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The industry along with the public agencies face key challenges such as manpower shortage, increasing need to improve productivity and limited technology adoption. With the tightening of local labour market, there is a need for step-change improvements in the productivity of both private and public entities. Through this call for proposal (CFP), public agencies can collaborate with private enterprises to...

The entry of Singapore into the Enterprise Europe Network in May 2015 opens a whole new range of opportunities for European SMEs. Made up of 99% of SMEs, the Singaporean business ecosystem is indeed very similar to that of Europe. With the entire country occupying an area smaller than New York City, Singaporean enterprises have long understood the need to...

The audience was transported into the fascinating world of robotics in a half-day seminar, titled ‘Robotics: Past, Present & Future’, on 11 December 2015. The event was organised by Automated Micron Assembly Pte Ltd and supported by IPI. Invited speaker, Eimei Onaga, CEO & President, Innovation Matrix, discussed the evolution of robotics, its applications and insights into the future. Mark Onaga,...

The France Singapore Innovation Days (FSID), in its sixth year, was held on 11 to 13 November 2015 in Singapore. Targeting on the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), (Machine to Machine) M2M solutions and Robotics, the event featured startups from France which showcased their technologies in these areas. Three thematic workshops dedicated to French IoT & robotics technologies for...

IPI welcomed a delegation comprising of representatives from Russia’s government agencies, industry partners and universities on 13 October 2015.  The business mission was organised by the Russian Venture Company (RVC), the appointed project office to launch and support Russia’s new technological programme, the National Technology Initiative (NTI) in 2015.  The delegation was in Singapore for a week to establish connections...

To further expand its reach and connection to global sources of technologies, IPI participated in the Licensing Executives Society (LES) US & Canada Annual Meeting 2015 in New York, USA, from 25 to 28 October 2015. Over 1,000 delegates from premier universities, research institutions, leading multi-national companies and government organisations took part this year. Themed “Big Ideas: The Intersection of Innovation...