1. APRU Doctoral Students Conference and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition – Extra Chapter Challenge Prof Liew Ah Choy Director, International Relations Office Raphael Funwa Iluyomade PhD Candidate & Chair of 2006 APRU DSC

2. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC 7 th APRU Doctoral Students Conference (DSC) Hosted by NUS from 17 – 21 July 2006 Theme: – “Inventing the Future: Trends, Perspectives and Enterprise from the Pacific Rim” New Initiative: –APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition – Extra Chapter Challenge (ECC)

3. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC APRU Doctoral Students Conference (DSC) Organised by APRU Doctoral Students Network (DSN) –a self-governed graduate student organisation Aims to bring doctoral students in the Pacific Rim together for intellectual and social interactions Papers presented address a range of topics grouped under an annual theme

4. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC Extra Chapter Challenge (ECC) New initiative spearheaded by APRU Enterprise Coordinating Group (AECG) and APRU DSN A business plan competition to encourage doctoral students to create value from their graduate student research Open to doctoral students in any discipline at APRU universities Top 3 participants will win prize money of about US$ 20,000

5. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC ECC Guidelines Must be doctoral students Business proposals must relate to dissertation research Students submit a 2 - 4 page proposal/letter of recommendation Each university to announce its selected ECC participants

6. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC ECC Guidelines Students submit 25 - 30 page final proposal to ECC Organising Committee Competition commences at NUS on 17 July 2006 Top 3 winners announced on 21 July 2006

7. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC Recommended Financial Support for ECC About US$ 6,000 per student Covers a 4-month stipend, or one term, to work on the project Includes a travel award –covers airfare and registration fee to attend the final ECC competition in Singapore

8. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC 7 th APRU DSC and ECC – Tentative Program

9. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC 7 th APRU DSC and ECC Registration fees waived for DSC ECC participants pay a subsidised amount of US$ 260 6 nights of free lodging at NUS residence No. registered for DSC:104 No. registered for ECC: 6 For more information, log on –http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/APRU/

10. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC Encourage your doctoral students to join the 7 th APRU DSC and ECC at NUS from 17 – 21 July 2006 !

11. APRU DSC and APRU Enterprise Business Plan Competition - ECC THANK YOU