Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Studies and Its Application (ICTROPS 2024)
Conference: Proceedings of the International Conference on Tropical Studies and Its Application (ICTROPS 2024)
Date: 02 October 2024
Location: Samarinda, Indonesia (Hybrid)
Website: https://e-journals2.unmul.ac.id/index.php/ictrops/index The framework of Mulawarman University as a “Center of Excellence for Tropical Studies” is a part of the 4in1 initiative. This initiative is projected to excel in Teaching and Learning, Research and Innovation, and Staff Development as soft programs and Campus Infrastructure as a hard program. With the assistance of this IsDB program, the 4in1 initiative has two prominent umbrella programs of research consortium and curricula development. The initiative outcomes are an increase in competent graduates, publication, increase quality of teaching-learning, excellent services, increased student body, increased academic atmosphere, IPR, prototypes, increased research collaboration, and employability. In short, the 4in1 consortium will have a positive impact on developing nation competitiveness by providing competent graduates, collaboration in research, academic reputation, and excellent services and management. Since the plan on relocating the new capital of Indonesia to the province of East Kalimantan, thus, it will be following with many social phenomena. This condition will certainly greatly influence the direction of development in the East Kalimantan region, especially when it was announced as the region that became the new capital of Indonesia by President Joko Widodo on August 26, 2019. Many social aspects face, however, not only how the social condition amid covid pandemic but it’s also many aspects in the life of science as well. ICTROPS aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge and research for the better of life beyond the pandemic. Therefore, this conference is a forum for sharing the latest issues in the context of tropical studies and its applications, especially new capital of Indonesia. Foreword of Rector Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb. Dear colleagues, professors, lecturers, researchers, and all participants. On behalf of Mulawarman University, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and welcome you to the 7th ICTROPS 2024. Moreover, I honorably welcome our keynote speakers: Prof. Ir. Nizam, M.Sc., Ph.D., IPU, ASEAN Eng., University of Gadjah Mada; Dr. M. L. Franco Garcia, University of Twente, Netherlands; Dr. Al Amin Mohamed Sultan, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sudtida P Thanasupsin, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand; and our invited speakers. I hope that the conference would be able to achieve its objective in providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge and research for the better of life beyond the pandemic. The center of excellence of our university is tropical studies. Therefore, this conference is a forum for sharing the latest issues in the context of tropical studies and its applications. We realized that the complexity of these issues needs a balanced from the pure science and social science perspectives. My deepest gratitude goes to the Advisory Board, Organizing Committee, and who have supported the success of this conference. The committee has organized a scientific program and is working hard to present highly respected and international speakers to lead it. Although we try our finest to be professional, please accept our sincere apolo-gies should some inconveniences occur before, during, or after the event. I wish you a very productive conference with exciting and encouraging discussions and exchanges of knowledge. Thank you for joining this event. I sincerely hope you will enjoy our conference. Wassalamu’alaikum wr. wb. H. Abdunnur
Date: 02 October 2024
Location: Samarinda, Indonesia (Hybrid)
Website: https://e-journals2.unmul.ac.id/index.php/ictrops/index The framework of Mulawarman University as a “Center of Excellence for Tropical Studies” is a part of the 4in1 initiative. This initiative is projected to excel in Teaching and Learning, Research and Innovation, and Staff Development as soft programs and Campus Infrastructure as a hard program. With the assistance of this IsDB program, the 4in1 initiative has two prominent umbrella programs of research consortium and curricula development. The initiative outcomes are an increase in competent graduates, publication, increase quality of teaching-learning, excellent services, increased student body, increased academic atmosphere, IPR, prototypes, increased research collaboration, and employability. In short, the 4in1 consortium will have a positive impact on developing nation competitiveness by providing competent graduates, collaboration in research, academic reputation, and excellent services and management. Since the plan on relocating the new capital of Indonesia to the province of East Kalimantan, thus, it will be following with many social phenomena. This condition will certainly greatly influence the direction of development in the East Kalimantan region, especially when it was announced as the region that became the new capital of Indonesia by President Joko Widodo on August 26, 2019. Many social aspects face, however, not only how the social condition amid covid pandemic but it’s also many aspects in the life of science as well. ICTROPS aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge and research for the better of life beyond the pandemic. Therefore, this conference is a forum for sharing the latest issues in the context of tropical studies and its applications, especially new capital of Indonesia. Foreword of Rector Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb. Dear colleagues, professors, lecturers, researchers, and all participants. On behalf of Mulawarman University, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and welcome you to the 7th ICTROPS 2024. Moreover, I honorably welcome our keynote speakers: Prof. Ir. Nizam, M.Sc., Ph.D., IPU, ASEAN Eng., University of Gadjah Mada; Dr. M. L. Franco Garcia, University of Twente, Netherlands; Dr. Al Amin Mohamed Sultan, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sudtida P Thanasupsin, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand; and our invited speakers. I hope that the conference would be able to achieve its objective in providing a platform for researchers and practitioners to advance knowledge and research for the better of life beyond the pandemic. The center of excellence of our university is tropical studies. Therefore, this conference is a forum for sharing the latest issues in the context of tropical studies and its applications. We realized that the complexity of these issues needs a balanced from the pure science and social science perspectives. My deepest gratitude goes to the Advisory Board, Organizing Committee, and who have supported the success of this conference. The committee has organized a scientific program and is working hard to present highly respected and international speakers to lead it. Although we try our finest to be professional, please accept our sincere apolo-gies should some inconveniences occur before, during, or after the event. I wish you a very productive conference with exciting and encouraging discussions and exchanges of knowledge. Thank you for joining this event. I sincerely hope you will enjoy our conference. Wassalamu’alaikum wr. wb. H. Abdunnur