Christopher Lane | Intellectual Property Consultant

Chris Lane is an intellectual property business consultant. He advises on IP creation, protection and strategy. Currently, he runs his own consultancy firm. He also teaches at Republic Polytechnic as an adjunct. Chris spends time as an IP Mentor at the Singapore Management University, Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

Jeffery Tay | Entrepreneur

Jeffrey Tay is an entrepreneur with several start ups and companies ranging from franchises to distribution. He was formerly from the Port of Singapore Authority, managing operations and strategy. This makes him very detailed and meticulous in the execution of business plans.

Esther Au Yong | Journalist and Entrepreneur

Esther Au Yong is journalist and an entrepreneur. She spent her journalistic days with the New Paper in Singapore. She travels frequently and writes various travel and food articles. She also has started a franchise business, a sales company and other side ventures. She has a keen instinct for marketing, public relations and good presentations.

Andrew D Giger | Singapore

Dr Andrew D Giger is a Neuroscientist with research experience in academia and the private and public sectors. He started out studying how Tunisian desert ants navigate, then tamed honey bees to find out more about their visual system, and moved on to counting cockroaches, feeding termites and attracting mosquitoes. Now, as the Director of Research & Web Outreach at the Science Centre Singapore, he deals with science on a much broader basis and is primarily concerned with how to make science more accessible to students and the general public.

Pang Kian Tiong | Singapore

As a Manager of the Exhibitions Group at Science Centre Singapore, Dr Pang Kian Tiong have extensive experiences in developing and setting up unique exhibitions that inspire students all over the country. Also serving as a resident scientist at the Centre, Dr Pang have contributed much in communicating physics to the general public.

Thevaraja s/o Ramu | Singapore

Mr Thevaraja currently served as a Senior Officer, Exhibit Design, at Science Centre Singapore. Prior to this, Mr Thevaraja was a lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic, School of Mechanical Engineering where he coach and teaches students in the field of robotics.

Tatsuro Ichihara | Japan

Mr. Ichihara joined Tateishi Electronics Co. (Later named as OMRON) in April 1967. During his time with OMRON, he had occupied executive roles in R&D until he became Director and Executive Vice President in 2002, then retired in 2009. He is currently a Director of Kyoto Environmental Nanotechnology Cluster of Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO. He is also one of the board members of Center of Entrepreneurship Development (CED). He has played a key role of CED fund raising, and been actively involved in many of the activities for youth entrepreneurship development.

Mhairi Elliott | Scotland

Mhairi Elliott is from Durham University has over ten years business experience in Sales and Customer Service prior to teaching Business Studies and Economics to “A” Level and International Baccalaureate students in Singapore and the UK. At Tanglin Trust School she is responsible for Enterprise learning within the school incorporating enterprise challenges and economic, business, and financial understanding

NS Somashekhar

Mr NS Somashekhar is a seasoned Investment Principal and strategist for B2B (business-to-business) and G2G (government-to-government) partnerships & New ventures. He is an information communication industry professional with more then 18 years of diverse leadership experience in promoting entrepreneurship and nurturing companies by providing investments and grants for ICT companies  in Singapore. He managed the Internationalization  & Industry Development Group  at  iDA (Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore) which is under MICA (Ministry of Information, Communication and The Arts). Government of Singapore.  Currently, managing Group Corporate Marketing at Singapore Technologies Electronics.

Mr Soma is an exceptionally skilled communicator, adept at establishing and maintaining networks with top-level executives and providing key advice to industry leaders. He has a record of successes in broadband and digital media, e-governance, and public & private business partnerships & advice budding entrepreneurs at INSEAD Singapore.

Mr Soma has an MS in Computer Applications and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership) and took programs at Harvard Business School & John F Kennedy School of Government as part of his MBA program.

Jeffery Lim

Jeff is a man with many “cores”. While his main “core” is in IT, he has dabbled in various entrepreneurial adventures along the way in his journey – including (to his surprise) being involved in a coffee joint. He currently provides IT and system administration services, and chances are, you will be familiar with at least one of his clients. He is currently working on his own startup on the side.

Chew Weng Huat

Weng Huat is a registered architect and urban planner, with 25 years experience/consultancy practice. He has been involved in an Ecological Master Plan (for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco City), soon to be built in the Northern Sector, involving cleantech and renewable energy. His entry  for the redevelopment of HDB’s Defu Estate won the design competition. He assisted in the development of the “One-North” area at Buona Vista, encompassing Biopolis & Fusionopolis.

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30 May 2010 | Congrats tot he winners of ASEC 2010 Singapore (Link)

30 May 2010 | A sample of the business plan and presentation from one of the teams at ASEC 2009 (Bplan) (PPT)

30 May 2010 | What is an elevator pitch?

30 May 2010 | Deadlines! Presentations start at 4pm. Group order will be out soon. Remember to email your powerpoints and business plans by 3.30pm to organisers @gec-singapore.com. You will receive a confirmation of your submission. All the best!

29 May 2010 | The Judges (Link)

29 May 2010 | The Challenge

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization some 13 million hectares of the world’s forests are lost every year, including 6 million hectares of primary forests. Primary forests — forests with no visible signs of past or present human activities — are considered the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet. Besides wiping out biodiversity, deforestation contributes about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The main causes of deforestation include cutting timber to construct houses and furniture, and make paper.

Your challenge today is to design a product or process that will significantly reduce the use of timber in one or more of these areas: housing construction; furniture; or paper.  You will need to create a business plan for your product, and a 3-D model to be shown to potential investors.

In addition, your design will also need to educate the public – especially young people — about the benefits of your product.  Therefore, your 3-D model will later be donated to the local science museum as an exhibit, helping children learn how your product or process contributes to reducing deforestation and/or greenhouse gas emissions.

29 May 2010 | The ASEC2010 Challenge on youtube

29 May 2010 | Photos of the first part

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Singapore (ustream link)

29 May 2010 | The Live Stream From Indonesia (ustream link)

28 May 2010 | The Indonesians are already starting ASEC 2010! (Pic)

28 May 2010 | The twitter hashtag for the event will be #asec2010

28 May 2010 | One more sleep till ASEC 2010… See you at science centre tomorrow.

20 May 2010 | Another 9 more days until ASEC 2010. Hope you are all excited!