Analysing human attributes such as emotions, gender and age in images and videos is very important for many applications. Many existing methods perform well by utilising information from human faces. However, face images raise serious privacy concerns as they reveal people’s identity.
Most of the focus of sustainable manufacturing is on reducing the use of disposables and single-use-plastics. However, what if sustainability starts at the production and not the consumption stage? Another form of waste that tends to be overlooked is during the production of materials. A report by Forbes stated that the apparel and textile industry produces 10% of global carbon emissions and is the second-largest polluter in the world after oil. In particular, the leather industry has been categorised as one of the highest polluting industries due to its high waste production in the forms of solid waste from leather production processes and sludge from tannery wastewater treatment.
Topics: CleanTech / Green Tech, Others
Sustainability has become the number one topic to address in the industrial world – research by Our World in Data shows that the industry and manufacturing sectors contribute to almost a third of the global greenhouse gas emissions. To tackle this, a UN report says that CO2 emissions must be cut nearly in half by 2030 because the world is on a fast track to consume four Earths' worth of resources by 2050.
Topics: Others
Industry: Advanced Manufacturing
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.
Topics: Talent and Mentoring, Others
Programme:
3:00pm - 3:05pm: Opening Remarks and Welcome by SGInnovate
3:05pm - 4:00pm: Panel Discussion and Q&A on Alternative Proteins: The Regulatory Future of Cultured Meats
Topics: Others
Date: 16 March 2021, Tuesday
Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm (Singapore Time / UTC +8)
Topics: Blockchain, Others
Industry: Others
Explore emerging trends in Advanced Manufacturing with a focus on the production of Autonomous and Electric Vehicles. Discover more about the diverse manufacturing ecosystem in Victoria, Australia and Singapore, where academia, industries, investors and governments collaborate to drive a manufacturing revival.
This event will be held both physically and virtually. However, due to COVID-19 regulations, physical attendees will be by invite only.
Topics: Others
Industry: Others
With an insatiable global demand for protein, food supply chains have become more complex than ever before, further complicating the global food landscape. This increasing complexity means that traditional food production companies are faced with a constant struggle to produce more food to keep up with the growing food demand. In the race to produce more, how do we ensure quality versus quantity? In Singapore, we are also working towards our “30 by 30” goal of raising our food production levels from 10% to 30% of total food and nutritional needs by 2030.
Topics: Others
With the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest free-trade agreement, Southeast Asia is increasingly an important economic region. Together with China and four regional trade partners - Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, the RCEP covers almost one-third of the world's population and about one-third of its gross domestic product.
Topics: Others
Industry: Others
Globally, COVID-19 has disrupted the supply chain at every stage. According to the KPMG 2020 CEO Outlook COVID-19 Special Edition: Singapore Edition, supply chain risk is being seen by CEOs in Singapore as the greatest threat to their companies' growth over the next three years. Some 42% of CEOs in Singapore believe that they have to rethink their global supply chain approach due to the disruption caused by the pandemic, and shared that they have commenced doing so in order for their businesses to become more robust in the event of a natural world disaster.
Topics: Others
