The Faculty of Psychology UGM in collaboration with Flux, the Gadjah Mada Psychology Alumni Family (KAPSIGAMA), and Binar Academy held an event to launch the Psychology Digital Application Creators Program or PSYDIAC. The event was held on Saturday (3/7) online by inviting several speakers, including Alamanda Shantika Santoso, S.Si., S.Kom (Founders and President Director of Binar Academy), Erlina Dewi Fitriany, M.Psi., Psychologist (CEO of Flux), Prabaswara Desi, S.Psi., Psychologist, (Chairman of KAPSIGAMA), and Galang Lufityanto, M.Psi., Ph.D (Head of Psychology Undergraduate Study Program). The launch of this program was designed by the faculty to equip selected students with the skills to design digital products.
The event began with remarks from Dr. Nida Ul Hasanat, M.Si as Deputy Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Through her speech, Nida said that the launch of this program was carried out so that students were more focused, structured, and directed to participate in MBKM, especially in the manufacture of digital products. The Faculty of Psychology UGM itself already has alumni who are successful in making the digital world, such as Regisda Machdy with Pijar Psychology, Nur Zidny Ilmanafia who has a career as a UX researcher at Jabar Digital Service, Renesa Balqis with Roomansa, and other UGM Psychology Faculty alumni who also have successful careers in digital world.
For the first session, moderated by Ardian Praptomojati, S.Psi., M.Psi., Psychologist with Prabaswari Desi, S.Psi., Psychology as the speaker and Erlina Dewi Fitriany, M.Psi., Psychologist. This first session was also divided into three parts consisting of the delivery of the material “Contribution of Psychological Science in the Field of Employment in the Digital Age” for the first part. Then “Implementation of Psychological Science in Digital Application Development” as material for the second part.
Then for the second session, moderated by Acintya Ratna Pratiwi, S.Psi., M.A with speakers Alamanda Shantika Santoso, S.Si., S.Kom and Galang Lufityanto, M.Psi., Ph.D. In this session which was packaged as a talk show, Alamanda shared his experience in working in the digital field. Meanwhile, Galang conveyed about PSYDIAC and its relation to the students of the Faculty of Psychology UGM and the MBKM program.
It is hoped that this program will produce students of the Faculty of Psychology UGM who will become agents of change through digital products. Not only a product, but also a solution to a problem that occurs in society.