Our business has mainly two objectives: creating profit and protecting the environment through recycling paper in a more effective and efficient way. Our Inside Business is collecting used paper from corporations and households and then selling the gathered paper to existing recycling enterprises, demonstrating firsthand the preservation of the environment and CSR. The Outside Business is the advertisement for partner corporations. We will establish contracts with corporations that participate in our business to advertise the corporations, simultaneously establish contracts with individuals/households to distribute “Green Cards” in return for used paper. “Green Card” is to accumulate mileage for the amount of used paper the households give to us and to give benefits from the partner corporations’ service and products. Through this, corporations gain a lot more targeted consumers.

Participants from Singapore and Indonesia also had a chance to talk andf interact through teleconferencing.

]]> http://gec-singapore.com/2010/05/31/asec-2010-indonesia/feed/ 0 http://gec-singapore.com/2010/05/31/asec-2010-winners/ http://gec-singapore.com/2010/05/31/asec-2010-winners/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 02:40:56 +0000 admin http://gec-singapore.com/?p=192 Congratulations to all our winners and participants. In the words of the judges, all of you are winners!

Winner: Team HEMERYX
First Runner Up: Team TWELVE BASKETS
Second Runner Up: Team PFLIQ
Innovation: Team BARCOL-AIR

The winning team will represent Singapore in the Global Enterprise Challenge 2010 in Bali Indonesia. Good job mentors on your team’s achievements.

NS Somashekhar

Mr NS Somashekhar is a seasoned Investment Principal and strategist for B2B (business-to-business) and G2G (government-to-government) partnerships & New ventures. He is an information communication industry professional with more then 18 years of diverse leadership experience in promoting entrepreneurship and nurturing companies by providing investments and grants for ICT companies  in Singapore. He managed the Internationalization  & Industry Development Group  at  iDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) which is under MICA (Ministry of Information, Communication and The Arts). Government of Singapore.  Currently, managing Group Corporate Marketing at Singapore Technologies Electronics.

Mr Soma is an exceptionally skilled communicator, adept at establishing and maintaining networks with top-level executives and providing key advice to industry leaders. He has a record of successes in broadband and digital media, e-governance, and public & private business partnerships & advice budding entrepreneurs at INSEAD Singapore.

Mr Soma has an MS in Computer Applications and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership) and took programs at Harvard Business School & John F Kennedy School of Government as part of his MBA program.

Jeffery Lim

Jeff is a man with many “cores”. While his main “core” is in IT, he has dabbled in various entrepreneurial adventures along the way in his journey – including (to his surprise) being involved in a coffee joint. He currently provides IT and system administration services, and chances are, you will be familiar with at least one of his clients. He is currently working on his own startup on the side.

Chew Weng Huat

Weng Huat is a registered architect and urban planner, with 25 years experience/consultancy practice. He has been involved in an Ecological Master Plan (for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City), soon to be built in the Northern Sector, involving cleantech and renewable energy. His entry  for the redevelopment of HDB’s Defu Estate won the design competition. He assisted in the development of the “One-North” area at Buona Vista, encompassing Biopolis & Fusionopolis.

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization some 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost every year, including 6 million hectares of primary forests. Primary forests — forests with no visible signs of past or present human activities — are considered the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Besides wiping out biodiversity, deforestation contributes about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The main causes of deforestation include cutting timber to construct houses and furniture, and make paper.

Your challenge today is to design a product or process that will significantly reduce the use of timber in one or more of these areas: housing construction; furniture; or paper.  You will need to create a business plan for your product, and a 3-D model to be shown to potential investors.

In addition, your design will also need to educate the public – especially young people — about the benefits of your product.  Therefore, your 3-D model will later be donated to the local science museum as an exhibit, helping children learn how your product or process contributes to reducing deforestation and/or greenhouse gas emissions.

Global Enterprise Challenge 2010 will kick off on Sunday June 13 when we are expecting some participating countries to arrive in Bali on that day and we are having an exciting welcoming program for everyone to get to know each other and have lots of fun. The venue for GEC 2010 is Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana Resort (www.pullmanbalilegiannirwana.com) and this brand new resort is looking forward to embrace GEC participants with its luxury facilities.

The GEC 2010 program itself is as follows:

We are excited to get connected with you very soon and for those of you who are still interested to come to Bali, we would like to inform you that accommodations and full meals arrangements are provided from June 13 – 16.

For more information please contact GEC 2010 Local Organizer Committee:

Srisetiowati Seiful (Surya Institute)
+.62.811.822.050 (mobile) +62.21.5316.3394 (office) email: srisetio@suryainstitute.org

Frans Sugiarta (United in Diversity Forum)
+62.815.1440.6710 (mobile) +62.21.352.3217 (office) email: frans.sugiarta@gmail.com

Real Time Updates on Twitter | Participants Information

30 May 2010 | Congrats tot he winners of ASEC 2010 Singapore (Link)

30 May 2010 | A sample of the business plan and presentation from one of the teams at ASEC 2009 (Bplan) (PPT)

30 May 2010 | What is an elevator pitch?

30 May 2010 | Deadlines! Presentations start at 4pm. Group order will be out soon. Remember to email your powerpoints and business plans by 3.30pm to organisers @gec-singapore.com. You will receive a confirmation of your submission. All the best!

29 May 2010 | The Judges (Link)

29 May 2010 | The Challenge

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization some 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost every year, including 6 million hectares of primary forests. Primary forests — forests with no visible signs of past or present human activities — are considered the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Besides wiping out biodiversity, deforestation contributes about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The main causes of deforestation include cutting timber to construct houses and furniture, and make paper.

Your challenge today is to design a product or process that will significantly reduce the use of timber in one or more of these areas: housing construction; furniture; or paper.  You will need to create a business plan for your product, and a 3-D model to be shown to potential investors.

In addition, your design will also need to educate the public – especially young people — about the benefits of your product.  Therefore, your 3-D model will later be donated to the local science museum as an exhibit, helping children learn how your product or process contributes to reducing deforestation and/or greenhouse gas emissions.

29 May 2010 | The ASEC2010 Challenge on youtube

29 May 2010 | Photos of the first part

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Singapore (ustream link)

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Indonesia (ustream link)

28 May 2010 | The Indonesians are already starting ASEC 2010! (Pic)

28 May 2010 | The twitter hashtag for the event will be #asec2010

28 May 2010 | One more sleep till ASEC 2010… See you at science centre tomorrow.

20 May 2010 | Another 9 more days until ASEC 2010. Hope you are all excited!

Congratulations on being a participant at ASEC 2010. Here are some important information

Date: 29 & 30 May 2010

Time: Please turn up at the venue for registration at 8.30am on 29th May 2010

Venue: Singapore Science Centre (Visitor Details) (MAP) (Directions)

Please bring along the following items;

• Laptop
• Stationary
• $10+ for prototype materials

Most meals will be provided.

Participants Information Pack (PDF)

If you have any questions, please email us organisers@gec-singapore.com or call 85223170 (Dr Erwin Chan)