Rio Kevin Mercello Alwi berhasil memperoleh Founder Award atau The Most Excellent Academic Performance (both Oral Presentation and Poster) dalam Tri-U International Joint Seminar and Symposium (IJSS). Pada kesempatan tersebut, ia menyampaikan hasil penelitian yang berjudul ‘Third-Party Initiatives for MSME Penetrate Market Research in The Greater Jakarta’.