apru doctoral students conference and apru enterprise business plan competition – extra chapter...
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APRU Doctoral Students Conference and
APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition– Extra Chapter Challenge
Prof Liew Ah ChoyDirector, International Relations Office
Raphael Funwa IluyomadePhD Candidate &Chair of 2006 APRU DSC
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
7th APRU Doctoral Students Conference (DSC)
• Hosted by NUS from 17 – 21 July 2006
• Theme:– “Inventing the Future: Trends, Perspectives and
Enterprise from the Pacific Rim”
• New Initiative:– APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition
– Extra Chapter Challenge (ECC)
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
APRU Doctoral Students Conference (DSC)
• Organised by APRU Doctoral Students Network (DSN)– a self-governed graduate student organisation
• Aims to bring doctoral students in the Pacific Rim together for intellectual and social interactions
• Papers presented address a range of topics grouped under an annual theme
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
Extra Chapter Challenge (ECC)
• New initiative spearheaded by APRU Enterprise Coordinating Group (AECG) and APRU DSN
• A business plan competition to encourage doctoral students to create value from their graduate student research
• Open to doctoral students in any discipline at APRU universities
• Top 3 participants will win prize money of about
US$ 20,000
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
ECC Guidelines
• Must be doctoral students
• Business proposals must relate to dissertation research
• Students submit a 2 - 4 page proposal/letter of recommendation
• Each university to announce its selected ECC participants
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
ECC Guidelines
• Students submit 25 - 30 page final proposal to ECC Organising Committee
• Competition commences at NUS on 17 July 2006
• Top 3 winners announced on 21 July 2006
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
Recommended Financial Support for ECC
• About US$ 6,000 per student
• Covers a 4-month stipend, or one term, to work on the project
• Includes a travel award– covers airfare and registration fee to attend the final ECC
competition in Singapore
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
7th APRU DSC and ECC – Tentative ProgramDate/Day Time Program 16 Jul, Sun 3 pm – 6 pm Registration and Check-in Optional: Cultural Night 17 Jul, Mon 8.30 am – 10.30 am Opening Ceremony 10.30 am – 5.30 pm Conference Sessions Evening Tour of Orchard Road 18 Jul, Tue 8.30 am – 4.00 pm Conference Sessions Evening Ethnic Tour 19 Jul, Wed 8.30 am – 5.30 pm Conference Sessions Evening Esplanade Experience 20 Jul, Thu 8.00 am – 10.00 am Conference Sessions Afternoon Sentosa Escapade 21 Jul, Fri 8.30 am – 2.30 pm Conference Sessions 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm ECC Award Ceremony 4.30 pm – 5.30 pm Closing Ceremony Evening Closing Dinner at Asian Civilisation Museum
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
7th APRU DSC and ECC
• Registration fees waived for DSC
• ECC participants pay a subsidised amount of
US$ 260
• 6 nights of free lodging at NUS residence
• No. registered for DSC: 104
• No. registered for ECC: 6
• For more information, log on– http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/APRU/
APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC
Encourage your
doctoral students
to join the
7th APRU DSC and ECC
at NUS
from 17 – 21 July 2006 !