Overview
As the world inches closer to a digital, innovation-driven economy, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other Deep Technologies will disrupt industries and, consequentially, the workforce. This is further emphasised during the Singapore Budget 2021 when Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies and Minister for Finance, Mr Heng Swee Keat highlighted the importance of grooming leaders in Deep Tech areas as Singapore heads into a more technologically intensive and innovation-driven economy.
As such, technologies like automation and robots will eventually take over manual and redundant tasks and hasten traditional industries' transformation. On the other hand, value-adding skills, such as innovation, supervision, emotional intelligence, and creativity that cannot be automated, are increasingly becoming crucial and valuable to future workforce roles, especially in emerging industries like Deep Tech. However, based on a survey conducted by Forbes Insights and Deloitte, only 25% of 1,600+ executives showed high confidence that the current workforce has the right skill sets needed for the future.
In this session, we bring together a diverse panel of experts to give you more insights and tips on preparing yourself and remaining employable for tomorrow's careers, the type of skills to have, and the varied opportunities in Deep Tech.
This event supports New Frontier 2021, SGInnovate's exclusive showcase of Deep Tech apprenticeships, full-time roles and workshops in exciting fields such as AI, Cybersecurity and Software Development. Happening on 10 April 2021, you can look forward to panel discussions with tech leaders and startup founders, who will share valuable insights on emerging job trends across various industries, and help you uncover exciting new career opportunities. Mark your calendars!
Date: 26 March 2021, Friday
Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm (Singapore Time / UTC +8)
Programme:
11:00am - 11:05am: Opening Remarks by SGInnovate
11:05am - 12:00pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A on "How to Futureproof Your Careers: Deep Tech Edition"
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Nicole Scoble-Williams, Partner, Future of Work Asia Pacific Leader, Deloitte
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Sinuh Arroyo, Founder & CEO, TAIGER
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Zhihan Yeo,Assistant Director, Capability and Capacity Development, SGTech
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Moderator: Aziza Sheerin, Managing Director - Asia, General Assembly
Speakers' Profiles:
Nicole Scoble-Williams, Partner, Future of Work Asia Pacific Leader, Deloitte
Nicole is a partner at Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting and the APAC Leader for Future of Work. She is a passionate pioneer, helping activate adaptable and resilient businesses and careers through harnessing the collective intelligence of humans working productively with smart technology. With more than twenty years' cross-industry experience in Information Technology Services, Talent Strategy and Advisory, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Nicole works with individuals, businesses and governments, helping them to reimagine their future vision and adapt to the constantly evolving new realities of work in today's digital age.
Sinuh Arroyo, Founder & CEO, TAIGER
Sinuh Arroyo is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of TAIGER, a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) company headquartered in Singapore with offices in five other countries across Europe, America and the Asia Pacific.
He is a Committee Member in the InfoComm Media Development Authority (IMDA) that defines and drives the Technology Roadmap in Singapore, and the AI Chapter of the Information Technology Standards Committee. He is also an Executive Member of both the AI Chapter launched by the Technology Trade Association, SGTech, and the Personal Data Protection Commission in Singapore (PDPC).
Sinuh is a sought out speaker and has extensive research experience in AI, with numerous international publications in research journals and books. He is also a TEDx speaker on AI.
Prior to launching Taiger, Sinuh worked as a corporate development manager at Phion AG, where he carried out the acquisition of Visonys AG and successfully established new international business partnerships. Before that, he was a researcher at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), taking part in several world-class research projects that laid the foundations for computational semantic technology. Prior to DERI, he worked at iSOCO SA, contributing to one of the first commercial semantic technology projects worldwide back in 2000.
He holds a PhD in AI from the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He still participates as an active member of some entrepreneurial initiatives, including being a judging member of the New Venture Challenge.
He self-taught programming at the age of 10 years old and has authored five patents.
Zhihan Yeo, Assistant Director, Capability and Capacity Development, SGTech
Zhihan started his career with the National Population and Talent Division, Prime Minister's Office where he helped suppport policies and programmes to facilitate the social integration of new immigrants, before moving to SPRING Singapore to drive strategic partnerships and industry projects that helped SMEs transform their businesses.
Now at SGTech, Zhihan manages strategic programmes, including talent development initiatives to strengthen the local talent ecosystem and address the manpower and skills shortage in the tech sector, especially for displaced workers, career switchers and students.
Moderator's Profile:
Aziza Sheerin, Managing Director - Asia, General Assembly
Aziza leads the Singapore office for General Assembly. Founded in 2011 in NYC, General Assembly has 32 campuses across 4 continents, and was voted the World's most innovative company in education by Fast Company. GA delivers education in some of today's most in-demand skills in tech, data, and design.
Aziza joined GA as the first hire in Singapore in 2015, and is responsible for GA's market expansion and growth in Asia. In her role, she oversees P&L management, strategic partnerships, growth, and leading an awesome team. She leads GA's partnership efforts with the Singapore government and the broader tech ecosystem to bridge the tech talent gap here. Over 60,000 people have attended a course, workshop, or event since our Singapore launch.
Before GA, Aziza worked on market expansion in emerging markets in Asia and building partnerships with governments, international development organizations, and stakeholders invested in advancing education and economic growth in emerging Asian economies.
She is passionate about education and economic empowerment; and creating more opportunities in the tech industry for people of diverse backgrounds.
