On Monday (12/11) morning, the Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Erwan Agus Purwanto, officially opened the Soprema 2018 event. The opening ceremony was attended by several invitees and was enlivened by Not Biru, a music band that has contributed in community empowerment, particularly to the disabled community through social inclusivity campaigns by music.
This press conference was also attended by Hempri Suyatna as the Chairman of Soprema 2018, M. Najib Azca as the Director of the Youth Studies Centre (YouSure) UGM and M. Sigit Yudanto as the representative of the Yogyakarta branch of BRI. Erwan stated that Soprema was held by Fisipol UGM as an implementation of the notion of UGM as a sociopreneur campus. “Fisipol has created an ecosystem that prepares and facilitates students to face the challenges of the 4.0 era though various schemes,” as Erwan stated. In accordance to Erwan, M. Najib Azca also stated that “Through Soprema, the social dimension of entrepreneurship can be highlighted. Therefore, Fisipol UGM has a major role in this event.”
The opening of Soprema 2018 also opened the Expo Soprema 2018, which was participated by 14 tenants until Wednesday (14/11) in the West Hall of FISIPOL UGM. This year’s expo was participated by various actors in the creative industry, ranging from handicrafts until culinary tenants. Besides the tenants, Expo Soprema 2018 has also invited Umar Haen and Tricotado to entertain the visitors.
The event was continued at 7 p.m. with the opening of the competition, a hospitality session and a technical meeting that was attended by all participants of the competition and the Soprema 2018 incubation. The event, which took place in Wisma MM UGM, opened the series of competition in Soprema that has started since Tuesday (13/11). The participants consisted of 60 semifinalists that hailed from 29 provinces in Indonesia.
Translated by : Ariq Dmitri Andrei