Seven to fourteen days inside Southeast Asia's innovation corridor — from Singapore's AI labs to Malaysia's scrappiest startup factories. Your participants don't read about it. They walk in.
Singapore and Malaysia sit 45 minutes apart and operate like two halves of one ecosystem. Singapore's regulatory clarity and capital depth. Malaysia's engineering talent and cost advantage. Together: a live MBA in how technology actually scales across borders.
We've been running programmes across this corridor since before it had a name. What we found: participants who walk both sides don't just learn about innovation. They understand it differently.
We run the same immersive environment across three distinct groups — because what a 20-year-old student needs from an innovation experience is different from what a corporate L&D team needs.
For school-leavers and pre-university students (post-A-level/IB/STPM) ready to move beyond theory. You'll sprint inside real companies, ship a project, and pitch to actual operators.
For early-career professionals, managers, and corporate L&D teams. Strategic site visits, C-suite dialogue, and cross-border business perspective.
For educators, school leaders, and curriculum designers. Immerse in the tech ecosystem and return with tools, frameworks, and networks to transform your institution.
Six days on the Wenchang launch coast — stand on the beach as China sends a robot to the Moon's south pole.
No two cohorts are identical — we adapt the programme to each group. But the rhythm is consistent: mornings learning, afternoons doing, evenings connecting.
Below shows the Student Innovation Bootcamp schedule. Executive and Ed-Tech tracks follow a similar structure with different site visits and workshops.
You've just finished A-levels or IB, you're in the gap before university, and you're curious whether a degree is the whole story. You want to meet founders before you enrol, not after you graduate. You want a credential that isn't just a transcript.
You teach the next generation of builders, but your curriculum was written before half these companies existed. You want to see what's coming — and bring it back to your students.
You're building L&D programmes, running a talent pipeline, or trying to expose your team to innovation before competitors do. You want more than a workshop. You want immersion.
I thought it was going to be like a field trip. It wasn't. By day three I was building something real with people I'd just met. By day seven I had a job offer from one of the companies we visited.
We sent six of our management trainees. They came back different. Not just more informed about the region — more confident, more connected, and with a completely different frame on what's possible.
I redesigned two curriculum modules the week after I got back. Seeing how companies actually onboard engineers, how they run product sprints — you can't un-see it. My students are better for it.
Our participants are adults (18+), and we run the programme to a professional duty-of-care standard.
Every programme day is staffed by GlobalMinds educators who have run this corridor seven times. Participants are never left to navigate a company visit, workshop, or border crossing alone.
A written emergency and escalation protocol covers both countries, with a 24/7 programme contact number and named emergency contacts collected from every participant before day one.
Travel and medical insurance is mandatory for every participant — we verify cover before the programme starts and can point you to suitable providers (you purchase directly).
You (and any sponsoring school or employer) receive the full programme schedule before the cohort starts, plus a daily update channel during the week — you'll know where the cohort is and what they built that day.
If your question isn't here, email Jean directly. She replies to everything.
hello@globalminds-edventures.asia →The inaugural cohort runs in October 2026, capped at 20 places. Exact dates are confirmed to registered members first. Register now for priority access and the early-bird rate.
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