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THE CONFERENCE ON THE EMERGINGTECHNOLOGIES THAT MATTER

4 - 5 August 2020, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore Technology Impacts Every Sector. Don’t Get Left Behind.

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Peter Norvig Director of Research Google

AI expert, computer scientist and overall creative mind, Peter was previously head of Google’s core search algorithms group and of NASA Ames’s Computational Sciences Division. Amongst other works, he is most well-known as co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the field, author of the Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation, creator of the Lego Institute of Lego Investigation, and for authoring the world’s longest palindromic sentence.

Erin Bradner Director, Robotics Lab Autodesk

As Director of the Robotics Lab at Autodesk, Erin specialises in intelligent and intuitive design technology for architects and engineers. She was on Autodesk’s founding team for generative design and led the company’s partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Labs. She was also part of the team that helped NASA’s JPL reduce, by over a third, the weight of a lander proposed for a mission to Europa – a moon of Jupiter.

Shelley PetersonPrincipal Investigator – Augmented & Mixed RealityLockheed Martin

Shelley dives into the rapidly evolving augmented reality and wearables market to integrate emerging technologies into key solutions for Lockheed Martin. Her combined skill and reputation as a thought leader across the augmented reality industry have resulted in repeated demonstration of the potential of this emerging technology across numerous Lockheed Martin programmes.

David BuddenResearch Engineering Team LeadDeepMind

David is an engineering team lead and distributed systems researcher at DeepMind, the world leader in AI research and its application for positive impact. Prior to DeepMind, David worked at MIT and Harvard on projects including the first real-time “connectomics” system for reconstructing biological neuron connectivity maps. He was also named Australia’s 2016 Young IT Professional of the Year.

Toby WalshScientia Professor of Artificial IntelligenceTechnical University BerlinUniversity of New South Wales

World-renowned AI professor at Australia’s University of New South Wales and Data61, author and “rock star” of the digital revolution, Toby is a passionate advocate of ensuring that AI is used to improve, not hurt, our lives. He has been working with the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and the United Nations to halt the development of autonomous robotic weapons.

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Mary L. Gray Senior Principal Researcher Microsoft Research

Mary is a leading expert in the emerging field of AI and ethics. She draws on her background in Anthropology to explore how technology access, material conditions, and everyday uses of tech transform people’s lives. Her new book, Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass, uncovers the hidden social costs of AI.

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Arthur Huang CEO and Founder MINIWIZ

Arthur is a structural engineer, architect, and circular economy innovator. He has spent over a decade turning post-consumer waste into innovative products for businesses and consumers through his company, MINIWIZ. The World Economic Forum has named MINIWIZ as one of the top 11 companies leading the way to a circular economy.

Tonio BuonassisiAssociate Professor of Mechanical Engineering MIT

Tonio’s research lies at the intersection of machine learning, high-throughput experimentation and high-performance computing. Tonio founded the MIT PVLab and co-founded the Fraunhofer Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems in Boston. He is known for his work in the field of solar photovoltaics and technoeconomic analysis.

Anna BethkeHead of AI for Social GoodIntel

Anna is the woman leading Intel’s Social Good mission, using the chipmaker’s technologies and AI expertise to solve real human problems. She has worked on projects that have helped identify exploited children, defuse hate speech, and combat illegal poaching, and is actively involved in the AI Ethics discussion on the design of fair, transparent, ethical, and accessible AI systems.

Graham RubyPrincipal InvestigatorCalico

Graham received his PhD in Biology from MIT, where he studied microRNAs. After completing a PhD at the University of California, San Francisco, where he studied the genomics of infectious diseases, he joined Calico Life Sciences in 2014 as Principal Investigator. Within a company that focuses on aging and age-related diseases, his group’s research focuses on the genetics and genomics of lifespan and aging in humans and model organisms.



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Yuki HanyuCEO IntegriCulture

After getting a PhD in chemistry from Oxford, and working as a research scientist at the Toshiba R&D Centre, Yuki started the Shojinmeat Project – the world’s first citizen science community for DIY open-source cell-based meat. In 2015, he founded IntegriCulture Inc. to commercialise cell-based meat. The company is currently developing food-grade culture media and a wide range of cell-based products such as cosmetics, foie gras and meat.

Kedar HippalgaonkarSenior Scientist I, Electronic Materials DepartmentIMRE, A*STAR

Kedar’s research lies at the intersection of materials and AI. His interests are in the application of ML/AI tools to unearth novel physics in existing or novel materials, with an eye for multifunctional devices towards sustainable energy. His research uses high-throughput automated experiments via machine learning to accelerate materials discovery and device innovation.

Steven Tucker CofounderRe:Mission Health

Steven is a Preventive Medical Oncologist. Re:Mission Health is a digital platform that aims to reduce the burden of preventable non-communicable diseases. By integrating personal nutrition, continuous monitoring, and community building, Re:Mission Health brings education, empowerment, and accountability to individuals and families at the highest risk of disease by starting with cancer survivors and their families.

Saif A. Khan Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore

Saif’s research group at NUS develops new microfluidics-based ‘factories’ for the continuous manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and advanced materials in collaboration with global industrial partners. He has also co-founded two start-up companies focused on advanced materials manufacture and ophthalmic drug delivery.

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Jeremy LimAssociate Professor and FounderAsian Microbiome Library (AMiLi)

Jeremy is the founder of the first gut microbiome bank in Southeast Asia. Its mission? To advance human health through microbiome science and make it accessible for patient care and research. Jeremy has held senior roles in Asian healthcare and contributes to health reform efforts in other countries. He is also a volunteer physician for a Singaporean NGO catering to the health needs of migrant workers.

Shunsuke Nakamura CEO Shikumi Design

The CEO of Shikumi Design and visiting Associate Professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Shunsuke Nakamura works at the intersection of art, music, and technology, developing AR-powered musical instruments to promote creativity in children through visual programming. His work KAGURA won several prizes, including the Intel Perceptual Computing Challenge, Sonar+D Startup Competition, WIRED Audi Innovation Award and more.

Eugene FitzgeraldCEO and Director Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART)

Eugene is a practicing researcher, serial innovator and entrepreneur. His research work resulted in the discovery of high mobility strained silicon, paving the way for smaller, faster microchips. The New Silicon Corporation is his latest Singapore venture co-founded with colleagues in the SMART Low Energy Electronic Systems programme.

Simon LuiDirector and Expert AI Scientist, QQ MusicTencent Music Entertainment (TME)

Working at the intersection of music and AI, Simon’s research at TME digs deep into AI and big data research to optimise user experience for QQ Music’s 700mil users. He has developed several #1 best-selling apps in 7 countries. An award-winning violinist and professional pop music arranger, Simon has worked with the likes of Eason Chan and Andy Lau.



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Robert Mumgaard CEOCommonwealth Fusion Systems

Robert leads the strategic vision at Commonwealth Fusion Systems to accelerate the path of commercial fusion energy from lab to market. He received his PhD in plasma physics at MIT, focusing on Alcator C-Mod and developing techniques to measure the magnetic field inside tokamak plasmas.

Steve LeonardFounding CEO SGInnovate

At SGInnovate, Steve has been chartered to help translate some of the ‘deep-tech’ R&D, for which Singapore has gained a global reputation, into commercial success by working with local and international partners. Steve also served as the Executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority, the statutory board within Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information.

Michel DyakonovProfessor of PhysicsLaboratoire Charles Coulomb

Michel has been a professor at University of Montpellier, France, since 1998. His interests are in the fields of solid-state physics, spin physics and physics of 2D electrons. He is a recipient of numerous awards. His name is connected to several phenomena: Dyakonov-Perel spin relaxation mechanism, Dyakonov surface waves, Dyakonov-Shur instability. Together with Perel, he predicted the Spin Hall Effect which has become a subject of intense studies.

Bunnie HuangHardware HackerAuthor and Digital Rights Activist

Hardware hacker and author of Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering, Bunnie is best known for his efforts in designing and manufacturing open source hardware. He is currently developing new tools to protect our digital privacy and runs a product design studio, Kosagi, where he actively mentors several startups and students.

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Roland Chin President and Vice Chancellor Hong Kong Baptist University

Hong Kong Baptist University President Roland Chin worked on machine vision and pattern recognition since the 70’s from automated visual inspection for manufacturing to NASA remote sensing. Now as President of a leading liberal arts university in Asia, he advocates a new renaissance in liberal arts education in which core values and ethics become the DNA of future generations of scientists.

Claire BeattyEditorial DirectorMIT Technology Review Insights

Claire partners with clients across Asia and the Middle East to develop thought leadership that drives conversations around the way that technology is shaping our lives. Claire has lived and worked in Singapore since 2007 and has more than 15 years of experience in consulting, editorial, and communications roles.

Linda HungSenior Research ScientistToyota Research Institute

Linda is the Senior Research Scientist for Accelerated Materials Design and Discovery at Toyota Research Institute. Her current work integrates machine learning with materials science simulation and theory to shorten the discovery timeline and to improve the fundamental understanding of materials. She has a background in computational materials science, and has studied mechanical failure, photovoltaics and superconductivity.

Karen HaoSenior AI ReporterMIT Technology Review

Karen is the artificial intelligence reporter for MIT Technology Review. She covers the ethics and social impact of the technology as well as its applications for social good. She also writes the AI newsletter, the Algorithm, which thoughtfully examines the field’s latest news and research. Prior to TR, she was a reporter and data scientist at Quartz and an application engineer at the first startup to spin out of Google X.

Virginia ChaAdjunct Professor INSEAD/NUS

Professor Virginia CHA is a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship in Singapore with multiple appointments: Adjunct Professor at INSEAD and NUS Business School, and other adjunct appointments at SMART (Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) and Lean LaunchPad @Singapore. Her latest research is on the subject of restorative innovation, an emergent framework using an economic model on how sustainable goods can reach mass consumption through innovation along three dimensions: increased supply, supply chain efficiency, and increased adoption.

Paola MagniDeputy DeanMurdoch University Singapore

Dr Paola A. Magni is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at Murdoch University (Perth, WA) and the Deputy Dean at Murdoch University Singapore. She’s a forensic biologist with a key focus on the application of natural sciences (entomology, taphonomy and aquatic biology) to crime scene investigation. She developed “SmartInsects – Forensic Entomology”, a mobile app designed to connect law enforcement agencies and pathologists at crime scenes, and “VirtualCSI”, the VR training suite for forensic science students and law enforcement.



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Carine LimSINGAPORENational University of Singapore

Carine’s research focuses on circulating biomarkers forprecision medicine and molecular stratification. Her recent work in developing a blood-based sensor for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease benefits patients in that it facilitates early detection and treatment. Her work was highlighted in Nature Communications and major media.

Chunfeng WanSINGAPOREMeinhardt

Chunfeng is a technical director at Meinhardt. His research focuses on membrane synthesis, membrane module fabrication, process design, techno-economic analysis and pilot system for osmotic energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). He received the 2018 AICHE-SLS young researcher and principal investigator award and was in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2019.

Connor TalbotNEW ZEALANDProstheteX

Connor is the founder of ProstheteX, actively workingto address the problem of poor fitting prosthetic sockets in human amputees by utilising Selective Laser Sintering. They have transitioned towards developing data-centric solutions, capturing vital limb information which can be used by prosthetic companies to improve patient outcomes.

Dong Liang (Donny) ChaoAUSTRALIAThe University of Adelaide

Donny is an ARC Research Fellow at The University of Adelaide, focusing on materials for next-generation safe, low-cost and scalable energy storage. He went against the trend of complex materials and construction methods to develop new superior and safer Zinc/Manganese acid batteries with high energy density.

Gibran Huzaifah Asmi El FarizyINDONESIAeFishery

Gibran is the founder and CEO of eFishery, a smart feeding technology that allows shrimp and fish farmers to become cost effective and environmentally sustainable. Since its commercialisation, eFishery’s functionalities have expanded to credit scoring, predictive on-demand feed supply, and even a fish marketplace that uses the data from its IoT.

Hao GuoHONG KONG SARThe University of Hong Kong

Hao is a Postdoc Fellow from the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on novel materials development for sustainable water production. He created an electricity and chemical free filter for rapid water purification in less developed countries and for disaster relief.

Ka Yi LingSINGAPOREShiok Meats

Ka Yi is a developmental and stem cell biologist. She is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Shiok Meats, a cell-based crustaceans startup. With over 10 years of experience in tracing and studying stem cells, Ka Yi is passionate about marrying her experience in biotech research and her love for food to produce sustainable food products

Katherine A. KimTAIWANNational Taiwan University

Katherine is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on power electronics and control for photovoltaic systems and wearable applications.



Bolei ZhouHONG KONG SARChinese University of Hong Kong

Bolei’s research is in machine perception and decision,with a focus on enabling machines to sense and reasonabout the environment through learning more interpretableand structural representations. He received the FacebookFellowship, Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship, MIT GreaterChina Fellowship, and his research was featured in mediaoutlets such as TechCrunch, Quartz, and MIT News.

Anastasia VolkovaSINGAPOREFluroSat

Anastasia is the founder of FluroSat, and aims to close the gap between the application of remote sensing technology in precision agriculture and the insights available in the field. An experienced aeronautical engineer armed with a PhD in autonomous drone navigation, Anastasia’s extensive experience ranges from participating in projects with NASA robots on board the International Space Station, to managing a 370-person team for UEFA.

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Nazanin SaeidiSINGAPORESingapore-ETH Centre

Nazanin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Future Cities Lab who is developing Mycelium-based composite materials for the construction industry. She focuses on upcycling plant-based waste products and turning them into ecological products with the aid of fungal mycelia as a natural binder.

Ping LuoHONG KONG SARThe University of Hong Kong

Ping is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on fashion+AI as well as understanding the decision-making processes behind CNNs. He was Chief Research Scientist of SenseTime from 2014-2018 where he led most of the company’s innovations, from convolutional neural networks (CNN), to DeepID/facial recognition.

Po-Yen ChenSINGAPORENational University of Singapore

Po-Yen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the mechanically patterned 2D materials that are capable of large and reversible stretching and deformations for the fabrication of stretchable electronics and smart soft robotics.

Sadaf MonajemiSINGAPORESee-Mode Technologies

Sadaf is the cofounder of See-Mode Technologies, a med-tech startup that enables doctors to predict strokes without any additional test using deep learning and computational modelling. She cofounded See-Mode to apply her research skills on a real-world problem that has a significant impact on patients and the healthcare industry.

Stephanie Hui Kit YapSINGAPORENanyang Technological University

Stephanie’s invention of a handheld water quality monitoring sensor for heavy metal detection has been recognised in international exhibitions such as the 46th International Exhibition of Invention Geneva 2018 (AFJ Gold medal). She is currently working on extending the applicability of the invention for other organic and biomolecule water contaminants as well as incorporating IoT for large-scale distributed sensing.

Wei Ru WongMALAYSIAUniversity of Malaya

Wei Ru is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Malaya. Her research focuses on the development of a rapid and low cost dengue detection technology to expedite the detection of dengue infection in the blood. She was the recipient of Malaysia Toray Science Foundation Science and Technology Award in 2017 and University of Malaya’s Excellent Service Certificate in 2018.

Yvonne GaoSINGAPOREInstitute of Materials Research and Engineering

Yvonne is a quantum physicist focusing on developing crucial hardware building blocks for quantum computers. She is working on establishing a new research initiative that specialises in manipulating electrical circuits to store and process quantum information.

Ziyan GuoHONG KONG SARThe University of Hong Kong

Ziyan is a robotic scientist who is developing the world’s first intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery. Her research focuses on innovating robotic devices for interventions requiring magnetic resonance imaging guidance.



Mohammad Hossein Davood Abadi FarahaniSINGAPORESEPPURE

Farahani is the cofounder and CEO of SEPPURE, which creates novel nano-filters to separate chemical mixtures at a molecular level with minimal energy use. Farahani’s PhD thesis (SEPPURE’s core technology) has received the “Outstanding Postgraduate Research Thesis Award” from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and has since raised US$2.55M seed funding to commercialise the technology.

Lukasz OrlowskiSINGAPOREArchanan

Lukasz is the cofounder and CTO of Archanan. Archanan makes HPC universally accessible by providing a powerful supercomputer emulation engine with a web-based software development environment. With their solution, every personal computer or even a tablet becomes a powerful supercomputing development station at a tiny fraction of the cost of a real supercomputer.

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