Wednesday July 27, 2022 – Khon Kaen University, Science, Research, and Innovation Promotion Division, by the Northeast Regional Network of MHESI, Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, Federation of Thai Industries and other allies held a press release to announce the exhibition: Tech Innovation for Sustainable Future and Food and Agro Tech 2022. The executives meeting the news correspondents on this occasion included: Miss Taneeya Naipinit, Vice Governor of Khon Kaen Province; Prof. Thidarat Boonmars, Ph.D., Vice President for Innovation and Enterprise of Khon Kaen University; Mr. Noopakul Panyakaew, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Khon Kaen Administrative Organization; Mr. Panthong Srakhupan, Senior Advisor of Khon Kaen TCEB; Mr. Montree Singhapunnapat, Vice Mayor of Khon Kaen, Mrs. Chayapa Simmathan, the Treasurer of Khon Kaen FTI. A lot of news correspondents attended the news release, which was organized at Sarasin Room, Sirikunakorn Building, Khon Kaen University.
The Exhibition: Tech Innovation for Sustainable Future and Food and Agro Tech 2022 is organized from the collaboration of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation with the network of universities, governmental and private organizations, to integrate sciences, technologies, and innovations in order to develop the quality of life, the ways of living, job building , income building, and promoting entrepreneurs for the Northeast development.
Prof. Thidarat Boonmars, Ph.D., Vice President for Innovation and Enterprise of Khon Kaen University said that Khon Kaen University is aware of the importance in the development of research, academic and innovation for social and commercial benefits. At present, there are a lot of innovations produced by KKU, in medicine, agriculture and food, education and energy. KKU has recently integrated collaboration in the development of innovation and utilization with external organizations, both governmental and private, both the industrial sector and the community, until the Start-up idea emerged with clusters of community enterprises, co-investment in business with the private sector, and upgrading of economy and communities around the University and the provinces nearby.
“The Exhibition: Tech Innovation for Sustainable Future and Food and Agro Tech 2022 is a good chance for Khon Kaen University, the affiliations and universities under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation to publicize the works and innovations as well as the potentiality of Start-ups and entrepreneurs, or the groups to which technologies and innovations have been transferred. The occasion will be a channel for interested people to bring their works, inventions or innovations of the University to extend commercially. It is a good chance for the private sector that is the network of Khon Kaen Federation of Industries to sell their products and services. It will be part of economic provocation for the Northeast to restore the economy in the region after the spread of Coronavirus 2019.”
The Exhibition: Tech Innovation for Sustainable Future and Food and Agro Tech 2022 is scheduled on August 5-7, 2022 at the Golden Jubilee Convention Center of Khon Kaen University. The event is divided into 3 zones:
Zone 1) Exhibitions – There are over 130 exhibition and product selling booths from KKU and the affiliations, universities under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. The exhibitions include: innovations and farm products, herbal products, foods, health, energy and smart applications. Each exhibition features different activities for the guests to join and have fun such as giving out trial products, food tasting, and the ‘golden time’ for buying cheap product items at a good bargain prices.
Zone 2) Goods and service exhibition related to food and agriculture. There will be various products exhibited including farm machinery. Over 130 technological entrepreneurs are joining.
Zone 3) Activities and Business Matching, with entertaining and colorful activities all through the event. Academic knowledge can be acquired from this zone. Dr. Danuch Tanthoedthit, Assistant to the Minister of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation will give a special talk on “Innovations towards Utilization”. There will be a forum on “Future Food for Thai to Global Society” and “Tips that are not secret: How to make Start-up successful?” In addition, there will be activities that promote Soft Power for the elderly and the young generation: “The Elderly Music Contest” and “TECH INNO ISAN Cover Dance”. Open air movie is also scheduled during the evening period of every day. Last, but not least is the coffee corner that is intended for Business Matching.
For more details of the event, visit:
FOOD and AGRO TECH
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