Programme

1000     Arrival of delegation at Gaia

1010     Welcome remarks by Professor Lee Pooi See, Vice President (International Engagement)

1015     Opening remarks by S&TDC Co-Chairs.

1020     An overview of NTU by Professor Lee Pooi See, including:         

• Working with international missions to develop international opportunities for researchers

• Mobility opportunities for both UG and PG

1040     Sharing on NTU’s research strategy and the impact of international collaboration in the Research field, by Professor Guan Yong Liang, Associate Vice-President (Infrastructure & Programmes)

1050     Special thematic sharing on Sustainable Textile Research Centre, by Professor Hu Xiao

1110     Responses by counsellors, open floor for Q&A

1130     Networking (snacks, tea & coffee will be provided)

1200     End of event

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The Innovation Factory is a national platform supported by EnterpriseSG, led by SIMTech, A*STAR with the aim to accelerate the design thinking and innovation journey, and the transformation of ideas into commercially viable products that are ready for market adoption.

The Innovation Factory plugs the current gaps in companies looking to develop new products and introduces design and engineering expertise in industrial design and product design, to catalyse innovation and scale up to production. We help companies find better ideas faster, define and prototype novel product and business concepts, gather data on viability and profitability based on evidence-based decisions and build a balanced innovation portfolio across your intended markets and new horizons. The Innovation Factory also provides a co-working space for companies to tinker and ideate, with equipment and software tools for prototyping.

Agenda:

10:00 - arrival of guests, coffee/tea.

10:10 - Introduction to Innovation Factory by Rayner NG, Acting Director at A*STAR SIMTech - Innovation Factory.

10:30 - Innovation Factory Lab Tour

• Showcase of Projects

• Build Lab

• Move Lab

• Materials Lab

11:15 - Q&A, concluding remarks.

Established in 2010, the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) distinguishes itself through research excellence directed towards outcomes of industry relevance, with focus on systems-level research for tropical megacities. The Institute integrates research across NTU in the context of the energy challenge, and then helps translate outcomes into industry and practice.

The Institute’s research focuses on a host of Interdisciplinary Research Programmes, Flagship Programmes, Consortium Platform and an Accelerator Programme that covers the energy value chain from generation to innovative end-use solutions, motivated by industrialisation and deployment.

During the visit, guests will have an overview of the research innovation of ERI@N, as well as a deep-dive into our autonomous mobility efforts. There will also be a lab tour of the systems engineering & future mobility lab which showcases our projects in the AV and power electronics sector.

Programme:

• 10am - Arrival of guests at CleanTech One (CTO) and proceed to ERI@N

• 10:05 - Welcome to ERI@N by Mr. Niels de Boer, Chief Operating Officer, ERI@N. Greeting from Sam Smith, co-chair of S&TDC.

• 10:20 - Future Mobility Research - overview of CETRAN, AVs and EVs by Niels de Boer.

• 10:45 - Virtual Safety Testing of Autonomous Vehicle using Scenario-Based Safety Testing by Dr. Virma Rau Aparow, SASEAF Postdoctoral Fellow, ERI@N

• 11:00 - Lab Tour: Syastems Engineering and Future Mobility Lab - Niels de Boer

• 11:30 - end of programme.

Julia Thallinger of Advantage Austria reported this from the meeting:

Using an autonomous vehicle in Singapore - a realistic future or still science fiction?

We got an answer on this (and many other questions) at our recent visit to the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) organized by the Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle Singapore.

ERI@N is a pan-university research institute that focuses on the three areas of #energysystems (renewable energy as well as its storage), #grid 2.0 and internet of energy as well as #urbansolutions (smart energy, mobility and energy efficiency). In doing so they try to bridge the gap between academia and industry - two fields that often have very different objectives and follow different KPIs. This can be achieved with so-called living labs, in various testbeds as well as by working closely with over 400 industry partners, via collaborations with more than 100 companies and 2 corporate labs with Rolls-Royce and Surbana Jurong Group.

During the presentation by programme director Niels de Boer, we learned about their two flagship programmes:

🌱 The #RenewableEnergy Integration Demonstrator Singapore (REIDS) is a large-scale programme studying the proper integration of a broad range of renewable energy production, both on- and offshore, the storage of this energy as well as end-use technologies. The microgrids are located at a Singaporean island and are run by different companies as well as Nanyang Technological University Singapore itself.

🌱 The #EcoCampus focuses on the reduction of resources and so far managed to reduce energy consumption by 35%. Interestingly, user behaviour was one of the biggest factors in this decrease - by using crowdsourcing via an app to ask students if rooms at the campus were either too cold or too warm, they managed to implement the ideal average temperature in all rooms while cutting energy usage.

Another interesting project is the concept of a #future town center in Singapore that concentrates on vastly improving public transport, making footpaths and cycling lanes a more stimulating environment, bringing housing closer to the office, adding busses, taxis and shuttles and integrating autonomous vehicles at some point.

And to cut a long story short - even though there are already autonomous busses being tested as part of a cooperation between NTU, Land Transport Authority (LTA) Singapore and Volvo Group, we won’t be seeing self-driving taxis or drones transporting people around Marina Bay anytime soon.

14:30      Opening remarks by S&TDC co-chair(s)

14:35  Impact through Innovation, Research and Education – a Global Partnership by Professor Tim White, Vice President (International Engagement), Professor Tan Ooi Kiang, Deputy Provost (Education) and Professor Lam Kwok Yan, Associate Vice President (Strategy and Partnerships)

View presentation from Prof. White and Prof. Tan here.

15:05   Special thematic sharing on Advanced Manufacturing and 3D Printing, commencing with a presentation by Professor Paulo Bartolo, Executive Director, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing

View presentation from Prof. Bartolo here.

15:30   Open floor for Q&A

15:45   End of meeting

Agenda:

4.05pm – 4.20pm         Shaping the Future by President Eng Chye Tan. Presentation.

4.20pm – 4.40pm        The NUS Story by Associate Professor LUM Sau Kim, Academic Director, NUS Global Relations Office. Presentation.

4.40pm – 5.00pm         Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) presentation by Prof. Valerio Scarani, Director of the Centre for Quantum Technologies. Presentation

5.00pm – 5.30pm         Q & A

It was a pleasure to reactivate the Science &Technology Diplomatic Circle with the first physical meeting post-covid. We continued the circle tradition of having our first meeting together with the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) and had the special honour of meeting NRFs new CEO Kian Teik Beh.

Following Mr. Beh’s and Tommy Sin's update we had a sharing session on climate science research by the Center for Climate Science Research Singapore with Aurel Moise and Zhang Huqiang. Then added country perspectives from two members of our circle: Dan Berar of the High Commission of Canada and Annette Østergaard Jørgensen, Royal Danish Embassy.

Thank you all for making this such a vivid and interesting meeting! It was really a joy having representatives of 27 countries (!) in the room and an NRF that is so willing to engage us!

Special thanks goes also to Tommy Sin in helping with the organisation on NRFs side.

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome greeting by S&TDC co-chairs.

10:10 - 10:50 Presentations:

• Introduction of the Singapore Technology Consortia – Eugene See, Director, Consortium Management Office. Presentation slides here.

• Presentation of the Singapore Consortium for Synthetic Biology - Konstantinos Vavitsas, Manager, SINERGY

• Synthetic Biology research and technology development in Singapore – Matthew Chang, Director, SINERGY. Presentation slides here.

10:50 Open floor for Q&A, discussions.

11:00 Meeting close.

Recording of the meeting can be obtained by the S&TDC members by contacting the co-chairs.

The electricity market in Singapore is among the most developed and digitalized in Asia. It consist of competitive wholesale and retail market where all retailers buy electricity from a range of producers and compete to resell electricity to consumers.

In this web-event we will be introduced to the rationale behind and the 20 years development of this well-function market from Mr. Jomar Eldøy of Ohm Energy - an authority on electricity markets. www.ohm.sg

Digitalization is a key enabler for well functioning electricity markets and for energy production and usage efficiency. We will learn about smart energy management from the CEO of Singapore Power (SP) Digital, Mr. Chang Sau Sheong.

Agenda:

10:00 Opening remarks from the S&TDC cochairs

• 10:05 Introduction to the Singapore electricity market – history, design and operations. Mr. Jomar Eldøy, CEO Ohm Energy

• Presentation here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6s-eclffEN9Wfd8ElWIHjoxrTueKBYr/view?usp=sharing

• 10:30 Presentation of SP Digital - smart buildings, urban digital solutions, smart grids/smart consumers etc.. – Mr. Chang Sau Sheong, CEO SP Digital

• Presentations here: (TBC)

11:00 Close.

Recording of the meeting is found here: https://youtu.be/9sd2Ndudvuk

More often than not, organizations leverage regulatory compliance frameworks and guidelines as a way to go about driving initiatives to mitigate cyber security risks. These regulations are designed to ensure a high adoption rate by organizations of all sizes. Regulations, however, can be broad and subjective and may struggle to keep pace with the rapidly changing threat landscape. What more can be done in the way of policy to help guide industries to reduce risk against the cyber threat which is becoming more ever present and impactful?

Every day at FireEye, we see first-hand the impact of cyber-attacks on organization of all types. Instituting the right policies and processes to guide organizations in the event of any future breaches is paramount. Join us in this session, where FireEye experts convey the learnings from the frontlines, key considerations for policy makers and recommendations that enterprises and businesses can undertake to minimize risk.

Progamme:

15:00 - 15:10 Welcome greeting by S&TDC co-chairs.

15:10 - 16:20 Presentations from FireEye executives:

• Cyber Security For Executives – Steve Ledzian, CTO APAC

• Just A Tick In The Box? Is Compliance Enough To Protect You – Vivek Chudgar, Vice President, Mandiant Consulting

• Considerations For Policy Makers – Vivek Chudgar, Vice President, Mandiant Consulting

• Recommendation For Enterprise And Businesses – Steve Ledzian, CTO, APAC

16:20 Open floor for Q&A, discussions.

Please register your attendance from the registration site as below: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/3XABw7EnGESP0I-pQqJM-A,KICMRguxmEq0GcXJAgGdZg,OMdvx57DVEq9_zBNjJeU3g,wB32JS62K06vc8IytTOc4A,Ne0kcX81QEmzgrm-53dchw,Cx6m1C4_W02hOknaiKtaQw?mode=preview

Fraunhofer Singapore (www.fraunhofer.sg) is the first Asian affiliate of Fraunhofer, which focuses on AI-based innovations for Computer Vision and Immersive Technologies, Cybersecurity and Manufacturing.

See a YouTube promotion video here: Fraunhofer Singapore - YouTube

Programme:

02:30 – 02:35: Welcome greeting by S&TDC co-chairs

02:35 – 02:40 Welcome to Fraunhofer Singapore, introduction by Professor Prof. Müller-Wittig, CEO

02:40 – 03:20 Presentation on activities conducted at Fraunhofer Singapore

03:20 – 03:30 Open floor for Q&A, discussions

Please register your attendance from the registration site as below.

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PUB is the National Water Agency of Singapore. PUB has developed Technology Roadmap over the years to provide direction on Research & Development (R&D) funding and efforts. Developed jointly with relevant stakeholders, it provides common objectives to strive towards with time-specific milestones. In the search for technological solutions to Singapore’s water challenges, the Technology Roadmap guides national efforts in water sub-domain in issuing grant calls, specifically top-down Requests-for-Proposals (RFPs) such as the directed calls (specific research domain) or challenge calls (specific research topic with stretched target).

PUB developed Singapore Water Exchange (SgWX) in 2018 to house an ecosystem of water companies that can leverage mutual strengths to push the frontiers of water innovation and business growth. PUB aims to develop SgWX into a showcase of water technologies, as well as a hub for commercialisation. It will be organising a series of programmes to spur commercialisation, covering bootcamps, hackathons, technology open houses, and training programmes.

EnvironSens and SpaceAge Labs are Singapore water technology companies.

Program:

• 10:30am Greetings from the S&TDC co-chairs, Laurence Glass-Haller, Counsellor, Embassy of Switzerland.

• 10:35am Welcome Remarks, Michael Toh, Director, Industry & Technology Collaboration Department

• 10:40am Presentation about PUB’s Technology Roadmap, Yunita Tan, Senior Assistant Director, Technology Department

• 11:00am Presentation about Singapore Water Exchange (SgWX) and Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), Moh Ting Liang, Deputy Director, Industry & Technology Collaboration Department

• 11:20am Q&A

•  11:30am Presentation by EnvironSens

•  11:45am Presentation by SpaceAge Labs

•  12:00pm End of visit

 The meeting is virtual over webex platform. Register for the event here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AWv5MgoRT6cU07vRt3uVJrQp-jxh7VP1W9xE1XV1eqU/edit?usp=sharing

Join us for a meeting with Professor Ling San, Deputy President and Provost and Professor Lam Khin Yong, Senior Vice President Research of Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) for an update on new developments and directions at NTU; operation during COVID; international relations; tech and entrepreneurship among other topics.

Agenda:

09:00 – 09:05: Welcome greeting by S&TDC co-chairs

09:05 – 09:10 Welcome to NTU, introduction by Professor Ling San, Deputy President and Provost
09:10 – 09:40 Presentation of NTU. Status and outlook for Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
09:40 – 10:00 Open floor for Q&A, discussions.

The meeting will be on Zoom: please register here:  Meeting Registration - Zoom

Singapore Government Technology Agency, or GovTech, is in the core of Singapore’s digital transformation. GovTech supports all government agencies with capabilities and solutions to meet Singapore’s ambition to be a Smart Nation. In creating the country’s platform and apps, GovTech plays a vital role in making the Smart Nation vision a reality.

The 33 members of S&TDC was given a briefing on GovTechs mission and structure, and we had engaging discussions on cyber security, personal data protection, nation-wide digitization and other relevant topics.  

Many thanks to director Hefen Wond and her team for this briefing.

The Science & Technology Diplomatic Circle attended a series of presentations about TUM CREATE and its research activities here in Singapore followed by some refreshments on the Sky Terrace on level 10 after the session.  

TUMCREATE is a research platform in collaboration of Technische Universität München and Singapore´s National Research Fund as part of the Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE).

Researchers from Germany and Singapore work together “Towards the Ultimate Public Transport System” and have developed an electrical vehicle adapted to the needs in tropical mega-cities.

Programme:

5:00 – 5:15 TUMCREATE: Towards the Ultimate Public Transport System by Dr. Thomas Aulig

5:15 – 5:25 City Mobility Simulator (CityMoS) presented by Daniel Zehe

5:25 – 5:35 Modular e-Vehicle Design Tool presented by Ganesh Sethumaran

5:35 – 5:45 Precast Ultra-Thin Whitetopping presented by Dr. Nen Nguyen Dinh

5:45 – 5:55 Vision-Based Techniques presented by Dr. Alok Prakash

5:55 – 6:05 Charging Simulation for Electric Vehicles presented by Marc Gallet

6:05 – 6:15 Virtual Design Lab for Human Behaviour presented by Sebastian Stadler

6:15 – 6:30 Question and Answer

6:30 – 7:00 Networking Apéro on Sky Terrace (Level 10)

Majulab is a Joint International Unit between France and Singapore involving several partner institutions: CNRS, Cote d’Azur University and Sorbonne University on the French side, and NUS and NTU on the Singaporean side. The research programme started in 2014 and was renewed in 2017 for 5 years.

It is hosted in the Center for Quantum Technologies at NUS and in the School of Physical et Mathematical Sciences in NTU MajuLab experimental and theoretical research activities are multidisciplinary in nature and focus on: Quantum gases, Quantum information, Quantum computing, Chemistry of materials and interfaces, Metamaterials, Two-dimensional materials, Photonics and laser physics, Soft matter (hydrodynamics and granular media)

Programme :

·         15h30 introduction : The CNRS Joint International Units in Singapore, by Luc Le Clavez, Director of the CNRS ASEAN Office

·         16h00  The Majulab joint international unit, by Christian Miniatura, French co-director

·         16h45 The Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at NUS, by  par Lai Choy Heng, CQT Deputy Director

·         17h15 informal discussion at Quantum Café  

Venue :

Center for Quantum Technology, National University of Singapore

CQT conference room @ Quantum Café, Level 3

Access map :

https://www.quantumlah.org/page/page.php?key=FindUs

Our Circle had the opportunity to learn about how new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain are shaping the future of finance and trading. The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) presnted to us their views and actions on these topics from a tech&data and regulatory points of view.

We were fortunate to exchange with their team, in particular John Lim Boon Chin, Assistant Vice President Strategic Planning Office, Andrew Koay, Vice President FinTech & Data and Aaron Tan, Vice President FinTech & Data.

Singapore is growing fast as the FinTech hub of Asia. SGX has taken a strong stance to embrace technology changes and adopt new regulations.

Venue: SGX, Shenton Way 2, Singapore 068804