MTA Singapore: PE COI Annual Conference 2013

Date :11 Apr 2013

Venue :Singapore Expo

Registration :Here

This annual conference, in its fifth edition, provides an invaluable opportunity for SMEs in Singapore to explore business partnerships with leading manufacturers in the oil & gas, aerospace, medtech and complex equipment sectors – particularly with the rapid localisation of the manufacturing activities in this high growth region.

Local companies will benefit from a deeper insight of the trends, gaps and strategies to enable them to form cost-effective consortia for capabilities development, with the support from A*STAR, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), SPRING Singapore, Economic Development Board (EDB), IE Singapore, Singapore Precision Engineering & Tooling Association, Singapore Industrial Automation Association, Singapore Surface Engineering Association, Singapore Business Federation and Precision Engineering Centre of Innovation (PE COI).

At the conference, MNCs will also share some of the key localisation requirements and case studies.

The PE COI initiatives will also be shared to generate awareness of some of the key capabilities required, to enable local companies to confidently undertake higher precision and higher value manufacturing activities to meet stringent performance requirements.

More than 300 participants from the industry, government agencies and research community are expected to attend the event. Do register early to secure a complimentary seat.

Programme

8.30am Registration & Breakfast

9.00am Welcome Address

9.05am Opening Address by Mr Png Cheong Boon, Chief Executive, SPRING Singapore

9.15am Transforming our Supplier Landscape by Mr Tan Hui Khim, Director, Supplier Development, EDB

9.50am PE COI Plan for Singapore PE SMEs by Dr John Yong, Director, PE COI, SIMTech

10.10am Opportunities and Applications of 3D Additive Manufacturing by Dr Wei Jun, Group Manager, SIMTech

10.30am Coffee Break

Technology Innovation Track

10.50am Journey to a biomedical company specialising in Tissue Engineering Scaffolds manufacture through process and material innovation by Dr Margam Chandrasekaran, CEO, Bioscaffold International

11.10am Material Innovation for Integrated Products – A Commercialisation Strategy by Mr Philip Loh, Managing Director, PJI Contract

11.30am Product Innovation: A journey from a trading company to a leading 3D wire bond inspection equipment maker by Mr Berne Chung, Managing Director, Component Tech

11.50am Business model innovation through next generation ECR RFID Pallet Leasing & Tracking System Based on EPCIS by Mr Thomas Yeo, Senior Manager, Kim Hiap Lee

12.10pm Panel Discussion

Dr Moh Chong Tau, President & CEO, Makino Asia & Chairman, PE COI Industry Advisory Panel

Dr Ricky Souw, CEO, Sanwa Group & Chairman, SPETA

Mr Christian Mutter, Business Development Director, Supply Chain Asia-Pacific, Rolls-Royce Singapore

Mr Jan Garmulewicz, Managing Director, Trendsetter Engineering (S)Mr Tan Hui Khim, DirecNike EPIC React Flyknit