Overview
Every year new apps, businesses and companies are launching to use technology to solve the world's issues. Some fail and some succeed, in this talk we will hear from some of the many successful companies who are solving worldly issues with their tech-focused initiatives and products.
Date : 16 October 2018, Tuesday
Time : 7.00pm to 9.00pm
Venue : 32 Carpenter Street, Singapore 059911
Programme:
6:30pm 7:00pm: Check-in & Networking
7:00pm 7:45pm: Panel/Lighting Talks
7:45pm 8:15pm: Q&A
8:15pm 9:00pm: Networking & End
Join us for this event and learn from the panel of experts how data and tech can help to solve society problems. Drinks are on us!
Speakers:
- Aseem K Thakur, Co-founder, GIVE.asia
- Hui Xiang Chua, Senior Research Analyst (Policy Research); CPF Board, Owner/ Resource Developer; Data Double Confirm
- Miriam Feiler, Co-Founder, bizzi, Investor, Good For Food
- CJ Meadows, Director, i2i - The Innovation & Insights Center, Head, Consulting-MBA Program - S P Jain School of Global Management, Executive Director, Chairman, & Co-Founder - The Tiger Center
Speaker's Profiles:
Aseem K Thakur, Co-founder, GIVE.asia
Aseem is the co-founder of GIVE.asia, Asia's leading charity and personal crowdfunding platform that has raised over S$ 30 million dollars for social causes. He also runs Givola Labs which is a digital innovation consultancy that is built on a simple business model of doing interesting work for interesting clients.
He is a regular speaker at international nonprofit technology-related conferences and has co-authored articles in a charity fundraising book published by Resource Alliance. GIVEasia has won several awards including SPRING NTU Ideas.inc challenge, President's Challenge Social Enterprise Special Mention Award and PACT Incubator Programme by DBS Foundation
Aseem did his Bachelors degree as a Singapore Airlines scholar from the National University of Singapore and studied technology entrepreneurship from Stanford University. He is a Karate black belt, enjoys playing soccer and co-inventor of two patents from his days working at a biomedical device startup in Silicon Valley.
Hui Xiang Chua, Senior Research Analyst (Policy Research); CPF Board, Owner/ Resource Developer; Data Double Confirm
Hui Xiang Chua is a Data Science for Social Good fellow and has over six years of experience solving problems using data in the public service. Combining her passion for education, data, and tech, she was a recipient of the KDD Impact Program award for bringing data science into a high school curriculum. She is also the #VizforSocialGood local chapter leader for Singapore and runs a data science blog called Data Double Confirm that was recognised as 2018 Top 100 Data Science Resources on MastersInDataScience.com.
Miriam Feiler, Co-Founder, bizzi, Investor, Good For Food
Based in Singapore, Miriam Feiler is a born connector who speaks on small business collaboration.
A dynamic presenter and entrepreneur, Miriam has spent 20 years building strong relationships globally and helping small businesses come together to learn, share and grow. She is co-Founder of bizzi.co, a collaboration platform for the world's small business owners. bizzi's vision is to enable collaborations that solve the world's greatest challenges.
Miriam is looking to meet with individuals and organisations that are addressing the SDGs, as well as those that are committed to helping small businesses overcome their challenges to growth.
CJ Meadows, Director, i2i - The Innovation & Insights Center, Head, Consulting-MBA Program - S P Jain School of Global Management, Executive Director, Chairman, & Co-Founder - The Tiger Center
Dr. Meadows leads an Innovation Center at a Forbes Top-20 International Business School, creating growth initiatives at the intersection of IT, business strategy, and design. She holds a Doctorate in Business Administration & IT from Harvard Business School and has over 20 years' experience in Asia, Europe, and North America as a consultant, entrepreneur, dot-com builder, innovation lab co-founder, and Accenture IT & Business Strategy consultant. She is also Chairman & Co-Founder of The Tiger Center, a ground-breaking social enterprise in central India, and was a CPA and CMA. She has designed and delivered executive education independently and with top business schools like INSEAD, AIM, NUS, and SMU.
