CommTECH Camp Insight 2025

Continuing the success of 2012 to 2025  Community and Technological (CommTECH) Camp, ITS International Office is introducing a new innovative program, CommTECH Camp Insight 2025. We are happy to announce that we will hold CommTECH on-site again This program will be conducted on two streams. Furthermore, the upcoming CommTECH will be presented as a Project based Learning (PbL) program. Groups will be formed among participants as a platform to help solve real life problems faced by the community. With an increased engagement between participants, facilitators, and the community, a more impactful experience will be achieved. It becomes even more attractive because at the end of the program, all participants will have an opportunity to present their project and ideas which were developed during the course of the program in front of a wider audience.

So, what are you waiting for? Mark your calendar and register now for this terrific program. Many experiences beyond your imagination await

More about CommTECH Camp:

CommTECH Camp is an opportunity for university students, academics, and professionals from all over the world to learn about community and global issues through a variety of insightful but fun activities. The program includes courses, visitation and discussion with government and non-government agencies, societal engagement, Indonesian language courses, learning traditional music and dances, visit to main tourist destinations, and for sure tasting delicious Indonesian food. The aim of this program is to facilitate an opportunity to better understand ITS’s expertise in technology implementation within the society while visiting, discovering, and experiencing Indonesia’s diverse heritage and culture. It will also open up an opportunity to exchange ideas and develop a mutual goal for the future of our community.

The theme of the program is “Solving Local Problems with Global Knowledge”.  Our organizing committee has been working hard to make the program a truly memorable experience for all participants.

CommTECH Camp Insight offers 2 streams 2 different times 

Stream 1: SDGs Innovations (3-14 February 2025)

CommTECH Camp: SDGs Innovations is an immersive program designed for university students and academics who are eager to explore the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in action! This stream will focus on innovative implementations of SDGs at ITS and in Surabaya.

Participants will engage in dynamic courses, discussions with key entity representatives, and hands-on societal engagement. Participants will experience Indonesian culture and culinary delights while visiting iconic destinations. This program offers unique opportunity to exchange ideas, to collaborate on sustainable innovations, and to deepen your understanding to the role of technology in community development.

Stream 2 : Technology Innovations ( 20 Feb – 3 March 2025) 

CommTECH Camp: Technology Innovations is an immersive program designed for university students and academics who are eager to explore the technology development in Indonesia, especially the latest technology developed by ITS. In this program, participants will also witness the implementation of our technology for society.

Participants will engage in dynamic workshop, seminars, and hands-on-activities, with resources speakers and units in ITS. Participants will experience Indonesian culture and culinary delights while visiting iconic destinations. This program offers unique opportunity to exchange ideas, to collaborate on sustainable innovations, and to deepen your understanding to the role of technology in community development

You may check the tentative agenda at the poster

Only active lecturers, non-academic staffs & active bachelor, master & doctoral students from any background are eligible for this program.

The fees for this program is USD 1,600. The fees covers accommodation, local transportation, tuition fee, workshop materials, seminar kits, lunch, trips,  airport pick up & drop off services, and vouchers. The fee excludes personal expenses, roundtrip flight ticket, visa, travel & health insurance. The participants also need to check the requirement for visa to enter Indonesia.

We offer full scholarship, 50% scholarship (pay only USD 800) & partial scholarship (pay only USD 1,000) for limited participants. Each university only have a chance to received 1 full, 50% and partial scholarship. Please kindly note  that scholarship only for the fees. You need  still cover the exclude fees such as flight ticket, visa fees, insurance and other personal expenses. Please register early to secure your participation in this program.

The registration will open until  21 December 2024 for stream 1 and 21 January 2025 for stream 2

Please fill in the attached registration form

CommTECH-Camp-Insight-2025-Registration-Form

scan it, and send it to commtech@its.ac.id and cc to internationaloffice.its@gmail.com with the documents below :

– Scanned passport

– A recommendation letter from your university

– Scanned students/staffs/lecturers I.D or statement letter that you are staff or lecturers from your university

– Photo with plain bcakground

Indonesian students, International Students who currently study at Indonesia & the previous CommTECH Camp on-site Participants are not allowed to apply to CommTECH Camp Insight 20245Update Visa:
as per 17 July 2022, here is the update of the visa.

  • ASEAN Countries can enter Indonesia with free visa (visa on arrival)
  • 87 Countries can apply visa of arrival (IDR 500.000,-)
  • For countries not in listed as VoA recepient, you need to apply online visa through ITS system with the fees is IDR 2.000.000,-

For further inquiries, please contact Mr. Wahyu at commtech@its.ac.id internationaloffice.its@gmail.com 

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