AJC Programme “Enhancing dialogues and leadership opportunities among
young people and women”“Showcasing Successful Business Models ofYoung Entrepreneurs in ASEAN and Japan”
Reconnecting People for Recovery

Event Guideline(Last update on 6 December 2022)

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Background
ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) is an intergovernmental organization promoting exports from theASEAN Member States to Japan while revitalizing investment, tourism as well as people-topeople exchanges between the ASEAN Member States and Japan. AJC commits to realize theASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation vision, contribute to recovery from the COVID-19
pandemic, and promote inclusive, sustainable, and human-centred trade, investment, tourism andpeople-to-people exchanges between ASEAN member states and Japan. Under this goal, AJC
fosters leadership exchanges and empowering young people, women, and start-ups in ASEAN
member states and Japan for mutual prosperity. Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is also
one of the most important visions of ASEAN which is outlined in the ASEAN Comprehensive
Recovery Framework (ACRF).
Based on this background, AJC organizes an event for young entrepreneurs to share theirsuccessful business models which centered “reconnection”; which includes reconnecting
economic, societal, cultural, geographical, and human-to-human gap, which have been createdby the COVID-19 pandemic. Business models to be presented in the event relate to followings
themes, but not limited to; digitalization, logistics, finance, human resource management, circular
economy, women, and rural economy.
Through showcasing successful business models which contribute to reconnection, AJC
wishes to contribute to recovery from COVID-19 and resilient growth. Entrepreneurship, which
stimulates one’s ingenuity and innovative mindset, can play a key role at this point. Raising
entrepreneurial spirit also can unleash the potential of young population and afford them with anenvironment for growth.

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A. OUTLINE OF THE EVENT“Showcasing Successful Business Models of Young Entrepreneurs in ASEAN andTitle
Date and time
Scope ofActivity
Venue

Japan - Reconnecting People for Recovery-”Thursday 26 January 2023, 12:00-17:30 (GMT +9:00)

Organize an online event to showcase the successful business models among young
entrepreneurs

Online venue: Zoom Meeting StyleTo foster the entrepreneurship among young entrepreneurs in ASEAN and Japan, bysharing successful business models.

ObjectiveTo provide young entrepreneurs with opportunities to share their business models
which contribute to reconnection.

To empower young entrepreneurs in ASEAN and Japan, for future mutual
cooperations and network.

Organizer

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ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC)

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Maximum 2 nominations of presenters per country

Nationality: ASEAN Member states or Japan.

Industry: Any industry (Agriculture, Manufacturing, Services, etc).

Qualification: young entrepreneurs who are desirably 40 years old or under andhaving successful business models (In case the nominee is above 40 years old,please consult with AJC info_cs@asean.or.jp)

PresenterThe presenter’s enterprise needs to be operating as commercial entity or establishedcompany

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The presenter should have successful business models which contributes toreconnection of economic, societal, cultural, geographical, and human-tohuman gaps, which have been created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ParticipantsQualification: young entrepreneurs who are desirably 40 years old or under

Nationality: ASEAN Member states or Japan

Panel members consist of members who are knowledgeable of entrepreneur situation

Panelmemberin ASEAN and Japan. They give feedback to the business models to foster
entrepreneurship among participants.
Private companies, associations and public institutions in Japan and ASEAN.
(i.e.) member of Chamber of Commerce, Trade Promotion Offices, Embassies andSupporters

Ministries in ASEAN Member States (AMS).
Language:English3

B. ORGANIZATION OF THE EVENT
Presentation & Feedback session
7-10 minutes presentation time will be given to each presenter.

Maximum 5 minutes feedbacks by the panel members to promote presenters’ businessfurther and foster other audiences’ entrepreneurship.

The panel members and participants assess each presentation through voting. The top 5presenters will be awarded.

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Individual Topic Session
Presenters, Participants, Panel members and Organizers (AJC) will be provided withZoom Breakout Rooms which have different topics, corresponding to challenges facedby young entrepreneurs (i.e.) Digitalization, Finance, Logistics, Marketing, etc

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In each breakout room, the attendees of same interest will discuss about how toovercome these challenges and promote re-connection. This also serves as networking
opportunities for young entrepreneurs from different countries.

5Panel members•••
Prof. Takeru Ohe,Japan••

Ms. Leila Djawas,Indonesia

Mr.Abdul Hakim Sahidi,
Malaysia••

Dr. Ohe has a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from the Universityof Maryland and an MBA from the Columbia University Graduate
SchoolDr. Ohe worked as a professor at Waseda Business School ofWaseda University and as Director of the Waseda Incubation
Center. He founded T. Ohe Office, Inc., specializing in newbusiness development, and has vast experience as a consultantfor major corporations.
Currently Specially Invited Professor to the International
University of Japan, Executive member of the Japan Business
Model Competition and Asia Business Model Competition, andBoard member of ASIA SEED and Cambodia International
Education Support Foundation (CIESF).

Member of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Advisor, Business Planning and Development and External
Relations at Medco E&p Indonesia
Strategic Advisor at Yayasan Furusato Indonesia Mandiri
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mahayana Asia

•Currently the Managing Director of Leave a Nest Malaysia, aJapanese based Venture that pursuing the vision of Advancing
Science and Technology for Global Happiness. Since 2013,
Leave a Nest has been creating a Deep Tech ecosystem,
namely Tech Planter across Japan, US, UK and 6 ASEAN
countries with more than 3500 teams in the whole ecosystem.

•They provide various kinds of support for startups including
business training, prototyping and manufacturing support, seedfunding as well as bridging startups to collaborate with relevant
partners to solve deep issues locally and globally.

•Besides managing Leave a Nest Malaysia, he is also the cofounder of Shaf Industries Sdn. Bhd, a Malaysian company thatprovides innovative solutions in energy management.

•He is experienced in mentoring and supporting Deep-techstartups to construct their business plan and bring theirbusiness to the next level. He is actively involved in startups
competitions as a panelist including recently for the ASEANIndia Startup Festival competition and “Enter the Tiger Lairs” by
Malaysian Business Angel-Network.

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C. PROGRAM (PROVISIONAL)
Time (GMT+9)

Activity

Person in charge

Opening
12:00-12:05 (5 mins)

Welcome Remarks

To be decided
Dr. Kuhihiko Hirabayashi,

12:05-12:10 (5 mins)

Opening Remarks

Secretary-General of ASEANJapan Centre
Master of ceremony (MC), Mr.

12:10-12:15 (5 mins)

Explanation of the program

Kazuhiko Amagai, Project officer,
Strategic Country Support Team,ASEAN-Japan Centre

Presentation & Feedback session

12:15-13:30

13:30-14:30

14:30-14:45

14:45-16:00

16:00-16:30 (30 mins)

Presentation & Feedback
Session 1

Presenters & Panel members
Facilitator: MC, Mr. Kazuhiko
AmagaiPresentation & Feedback
Session 2

Presenters & Panel members
Facilitator: MC, Mr. Kazuhiko
Amagai

Break
Presentation & Feedback
Session 3

Presenters & Panel members
Facilitator: MC, Mr. Kazuhiko
AmagaiDiscussion

AllQ&A
Individual Topic Session
16:30-17:00 (30 mins)

Breakout Room 1
Individual topic discussion ofthe challenges faced byentrepreneurs(i.e.) Digitalization, Finance,Logistics, Marketing, etc

17:00-17:30 (30 mins)

Breakout Room 2(i.e.) HR, consumer products,service & product development, etc

Presenters, participants and thepanel members.
(Attendees can choose abreakout room they wish toattend)

Presenters, participants and thepanel members.

Closing
17:30-17:35 (5 mins)

Closing Remarks

AJC7

D. WAY FORWARD
The year of 2023 marks the 50th commemorative year of Japan-ASEAN relations since its startin 1973.
This event will be preparatory activities for the series of commemorative events in 2023. Thepresenters in this event will be invited in the various events related to young people in 2023
(i.e.) Japan-ASEAN Young Innovative Entrepreneurs Forum (*provisional title).

E. LOGISTIC INFORMATION
Timeline
Friday 16 December 2022

ActivityRegistration of presenterNomination of the presenters is done by the following
Google Form https://bit.ly/3FcLyjB

Submitted presentations will be evaluated by the panel

Friday 13 January 2023

 Submission of participants list from supporters

Monday 23 toParticipating Zoom URL will be issued

Wednesday 25 January 2023
Thursday 26 January 2023

 Presenters from AMS log in to the online session at the(12:00~17:30 GMT+9, Japanlatest 30 minutes before their presentation, and makeStandard Time)

presentations at their designated time Presentation format:
oFile type: Microsoft Power Point (PPT).

oDuration: 10-15 minutes (the final duration ofthe presentation will be notified uponregistration of all presenters)

Friday 27 January 2023 onwards

Further Communication with Presenters

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Main coordinator:

Mr. Kazuhiko Amagai, Project officer,
Strategic Country Support Team (former Capacity Building Cluster)
info_cs@asean.or.jp;
kamagai@asean.or.jp;

Supervisor:

Ms. Retno Supeni, Assistant Director and Head,
Strategic Country Support Team (former Capacity Building Cluster)
supeni@asean.or.jp;

Strategic Country Support Team (former Capacity Building Cluster)
AEAN Promotion Centre on Trade, Investment and Tourism (ASEAN-Japan Centre)
1F, Shin Onarimon Bldg, 6-17-19,
Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan

Phone: 81-3-5402-8116
Fax: 81-3-5402-8005
E-mail address: info_cs@asean.or.jp

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