Why We’re Loving #GEGarages Indonesia

And we’re off!The GE Garages  has made itself quite at home at Ciputra Artpreneur, Jakarta, Indonesia this week. Making its inaugural opening  in South East Asia, the tech and innovation-led exhibition was officiated and officially opened to the public by the former President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. dr. B.J Habibie, the General Secretary of Ministry of  Research Higher Education Ainun Naim PhD together with our very own Pak Handry Satriago, CEO, GE Indonesia.

Create. Collaborate. Innovate!

 

Drones, 3D Printers, Walking Robots, and PinHole Cameras showcased and built on an exhibition floor that would make Tony Stark proud.

 

 

The Garage, as Jakarta is slowly discovering, is not just an exhibition, rather a coming together of innovators, engineers, students, tech enthusiasts and industry experts with one unifying aim – innovation by collaboration; this is the Future of Work.

 

 

GE’s Garage in  Indonesia has seen almost 1,500 attendees sign up to vie for limited slots in select workshops shops led by innovators, makers and educators brought by GE and local innovation hub and community, MakeDoNia.

 

 

Let’s give them something to talk about!

 

The first half of the week-long Garage also played host to two panel discussions. The Future of Work panel saw Anies Baswedan, Minister of Culture and Primary and Secondary Education and Heather Wang, Vice President of HR, GE Global Growth Organisation, speak about the impact of social-economic climates, its impact of talent development and the importance of the role played by the private and public sectors to harness the growth of the workforce.

The second forum looked at the Internet of Things, and saw discussions by startup founders revolving around the importance of user experience, and consumer journey when designing their various solutions and program. The panel included Mark Kaplan, Founder of Tone, Larissa Rena from Somia CX and Faizal Rahman, Co-founder & UX designer at Flipbox who each shared their experiences and challenges in  prioritizing the customer experience in their programs. The one commonality that flowed through the hour-long discourse was the importance of ‘never giving up’ when faced with thefirst, second  or even 121^st failure. Rome after all was not built in a day.

 

 

The second day at the Garage also featured an appearance by Terri Bresenham, President & CEO, GE, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions who spoke about healthcare challenges that developing countries are facing, and what GE is doing to lead the charge in sustainable health solutions.

 

We’re not done yet!

 

The Indonesia Garage will run right through to Sunday, 23^rd August. Here’s a sample of what’s still in in store for attendees: 

Design Thinking Jam

Working in groups, participants are encouraged to demonstrate and create innovative solutions with Design Thinking methodology that brings multidisciplinary elements together. 

Maker Kids

The program aims to instill a foundation for creativity and innovation among kids through the development of education toys.

Steam Workshop – Kids Learn to Code!

Kids now can learn to code too! The hour of code is a one hour of learning how to code. Getting to understand the fundamental of programming an app or even basic computer coding that can earn you a certificate!

That’s not all – visit www.GEGaragesIndoensia.com for more information on other workshops and the full timetable!

Got a question? Tag us on twitter @GE_Indonesia and we’ll get right back to you!