PECIPTA (4 – 6 December 2015)

The Ministry of Education will be organising the 14th International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA 2015) on the 4th – 6th December 2015 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.  Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) has been given the trust to host this prestigious event which will be officiated by the honourable Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Academia industry partnership has become a subject of interest to industry, academics, and policy makers. The academia driven industry plays an important role to bring together the innovative research and development and commercialisation (R&D&C) to promote the university-industry latest products and create new knowledge and networking opportunities.

International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA) is a biannual programme organised by Malaysia Ministry of Education together with selected university since 2001. The aim of this event is to showcase the creations and innovative products and service from the local and international institution of higher education.

PECIPTA creates networking and collaboration opportunities for participants to develop prototype and to commercialise their products. 

PECIPTA had been organised by the following institutions;
 

YEAR	HOST	THEME
2001	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia	Penyelidikan Merentasi Sempadan
2003	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia	Ke Arah Kecemerlangan Penyelidikan
2005	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia	Kemakmuran Melalui Penyelidikan & Inovasi Global
2007	Universiti Sains Malaysia	Innovating Towards Sustainability
2009	Universiti Malaya	Driving Research Innovation Through Value Creation
2011	Universiti Teknologi MARA	Invigorating Innovation In The New Economic Model
2013	Univerisiti Utara Malaysia & Universiti Malaysia Perlis	Transforming Research & Innovation Towards Commercialization

 

Objectives

- To spur the nation’s advancement through research and development

- To showcase the creations and innovations derived from research and development activities

- To market the commercial products and the expertise of researchers

- To invigorate the tenacity of industrial sector and community on the local research ability

- To inspire the development of strategic networking and collaboration between academia and industry

 

 The cluster for PECIPTA 2015;

• Education and Human Development
• Art, Design & Creativity
• Entrepreneurship & Industrial Management
• Agriculture, Aquaculture & Environment
• Biotechnology, Life Science & Pure Sciences
• Health, Wellness & Wellbeing
• Information Communication Technology & Multimedia
• Manufacturing Technologies

 

For more information please visit http://pecipta.upsi.edu.my/