Social Entrepreneurs Exchange Seminar

  • Nov 22, 2020
  • 2 pm - 4 pm
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Social Entrepreneurs Exchange Seminar: Sustainable development of local industry via innovations

In the world of globalization where economy grows in a fast pace, rapid development consequently creates some gap and impact on local economy and brings social concerns: such as people leaving their traditional local business behind and migrating to cities. How can we sustain the economy of local communities and at the same time, lessen those social concerns become an important challenge to consider, especially in this Covid-19 situation when there is severe restriction on economy.
Against this backdrop, the Japan Foundation, Yangon together with Impact Hub Yangon, is Inviting one social entrepreneur from Japan and one social entrepreneur from Myanmar who revitalize the local economy with their innovative and sustainable business models.
The invited social entrepreneurs will discuss on “how they approach to sustainability of local industry with innovative ideas” and how they maintain innovation for their business during Covid-19 situation. They will present different kinds of innovation they applied in their social business: product innovation and social innovation.
We invited Ms. Lina Sakai, CEO and Founder of Fermenstation Co., Ltd from Japan who revived the fallow rice fields in Iwate prefecture and Mr. Pon Nya from Recycle Myanmar who has made a good impact on sustainable recycling for better environment and community with his innovative business model. Impact Hub Yangon will be moderator of the discussion.
Date: 22 November 2020
Time: 2pm – 4:00pm
Language: English with simultaneous Burmese interpretation
Platform: Zoom Webinar, (Facebook Live: only English language)
Please register in the link below to attend the webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lifYNDuRRYqYV200Ab5jwQ
Speakers:
(1) Lina Sakai
Lina Sakai is the CEO of Fermenstation Co., Ltd., a company she founded in 2009 that manufactures alcohol from unused resources such as biomass. Fermenstation is a premium ethanol venture business manufacturing alcohol and fermented residue from rice in unused rice fields to create a sustainable society.
Lina’s curiosity to make use of the resources that have not been effectively utilized drove her to study fermentation technology. With this knowledge, she converted the rice grown in the unused paddies in the Tohoku region of Japan into ethanol. It was at this time that she decided to become an entrepreneur. Through Fermenstation, she someday hopes to give rise to a renewable society — a society that encourages and supports the creation of raw materials from unused resources.
The company’s sustainable and eco-friendly business model is key to its success. Any by-product is turned into a value-added ingredient or its own product. The company mainly produces and supplies premium ethanol as a raw material, something found in cosmetics, perfumes, foods and even beverages. It also, develops and markets several original products such as premium facial soap and cosmeceuticals. Although ethanol was initially considered as a fuel, the company has been successful in creating a market for cosmetics and eventually branched out into organic alcohol, no venture business has ever accomplished.
Lina was awarded the Audience Award at Global Brains Alliance Forum 2018, Special Award at JR East Startup Demo Day2018, The DBJ 3rd Women Entrepreneurs New Business Plan Competition, Special Innovation Award and the British Business Award 2014 (Community Contribution), is The Entrepreneur Awards Japan (TEAJ) Finalist and
Japan Representative for Creative Business Cup 2014 Denmark etc. Her Products received Social Products Award 2014.
Lina graduated from the International Christian University and the Tokyo University of Agriculture. Prior to establishing Fermenstation, she worked at the Fuji Bank, Ltd. (current Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.) and Deutsche Securities.
(2) Pon Nya
Pon Nya is a visionary and social entrepreneur in Myanmar. He founded a social impact startup with a scalable and repeatable business model. Recycle Myanmar is a mobile application-based recycling platform to enhance the circular economy. It’s
not only creating more job opportunities for marginalised people but also making a positive impact on sustainability.
Moderator
BhoneMyat is currently working at Impact Hub Yangon as Operations Lead in business operations and administration management. BhoneMyat graduated from Sunderland University with a Master Degree in Project Management in Engineering. Before working as operations lead in the Impact Hub Yangon team, BhoneMyat worked in a 360 Marketing Company called Visibility design Limited as “Project Manager”. Work as a young leader, BhoneMyat’s passion to enhance the response of management procedure and to support the development of ecosystem and entrepreneurship programs of the country’s ecosystem. BhoneMyat working closely with organizations as UNDP, GIZ, FnF for entrepreneurship development programs, and also working with Ooredoo Myanmar for shaping the ecosystem developments through operational processes. BhoneMyat also coordinating the operational process of Kitchen Hub that is a food incubation line in Taunggyi.
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