Serdang, May 15, 2024 – The International Entrepreneurship Symposium 2024 was successfully organized by a company owned by UPM students, VERTICO (MHSI Resources Sdn. Bhd.), the UPM Student Entrepreneur Cooperative (KOSISWA), and the Center for Entrepreneurial Development and Graduate Employability (CEM) UPM.

This program also received strong support from ARP Foundation Indonesia, an entrepreneurial education foundation based in Medan, Indonesia.

According to Muhammad Hafidz Shahril Izwan, the owner of VERTICO, a total of 100 participants from UPM, Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara, Universitas Mataram, Islamic Senior High School State 1 Medan, and Senior High School State 3 participated in the event.

"The participants were exposed to best practices on how to start a business based on the experiences of student entrepreneurs from both countries," he said.

Meanwhile, Dr. Hizmawati Madzin, Director of CEM, said that participants received encouragement and motivation from student entrepreneur figure Muhammad Hafidz Shahril Izwan, who shared his experience leading the largest printing company at UPM, VERTICO.

"At the end of the program, participants were given insights by Mr. Ahmadryanshah, who led the delegation from Indonesia, on entrepreneurial techniques," she added.

One of the participants, Pang Khong You, said that through this program, he learned the right techniques before venturing into the business field.

"We were given exposure to entrepreneurship as a career choice and had the opportunity to gain knowledge through sharing sessions with student entrepreneurs," he further mentioned.

For the record, Muhammad Hafidz Shahril Izwan and VERTICO (MHSI Resources Sdn. Bhd.) were the winners of the Best Student Startup Award at the KPT Entrepreneurship Awards 2023. He is an active mentee of CEM entrepreneurship, a second-year student in the Bachelor of Agricultural Business program at the Faculty of Agriculture and Tan Sri Aishah Ghani College, UPM.

Date of Input: 16/05/2024 | Updated: 16/05/2024 | zul_mohd