From the activity KMUTT ACTS 2024 “Sustainable Thrive Through Entrepreneurship: Think, Create, Take Action, Try Until Success, Create Meaningful Impact” on August 26-27, 2024 at the Learning Exchange Building (N16) and Classroom Building 2 (N17) under the 6+1 Flagships Track 3 project, one of the mechanisms used to drive the 13th KMUTT Strategic Plan and emphasizing the development of students, personnel, and the university to become a Sustainable Entrepreneurial University where everyone has an entrepreneurial consciousness by the year 2026. The overall event was attended by more than 590 students, personnel, and interested persons from outside the organization over both days, which is another step forward in the operations under the 13th KMUTT Plan.
The event has 4 main groups of activities according to the following structure: 1) Activate to inspire and stimulate interest, start thinking; 2) Create to build skills to create and take action; 3) Transform to admire examples of those who have fought until they succeeded, creating real impacts at the university and social levels; and 4) Sustainable to learn in depth about sustainability development. In each activity, knowledge that promotes entrepreneurial mindset and emphasizes sustainability can be used from the four main groups of activities to bring interesting issues to further develop as a guideline for further development, such as:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suvit Saetia, President of KMUTT, mentioned the focus on and promotion of sustainable entrepreneurship by developing students, personnel, and university management to be modern, focusing on sustainable strategies to create positive impacts on society, having a mechanism to support learning through working with external partners, promoting the development of practical entrepreneurial skills through Startups and Spin-offs, and promoting KMUTT to play a role in helping society, the environment, and the economy, and promoting environmental and social awareness among students and personnel during the discussion on the future of KMUTT on the topic of “KMUTT and Sustainable Growth through the Entrepreneurial Concept”.
From the special lecture on the topic of “Driving the Circular Economy for Sustainable Success” by the Chief Executive Officer from Morloop Co., Ltd., Circular Economy Officer from Orcafeed Co., Ltd. and Design Director and Co-Founder of Qualy, there were interesting points that were discussed: The new economy in the form of Circular Economy, with little people, can create big changes. Sustainability is a challenge that must be done together, and all of us are a part of both sustainability and destruction. If we do nothing, environmental problems will become more severe. Therefore, everyone in society should play a part in fulfilling their promises to the public.
Passing on good ideas from alumni who have established their own companies, namely IoT Hub Co., Ltd. and Petch Visgro Co., Ltd., to KMUTT juniors in starting to be entrepreneurs by advising the juniors to carefully review their needs before deciding to do it and when faced with any problems, aim to find a solution. Every problem has a solution. Receiving support from teachers is a very important part that will lead us to success. And continuous problem solving and never giving up will eventually lead to success.
Alumni from Finansia Syrus Securities Public Company Limited, PAI Securities Public Company Limited, and Thai Quest Company Limited from the seminar activity “Opening the World with New-Era Investment Technology That Can’t Be Found in the Classroom” gave a way of thinking about investing for those interested that educating yourself before starting to invest is very important. They recommended investing according to your own abilities and using less money than you can earn to save. You must have a financial plan in advance, especially when you get older and have investment risks that you need to prepare for. Good investment planning and management will help reduce financial risks.
From the seminar “Enhancing KMUTT Innovators for Entrepreneurial Success” by Dr. Tassaneewan Laksanasopin, Assistant to the President for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Asst.Prof.Dr. Mongkol Ussavadilokrit, Deputy Dean for Student Affairs and Corporate Communication, Graduate School of Management and Innovation (GMI), Mrs. Sopida Boonaneksap, Acting Director of Science and Industrial Park (SAI), and Dr. Patrachart Komolkiti, Chief Executive Officer, Kx, provided useful ideas for those who are interested in starting their own business, that they should look for Pain Points around them to find opportunities to create business challenges, should love what they do and do it bravely, even if they are afraid of failure, they need to leave their comfort zone in order to develop themselves and continue innovation.
And met with the Vice President of the Thai Startup Association and the pioneer of Thai startups in ASEAN and another guest, the Manager of Long-Term Innovation and New Business Incubation, Center of International Business, PTT Global Chemical, PCL. who gave interesting ideas during the seminar “Building a Culture of Creativity and Innovation” that the people who need startup mindset the most are the government sector. The more experience we have, the stronger we will be. Failing fast allows us to learn faster. The important factor is partners. Knowing yourself well enough, knowing what you are good at and not good at, and understanding the context of the hottest trends will be very beneficial in doing business.
In addition, the event also features a stage for sharing experiences “Real Stories-Real Impacts” from KMUTT students who were selected to participate in the project “Experiential Learning to Accelerate Entrepreneurship from Higher Education Institutions in Collaboration with International Partners (Experiential Learning Program: ELP) 2024 and have the opportunity to travel to exchange and learn abroad WORLD CLASS OPPORTUNITY to develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills, a seminar activity “The Future of Marketing: The Power of Generative AI” by Microsoft Most Valuable Professional MVP and another guest Super AI Engineer Gold Medal, along with workshop activities from experts in entrepreneurship and sustainability, a stage for sharing experiences and inspiration, and a Marketplace market packed with knowledge, knowledge, and entertainment throughout the two-day event.
The KMUTT ACTS 2024 activity is one of the activities that presents the importance and creates awareness of sustainability and entrepreneurship in a comprehensive manner in many dimensions. It is also a part of inspiring and stimulating students, personnel, and participants to see the opportunity to think, create, take action, fight until success, and create meaningful impacts in the context of KMUTT, society, and the country in the long term, which is in line with the objectives of organizing this activity.