Participants from 16 countries attend the 5th Summer Course

The Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada is organising the 5th Summer Course this year. This event will be held from 7th August to 13th August 2023. The theme of this summer course is “Innovative Technology for Agroindustrial Sector in Society 5.0”. The 5th Summer Course will be held online synchronously system through Zoom meetings and online asynchronously system through UGM’s E-Learning system (e-LOK). The grand opening of this summer course held on 7th August 2023 by opening statement from Makbul Hajad, S.T.P., M.Eng., Ph.D. as the Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Dr. Ir. Eni Harmayani, M.Sc. as The Dean of Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, and Dr. Puji Astuti, S.Si., M.Sc., Apt. as the Director of Partnerships and Global Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

The 5th Summer Course has 24 sepakers, 15 international and 9 national. The speakers who have been invited are as follows:

1. Prof. Dr. Ir. Lilik Sutiarso, M. Eng. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada;
2. Prof. Yu Pin Lin from Bioresources and Agriculture college at National Taiwan University;
3. Ts. Dr. Muhammad Heikal Ismail from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang;
4. Dr. Eng. Herianto, S.T., M.Eng., IPU., ASEAN Eng from Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada;
5. Dr. Winny Routray from National Institute of Technology of Rourkela;
6. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suchada Rianmora from SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand;
7. Prof. Takashi Okayasu, Ph.D. from Department of Agroenvironmental Science, Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University;
8. Andri Prima Nugroho, S.T.P., M.Sc., Ph.D. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada;
9. Dr. Phumon Sookwong from Chiang Mai University;
10. Dr. Jahidul Islam from Tohoku University;
11. Dr. Stuart Coles from WMG, University of Warwick;
12. Rachma Wikandari, S.T.P., M.Biotech., Ph.D. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada;
13. Prof. Dr. Ir. Endang Sutriswati Rahayu, M.S. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada;
14. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Santad Wichienchot from Prince Songkla University;
15. Shivani Pathania, Ph.D. from Tegasc, Ireland;
16. Riza Arief Putranto, Ph.D. from Indonesian Research Center for Biotechnology and Bioindustry;
17. Andi Patiware Metaragakusuma, Ph.D. from Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Japan;
18. Prof. Tsai Chi Kuo from Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology;
19. Assoc. Prof. Pornthipa Ongkunaruk, Ph.D. from Kasetsart University;
20. Prof. Dr. Eng. Kuwat Triyana, M.Si. from Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Universitas Gadjah Mada;
21. Dr.rer.nat. Andri Frediansyah, S.Si., M.Sc. from Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, National Research and Innovation Agency (NRIA – BRIN);
22. Prof. Kune MuhTsai from National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Management College;
23. Dr. Edita Jurak from Faculty of Science and Engineering, The University of Groningen;
24. Prof. Dr. Kuncoro Harto Widodo, S.T.P., M.Eng. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada.

There are 115 final participants joining this 5th Summer Course, 59 participants from Indonesia; 18 participants from Cambodia; 7 participants from Colombia; 7 participants from Thailand; 6 participants from Nigeria; 4 participants from Malaysia; 3 participants from Bangladesh; 2 participants from Yemen; 2 participants from Sudan; 1 participant from Myanmar; 1 participant from Uzbekistan; 1 participant from India; 1 participant from Poland; 1 participant from Taiwan; 1 participant from Egypt; and 1 participant from Somalia. The participants joined to create and collaborate in group discussions and visit and explore Indonesia virtually.

On the first day, there are three speakers, the first one is Prof. Dr. Ir. Lilik Sutiarso, M. Eng. from Faculty of Agricultural Technology Universitas Gadjah Mada who gave the material “Implementation of Smart Agriculture Concept Based on Integrated Farming”. The topic is about how to design smart technology for agriculture in Indonesia, especially society 5.0 to become a smart society. Moreover, the speaker just not talks about productivity, but also talk about sustainability and engineering. The conclusion of the topic is we have to know the agriculture character system and the key to success is collaboration, not done individually but must work together.

 

After that, the second session is Prof. Yu-Pin Lin from Bioresources and Agriculture College at National Taiwan University who gave the material “Food Water Nexus in Adaptation to Impacts of Climate Change”. The topic is about the global agriculture challenge under climate change agricultural water management. Furthermore, risk assessment of crop suitability is important and there are adaptation strategies for the risk of crop cultivation. The conclusion of the topic from Prof. Yu-Pin Lin is the integration of crop rotation with water supply risk is effective thinking to mitigate climate change impacts.

The last one for the first day is Ts. Dr. Muhammad Heikal Ismail from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang who gave the material “Technology for Food Waste Valoration”. The topic is about food hierarchy and sources of prevention such as food recovery, repurposing, and incineration of landfill. In conclusion from Ts. Dr. Muhammad Heikal Ismail is a properly managed food waste causing environmental inconvenient that can nurture the earth by recovering its nutrient.

 

Finally, at the end of the first day 5^th Summer Course was closed by doing the post-test for the participants, integrated collaborative or group work, and independent study such as material review and essay writing.