(L-R) Sherry Tsai, Taiwan Trade Centre; Dr Criado-Perez, UNSW; Diana Chung, Acer; Jun Choe, Acer; Mr Cheng-Wei Wu, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Sydney; David Leal, Delta Electronics; Martin Palin, Palin Communications.
Australian health innovators, companies, entrepreneurs and researchers have been invited to make submissions to the Taiwan Trade Centre’s ‘Go Healthy with Taiwan’ campaign.
‘Go Healthy with Taiwan’ is a global initiative that engages institutions, enterprises, researchers and entrepreneurs from around the world to submit innovative proposals that integrate Taiwan’s high-quality health products and holistic solutions. The objective is to fund projects that jointly improve global health standards and promote well-being in cities, communities and business environments across the globe.
The deadline for submissions is 14 August. Six finalists will be flown to Taiwan to present their proposals, and three winners will each receive a prize of $US30,000.
Go Healthy with Taiwan is a perfect example of the kind of activity that we as a Business School want to get involved in
The University of NSW Business School is one Australian institute that has seen the opportunity in this campaign with Dr Christian Criado-Perez, a Research and Insights Associate at the UNSW Business Insights Institute, encouraging academics from the school to consider entering.
“Our Institute has made a conscious effort to place a lot more of our energy and focus on building relationships with external partners and to focus on work with social impact. So Go Healthy with Taiwan is a perfect example of the kind of activity that we as a Business School want to get involved in,” said Dr Criado-Perez Chanin.
According to David Cheng-Wei Wu, Director-General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney, Australia is a very important partner to Taiwan. “We hope that through this program we can source ideas from both Taiwan and Australia, so we can work together to make the ecosystem of healthcare better in the future.”
People and organisations with ideas that would benefit from the inclusion of a Taiwanese partner are encouraged to visit the website, identify a Taiwanese enterprise that fits their idea, make a submission and then be in the running for the prizes and the trips to Taiwan.
