Programmes

DAY 1, 17 August, 2021 (VIRTUAL)
DAY 2, 18 August, 2021 (VIRTUAL)

PROGRAMME

9:00 am

KEYNOTE OPENING: DISRUPTION+ EVOLUTION + TRANSFORMATION = OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW WORLD

9:15 am

FUTURE OF BUSINESS: UNDERSTANDING TRENDS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

Speakers:

Shivaji Das
Partner and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific
Frost & Sullivan

Sanjay Singh
Senior Vice President & Head of Business & Financial Services and Public Sector & Govt
Frost & Sullivan

Businesses are moving away from the traditional one-size-fits-all approach to offer more personalized solutions. Recent technology innovations have made it even easier for SMEs to expand and scale their operations. SMEs in developed economies have also benefited from regulatory policies designed to even the playing field and boost competition. However, more choices and increased competition have seen Consumer Loyalty decreasing, requiring SMEs to adopt different marketing strategies. Successful SMEs need to find a way to persevere and adapt to the evolving economy.

9:45 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: CYBERSECURITY & DATA MANAGEMENT IN THE WORLD OF 5G

Moderator:

Kenny Yeo
Associate Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Cyber Security Practice, ICT
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Christopher Chew
CyberSecurity Sales & Architecture Leader
ASEAN GSP
Cisco

Tze Eng Chiew
Senior Director, 5G Transformation APAC
NCS Group

Yeo Siang Tiong
General Manager for Southeast Asia
Kaspersky

Srinivas Bhattiprolu
Global Head of Advanced Consulting Service, Cloud and Network Services
Nokia

Data collected by businesses has expanded million fold during the last decade. However, the answers to the questions about security, management, and monetization of such data are elusive to businesses. What would 5G mean for businesses in the future?

10:30 am

NETWORKING/VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

10:45 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: PREPARING FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 2.0
Moderator:

Richard Wong
Senior Vice President, Head of ICT APAC
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Richard Koh
Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft Singapore

Calvin Seng
Founder & CEO
Calvin Seng Co Pte Ltd

Ashwin Gaidhani
Founder & CEO
DIGITALFABRIC™ CONSULTING

Digitalization offers new opportunities for SMEs to access global markets and grow their business. However, smaller SMEs generally lag in digitalization and are less likely to adopt digital-enhanced business practices. SMEs are also not as prepared to face cybersecurity threats placing them at risk in hyper-connected infrastructure systems.

11:30 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, ROBOTIC AND THE ETHICS OF IT

Moderator:

Nishchal Khorana
Vice President & Global Program Leader
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Laurence Liew
Director, AI Innovation
AI Singapore

Colin Priest
VP, AI Strategy
DataRobot

Tapati Bandopadhyay
Chair & CEO
AISWITCH

How is Artificial Intelligence changing the way business is conducted? Would a new AI based solution mean that you will have to change your company policies? How does AI impact government regulations for your industry?

12:15 pm

CASE STUDY: TRANSFORMATION TO SERVICE 4.0

Speakers:

Avantika Jain
Regional GM, Demand
Fave

Service 4.0 focuses on customers’ needs and personalizing their customer experience using technology and new communication channels to provide the best possible service. With so many channels to choose from, how do you decide which are the best fit for your business and customers? How would services look in the future?

1:00 pm

END OF DAY 1 – NETWORKING / VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

PROGRAMME

9:00 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: WHERE DOES E-COMMERCE GO POST-COVID?

Moderator:

Avinash Sachdeva
Associate Director, ICT Consulting Practice
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Prashant Dadlani
Founder and CEO of blu

George Pepes
APAC Vertical Solutions Lead, Retail
Zebra Technologies

Ecommerce has been the savior to billions across the globe during COVID-19. Will the boom continue as we prepare for vaccinations and a post-COVID world?

9:45 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: ARE ROBOTS HERE TO TAKE MY JOB?
Moderator:

Satish Lele
Senior Vice President Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Peter Ho
CEO and Executive Director
HOPE Technik

Patrick Tay
Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC Director (Strategy) & Director (Legal) and a Member of Parliament of Pioneer SMC

With hiring pressure and productivity challenges, robots and automated systems are becoming more accepted in the workplace. How would robotic solutions co-exist with human employees? What would it mean for workplace safety issues? What are some use cases where robots will replace human workers in the next decade?

10:30 am

NETWORKING/VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

10:45 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: SUSTAINABILITY AS A BUSINESS MODEL

Moderator:

Ravi Krishnaswamy
Senior Vice President, Sustainability & Industrial Practice
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Ir. Atem S. Ramsundersingh
Founder, CEO and Board Director
WEnergy Global Pte Ltd

Esther Chang
Executive Director
Global Compact Network Singapore

Sustainability as a service is emerging as a strong business model to drive behavioural change and offers purpose driven outcomes for customers. It is no longer a passing mention or a nice to have option. Sustainability is taking center stage in every business action, whether it is Brands re-evaluating their purpose, investors setting their evaluation criteria, manufacturers assessing their supply chain or CTOs choosing between technology options. How can you embrace sustainability and create incredible value for your customers and society at large?

11:30 am

FIRESIDE CHAT: BUILDING & RETAINING CUSTOMERS

Moderator:

Cindy Gan
Vice President, Asia-Pacific
Frost & Sullivan

Panelists:

Foo Siew Ting
Chief Marketing Officer, Greater Asia
HP

Kevin Kan
Chief Experience Officer
Break Out Consulting Asia

Lawrence Chong
Group CEO
Consulus

Customer behavior has evolved in this digital day and age. An average person is exposed to thousands of advertisements and brands daily. With so many options, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stand out and capture customers’ attention. Join us to find out how brands are seeking ways to develop deeper and more meaningful relations with their target audiences by designing marketing campaigns that resonate with them.

12:15 pm

12:30 pm

SPONSOR PITCH

01:15 pm

END OF DAY 2 – NETWORKING/VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Speakers

Tze Eng Chiew

Senior Director, 5G Transformation APAC
NCS Group

Dr. Tapati Bandopadhyay

Chair & CEO
AISWITCH

Yeo Siang Tiong

General Manager for Southeast Asia
Kaspersky

Srinivas Bhattiprolu

Global Head of Advanced Consulting Service, Cloud and Network Services
Nokia

Ashwin Gaidhani

Founder & CEO
DIGITALFABRIC™ CONSULTING

Avantika Jain

Regional GM, Demand
Fave

Calvin Seng

Founder & CEO
Calvin Seng Co Pte Ltd

Christopher Chew

CyberSecurity Sales & Architecture Leader, ASEAN GSP
Cisco

Colin Priest

VP, AI Strategy
DataRobot

Kenny Yeo

Associate Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Cyber Security Practice, ICT
Frost & Sullivan

Laurence Liew

Director, AI Innovation
AI Singapore

Nishchal Khorana

Vice President & Global Program Leader
Frost & Sullivan

Richard Koh

Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft Singapore

Richard Koh

Chief Technology Officer
Microsoft Singapore

Richard Koh is the chief technology officer of Microsoft Singapore. In this role, he is responsible for engaging with key executive leaders across government, industry and academia; bringing in the macro technology landscape; and helping customers leverage technology innovations for their digital transformation. His focus areas include guiding technology policies, standards, legal and regulatory matters, as well as security, privacy and compliance decisions.

Always passionate about the promises that the Internet and cloud computing can bring, and with a keen eye on business strategies, product development and marketing, Richard’s professional experience spans the Asia and North America regions, as well as multiple functional areas including research & development, IT, product management, marketing, business development and sales operations.

Richard started his technology career at Hewlett-Packard, with stints at the company first in Singapore, then in Cupertino & Palo Alto, California, where he gained wide experience in R&D, business development and product management of emerging Internet/web-services and telecommunications technologies, as well as people and global organizations management.

After 12 years at Hewlett-Packard, he joined Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, where he led product teams as director of technical product management in Microsoft’s Office business, Servers & Tools business, as well as telecommunication solutions businesses, and eventually became part of the founding product team for Microsoft’s flagship productivity cloud services suite – Office 365. He then relocated to Singapore, and spearheaded Emerging Markets strategy for Microsoft Operations as the operations team unit lead working on Microsoft’s cloud services launch efforts in China.

Before rejoining Microsoft Singapore in his current role, he was the senior director for Emerging Businesses & Strategy under Group Enterprise at Singtel. There, he led a team of intrapreneurs, products managers, product marketers, architects, software engineers and data center engineers to catalyze new businesses, products and platforms in Cloud services, the Internet of Things, machine to machine, education and healthcare.

Richard currently serves on the board of directors of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs’ Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), Sentosa Development Corporation’s Digital Transformation Advisory Panel, chairman of SGTech’s AI & HPC Chapter, as well as an advisory member of Singapore ITE’s (Institute of Technical Education) Electronics and Info-Comm Technology Academic Advisory Committee.

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science & Information Systems, Richard is a proud father of two rambunctious boys. He loves to work with passionate people who wants to change the world for the better and enjoys running, skiing, reading, action sci-fi movies and tinkering with tech gadgets.

Richard Wong

Senior Vice President, Head of ICT APAC
Frost & Sullivan

Sanjay Singh

Senior Vice President & Head of Business & Financial Services and Public Sector & Govt
Frost & Sullivan

Shivaji Das

Partner and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific
Frost & Sullivan

Speakers

Ir. Atem S. Ramsundersingh

Founder, CEO and Board Director
WEnergy Global Pte Ltd

Ir. Atem S. Ramsundersingh

Founder, CEO and Board Director
WEnergy Global Pte Ltd

Mr. Atem S. Ramsundersingh, is Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of WEnergy Global Pte Ltd (“Company”) based in Singapore. The company is a provider of renewable energy solutions (i.e. solar, wind, blue-hydro, smart power distribution systems, including battery energy storage systems, including financing with innovative business models), currently recognized as one of the major quality investors and providers of hybrid powered microgrids and hybrid power systems for existing local power grids. The Company promotes decentralized electrification with the use of clean energy technologies and investments in the context of UN’s SDG#7 and SDG#13. WEnergy Global has a full range of capabilities i.e. from design & engineering to investment, execution and operations together with its joint-venture - CleanGrid Partners (“CGP”) Pte Ltd - an investment partnership with the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation PowerGrid (TEPCO-PG) and other partners. The Company is also founder of and shareholder in several Special Purpose Companies in South East Asia.

He brings in over 30+ years of extensive international experience and knowledge about project and new business development in emerging economies with complex decisionmaking, regulatory and investment environments. He further brings in his extensive knowledge and experience in industrial manufacturing processes, supply chain and quality management, utility management, strategic management of operations, investment portfolio management, deal structuring and commercialization of businesses. He has a vast network of contacts in over 70 countries, including several Multilateral Agencies in the area of industry, energy, water and development finance. Mr. Ramsundersingh is a former Senior Manager with The World Bank Group (Washington DC, USA) and a Program Director with the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water and Environment (Delft, The Netherlands). He was formerly the CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of a group of companies in Singapore being fully owned subsidiaries of a holding company listed with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Mr. Ramsundersingh has also served as an independent director in the board of an SGX listed company in Singapore. Currently, he serves in the Board of Directors of the Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Stockholm as an Independent Board Director.

He obtained a Masters’ Degree in Infrastructure Engineering at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and has been trained at the Harvard Business School in Corporate Renewal and Change Management and Cambridge University in Sustainable Industrial Leadership.

WEnergy Global is winner of the Singapore APEX Sustainability Award 2016 awarded by the Singapore Business Federation, the Dr Albert Winsemius Award 2016 for Innovation and Sustainability awarded by the Dutch Chamber of Commerce of Singapore and winner of the Erasmus Energy Business Award 2014 awarded by the Erasmus Future Energy Business Center of the Rotterdam School of Management (The Netherlands).

Peter Ho

CEO and Executive Director
HOPE Technik

Peter Ho

CEO and Executive Director
HOPE Technik

Peter is Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director at HOPE Technik Pte Ltd, a company he co-founded in 2006. HOPE Technik is an engineering solution provider specializing in niche areas of high-tech engineering, with departments in Unmanned systems, Defence, Bio-medical, Smart Logistics and Special Vehicle arenas.

As the CEO, he guides the company towards long-term technical and business goals, and has seen the company grow from a start-up in 2006 through to a multi-million dollar group at present employing over 100 teammates.

Peter graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2003 with a Second Class (Upper) honours in Mechanical Engineering. For his final year project, he was responsible for setting up and leading the first NUS Formula SAE team, and in his short stint as a staff with NUS, supervised the second NUS Formula SAE team and also secured a contract for Robotic Exploration at the Great Pyramid in Egypt with the National Geographic Society.

Peter subsequently joined Team Petronas Touring Cars, a racecar engineering team that competed in the British, German and Asian Touring Car Championships, and rose quickly from an entry mechanic through to his final appointment as Chief Engineer.

Having satisfied his decade-long thirst for racecar engineering, he returned to Singapore and co-founded HOPE Technik (together with Michael Leong, Jeff Tang and Ng Kiang Loong). He has been involved in nearly all of the 350+ projects the company was contracted to execute, for a plethora of global clients in the defence, aerospace, medical and commercial arenas.

Peter was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from NUS in 2009 and was a finalist for ‘Singaporean of the Year 2015’ by the Straits Times. HOPE Technik was awarded the Innovator Award for the Emerging Enterprise Award from OCBC/ SPH in 2012. Peter is Chairman of SESTO Robotics and Ellemento Farming, a Board member of the Universal Aquaculture and IES Accreditation, as well as a Advisory Committee Member to SIA Engineering Company, Haig’ Girls School and NUS Mechanical Engineering Department. Peter is part of the SBF SME and SBF SMEC TIP committees.

Peter concurrently holds the following appointments:

Commercial

HOPE Technik Pte Ltd, CEO and Executive Director

SESTO Robotics Pte Ltd, Chairman

Ellemento Farming Pte Ltd, Chairman

SIA Engineering Company, Technology Advisory Committee Member

Universal Aquaculture Pte Ltd, Non-executive Director

Education

NUS Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering

NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering, Consultative Committee Member

Haig’s Girls School, School Advisory Committee Member

The Institute of Engineers, Engineering Accreditation Board, Board Member

Government

Future Economic Council (FEC) Urban Systems (US) Sub-committee, Member

National Research Foundation (NRF), Central Gap Fund, Technical Advisor

Singapore Business Federation, SMEC Main Committee Member

Singapore Business Federation, TIP Sub-com Member

Previous Appointments

Commercial

Blackworks Pte Ltd, Non-executive Director

AirGo Design Pte Ltd, Non-executive Director

Education

SUTD EPD Faculty External Advisory Member

NUS Entrepreneurship Committee Member

NUS ‘ToughLove’ Entrepreneurship Panel, Co-Chair

Government

National Research Foundation (NRF), SDE Exco Member

SPRING Singapore, Board Member

Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), Board Member

GovTech, Board Member

GovTech Technology Advisory Committee, Member

GovTech Financial Investment Committee, Member

SEEDS Capital (ESG), Investment Panel member

Emerging Stronger Taskforce (EST), Member

Lawrence Chong

Group CEO
Consulus

Patrick Tay

Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC Director (Strategy) & Director (Legal) and a Member of Parliament of Pioneer SMC

Avinash Sachdeva

Associate Director, ICT Consulting Practice
Frost & Sullivan

Esther Chang

Executive Director
Global Compact Network Singapore

Cindy Gan

Vice President, Asia-Pacific
Frost & Sullivan

Foo Siew Ting

Chief Marketing Officer, Greater Asia
HP

Foo Siew Ting

Chief Marketing Officer, Greater Asia
HP

Foo Siew Ting is currently the Chief Marketing Officer, Greater Asia. She is previously the Vice President and Global Head of Marketing Strategy and Planning, Print Category for HP Inc. Prior to that , she started her careers as the regional head of Marketing Services and Personal Systems Marketing, for HP in Asia-Pacific & Japan (Chief Marketing Officer for HP Asia- Pacific & Japan). She is an established marketing leader with more than two decades of marketing experience in international consumer-goods companies, including Unilever, Mars, Diageo and Fonterra.

In HP, Siew Ting is focused on building HP as a global brand with local soul - driving brand relevance and purpose by combining data and emotional connection. To drive effective engagement with consumers, she tasks her team with anchoring impactful, experiential marketing campaigns on customer insights from big data as well as local authentic stories and used digital as a key tool to connect with customers. Her goal is also to grow a team of innovative, passionate people who embrace the culture of reinvention. She is also an astute leader who believes in purpose -led leadership and empathetic leadership, championing diversity and inclusivity to drive an innovative internal culture. This effort has been recognized by the industry with her team achieving 25 awards in 2018-2019.

During her 10 years in Diageo, Siew Ting has successfully repositioned global brands – Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Guinness - into brands which are not just known as global icons but also representative of progressive lifestyles, culturally relevant, inspirational and favored by millennials. This focus on authentic storytelling and deepening customer connections has enabled Diageo to turnaround its declining business in Southeast Asia into one of double-digit growth within two years and grow its sales in China two times more than the market.

Siew Ting is a firm believer in promoting diversity through inclusivity, women and youth. This can be demonstrated through the initiatives she has initiated during her tenure in HP Asia Pacific, specifically mentioning the “Reinvent stereotypes “campaign in Japan in 2018- 2019 and also the “Youth Dream Factory “ ambassador program in China and many parts of SEA. She has also been active in mentorship of start-ups. In 2020, she has extended her purposeful leadership to utilizing empathy so as to help team discover compelling insights and promote a culture of continuous learning.

Siew Ting’s astute marketing leadership and strong track record of purposeful/inclusive leadership has won her many industry awards. Most recently, she was listed 3 times in Campaign Asia’s Power and Influential List of CMOs 2021. This is the 3rd time awarding to the list , including that in 2020/2018. She is also in the 2020 top 100 Global CMO Institute for real growth cohort. Previously she was named a Top 50 Asia’s women leader by 7th CMO congress in 2016. She had also been recognized as a “New York Ad Age China Woman to watch” in 2014 and Marketing Innovator of the Year from China CNBC in 2012.