Students of the Regional Development Master Program participated in the Summer Course Program with the theme “Smart City, Digital Transformation and Society in Southeast Asia”. This Summer Course Program is organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (PSSAT) UGM and supported by the Regional Development Master Program, Faculty of Geography UGM and the Smart City, Village, and Region Research Group, Department of Development Geography, Faculty of Geography UGM.
This Summer Course Program takes place on July 1-17, 2024 and is carried out in a hybrid manner, offline at PSSAT UGM 2nd Floor and online via Zoom Meeting. Through this program, Regional Development Master Program students have the opportunity to learn the intricacies of smart city studies, digital transformation, and society in the Southeast Asian region, together with international lecturers from 11 countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Germany, Romania, the United States, Finland, Japan, and South Korea. In addition, Regional Development Master Program students were also able to network and exchange information across cultures and countries with participants from home and abroad, including Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Nigeria, Romania, the United States, Guyana, India, Nepal, Japan, Ecuador, Mexico, and El Salvador, who attended classes online and offline.