In July 2023, he launched the Ricoh Innovation Center in Asia (RICA) to foster collaboration between Ricoh's R&D, research institutes, and startups in Southeast Asia. He has served as a technical leader and manager in advanced materials application and AI-based materials development acceleration. He also contributed to innovation policy for universities during his tenure at the Bureau for Science and He also contributed to innovation policy for universities during his tenure at the Bureau for Science and Technology Innovation in Japan in 2020.

Since joining ASTAR in 2023, Tina Chua has been an active advocate in championing, driving and promoting the business excellence journey. Her previous portfolio involved supporting the JTC Innovation Council. JTC is Singapore’s leading industrial infrastructure specialist spearheading the planning, promotion and development of a dynamic industrial landscape. The Innovation Council was co-chaired by two Assistant Chief Executives who steered strategic directions on corporate-wide innovation programme, government-led innovation initiatives and project management to support JTC in its positioning as a value-creating industrial infrastructure innovator (I3). Tina has over 20 years of professional experience in a multitude of disciplines in corporate and strategic planning, operation and business excellence, to spearheading open innovation challenges, industry partnership and engagement. She had been involved in the setting up of master-planning office for the National infocomm 2015 (iN2015), and project management of major infocomm and industrial projects. Her past achievements involved partnering local and overseas industry and research communities in open innovations to spearhead smart industrial solutions and technologies as part of the development towards a Smart Nation. In the innovation portfolio, she was the funding manager of S$50m budgeted for R&D between 2015 to 2020 and oversaw the JTC Open Innovation Challenges through crowdsourcing ideas for applied R&D and test-bedding of sustainable solutions to improve building management. Tina has a BSc in Management Science (Second Class Honours) from the University of London and an MSc in Innovation from the Singapore Management University. In 2012, she was awarded Outstanding Innovation Activist by the Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) and Public Service21 (Merits) in recognition of her contribution to the Public Service. She was recognised at the 2022 MND (Minister) Award for Project Title on “Use of Technologies for Bio-surveillance and Bio-security”.

Eugene Choy graduated with a background in Engineering and Commerce. He has worked extensively across the globe, managing a diverse portfolio for an Indonesian conglomerate that spans the mining, construction, industrial, retail, and aerospace industries. He was also part of the Singapore contingent that attended the APEC forum on globalization and formerly managed the functions of the Singapore Association of Shipsuppliers and Services as Executive Secretary. His portfolio includes engaging in dialogue sessions with various local governmental institutions. In 2023, Eugene incorporated NovaPeak (a subsidiary of ISDN Holdings listed on SGX 107.SI & HKEX 1656) to help advocate best practices within the construction monitoring, survey, and inspection industry. Eugene is a licensed drone pilot and is supported by NovaPeak’s team of certified façade inspectors and civil engineers. The company attained accreditation as a Type A Inspection Body (Singapore Accreditation Council) using drones and AI for periodic façade inspection.

Dr. Kush Agarwal, a scientist turned entrepreneur, is the Founder and CEO of WaveScan Technologies, an A*STAR spin-off company founded in 2018. WaveScan develops radar-based 3D imaging technology for diverse non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. Under Kush's leadership, the company has successfully produced its first-of-kind sub-cm resolution scanning tech, which is being utilized by the building, construction, and oil and gas industries for their NDT inspections. With a Ph.D. from NUS, Kush has over a decade of experience in wireless technologies R&D, bench-to-market productization, and management. He is also actively involved in various Singapore government initiatives and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

Mr. Maekawa is Director of Leave a Nest Singapore and President of Leave a Nest UK. He was born in the USA and raised in Europe. He studied Zoology for his undergraduate degree and Evolutionary Anthropology for his postgraduate degree, both at University College London. With experience abroad and passion towards advancement of science and technology, he joined Leave a Nest in 2013. He became the Director of Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd. from May 1st 2019 with the vision to interconnect various industry partners for global development.

Kelvin Yeo is the Business Development Director for Accelerated Materials, a spin off company from the University of Cambridge. He is a strong believer in positive impact thru trade in business and manufacturing practices in sustainable production. He is a strong believer that key to success lies in proactive partnerships and collaborations leading to win-win outcomes. This has often translated to value creation in managed portfolios from contract manufacturing, technology innovation, product development to channel and supply chain management within packaging, general trade and E-commerce. Fresh out of NTU in 2008, he ventured into entrepreneurship in software distribution, integrated marketing, manufacturing, trade before joining Cambridge in Singapore. He believes that research can positively impact society thru job creation, skill enhancement and increased productivity. Currently, Accelerated Materials has clients and partners in US, UK, European Commission and Asia Pacific across different industries.

Dr. Mohammad (Moh) Sherafatmand is the Founder and CEO of Hydroleap, a deep-tech water technology company addressing challenging pain points in the industry by providing innovative electrochemical technologies that have been successfully adopted by various industries such as data centers, manufacturing, and desalination. Passion for driving the next generation of practical water solutions and sustainability has been the driver for Moh to leave academia and start Hydroleap. Moh graduated in PhD from the National University of Singapore and had a short stint as a Research Fellow before starting Hydroleap.

Alan is the founder / CEO of ProfilePrint, and the inventor of its patented A.I. Food Fingerprint Technology. Before starting ProfilePrint, he was the Assistant CEO of an investment group focusing on Fintech and digital KYC companies based in Hong Kong. Prior, his professional experiences include heading M&A and investment in the United Kingdom, General Manager South China and Assistant to Group CEO President at a Temasek-owned MNC. He served 8 years as a military officer and is currently a reserved Squadron Commander with the Singapore Air Force. He was a PhD candidate in Operational Research at INSEAD, completed the post-graduate management program at Tsinghua University and graduated with French Singapore Double Engineering degrees (1st Class honours) from Ecole Centrale Paris and National University of Singapore under a government scholarship.

Henry is part of the investment team of UntroD Global Fund, where he covers deep tech innovations that can create a positive climate impact. Previously, Henry was an investor and operator in the sector of Agri-Food tech. Henry graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA degree.