GEC 2009 Champions Indonesia in Scotland

JAKARTA - Son and daughter managed to win the best Indonesia several international science competitions. This time, six students won the Global Enterprise Challenge (GEC) which are contested in 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. This achievement won the first Asian country. A wide smile on her face Wismaya Adi Purnama and five friends when he received a medal from the Surya Institute and United in Diversity in Palalada Restaurant, Alun-Alun Indonesia, West Mall, Grand Indonesia, Wednesday (26 / 8).

Students Taruna Nusantara, Magelang, and his friends had managed to win the Global Enterprise Challenge (GEC) in 2009. Wismaya addition, the winning team consisted of Lita Gunawan (Yahya SMAK Bandung), Rizki Satrio Nugroho (SMA Madania Bogor PIS), Evelyn Antoinette (Bina Bangsa School Jakarta), Ashraf Firas Abdurrasyid (SMAN 1 Bandung) and Christa Yona Twedrian (SMA Regina Pacis Bogor).

Surya Institute headed by Prof. Yohanes Surya, Ph.D. and United in Diversity, founded the MIT Sloan School of Management, University of Indonesia,

is supervising six students. They want to reward yourself when trophies from GEC Scotland had not yet arrived. The plan, trophies will be handed over by Gordon McVie (GEC Creator & Convener) to Indonesia GEC team.

To follow the race which was held on 22-23 Juli, the Indonesian team did not need to come to Glasgow. But, just send the work or proposals.

GEC is a race of innovation and entrepreneurial group of 16-19 year olds. Indonesia's participation this year's team is the second participation. Last year too, but no luck. Red and White teams ranked only sixth of the world.

Previously, six students are following the national selection in Jakarta on May 29-31 by the ASEAN Science Entrepreneur Challenge (ASEC). According to Wismaya, there are 48 participants from 18 high schools and universities in Indonesia that followed the event.

The jury divided the participants into eight groups at random. One group consisted of six students with different school backgrounds, different departments, and different gender. The jury wanted to prove that differences in background does not become a stumbling block to work together. From the selection, Wismaya and friends emerge as winners. They are entitled to send his work to represent Indonesia in the international arena in Glasgow, Scotland.

No fewer than 15 countries competing in Glasgow. They must answer the challenge (challenge) problem given NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), one of the committee, which was released via the internet.

The challenge is to design a prototype and business plan that a product can be marketed commercially. "All the concepts, design prototypes, business plans and recording the presentation should be presented within three minutes," explained Wismaya. Participants were given only 24 hours to make the business plan.

The theme of hunger. Committee indicates, every day one billion people in the world of hunger. On the other hand, households in countries G-20 throwing millions of tons of food worth billions of dollars remaining. GEC 2009 Participants are challenged to design a model of innovative products or services that can reduce food waste (reduce food waste).

Indonesian team agreed to make a business plan with a campaign stop hunger. "Moreover, every five seconds one person dies of starvation," said Rizky Satrio Nugroho, member of the team.

Form of his campaign is writing about the famine that was stuck on the plates made from porcelain. Business is designed in this campaign is to produce dishes such as media campaigns. "Why did the dishes? Plate is used so that everyone is easy to see the message that we want to, "said Firas Abdurrasyid Ashraf, originator of the idea.

They plan to produce 1000 to 5000 plates. Assumption, the production of plate 1000 would require capital Rp22 million, while for 5000 the plate only Rp67, 5 million. "It's much cheaper if we produce in large quantities. But which ones we choose will depend on investors who are interested in the concept that we offer, "said Christa Twedrian Yona. Later, he added, ten percent of the plate proceeds will be donated to various social activities.

GEC had a central mission control (CMC) are scattered in various countries. Indonesia and Singapore team to join the CMC at Hotel Atlet Century, Senayan, Jakarta. That's where Indonesia and Singapore team make a presentation.

The jury GEC 2009 was George Abbey, Senior Fellow Baker Institute for Public Policy Rice University, along with his partner, Derek Blackwood, President of the Americas, the Wood Group.

Value innovation and creativity Wismaya et al managed to grab the number 29, with a range of 21-35 values. Value costing 28 with 19-30 score range, the value of market research and marketing 28, and 30 communication score 20-33 with a range of values. Indonesia team total score 115 points. With the acquisition value, Indonesia succeeded in blocking the rate of defending champions New Zealand.

Red and White team also beat the U.S., Germany, Australia, Scotland, and Japan. Indonesia became the first Asian country able to snatch title from GEC was launched in 2002.

When receiving the award yesterday, six students had returned to present business plans before the invitation that the majority of investors.