdc.com.my
Name : Sharus Shavek Sharudin
Associate, Corporate Communications Department
Tel : 012 358 4181
Email : sharusshavek@mtdc.com.my
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