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CONFERENCE AGENDA

NOV

08

ENVISIONING THE FUTURE

How will technology transform our lives in the next 30 years? Explore topics like: SpaceTech; 5G; QuantumTech; Nature Co-design; NanoTech; etc...

09:00

Keynote Address by Mrs Josephine Teo

Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation & Cybersecurity, and Second Minister for Home Affairs

09:20

Innovation Insights – IEEE

Randi Summers Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief

09:25

How Will Technology Shape Our Tomorrow?

Prof. Low Teck Seng, Chief Executive Officer, National Research Foundation Singapore Stephen Welby, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, IEEE

09:55

Future of Workforce

Nita Patel, Director, IEEE Foundation
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates, Inc.

Moderator: Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs

10:30

Restructuring the Global Semi-Conductor Industry

Alex Capri, Research Fellow, The Hinrich Foundation

Jimmy Goodrich, Vice President, Global Policy, Semiconductor Industry Association

Moderator: Samuel K. Moore, Senior Editor, IEEE Spectrum

11:00

Back to the Moon: Cutting the Cost of Access to Space

Prof. Jonathan Lunine, Professor and Chair of the Department of Astronomy, Cornell University Paul R. Gradl, Principal Investigator and Senior Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Moderator: Glenn Zorpette, Editorial Director, Content Development, IEEE Spectrum

11:35

The Sky's the Limit: Solving the Water Crisis from Space

Bessie Schwarz, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cloud to Street, SatSure

Rashmit Singh Sukhmani, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer,

Sang-Ho Yun, Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore - Remote Sensing Lab, Nanyang Technological University

Moderator: Dr Bidushi Bhattacharya, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AstroHub

12:05

Innovation Insights – Hope Technik

Daniel Nia, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hope Technik Samuel Lee, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Hope Technik

12:10

Biomanufacturing 4.0: How Close Are We and What Are the Challenges Ahead?

Davy Petit, Senior Director Pharmaceuticals & Biomedical Research, Waters Yvonne Kwan, Executive Director, Amgen

Moderator: A/Prof Andre Choo, Deputy Executive Director, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, A*STAR

12:55

Innovation Insights – Schneider Electric

Jai Thampi, Senior Vice President for Strategy & Innovation, Home & Distribution Division, Schneider Electric

13:00

Next Ten Years of Industry 4.0

Jackie Tan, Project Fellow, World Economic Forum
Ng Tian Chong, Managing Director, Greater Asia, HP Inc.

Nirupa Chander, Country Managing Director, Hitachi ABB Power Grids

Moderator: Dr. Andreas Hauser, Managing Director, TUV SUD

13:30

Innovation Insights – Aztech

Jeremy Mun Weng Hung, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, Aztech

13:35

5G for Future Industries

Brenda Harvey, General Manager, IBM Asia Pacific, IBM Asia Pacific
Dennis Wong, Vice President, Enterprise 5G & Cloud, Singtel

Moderator: Nurdianah Md Nur (Dianah), Section Editor, The Edge Singapore

14:05

The Global Quantum Race

Dr. A. Auffèves, Senior Scientist, Institut Néel - CNRS
Dr. Satoshi Matsuoka, Director, RIKEN Center for Computational Science

Dr. Tal David, Head, Israel National Quantum Initiative (INQI)

Moderator: Alexander Ling, Professor, NUS

14:40

Chasing a Quantum Business Advantage

Carl Ward, Director - Solution Architecture for Worldwide Public Sector (Asia Pacific & Japan), Amazon Web Services Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer, Horizon Quantum Computing

Moderator: José Ignacio Latorre, Professor, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS

15:10

Innovation Insights – Patsnap

Jeffrey Tiong, Founder and Chairman, Patsnap

15:15

Supporting Act: Eyes on Enabling Technologies

Dr. Amit Ben-Kish, Division Chief Technology Officer, Rafael
Dr. Juergen Stuhler, Vice President Quantum Technologies, TOPTICA Photonics AG

Ravi Bains, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Research Systems, Inc

Moderator: Manas Mukherjee, Principal Investigator, Centre for Quantum Technologies, NUS

15:45

Deep Tech for Good: From Principles to Practice

Dr. Danil Mikhailov, Executive Director, data.org
Jenny Lee, Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Justine Lacey, Research Director, CSIRO

Moderator: SzeKi Sim, Executive Director – Community & Brand SGInnovate, SGInnovate

16:15

Innovation Insights – Carro

Aaron Tan

16:20

e-Conomy SEA 2021: Entering the Digital Decade

Florian Hoppe, Partner and Head of Asia-Pacific Digital Practice, Bain & Company
Rohit Sipahimalani, Chief Investment Strategist, Temasek International
Stephanie Davis, Vice President, Google Southeast Asia, Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Moderator: Aadarsh Baijal, Partner, Bain & Company

16:50

Innovation Insights – Rhodium X JW

Anuj Sharma, Area Director of Operations – Singapore, Malaysia & Maldives at Marriott International

Robert Seah, Owner, Faber Image Pte Ltd.

17:00

Mind Your Materials: 2D & Graphene

Kostya Novoselov, Professor, NUS

Moderator: Barbaros Özyilmaz, Head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore

17:20

Hello Tomorrow Asia Pacific Summit 2021: Co-Designing our Future with Nature

Aaike van Vugt, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, VSPARTICLE Jens Klein, Chief Executive Officer, Origin Bio
Massimo Portincaso, Chairman, Hello Tomorrow Maurizio Montalti, Co-founder and Chairman, Mogu

Shara Ticku, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, C16 Biosciences

18:55

Innovation Insights – Unilever

Dave Ingram, Chief Procurement Officer, Unilever

19:00

SWITCH Flagship Conference Closing Ceremony, powered by Unilever

09:00

Keynote Address by Mrs Josephine Teo

Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation & Cybersecurity, and Second Minister for Home Affairs

09:20

Innovation Insights – IEEE

Randi Summers, IEEE Susan Hassler, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE

09:25

How Will Technology Shape Our Tomorrow?

Prof. Low Teck Seng, Chief Executive Officer, National Research Foundation Singapore Stephen Welby, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, IEEE

09:55

Future of Workforce

Nita Patel, Director, IEEE Foundation
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates, Inc.

Moderator: Dejan Milojicic, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Labs

10:30

Restructuring the Global Semi-Conductor Industry

Alex Capri, Research Fellow, The Hinrich Foundation

Meghan N. Biery, Director, Global Technology & Security Policy, U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association

Moderator: Samuel K. Moore, Senior Editor, IEEE Spectrum

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