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TechInnovation 2018Post-Event Report
TechInnovation 2018 OverviewTechInnovation had its seventh run from 18 to 19 September2018 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. The premiertechnology-to-industry brokerage event organised by IPIconvenes technology providers and seekers from around theworld to explore technology and business collaborationopportunities through open innovation.
400 technologies from more than 160 leading tech transferoffices, research organisations, hospitals, technologyintermediaries, MNCs, SMEs and start-ups were featured thisyear. As one of the largest technology marketplaces in Singapore,TechInnovation focuses on the matching of industry’s needs toenabling and ready-to-market technologies in the areas ofServices & Digital Economy, Advanced Manufacturing &Engineering, Urban Solutions & Sustainability and Health &Personal Care.
Two new innovation tracks were introduced at TechInnovation2018 – Urban AgriTech and Logistics Innovation, along with thereturning Food Innovation track.
4,900+ Attendees 50+ Countries 160+ Exhibitors
80+ Speakers400 Technologies 1,500+ Meetings Initiated
Profile of Visitors (Sector & Designation)
Academic/Research18.10%
Government6.90%
Industry75.00%
Total No of Visitors: 4,378
Executive25.9%
Mid-Management30.7%
Senior Management43.4%
Delegates by Visitors
Profile of Attendees (Geographical Regions)
Singapore83%
Asia Pacific13%
Europe3%
Others1%
Visitors by Regions
Singapore64%
Asia Pacific15%
Europe21%
Exhibitors by Regions
From 56 countriesFrom 28 countries
Profile of Visitors (Industry Sectors)
Infocomm & Electronics, 17.9%
Health & Personal Care and Ind Biotech, 7.7%
Materials & Chemicals, 2.0%
Manufacturing & Engineering , 6.0%
Energy & Environment, 4.5%
Food & Nutrition, 3.7%
Agriculture & Aquaculture, 3.8%Building & Construction, 3.3%Consumer & Retail, 2.8%
Finance & Investment, 6.9%
Academia & Education and Research, 18.1%
Government, 6.9%
Professional Services, 7.9%Others, 7.7%
Visitors by Industry Sectors
Other industries include Aerospace Engineering, Marine & Offshores, Logistics etc.
0900 - 0930 Opening Plenary IWelcome RemarksProf Lam Khin Yong, Executive Director, IPI
Opening Address by Guest-of-HonourDr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry
0930 - 1000 Keynote Presentations IDriving Innovation in a Connected IoT WorldHima Mukkamala, Senior Vice President & General Manager, IoT Cloud Services Group, Arm
Open Innovation: Transforming Business, Driving GrowthGrace Chew, Technical Director & Co-Founder, Hydroemission
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1100 Networking Break1100 - 1130 Crowdsourcing
Presenting organisations include: BP, GE, J&J, Adisseo, Shimadzu (Asia Pacific), Hutchinson, UTC Climate, Controls and Security | OTIS, and Sime Darby.
IPHatch 2018 IPHatch is an open-innovation competition, organised by PIECE FUTURE, seeking enthusiastic Start-ups and Entrepreneurs to bring business concepts to fruition by commercialising the Intellectual Property (IP) & technology portfolios on offer.
1130 - 12001200 - 12301230 - 1300
Networking Break1300 - 13301330 - 1400 Crowdpitching I
Technology & Innovation Opportunities in Services & Digital EconomyCrowdpitching IITechnology & Innovation Opportunities in Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering1400 - 1430
1430 - 1500 1500 - 1530 Networking Break1530 - 1700 Crowdpitching III
Technology & Innovation Opportunities in Health & Personal CareCrowdpitching IVTechnology & Innovation Opportunities in Urban Solutions & Sustainability
1700-1800 Technology Exhibition, B2B Meetings
Programme – 18 Sep 2018
Programme – 19 Sep 20180900 - 0930 Opening Plenary II
Welcome RemarksPng Cheong Boon, Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Singapore
Keynote Presentations IICollaboration for Innovation at Thai Union GroupDr Magnus Bergkvist, Head of Science & Research, Global Innovation, Thai Union Group
Driving Open Innovation in the Global Logistics Network Jens Drewes, President, South Asia Pacific, Kuehne + Nagel
0930-1000
1000-1030 Networking Break 1030-1100 Food Innovation Track
Presenting organisations: Platform E, Suntory, Roquette, Anquan, and AgShiftUrban AgriTech Track Moderator from ID Capital Panellists from AgFunder, Upgrown Farming Company, James Cook University, Blue Aqua International Group, and Comcrop
1100-11301130-12001200-12301230-13001300-1330 Networking Break 1330-1400 Crowdpitching V - Food Innovation
Technology & Innovation Opportunities in Food InnovationLogistics Innovation TrackPresenters from Geodis, Lux Research, UnaBiz, Commonwealth Food Services, AzendianSolutions, and blu
1400-1430
1430-1500
1500-1800 Technology Exhibition, B2B Meetings
Speakers
Hima MukkamalaSVP & GM, Internet of Things
(IoT) Cloud Services GroupArm
International and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Grace ChewTechnical Director and Co-
FounderHydroemission
Jens DrewesPresident, South Asia Pacific
Kuehne + Nagel
Dr Magnus BergkvistHead of Science & Research,
Global InnovationThai Union Group
Keynote
Speakers International and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdsourcing
Claus NehmzowDigital Innovation Organisation
APACBP
Jessie YipBusiness Development Head, Startups & Partner Program
GE
Nilesh WadhwaDirector, New Ventures &
TransactionsJohnson & Johnson
Dr Stefan JakobGlobal Director Research &
Development Nutrition and Animal Health
Adisseo
Speakers International and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdsourcing
Dr Shin FujitaGeneral Manager, Innovation
CentreShimadzu (Asia Pacific)
Pierre PlanchéResearch & Innovation Director,
Center of Research & InnovationHutchinson
Yip Mann FaiGeneral Manager, Singapore
Innovation HubUTC Climate, Controls and
Security | OTIS
Scott SuHead, Technology Ventures
UnitSime Darby
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Food Innovation, Urban AgriTech & Logistics Innovation
Dr Virginia ChaProfessor-in-Residence
Platform E
Alexandre NicolauOpen Innovation Manager
Suntory
Rod QuinnHead of Business Unit – Food
Roquette
Max KanteliaCEO & Co-Founder
Anquan
Miku JhaFounder & CEO
AgShift
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Food Innovation, Urban AgriTech & Logistics Innovation
Abhinav MehraVice President, Portfolio Management
ID Capital
Michael DeanCo-Founder & CIO
AgFunder
Dr Jose DomingosSenior Research FellowJames Cook University
Lionel WongFounding Director
Upgrown Farming Company
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Food Innovation, Urban AgriTech & Logistics Innovation
Allan LimFounder & Chairman
Comcrop
Dr Farshad ShishehchianPresident & CEO
Blue Aqua International Group
Philippe de CarnéVice President, Innovation, Business
Excellence & CSRGeodis
Cort IsernhagenSenior Vice President & Managing
Director, InternationalLux Research
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Food Innovation, Urban AgriTech & Logistics Innovation
Jonathan TanManaging Director
UnaBiz
Anthony HengExecutive Director
Commonwealth Food Services
Bill LeeManaging Partner
Azendian Solutions
Prashant DadlaniFounder & CEO
blu
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdpitching
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdpitching
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdpitching
SpeakersInternational and local speakers from leading organisations came together at TechInnovation 2018
Crowdpitching
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Press CoverageTechInnovation 2018 was featured in national dailies, trade media and online platforms from Singapore andoverseas. Participating media outlets included Asia Pacific Food Industry, Asian Scientist Magazine, Biotechin.Asia,Channel NewsAsia, The Business Times and more.
It’s an awesome conference where it’s bringing practitioners, connecting them with enterprises and bridging the gaps between these twocommunities.
Hima Mukkamala (Keynote Speaker)SVP & GM, Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Services Group
Arm
I think the audience is varied but essentially made up of people who are genuinely looking to make improvements to this industry usingtechnology. So I think it’s a great forum! Three of the speakers that I was speaking with alongside had already told me that this was the highestquality audience that they have seen in a while and I would probably agree with them on that.
Max Kantelia (Speaker & Exhibitor)CEO & Co-Founder
Anquan
The event was great for us. It was a gathering of Tech Innovators and users which are especially relevant for me in a new area like food tech.The special focus on Food Tech has opened for us great opportunities in this sector. Be it fellow Food Tech colleagues to exchange ideas with,industry users for our technologies, VC funders or IP consultants, TechInnovation have them all! A well thought through show and execution,great job!
Barnabas Chan (Exhibitor)Managing Director
Bountifood
Hear from Our Past Participants
Hear from Our Past ParticipantsWe participated in TechInnovation over several years. We decided to exhibit this year because we believe that TechInnovation is a goodplatform to attract a lot of key players in the innovation ecosystem. The organiser, IPI, also helped to broker some meetings with potentialcollaborators and investors during the event.
Yusrizam Sharifuddin (Exhibitor)Deputy Director
University of Malaya (UM)
I think it was an amazing exhibition with interesting technologies and for us, as a Russian venture, there were good networking opportunitiesavailable.
Maria Vyazemskaya (Delegate)Executive
Evercity
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More details for TechInnovation 2019 will be updated on the event website soon. If you’re interested to exhibit or sponsor at the next TechInnovation, please contact [email protected]
We look forward to welcoming you back next year!
