Welcome Cocktail Reception
Registration & Networking
Opening Address
Teo Chee Hean
Deputy Prime Minister
Coordinating Minister for National Security and
Minister for Home Affairs
Chairman, National Research Foundation
Keynote
Paul Stein
Chief Scientific Officer
Rolls Royce
Corporate Innovation in Asia – The Story of Hyflux
Listen to Olivia talk about how Hyflux has overcome challenges in transforming itself from a local startup to a multinational corporation. She will also share insights regarding the potential and trends about the development of innovations in the clean technologies industry and how it will benefit Singapore and Asia.
Fireside Chat – Up Close and Personal with:
Olivia Lum
Founder & Chairman
Hyflux
Moderator:
Jesse Draper
CEO
Valley Girl Inc
Networking Break
Keynote
Tan Min Liang
CEO and Chief Gamer
Razer
Panel Discussion 1: Asia’s Innovation Renaissance
Asia is growing rapidly and is investing heavily in R&D. Consequently, it is experiencing an unprecedented period of innovation. Techventure has assembled some of the best technopreneurs and venture capitalists leading the innovation charge in the world. Learn from them how they plan to leverage on Asia’s Innovation Renaissance to achieve world dominance. The panel will touch on the capital market, talent, education, culture, public policies, corporate R&D in Asia and set the stage for more in depth discussions for the rest of the Techventure conference
Disruptive Innovation in Asia – Special Presentation by Scott Anthony, Managing Director, Innosight Asia-Pacific
Moderator:
Scott Anthony
Managing Director
Innosight Asia-Pacific
Panelists:
Paul Stein
Chief Scientific Officer
Rolls Royce
Gary Wang
Founder
Tudou
Foo Jixun
Managing Partner
GGVC
Richard Brown
VP of Corporate Marketing
Via Technologies
Deepak Natarajan
Investment Director
Intel Capital
Investors’ Perspectives on Growth Sectors in Asia
If you are coming to Asia to invest, where do you think will the centre of gravity in which the innovation renaissance begins? Also, find out how you can protect your intellectual property and the potential behind IP protection in Asia.
Hear from the some of the most influential investors and thinkers discuss the growing high tech sectors/industries in Asia and learn what drives their investment decisions today.
Gold in Asia – Perspectives from IP Protection – Special Presentation by Professor David Llewelyn
Deputy Dean
Singapore Management University School of Law
Moderator:
Professor David Llewelyn
Deputy Dean
Singapore Management University
School of Law
Panelists:
John Wu
Former CTO
AliBaba
Co-Founder
F&H Fund
Dave McClure
Founder
500 startups
Russel Simmons
Co-Founder
Yelp
Wei Hopeman
Managing Director
Citi Ventures Asia-Pacific
Networking Luncheon
Session 1
Track A : The Quest in Asia for Innovative / Entrepreneurial Talents
Over 6,000 startups have been venture funded in Asia since 2005. From incubators to start-up accelerators, hack-a-thons, competitions, capital, social acceptance, role models and mentors ~ Asia’s start-up ecosystem is exploding. How does the ASEAN region cultivate the “Age of Entrepreneurs”? What are the advantages for tech start-ups in the region and what are the challenges? Does Asia have sufficient talent to fuel its innovation growth? Where are these people to be found and how can they be engaged?
How to find and engage them?
Moderator:
Margo Drakos
Founder
Appbridge
Panelists:
Martin Hartono
CEO
GDP Ventures
Deepinder Dhingra
Head of Products & Strategy
MuSigma
Murli Ravi
Head, South Asia Investments
JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific) Ltd
George Kellerman
Venture Partner
500 Startups
Track B: Creating an Asian Silicon Valley through University Innovation & Enterprise
Asian universities typically focus mainly on education. What will be their role in the Asian Innovation Renaissance? Can the universities in Asia produce sufficient innovation talents? How can the government work with the private sector to encourage academic entrepreneurship?
Moderator:
James Mawson
Editor
Corporate Venturing and University Venturing
Panelists:
Professor Charles L. Cooney
Faculty Director
Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation
MIT
Dr. Abhijit Shanbhag
Founder
Graymatics
Professor Steve Myint
Founding Partner
Innovatum
Le Thanh Tam
CEO
IDG ASEAN
Networking Break
Session 2
Track C: Borderless Innovation; Its impact on incubators & investors in Asia.
Are incubators still relevant in the global arena with the expanding focus on Open Innovation? What are the opportunities and challenges of incubators in this part of the world faced with “borderless” Incubators? Are there there synergies for Asian Incubators and Investors to capitalize on in the era of Open Innovation?
Special Presentation by Philip Lim
CEO
Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd
Synergies in Border-less Innovation
The presentation will expound on the importance of Open Innovation and how best-in-class innovations can be synergised to offer impactful solutions. Meaningful innovation must transcend boundaries and offer a bridge to connect innovators thereby offering Accelerators and Investors a platform to effectively source and harness technologies for business solutions.
Co-presentation by Dr. Claudia Krywiak
Director Partnership Development
Center for Commercial of Research
Bringing Together Innovation Intermediaries from Six Countries to Build a Virtual Global Accelerator
The presentation will provide a brief on the 6×6 pilot project which was launched by the International Commercialization Alliance (ICA), under the leadership of the Canadian Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR). The 6×6 pilot project serves as a Virtual Global Accelerator connecting emerging companies to market opportunities around the world and helping facilitate cross-border deal flow to stimulate new business and investment partnerships in the global marketplace. It aims to launch the next generation of born global companies: firms that are international by design and pursue global markets from inception.
Moderator:
Dr. Jeffrey Chi
Partner
Vickers Capital
Panelists:
Philip Lim
CEO
Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd
Phil Morle
Co-CEO, Pollenizer Global
ex_CTO, Kazaa
Dr. Claudia Krywiak
Director Partnership
Development Center of Commercialization of Research
Paul Bragiel
Managing Partner
I/O Ventures
Wong Meng Weng
Founder
JFDI Asia
Track D: Corporate Venture and R&D in Asia
With companies facing ever stringent quarterly reporting requirements to shareholders, the bell-lab days with massive R&D budget is no longer tenable. What is the future of corporate R&D then?
Corporate venture-capital investors are again flocking to Silicon Valley, driven by the hope of finding innovative new technology and the fear of missing out on the next big thing. Has the same thing happened in Asia? How should startups in Asia position themselves when the wave arrives?
Special Presentation by Raefer Wallis
Architect
GIGA, A00 Architecture
Moderator:
Dr. Martin Haemmig
Adjunct Professor
Center for Technology Innovation Management(CeTIM)
Panelists:
Wei Hopeman
Managing Director
Citi Ventures
Dr. Patrick Tam
Chairman
Luminaire
Nick Sugimoto
Manager
Honda Silicon Valley Lab
James Mawson
Editor
Corporate Venturing and University Venturing
END OF CONFERENCE
Pre Dinner Drinks and Networking
Techventure 2012 Gala Dinner and Techventure Asiasons Innovation Awards
Guest of Honour
Heng Swee Keat
Minister for Education
Opening of Techventure Interchange
Professor Low Teck Seng
CEO
National Research Foundation
The Valley Girl Show
“The Valley Girl Show” is a fun talk show that features interviews with the biggest names in business and technology. It is a balance of fun games, tough questions, and educational takeaways. The host, Jesse Draper, has eaten escargot with Tesla’s Elon Musk (in honor of the just-released S Car), smashed a TV with Justin.TV founder Justin Kan, and wrapped presents with M.C. Hammer.
Presenter:
Jesse Draper
CEO
Valley Girl Inc.
Panelists:
Adriana Gascoigne
Founder
Girls In Tech
Gary Wang
Founder
Tudou
Tan Min-Liang
CEO and Chief Gamer
Razer
Joe Lonsdale
Co-founder
Planatir Technologies
Formation8
Keynotes
Joe Lonsdale
Co-founder
Palantir Technologies
Formation8
Morten Lund
Chairman
Everbread Ltd
The future of Asia Innovation – A Perspective from the Young Innovators of the day
Moderator:
Wong Meng Weng
Founder
JFDI Asia
Panelists:
Amit Anand
Managing Partner
Jungle Ventures
James Chan
Principal
Neoteny Labs
Dennis Goh
Founder
HungryGoWhere
Darius Cheung
Founder
Tencube
Rameez Ansar
Managing Partner
Techcube 8
Pitch to the Stars
3 Minutes Elevator Pitch by Start Up Companies. How to monetize your great ideas !
Pitch your money making ideas to the founders/partners/top fund managers:
Eduardo Saverin
Co-Founder,
Facebook
Datuk Jared Lim
Founder and Director
Asiasons Capital
Wong Meng Weng
Founder
JFDI Asia
Ming Yeh
Managing Director
SVB Capital
Pieter Kemps
Principal Business Development & Venture Capital, APAC
Amazon Web Services
George Kellerman
Partner
500 StartUps
Face/Off between the Technopreneurs of the East and the West
Innovations developed in the West, including the many Apps that are downloaded every day are not gaining traction in the East. And it’s the same situation of online services and Apps developed in the East. They are not ‘finding love’ in the West. Thus “the East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet ! ”
Can this Face/Off debate between some of the best brains of the West and East uncover the reasons and come up with ideas and concepts that will create innovations and killer Apps with true universal appeal ? (Audience participation encouraged)
Moderator:
Kristine Lauria
Founder & CEO
Tickled Media
WEST
Patrick Lee
Co-Founder
Rotten Tomatoes
George Kellerman
Partner
500 startups
Lyle Fong
Chief Strategist & Co-Founder
Lithium Industries
Ben Huh
Founder & CEO
Cheezburger
EAST
Shashank Dixit
CEO
Deskera, Krawler
Steven Goh
Co-Founder
mig33
Patrick Grove
Co-Founder
Catcha Group
Darius Cheung
Founder
TenCube
Dennis Goh
Founder
HungryGoWhere
After Event Party @ Arena at Clarke Quay
