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PRESS INVITATION : OPENING CEREMONY OF MTDC-UITM MAKER TALENT COMPETITION 2019
Wednesday 31/07/2019
Members of the media are cordially invited to the Opening Ceremony of MTDC-UiTM Maker Talent Competition 2019. The event will be held on the following:
Day/Date : Saturday 3 August 2019
Time : 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm (Opening & Prize Giving Ceremony)
Venue : Dewan Agung Tuanku Canselor, UiTM Shah Alam
PROGRAMME
1:30 pm : Arrival of Guests
2.00 pm : Arrival of VVIP
2.15 pm : VVIP walkabout to Innovation Exhibition Booth
2.30 pm : Negaraku and Doa
2.35 pm : Welcoming Remarks by YBrs. Professor Ir Dr Mohd Azraai Kassim, Vice Chancellor of UiTM
2.45 pm : Speech by YBhg. Dato’ Norhalim Yunus, Chief Executive Officer, MTDC
2.55 pm : Opening Speech by YBhg. Prof Dato' Ir Dr Mohd Saleh Jaafar, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Education
3.05 pm : Launch Gimmick
3.10 pm : Prize Giving Ceremony
4.00 pm : Press Conference
4.30 pm : End of Ceremony
Introduction on MTDC-UiTM Maker Talent Competition 2019
MTDC-UiTM Maker Talent Competition (MTC) 2019 is jointly organised event by MTDC and UiTM. MTC is an innovation competition that is microcontroller-based for school children. The objective of MTC is to create opportunities for schools to participate in designing and building innovative projects, in gearing the next generation up to be prepared to lead the fourth industrial revolution.
MTC has successfully given the opportunity to as many schools as possible from different academic performance to showcase their talent. It is proof that the strength of quadruple helix industry-academia-community-government networking works with greater results.
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 five funds, specifically the Commercialisation of R&D Fund (CRDF), Technology Acquisition Fund (TAF), Halal Fund, Business Start-Up Fund (BSF) and Business Growth Fund (BGF).
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
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
Senior Associate, Corporate Communications Department
Tel : 012 358 4181
Email : sharusshavek@mtdc.com.my
-BERNAMA
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