Despite being one of the busiest days at AYSPP 2017–and there was general public involvement on top of it, today went going well without major disruptions.

A series of activities which included press conferences, opening ceremonies, public lectures and early morning workshops; everything was on time according to the schedule.

There were 64 workshop participants from the general public and 53 AYSPP 2017 participants. At the end of the workshop, there was a pitching round training session for two semifinalist teams. Here the participants seemed enthusiastic and interested in the speakers’ exposure to the knowledge given.

Here is a list of prominent guests complete with their attendance status for the activities mentioned above:

1. H.E. Djauhari Oratmangun (Special Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Republic Indonesia Concerning Strategic Issues)
2. Jusman Syafii Djamal (Chairman of Matsushita Gobel)
3. Prof. Panut Mulyono (Rector of UGM)
4. Prof. Jagal Wisesa (Vice Rector of Academic and Student Affairs UGM)
5. Suslie Lie (Head of Investments at YCAB)
6. Hermant Chanrai (Director of Eight Four Capital Social Enterprises Pte, Ltd.,)
7. Nicholas Chan (Founder and Director of Azione Capital, Entrepreneur, Maritime Technologist & Business Mentor in Southeast Asia)
8. Dr. Poppy S. Winanti (Vice Dean of FISIPOL UGM)
9. Pulung Setiosuci Perbawani, M.M

The last event for today was the Sharing Session with the 2015 AYSPP runner-up team: AKABA and IWAK.ME. The activity also went on time and the semifinalists had asked the two teams directly and also Nicholas Chan was present.