An online SAKURA exchange program (SEP) has been held on January 6 to 8 2021 via the Zoom platform hosted by the Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University (MU). It was the first time this program was being held online due to the pandemic situation. SEP is an annual program organized together with the Department of Physics – Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Department of Physics – Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), and Research Centre for electronics, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). This program aims to encourage graduate students in the Asian region with a strong interest in the field of “material in informatics and energy” to join and initiate future collaboration.