Anna Firdhousi Nuzula, a student of the Faculty of Biology UGM, was successfully selected to participate in the Young Founders Conference Entrepreneur program in Berlin, Germany.
A Student from 2017 class joined the conference in which was part of the Youth For Understanding (YFU) independent scholarship program from the Westerwelle Foundation. Anna is a representative of Indonesia, along with five students from other universities in the country.
For nine days which starts from 30 January to 6 February 2020, Anna and other participants from various universities in the world discussed to explore innovative ideas in advancing the industrial or business world. In addition to the conference, the participants also had the opportunity to learn culture in Germany.
"Every day, there is an agenda for discussion and presentation," explained Anna in the release on Wednesday (11/3).
She continued, at the end of the activity, an opportunity given to the participants for presenting their final concept in the form of UpNetwork. The UpNetwork concept is a global platform for identifying training opportunities in skills relevant to innovative industries and connecting young people with local companies.
"The development of this platform considered as a form of a contribution to reducing youth unemployment in the world," she explained.
On occasion, Anna said that they also had an opportunity to visit the Indonesian guesthouse in Berlin. Moreover, participants also visited one of the shoe industries in the City of Berlin.
"In the YFU event, the participants were allowed to display their cultural arts, and we performed the Saman dance from Aceh," she said.
Anna claimed to gain a lot of experience and new insights by joining this program. She hopes that the YFU program will eventually be able to add a global network that can unite young people across continents and innovative industries at the local level.
Author: Ika
Translator: Natasa A