Innovate, Collaborate & Globalise For The Future of Sustainable Economy
HASH Innovation Asia Summit is back again for a successful third time running!
The HASH Innovation Asia Summit is back again and what a great third round it has been! We had an inspiring and fruitful 2-day Hybrid Summit from 1 to 2 September 2022, themed ‘Innovate, Collaborate & Globalise For The Future Of Sustainable Economy’. The event was sponsored and made possible by our Gold Sponsor, Funding Societies, Bronze Sponsor, Heealy, Exhibitors, Cloud3 Solutions & DISC, supporting charity partner, SUNDAC and supported by community partners such as HER Entrepreneur, Sing See Soon Floral & Landscape, The Hive Vietnam, HEN India, Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS), Industry Events, Arcc Spaces, Coinvoice, Asia Token Fund, The News Crypto, NewsBTC, Bitcoinnews, Bitcoinist, Singapore Management University (SMU), Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), Mox/SOSV, Origami Frontiers, Junior Chamber International Hong Kong (JCIHK), Myanmar Business Executives Association, Mermaid Federation International (MFI), Wenken Group and Hoe Bee Coffee.
The event discusses the latest technologies, innovation, globalisation & sustainability strategies for various industries, for the future of building a sustainable economy.
There were about 300 attendees at this exclusive “closed-door” hybrid summit, where there were opportunities to learn & network at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, virtually and via the website platform. We were honored to have Guest Of Honour, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment & Ministry of Transport, Senior Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Keng to graced our event, panel sessions moderated by our Managing Director of Hashtaqs, Renee Tan, Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII)’s Founder & Managing Director, Dr James Ong, Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore’s (RIMAS) President, Andeed Ma and presented by our esteemed speakers locally & globally:
- Lim Wai Mun , CEO & Founder, Doctor Anywhere, Singapore
- Esther Ann, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited, Singapore
- Chris L. Hardesty, Partner, Pureland Venture, Singapore
- Shree Mogan, APAC Publishing HR Business Partner, Riot Games, Singapore
- Simon Xie, Country Head, Funding Societies, Singapore
- Rosalind Bazany, Head, ESG & Impact, Antler, Singapore
- Dr Pang Chin Hong, Senior Vice President, Group Sustainability, Frasers Property, Singapore
- Melanie Kwok, Sustainability Head, Sino Group, Hong Kong
- Dr Timothy Low, CEO & Board Director, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore
- Dr Loretta Chen, CEO, Author & Professor, Smobler Studios , Carnegie Melon University, Singapore
- Rob Khoo, Head of MarComms & Sustainability, EDPR Sunseap, APAC
- Alaina Percival, CEO & Board of Chair, Women Who Code, Venture Partner, Valor Ventures, USA
- Chia Hock Lai, Chairman, ASEAN Blockchain Consortium, Singapore
- Goh Khoon Seng, CEO, Osteopore International, Singapore
- Jenielyn Padernal, Global EdTech Director, Cypher Learning, USA
- Lim Wei Ri, Head of Compliance, Komainu, Singapore
- Olivia Onderdonk, Head of Sustainability & Impact, Neuron Mobility, Singapore
- Guarav Singhal, Co-Founder, Drivelah, Singapore
- So-Young Kang, CEO& Founder, Gnowbe, USA
- Michael Blakey, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Cocoon Capital, Singapore
- Elina Jani, CEO, GreenTech Malaysia Alliances, Malaysia
- Florence Leong, Co-Founder & Director, Kosmode Health, Singapore
- Walter Lee, Business Development & GameFi Lead, Cube Network, Singapore
- Wei Quin Yow, Associate Head (Research) Humanities Arts & Social Sciences, Associate Professor (Psychology), SUTD, Chief Scientist, Heealy, Singapore
- Rayvan Ho, Founder, Kidsqwest, SEA
- Kelvin Ng, Executive Vice President, Float Foods & Green Rebel Foods, Singapore
- Wilson Ong, COO, Avirtech, Singapore
- Nina Ellaine Dizon-Cabrera, Founder & CEO, Niv Della Beauty Innovations Inc. (Colourette Cosmetics), Philippines
The summary event highlights are as follows:
1 September: Day 1
Day 1 started off at 9:00am with an attendee registration and a breakfast networking session on-site for VIP pass holders and over in Zoom at 9:30am for General pass holders, where our fellow attendees together with our Vietnam Chapter leader, Debby Wong, Founder of Indiigo Culture and Alan, Director of Marketing & Business Development, AIII, Singapore got a chance to introduce themselves, their company, industry trade and who they would like to connect with during the event. After which an opening remark from both Renee Tan & our Guest of Honour, Senior Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Ken to officially kick start the event.
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[CLICK HERE] to view Senior Parliamentary Secretary Baey Yam Keng’s opening remarks
The summit kicked off with our very first panel under ‘Going Green Holistically & Sustainably For Our Business, Buildings & Cities‘ which was moderated by Andeed Ma, President of Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS), Singapore together with speakers:
- Dr Timothy Low, CEO & Board Director, Farrer Park Hospital, Singapore
- Esther Ann, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited, Singapore
- Dr Pang Chin Hong, Senior Vice President & Group Sustainability, Frasers Property, Singapore
- Rob Khoo, Head of MarComms & Sustainability, EDPR Sunseap, APAC
Where they discussed on evaluating the impact of SG Green Plan 2030 and net zero carbon emission initiatives while meeting customers’ needs, how the 2030 Green Plan would impact property development, business investments and society as a whole and ways to develop decarbonisation, digitalisation & disclosure strategies to achieve sustainable goals for businesses in a long term. This was then followed by a live Q&A session with our speakers and attendees on-site and virtually.
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Going Green Holistically & Sustainably For Our Business, Buildings & Cities
Next, we had the panel under ‘Exploring Future Investment Trends & Capital Raising Strategies to Accelerate Startups & SMEs of Tomorrow‘ which was moderated by our Managing Director, Renee Tan, together with speakers:
- Rosalind Bazany, Head, ESG & Impact, Antler, Singapore
- Simon Xie, Country Head, Funding Societies, Singapore
- Michael Blakey, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Cocoon Capital, Singapore
Where they covered on what are the upcoming capital raising industry trends to transform or pivot current businesses to grow globally, how to go about implementing capital raising & lending strategies in today’s fast-moving economy and discovering what are environmental, social, and governance (ESG), socially responsible investing (SRI), and impact investing.
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Exploring Future Investment Trends & Capital Raising Strategies to Accelerate Startups & SMEs of Tomorrow
After lunch and a quick 1 hour speed networking amongst the attendees, our third panel under ‘Uncovering The Future of Smart Healthcare‘, which was moderated by Dr James Ong, Founder & Managing Director of Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII) had speakers:
- Chris L. Hardesty, Partner, Pureland Venture, Singapore
- Lim Wai Mun, Founder & CEO, Doctor Anywhere, Singapore
- Goh Khoon Seng, CEO, Osteopore International, Singapore
- Wei Quin Yow, Associate Head (Research) Humanities Arts & Social Sciences, Associate Professor (Psychology), SUTD, Chief Scientist, Heealy®, Asia
In this panel, the speakers shared their insights on the many opportunities & challenges in the life sciences & healthcare industry, how the healthcare is reshaping through AR, VR, AI, robotics to improve healthcare standards and exploring public-private partnership to accelerate healthcare innovation. This was then followed by a live Q&A session with our speakers and attendees on-site and virtually.
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Uncovering The Future of Smart Healthcare
Our fire-side chat for the day, under ‘The Future of Food: Urban Agriculture & Innovation to Scale Up‘ had invited speaker:
- Wilson Ong, COO, Avirtech, Singapore
Where he gave his thoughts on how to overcome agriculture yield through crop intelligence, discovering what is trending, opportunities & challenges in agriculture technology and creating an investable agribusiness model while doing good. This was then followed by a live Q&A session with our speakers and attendees on-site and virtually.
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The Future of Food: Urban Agriculture & Innovation to Scale Up
Our next exciting fire-side chat under ‘The Future of Food: Food Technology Innovation to Meet Consumers’ Demands‘ had invited speakers:
- Kelvin Ng, Executive Vice President, Float Foods, Green Rebel Foods, Singapore
- Florence Leong, Co-Founder & Director, Kosmode Health, Singapore
In this session, they shared their insights on exploring production in food alternatives to meet rising global food demands, discovering investment opportunities & challenges in both agriculture & the food technology business and improving business success from R&D to commercialization through PPP, food security & sustainability strategies. This was then followed by a live Q&A session with our speakers and attendees on-site and virtually as well as a live cooking demo, where on-site attendees get to try out and sample a taste of plant-based cooked noodles.
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The Future of Food: Food Technology Innovation to Meet Consumers’ Demands
After a final round of networking break for the day, all on-site attendees were then divided into 3 groups to participate in any one of our Roundtable Discussions.
The first Roundtable Discussion, Adopting Risk Management Strategies To Accelerate Future Business Growth was led by:
- Lim Wei Ri, Head of Compliance, Komainu, Singapore
In this session, he discussed the future of risk management to support innovation strategy, attributes of effective risk management strategies for the digital age and finally the role of a risk manager to support management decision-making in the digital age.
The second Roundtable Discussion on Future of Frontier Technologies & Innovation was led by:
- Dr. James Ong, Founder & Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence International Institute, Singapore
In this roundtable, Dr James shared the concept behind AI, Blockchain, Web3 and Metaverse, understanding why these current frontier technologies matter to you, your career and your business and discovering what are the different ways of venturing into them.
The third and final Roundtable discussion for the day was Nurturing Diverse Talent & Accelerating Business Growth Through Innovation & Cross Border Expansion. This was led by:
- Shree Mogan, APAC Publishing HR Business Partner, Riot Games, Singapore
Participants discussed on embracing diversity & inclusion in the workplace to spur creativity & productivity, exploring the future of work models to expedite exponential business growth overseas and cultivating skillsets & promoting leadership for women in technology.
Day 1 ended with a closing remark from our Founder and Managing Director, Renee Tan, which was followed by an on-site lucky draw for VIP pass holders. This then proceeded with our VIP & Virtual Networking session for all Pass holders on-site at Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore and on Zoom.
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VIP Lucky draw winners
Day 1 VIP Networking session
Group photo
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