[kanal media unpad, 22/08/2022] Monday (22/8/2022) to Friday (27/8/2022), the Graduate School of Padjadjaran University and the Center for Environment and Sustainability Science (CESS) Unpad hosted a Hybrid Summer Course. This event was attended by 168 participants from 20 nations. This event is also supported by the ITMoB Project, which is a collaboration between IGES Japan, UPLB Philippines, and CESS Unpad. Its topic is “Unlocking the Resilience of Traditional Bioproduction Systems Towards Climate Change.” The event was opened by Unpad Chancellor Professor Rina Indiastuti and Graduate School Dean Professor Dr. med. Setiawan. This event featured five keynote speakers and ten invited guests from inside and beyond the country. The speakers represented Unpad, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and the Indonesia-Japan Research Institute (IRIJ), as well as international research partners, such as Dr. Osamu Saito from IGES Japan, Prof. Dr. Juan Puhlin from UPLB Philippines, Deepak K Verma, Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, Dr. AK. Mohd bin Alif. Puzi from the Malaysian University of Technology (UTM). In his remarks, the Unpad Chancellor stated that this Hybrid Summer Course is part of Unpad’s evolution towards a hybrid institution that can fulfill both academic and social aims. Dr. Setiawan stated that the 168 participants came from more than 30 domestic and international colleges. 56 of the 168 competitors are foreign citizens from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, France, Taiwan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. Participants in offline activities will visit a number of bioproduction systems around Bandung and Sumedang, including the sugar palm bioproduction system in Rongga District, West Bandung Regency; cilembu sweet potato in Pamulihan District, Sumedang Regency; organic rice in Rancakalong District, Sumedang Regency; and teuweul bees in Paseh District, Sumedang Regency. In addition, offline participants will visit Tangkubanparahu and its environs on the final day to observe the tea bioproduction system in Lembang, West Bandung Regency.
Sebanyak 168 Mahasiswa dari 20 Negara Ikuti Hybrid Summer Course Sekolah Pascasarjana Unpad