Dr. Ting Choon Meng, President of Fellowship of Inventors (FOI)

 

Dr. Ting is a medical doctor, an inventor and an author, and earned his MBBS in Singapore in 1984 and has been a practising family physician for over 20 years. His inventions include BPro which won two prestigious awards: The World Economic Technology Forum Technology Pioneer Award for Healthcare and Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Monitoring Technology of the Year in 2007.

Dr. Gideon Tolkowsky

 

Also dubbed at one of the “elders of the Israeli VC tribe”, Dr. Tolkowsky is currently the Managing Director of BME Capital Management. Ltd. He has over 25 years of venture capital experience in the United States and Israel, being one of the founders of Israeli venture capital. Among numerous companies Gideon was intimately involved in, he served as active chairman of ESC Medical Ltd., from inception to NASDAQ capitalization of over $800M five years later.

Professor Desai, Director of Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE), SMU

 

Professor Desai is a Professor of Information Systems Practice at the School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University and is the Director of the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE).  Desai has more than thirty five years of innovation and innovation management and over ten years of new business coaching experience. 

Jörg Dietzel, Founder/CEO, Jörg Dietzel Brand Consultants Pte Ltd (Singapore)

 

Jörg Dietzel is a "world-renowned brand guru" (Channel NewsAsia), and an expert in branding who has worked in the field for 20 years, both in Europe and all over Asia. He is running his own consultancy, Jörg Dietzel Brand Consultants Pte Ltd, and teaches strategic brand management and advertising at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at the Singapore Management University.

Dr. Kirpal Singh, Director, Wee Kim Wee Centre, SMU

 

Dr. Kirpal Singh is today regarded as an international creativity guru following the publication of his book “Thinking Hats & Coloured Turbans: Creativity Across Cultures” (2004) and he is keenly sought by top organisations in the world to do keynotes and plenary addresses.

Alexander Gosling, Chief Executive, Invetech

 

Alexander has over 40 years experience of planning and directing technology based projects and organisations. For the last 30 years, Alexander has been involved in senior management roles in technology consulting businesses: initially with Cambridge Consultants Ltd, then with PA Technology in UK.

Ng Kim Tean, Chairman, Nanyang LLC

 

Mr Ng Kim Tean, an engineer-turned-lawyer, holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the University of London. Mr Ng founded Nanyang Law LLC, a boutique law corporation of 25 staff.

RADM(NS) Tan Kai Hoe

 

Rear Admiral (NS) Tan Kai Hoe, 42, joined SPRING Singapore as the Deputy Chief Executive on 1 June 2009. His current portfolio includes driving SPRING’s efforts in innovation and entrepreneurship, spearheading the development of technology innovative enterprises, and overseeing SPRING’s quality & standards initiatives.

Mirza Saad, Technology Specialist, SPRING Singapore

 

Mr Mirza Saad is a Technology Specialist Manager with SPRING Singapore. He is in the Technology Innovation Division, a group that is responsible for helping enterprises develop their capabilities by leveraging on technology and innovation.

Pierre Hennes, Upstream Ventures

 

Co-Founder and Partner of Upstream Ventures, Pierre has over 6 years experience in VC and new venture creation across Asia, supported by 8 years of international corporate and startup experience across various sectors including internet and new media, mobile communications, real-estate, and the arts.

Steven Fang, CordLife Ltd. , Group Chief Executive Officer

 

Mr Fang founded CordLife Singapore in 2001, and negotiated the merger with Cytomatrix in 2003 which led to the establishment of CyGenics and its subsequent IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange on 18th June 2004. The CyGenics group was renamed as CordLife in 2007 to focus on its core business in tissue banking, and diversified Cytomatrix through a new strategic equity partnership with Deakin University of Australia.

Dr Lim Ser Yong , Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech)

 

Dr Lim Ser Yong is the Executive Director and Senior Scientist of the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). Dr Lim leads the institute in the research and development of technology in manufacturing processes, manufacturing automation, and manufacturing systems to support the manufacturing industry in Singapore. SIMTech has collaborated with many manufacturing companies in Aerospace, Automotive, MedTech, Precision Engineering, Electronics, Marine and Logistics industry.