From October 22-26, 2024, Assistant Professor Dr. Napat Ruangnapakul, Associate Dean for Research, Academic Services, and International Relations of the Faculty of Information and Communication at Maejo University, was honored by Y&Archer to participate in the A-Stream 2024 conference in South Korea. This international conference focused on startups, promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in collaboration with organizations across various regional industries. Dr. Napat also had the opportunity to present and discuss Maejo University’s innovations with private sector representatives from Japan and South Korea.
Y&Archer, designated by the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups, fosters startups through partnerships with Korean government agencies, state-owned enterprises, and investors.
Additionally, at this event, there was a ceremony for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SPACE-F—the first incubator and accelerator program in Thailand for food technology startups—supported by the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Thai Union Group Public Company Limited, Mahidol University, and other leading agencies. This MoU with Y&Archer aims to cultivate and accelerate food technology startups into the global market and to stimulate the FoodTech startup ecosystem between Thailand and South Korea.
Following the conference, Dr. Napat explored innovation ecosystem development for student and academic entrepreneurship at Korea University. Dr. Napat also met with Professor Dr. Young Min Baek from the Department of Communication at Yonsei University.