THE CONFERENCE ONTHE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

THAT MATTERMarina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore

14 - 15 February 2017

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The fourth edition of EmTech Asia, co-organised by MIT Technology Review and Koelnmesse, and hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) concluded on a high note after two days of stimulating and insightful discussions on the latest breakthroughs in science and technology.

Held from 14 to 15 February at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, EmTech Asia was attended by over 600 like-minded individuals with the innovation bug from 22 countries. This year’s line-up of speakers included some of the brightest minds in the areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, smart cities, space exploration, augmented and virtual reality, computing and materials science.

Taking advantage of this convergence of experts and innovators from different fields and backgrounds, MIT Technology Review also hosted a pre-event Solve strategy session, a grand challenge looking at the future of education.

Bringing together an inspiring line up of 48 world leading scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and innovators, EmTech Asia featured speakers from NASA, MIT, A*STAR, Broad Institute, Analog Devices, NVIDIA, GGV Capital among many. Highlights included former NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman’s inspiring presentation on bringing humans to Mars, hit CBS-TV series Scorpion Executive Producer and world renowned genius, Walter O’Brien, Discovery Channel science TV shows host, Mike North, who entertained the audience with awe-inspiring presentations. Jenny Lee, world renowned venture capitalist, shared her vision during an insightful fireside chat with Vinnie Lauria from Golden Gate Ventures.

As a prelude to the second day closing session on space exploration technology, the first day of the event closed on a high note with a networking cocktail reception at the ArtScience Museum’s exhibition NASA: A Human Adventure.

For the fourth year, EmTech Asia featured the regional 10 Innovators Under 35 honourees and, for the first time, it also featured the winning teams of the MIT Hacking Medicine Hackathon which took place at SGInnovate before EmTech Asia.

EmTech Asia returns to Singapore in January 2018. Visit www.emtechasia.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook @EmTechAsia

EmTech Asia 2017: Where Technology, Business and Innovation Collide

EVENT SUMMARY

FAST FACTS

601Participants

22C untries

48 Speakers

10 InnovatorsUnder 35

35 Partners and Sponsors

73 Members ofthe Press

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AUDIENCE

601 35A t t e n d e e s

P a r t n e r s& Sponsors

Companies• A*STAR/NUS• Accenture• Acronis International• Agency For Integrated

Care Pte Ltd (AIC)• Agency for Science,

Technology and Research (A*STAR)

• AIDA Technologies Pte Ltd

• Airbnb• Airbus Group Singapore

Pte Ltd• AmCham Singapore• Analog Devices• Anquan• Apex Business Advisory• Applied Materials South

East Asia Pte. Ltd• Applied Materials, Inc.• Asian Scientist

Magazine• Astraltec Pte Ltd• AWOK• Bank Negara Malaysia • Beijing Yanyi Technology

Ce., Ltd.• Bespoke Foundry• BFBZ Innovation

Investments PL• Biomax Green Pte Ltd • Boston Scientific• Brandmusiq• Budding Innovations Pte

Ltd• Business Angel Network

(South East Asia) Ltd• Calypso• Cambridge Consultants• Cap Vista • Centre for Quantum

Technologies, NUS• CIO Academy Asia• Cloudventurous Pte Ltd• Cruger Haus SG Pte Ltd • DOST PCIEERD • DSO National

Laboratories• DSTA• Dubai Electronic

Security Center• Eden Strategy Institute• Elixir• Energy Market Authority• EPF • ETPL• Genome Institute of

Singapore

• GIC Pte Ltd• GlaxoSmithKline

Consumer Healthcare Pte Ltd

• Global Fusion Capital Pte Ltd

• Globibo Malaysia• Golden Gate Ventures• Google• Government Technology

Agency • GreyOrange Pte Ltd• Handshakes• Hannover Milano Fairs

India Pvt Ltd• HAYS Recruiting

experts worldwide • Hong Leong Investment

Bank Berhad • Housing & Development

Board (HDB)• Hypercubes Inc• Idea Ink Illustrations Pte.

Ltd.• IMRE A*STAR• Infocomm Media

Development Authority (IMDA)

• INSEAD• Insightz• Institute of Data

Science, NUS• Institute of Materials

Research & Engineering• Institute of Medical

Biology• KAI Square• Kumpulan Modal

Perdana Sdn Bhd• Kumpulan Wang

Persaraan• Lion Global Investors

Ltd• Lital Materials &

Contracts Engineers Pte Ltd

• L’Oréal• Malaysia Debt Ventures

Berhad (MDV)• Malaysian Global

Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC)

• Malaysian Technology Development Corporation Sdn Bhd

• Ministry of Education• Ministry of Health,

Malaysia

• Ministry of Transport (MOT)

• MIT Technology Review• Monash University• Motorola Solutions• MRC Asia• MVP GROUP• Nanyang Polytechnic• Nanyang Technological

University• Nanyang Technological

University - NTUitive Pte Ltd

• National Chiao Tung University

• National Security Coordination Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office

• National University of Singapore

• Navis Capital Partners• Ngee Ann Polytechnic • Noggin Pte Ltd• NRF• NTT Innovation Institute,

Inc• NTU• NUS• Office 134• Office of Naval

Research Global• Optimax Group • P&G• Palevsky, LLC• Panasonic. Com• Pavilion Capital

International Pte Ltd • Petroleum National

Berhad ( Petronas) • Petronas• PHI BIOMED Co.• Pilz South East Asia Pte

Ltd• PropertyGuru Pte Ltd• PT Aries Kencana

Sejahtera• PT. Bank CIMB Niaga,

Tbk• Public Health Medicine

Specialist, Ministry of Health of Malaysia Scientist, AIME Inc

• Pylon City Pte Ltd • RCP Search• Regience Global

Holdings Pte. Ltd.• Republic Polytechnic

• Resorts World Sentosa• Rvmagnetics, a.s.• S&J Asia-Pacific

Ventures• SAP Innovation Center

Network Singapore• Science and

Engineering Institutes• Science Centre

Singapore• Scorpion• SGInnovate• SIM• Singapore Computer

Society• Singapore infocomm

Technology Federation (SiTF)

• Singapore National Eye Centre Pte Ltd

• Singapore Police Technology

• Singapore Polytechnic • Singapore Polytechnic

- Department of Technology, Innovation & Enterprise

• Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association

• Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd

• Singapore Technologies Dynamics Pte Ltd

• Singapore Tourism Board

• Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD)

• Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA)

• Singtel• SiTF• Slovak Business Agency• SMART• SMART Innovation

Centre• SMART-BioSyM• SMART-CENSAM• SMART-FM• SMART-ID• SMART-LEES• SMU• Sogang University• Solmark PE Fund• Sparke Helmore

Lawyers

• SPRING Singapore c/o Vital Shared Services

• ST Electronics • ST Electronics (Info-

Software Systems) Pte Ltd

• StartupMalaysia.org• Stepehen Chew Clinic

Kidney Disease and Hypertension

• STI• Stream Global Pte Ltd• STT Communications

Ltd• SUTD• Taiwan Government• Tata Communications

International Pte Ltd• TEDx and

IdeasWorthDoing• The Global Value

Investment Portfolio Management Pte Ltd

• The Hub• THE INNOVATORS

INSTITUTE• The Institution of

Engineers, Singapore• The University of Hong

Kong• The University Of

Queensland• TiE Singapore• Titan Capital• Transcelestial

Technologies• Trotti + Associates Inc. • Tucker Medical• UITM• Umbrella technology

Co.,Ltd• United Industrial

Corporation Limited• Universiti Teknologi

Mara (UITM)• Univesita’ degli Studi La

Sapienza • UTCC• VersaFleet• Wavemaker Pacific• Whirlcell • Wholetree • Wong and Lee Business

Solutions• Workforce Singapore• YTL Communications

Sdn Bhd...and many more

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AUDIENCE

C untries• Australia• Canada• China• France• Hong Kong

SAR

• India• Indonesia• Ireland• Italy• Japan• Malaysia

• Philippines• Poland• Singapore• Slovakia• South Korea• Sweden

• Taiwan• Thailand• UAE• UK• USA

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Seniority of Participants Sectors At-A-Glance

25%

2%

26%

21%26%

n President / C-leveln Director / Vice President / General Managern Government / Government Agencies’ Officialsn Managers / Researchersn Consultants

26%

Government

22%

Engineering

4%

Healthcare

6%

Finance

30%

Technology

12%

Media & Entertainment

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INNOVATORS UNDER 35

MIT Technology Review has been recognising the top young innovators under the age of 35 since 1999. Today, the Innovators Under 35 competition runs in several regions globally, including Asia-Pacific. The regional Innovators Under 35 competition is open to citizens or residents (including students) of Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand from a wide range of fields, including biomedicine, computing, communications, energy, materials, web and transportation. 10 honourees were selected by an esteemed panel of judges and were honoured at EmTech Asia where each delivered a three minutes elevator pitch. They automatically become candidates and potential honourees for the global Innovators Under 35 list celebrated in the fall of 2017 at the MIT Media Lab in Boston. MIT Technology Review also showcases these global winners in the September/October issue of the magazine and online at www.technologyreview.com/tr35

Emtech Asia - and Singapore - is definitely the next hub after Silicon Valley that you want to be part of, where great minds meet. Besides the mind blowing convergence of technology, engineering, medicine and entrepreneurship, a vast network of investors has also enabled us to verbally secure a deal worth S$200,000, just after a 3 minute pitch. Yes! This is the next valley! Singapore valley!

Dhesi RajaCofounder & Chief ScientistArtificial Intelligence in Medical Epidemiology (AIME)

Recognising the Next Wave of Young Innovators

Nominations open in April 2017. All nominations must be submitted online atwww.emtech.sg/tr35/nominate/

Email emtech@koelnmesse.com.sg for more information.

SAVE THE DATE

John HoAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringNational University of Singapore (NUS)

Prateek SaxenaDean’s Chair Assistant ProfessorSchool of ComputingNational University of Singapore (NUS)

Simon GrossARC DECRA Research FellowDepartment of Physics and AstronomyMacquarie University

Dhesi RajaCofounder & Chief ScientistArtificial Intelligence in Medical Epidemiology (AIME)

Zhi Wei SehResearch Scientist, Institute of Materials Research and EngineeringAgency for Science, Technology and Research

Angela WuAssistant ProfessorHong Kong University of Science and Technology Founding MemberAgenovir Corporation

Yong Lin KongPostdoctoral AssociateMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Sumeet WaliaLecturerRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

Gang WangAssociate Professor of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringNanyang Technological University (NTU)

Dawn TanAssistant Professor, Engineering Product DevelopmentSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)

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TESTIMONIALS

We asked participants what they thought about EmTech Asia. Here’s what they had to say:

EmTech Asia is a great event where you meet amazing people from around the world. We hear from scientists and engineers about technology that could change the world. Topics such as gene editing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, quantum computing and satellite communications are a few areas covered this year. The best part of EmTech Asia is being with a group of people who want to use science and technology to make a positive impact on humanity. That’s why Singapore is proud to host it.

Steve Leonard, Founding CEO, SGInnovate

This is my third EmTech Asia. I keep coming back because I am a technologist and I want to know what new trends are out there that I should be getting my research teams to take a closer look at. It’s important to understand what’s emerging before it’s already commercialised. We have definitely met some of the right people here. It is good to see the great diversity of basic research, academics, as well as start-ups, VCs, corporates, everyone is here. It is a nice environment to have high-level conversations about what deep tech can do across different industry sectors.

Kelly Anderson, Open Innovation Manager, Procter & Gamble

The range of topics covered is phenomenal, as well as the quality of the speakers. It’s definitely an eye-opener and inspiring to see/hear of the amazing breakthroughs that are happening to make the world a better place.

Erwin Choo, Portfolio Director, Navis Capital

EmTech Asia brings out the best of Asia’s Innovators and their bold and cool ideas.

Tan Wei Hwang, Head of Carrier Services, YTL Communications Sdn Bhd

EmTech Asia brought its audience to the forefront of technological innovations, and presented those ideas in a well-orchestrated manner so that the audience could see how technology is interwoven with lifestyles, and how research institutes and universities are collaborating with governments, corporates and entrepreneurs in improving every aspect of human life. Showcasing ideas from miniscule molecular level all the way to the vast universe within two days, are simply mind-blowing.

Lee Yi Lin, Head of Post Commercialization, Group Technology Commercialization Management, Petronas Research

I have been attending EmTech Asia for the last three years. Ever since that, I’ve made a point that MDV, the biggest venture organization in Malaysia and the company I represent, will participate in this event.

Datuk Md Zubir Ansori Yahaya, CEO, Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad (MDV)

A great snapshot of some of the most exciting and important technology research being done in Asia. If you had to pick one conference to learn about the hottest emerging technologies across Asia, this would be it.

Marc Hamilton, Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Engineering, NVIDIA

The 2-day event has brought together some very interesting, intriguing and inspiring insights into impactful technologies and trends in the innovation and knowledge economy that all of us should pay attention to. The EmTech Asia experience has been exciting, engaging, educational and enlightening to say the least!

Lim Tit Meng, CEO, Science Centre Singapore

Every year EmTech Asia is raising the bar! The innovations showcased are inspiring and motivate one to think differently.

Prakash Natarajan, IT Director, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Pte Ltd

If you want to know across a range of different technologies, exciting things that are happening that may well come to market relatively soon, this is the place to come – EmTech Asia. You just don’t get that out of the deep science conferences.

Daniel E. Hastings, CEO, Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

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PRESS COVERAGE

73 media outlets attended EmTech Asia including Asia Pacific Biotech News, Asian Scientist, BBC Asia, Bloomberg, Channel News Asia, CNBC Asia, e27, FinTech News, Hardwarezone, OpenGov Asia, ResearchSEA, Tech Storm TV, The Business Times and Thomson Reuters, among many. EmTech Asia received excellent media coverage from leading local and international media outlets. Some of the features and articles include:

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SPEAKERS

What happens when the brightest minds in artificial intelligence, materials science, biomedicine, computing and space come together from around the world to share breakthrough research and discoveries? What happens when the best from academia and industry collaborate? What happens when scientists with the capability to change the world work with investors to commercialize ideas and tech executives to distribute it globally? Amazing things happen.

The Spirit of EmTech

EMCEES & MODERATORS David LaneChief ScientistAgency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

Vinnie LauriaFounding PartnerGolden Gate Ventures

Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau Chief Operating Officer MIT Technology Review

Antoinette MatthewsVice President of Licensing and CommunitiesMIT Technology Review

Daniel Hastings Chief Executive Officer Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Howard CalifanoDirectorSMART Innovation Centre

BIOENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGHSLe CongPostdoctoral FellowBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Daniela RhodesDirector, Institute of Structural Biology Nanyang Technological University

COMPUTING & CYBERSECURITYDouglas J. GardnerCTO - Secure Technology GroupAnalog Devices

John GustafsonFormer Chief Product Architect, AMD Former Director, Intel Labs

Alexander LingPrincipal Investigator, Quantum Optics, Centre for Quantum Technologies National University of Singapore

Thomas Sohmers CEO REX Computing

Walter O’BrienExecutive ProducerScorpion (CBS-TV series)

Marek T. MichalewiczInterdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling University of Warsaw

ENTREPRENEURS & VISIONARIESPaul DaughertyChief Technology & Innovation OfficerAccenture

Mike NorthHost - Prototype This!Discovery Channel

Jenny LeeManaging Partner – ShanghaiGGV Capital

Hock Yun KhoongAssistant Chief Executive Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)

Steve Leonard Founding CEO SGInnovate

Alex Amouyel Executive Director Solve

Sean O’Sullivan Managing Director SOSV

MATERIALS AT THE HEART OF INNOVATIONOmkaram (Om) NalamasuSenior Vice President & CTOApplied Materials

Julia GreerProfessor of Materials Science and MechanicsCaltech

Jackie YingExecutive DirectorInstitute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, A*STAR

ROBOTICS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEShirlene LiewDigital Health ConsultantACCESS Health International

Samay KohliCEO & CofounderGreyOrange

Kok Yuan YikResearch AssistantNanyang Technological University

Marc Hamilton Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Engineering NVIDIA

Sarah Zhang Business Lead and Head of Developer Partnerships Segway Robotics

Sophia Chew Tsong Huey Senior Consultant Singapore General Hospital

Emily Shilton Mechatronics Engineering Student The University of Waterloo (Canada)

SPACE 4.0Matthew BoldPrinciple Researcher, AdvancedTechnology CenterLockheed Martin SpaceSystems Company

Dava Newman Apollo Chair ProfessorMIT

David OhProject Systems EngineerNASA JPL

Kay Soon Low Professor/Director of Satellite Technology And Research (STAR) Centre National University of Singapore

Rohit JhaCEO Transcelestial

VIRTUAL REALITY, AUGMENTED LIFEAdrian David CheokDirectorImagineering Institute

Anders Ynnerman Director Norrköping Visualization Center

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EMTECH ASIA’S SKETCH WALL

This year, for the very first time, EmTech Asia partnered with IdeaInk to create an info-graphics modular sketch wall at the event. Illustrators from IdeaInk were sketching live illustrations of all of our conference sessions. You may download the digital version of the sketch wall here: https://www.ideaink.co/gallery/#/emtech-asia/

Info-Illustrations Partner

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A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Thank you for making EmTech Asia possible!

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GET IN TOUCH

The excitement of discovering emerging technologies and innovation continues at EmTech Asia 2018. The EmTech Asia steering committee is already working on the key themes that will be featured at the event next year so stay tuned as we uncover the list of technologies with the greatest impact to change our lives. For more information about the key themes or to suggest a speaker for inclusion in the 2018 conference programme, please contact emtech@koelnmesse.com.sg. See you in January 2018!

See You in January 2018

Sponsoring an event like EmTech makes a strong statement about your brand’s commitment to thought leadership and ground-breaking innovation. Join us in leading the conversation with the businesses and people working on the emerging technologies that will change our lives. Contact us at emtech@koelnmesse.com.sg to find out more.

Sponsorship Opportunities

The nominations for the Innovators Under 35 Asia class of 2018 open in April 2017. All nominations (self-nomination is allowed) must be submitted online at www.emtech.sg/tr35/nominate/. For more information on the Innovators Under 35 nomination process, please contact emtech@koelnmesse.com.sg.

Innovators Under 35

The second edition of EmTech Hong Kong will take place on 6-7 June 2017. Visitwww.emtechhk.com or contact emtechhk@koelnmesse.com.sg for speaking opportunities, sponsorship and registration.

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