IPB's 'Living Lab' Concept Reaches 7,395 Villages Recognized Globally

JAKARTA IPB University's commitment to encouraging innovation that has a real impact on society has received global recognition. The Chancellor of IPB University, Prof. Arif Satria, was lined up as a keynote speaker in the prestigious Living Lab Summit at Stanford University, United States, on October 6, 2025. Prof. Arif's presence is proof that the idea of downstreaming IPB innovation to society is recognized by the world's top campus.

Living Lab Summit this time compiled academics, researchers, innovators, and policymakers from 15 institutions/campus from 12 countries that focus on developing the Living Laboratory (Living Lab) concept.

IPB: Campus As A Real Experiment Room

In a presentation entitled 'Campus Setting as Living Lab at IPB as Innopreneurial University', Prof. Arif Satria explained the IPB transformation strategy to become an Innovative University (University-Wirausaha) through a living lab approach both on campus (in-campus) and off-campus.

"The concept of living lab allows universities to become a real experimental space that integrates education, research, innovation, and community empowerment directly in the context of the real environment," said Prof. Arif.

Six Strategic Points Living Lab IPB

IPB University has designated several strategic locations as the heart of the implementation of its lab's living concept, most of which focuses on the agricultural and marine sectors, including:

Jonggol Innovation Valley: Center for integrated innovation for oil palm, mini CPO factories, animal feed factories, to sheep and cattle farms.

The Sukamantri Horticulture Production Area: A production garden that has successfully accompanied 219 ornamental plant farmers, has even partially penetrated the world's export market.

Mount Walat Education Forests: A sustainable small-scale forest management model, biodiversity research, and agrophorestry.

Agribusiness Technology Park: Play a role in accompanying 759 farmers to supply the needs of 54 supermarkets in the Jabodetabek area.

Science Techno Park (STP) IPB: Technology development ecosystem and business incubation, including a number of industrial coaching and building 489 start-ups.

Pelabuhan Ratu, Sukabumi and Sea Farming Stations, Thousand Islands: Become a sustainable community-based marine and fisheries laboratory living.

Massive Impact On Village Level: IPB Accompany 7,395 Villages!

Not only did it stop in this strategic environment, the Chancellor also highlighted IPB programs that directly touched the village community, showing a massive and measurable impact scale:

One Village One CEO (Ovoc): Entrepreneurship assistance Program in 1,043 villages in Indonesia.

Precision Village Data: Implementation of accurate data for development in around 1,239 villages.

People's Livestock School: Involving 12,600 breeders spread across 15 provinces.

Automatic Weather Station: Installation of weather monitoring tools in 100 villages to build climate literacy for farmers.

In total, Prof. Arif explained that IPB University has so far accompanied 7,395 villages or equivalent to 9.8 percent of the total village throughout Indonesia.

This initiative confirms that IPB not only produces innovations from research, but also consistently encourages direct implementation in the field which leads to real impacts and sustainable development for the people of Indonesia.

IPB's participation in Living Lab Summit at Stanford strengthens campus global networks as well as demonstrates its strategic role in designing an adaptive and transformative higher education future.