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 !

APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC

THANK YOU