Technopreneur Dialogue 2025 - Riding the Waves of Technology Advancements

The Technopreneur Dialogue 2025 is a once in 2 years event where we celebrate the progress of our Technopreneurs and also share in the story of their journey.

Objectives:

1. Bringing together the Deep Tech Community to share human stories on the Advancements of Technology and Tech Ventures and also the Up and Downs of the Journey being a Tech Founder and Leader
2. Inspiring aspiring founders, engineers to discover their pathways in the sea of opportunities covering new technology trends such as AI, Sustainability
3. Building networks and bring the local and international community for Deep Tech and Innovation Closer Together

Program Details

1130 am - Registration

12.00 pm - Lunch

1.00 pm - Welcome Address - IES Key Rep

1.15 pm - Guest of Honour Welcome Address – Mr Shawn Huang, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Manpower

1.30 pm - Welcome Address, Sustainability Leadership - Ms Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer, CDL

Intro to IES-INCA – Andy Wee, GM @ IES-INCA

2.00 pm - Key Note Speech – Dr Tan Kee Wee, Principal Economist @ Waveney Economics

2.30 - Research Sharing - IAL ALC

2.40 - IMDA Sharing

2.50 - Bio Break

3.15 pm - Panel 1 - Technopreneur Journey Sharing

Moderator – Nison Chan, Community and Partnerships Lead @ e27

Panelist 1 - Chaw Kiang, CEO @ Ionguard

4.00 pm - Panel 2 – Startups/SMEs Go International

Moderator – Sami Ammous, Mentor @ Hukm Launch Pad

Panelist 1 - Daryl Lim, CEO @ Augmentus

Panelist 2 - Ken Chan, Vice President, Business Dev @ Moovita

Panelist 3 - Grace Chia, CEO @ BeeX

4.45 pm - Closing Remarks

5.00 pm - Tea Break & Networking

6.00 pm - Event ends

Speaker Profiles:

Keynote Speaker - Dr Tan Kee Wee, Principal Economist @ Waveney Economics

Bio: https://waveneyeconomics.com/about-dr-tan-kee-wee/

An experienced economist with a keen eye for emerging global issues and a track record for identifying turning points in economic cycles, Dr Tan established Waveney Economics after many years in the banking sector.

While he was with Standard Chartered Bank as an economist, Dr Tan covered ASEAN economies and currencies. At OCBC Asset Management, Dr Tan advised corporate clients as well as high net-worth individuals. As Vice-President of Research at United Overseas Bank, Dr Tan led a team of researchers covering interest rates, stocks, commodities, bonds, derivatives and currencies.

Additionally, Dr Tan has served as Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) as well as the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. He has also served as Director of Research at Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation.

As a journalist with the Business Times, Dr Tan wrote for the Economics and Politics Desk. From 2007 to 2012, Dr Tan wrote and presented 5 seasons of a radio series entitled “MoneyTalks” for Mediacorp’s News Radio 938-Live (now CNA938).

Holder of a PhD in Economics from the University of East Anglia in Britain, Dr Tan’s current focus is economic advisory for his corporate clients as well as lecturing on university and CFA programmes.

About IES-INCA - https://ies-inca.com

IES-Incubator and Accelerator (IES-INCA) is a strategic initiative by The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES) to support engineers in technopreneurship and new technology business ventures.

IES-INCA incubates new technology companies that are in the process of scaling up. Technopreneurs can tap upon the rich experience industry and finance experts, to build a comprehensive and sustainable business.