Universitas Indo Global Mandiri (IGM) participated in the “What’s Up Campus Calls Out” (CCO) event organized by the Ministry of Law of the Republic of Indonesia via Zoom on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights office in South Sumatra.
The event was held in conjunction with the simultaneous signing of higher education cooperation agreements across Indonesia. According to the official website of the Ministry of Law of the Republic of Indonesia, this event aims to raise awareness that innovation and technology are national strategic assets that possess both economic value and competitive strength for the nation’s progress.
Not only that, this initiative is also considered crucial as a strategic step to strengthen the innovation ecosystem within the academic community. Innovations emerging from the academic world must be capable of generating economic momentum that has a tangible impact on national development.
This event also included the signing of an agreement to establish 1,266 Intellectual Property (IP) Centers across Indonesia. This initiative is seen as a concrete effort by the government to strengthen legal protection for the research and innovations of the nation’s youth.
The Ministry of Law is ready to accept and support various patent applications from universities and innovators in Indonesia. According to the Ministry, regulatory support is essential to ensure that research outcomes can be developed and provide broad benefits to society.
The event then continued with a presentation by the Minister of Law on various interesting facts regarding the development of patents in Indonesia. The forum became even more engaging with the participation of several national figures in a discussion session titled “Intellectual Duel: Innovation for the Market or for Meaning,” which featured Indonesian entrepreneur Gita Wirjawan, academic and philosopher Rocky Gerung, and the Minister of Law of the Republic of Indonesia.
The next session, titled “From Lab to Market,” featured the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology, Stella Christie; ITB academics Veinardi Suendo, Gita Wirjawan, and Rocky Gerung; and the Indonesian Minister of Law. The discussion focused on the importance of research commercialization so that laboratory research findings can be translated into products that are useful and have economic value for the community. (*)
