Overview

CEO Day @ UKM is jointly organised by Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology (FST), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC). This is the 3rd CEO Day organised by MPOC since the first one in 2019. POPSIG provides support to MPOC in this event.

This event will provide a platform for students to engage in knowledge and experience sharing session with industry leaders on career and internship opportunities. Highlights of the event include CEO forum, exhibitions, walk-in interviews for job opportunity, food trucks and many more.

Highlights

• CEO forum
• Walk-in interview for career and internship opportunities
• Résumé drop box
• Exhibition booth by government and private sectors
• Palm Oil TikTok Challenge Competition: Benefits and Importance of Palm Oil
• Palm-based Food Product Development Competition
• Sustainable Product Innovation from Palm Waste Competition
• Cooking demonstration by famous chef
• TM6 cooking demonstration
• Food trucks

Time

08:00—17:00 MYT.

Registration

Register for free to win many attractive prizes during this event. Goodies and meals will be provided for the first 1,000 registered participants. The CEO Day @ UKM is open to the public.

Information links

• Register to attend CEO Day @ UKM on 14 January 2023
• View the poster (English version)

Competitions

Competition 1: Palm Oil TikTok Challenge

Aims

• Increase the knowledge related to palm oil industry in Malaysia among the students through informative and creative video presentation and enhance their creativity in carrying out literature review
• Spread awareness on the benefits and positive stories on Malaysian palm oil provides opportunities to cultivate academic, presentation and research communication skills

Conditions of participation

All the requirements listed below must be followed:

• Open to the public residing in Malaysia (Malaysian and non-Malaysian)
• Participation is individual
• Each individual can submit more than 1 video, but only 1 video of each participant will be selected as Top 15 winner
• Theme: Benefits and Importance of Palm Oil
• Read the full details at the links below

Full details

• Register to participate at Palm Oil TikTok Challenge
• View the competition terms and conditions
• View the poster (English version)

Prizes

• Top 15: Cash prize of RM200 each + certificate
• All participants: e-certificate

Important dates

• Registration begins: 20 October 2022
• Registration closes: 30 November 2022
• Upload of the video onto TikTok needs to be done after receiving a copy of registration

Competition 2: Palm-based Food Product Development Competition

Conditions of participation

All the requirements listed below must be followed:

• Open to local and international students (aged 18 and above) at Malaysian tertiary institution - including public, private and foreign campuses
• Participation as a team of 3 to 5 members. Each student can only be involved in one team
• Only Malay or English languages are accepted
• Theme: Innovation of Palm Based Food Product
• Read the full details at the links below

Full details

• Register to participate at Palm-based Food Product Development Competition
• View the competition terms and conditions
• View the poster (English version)

Registration fee

The payment of RM50 per team is required to participate in this competition

Prizes

• Top 5 will win cash prizes up to RM1,500 (per awarded team) + certificate

Important dates

• Registration due on: 30 November 2022
• Submission deadline: 10 December 2022
• Evaluation: 11-19 December 2022
• Announcement of finalists: 20 December 2022
• Final judgement and awards ceremony: 14 January 2023

Competition 3: Sustainable Product Innovation From Palm Waste Competition

Conditions of participation

All the requirements listed below must be followed:

• Open to local and international students (aged 18 and above) at Malaysian tertiary institution - including public, private and foreign campuses
• Participation as a team of 3 to 5 members. Each student can only be involved in one team
• Only Malay or English languages are accepted
• Theme: Sustainable Product Innovation from Palm Waste
• Read the full details at the links below

Full details

• Register to participate at Palm-based Food Product Development Competition
• View the competition terms and conditions
• View the poster (English version)

Registration fee

The payment of RM50 per team is required to participate in this competition

Prizes

• Top 5 will win cash prizes up to RM1,500 (per awarded team) + certificate

Important dates

• Registration due on: 30 November 2022
• Submission deadline: 10 December 2022
• Evaluation: 11-19 December 2022
• Announcement of finalists: 20 December 2022
• Final judgement and awards ceremony: 14 January 2023

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunity

The sponsorship packages will be the perfect platform to showcase your organisation's achievements to your stakeholders, and to reinforce your company's stature and image with the potential employees and prospective clients. The organiser may tailor your sponsorship according to your specific needs. The company can also set up the exhibition booth in the hall. For more enquiries and booking, please contact POPSIG Secretariat at popsigmalaysia@gmail.com.

Stay connected

For event updates, visit POPSIG Facebook event webpage. More about MPOC at www.mpoc.org.my.

Disclaimer: IChemE will not be storing or controlling any data linked to this event.