In relation to the Challenge, PlaTCOM Ventures and the British Council are jointly organising a briefing session to provide more information on the Challenge. Invitation is open to all who are interested to join the Challenge and would like to find out more. This session will also provide you with networking opportunities to meet other players in the dengue technology field.

British Council and PlaTCOM Ventures launched the Dengue Tech Challenge 2016 on 4th January 2016.

This initiative is one of the opportunity offered under the Newton-Ungku Omar Fund and High Impact Programme 2. It aims to support proposals for collaborative projects that bring together experts from Malaysia and the United Kingdom to focus on commercialisation of dengue-related research and products in Malaysia.

This initiative aims to:

• support commercialisation of Dengue research between organisations from Malaysia and United Kingdom
• provide proactive solutions to Dengue outbreaks in Malaysia
• provide a platform for industry-academia commercialisation collaboration activities in Malaysia and United Kingdom

You may find out more about the Challenge here.