About the Organizers

NUS Entrepreneurship Centre

In line with the strategic vision of NUS to become a global knowledge enterprise, the NUS Entrepreneurship Centre has been established with the mission to nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation among the NUS community through education and outreach activities, and to advance knowledge of technology venturing practice through research. A university level centre and a unit of NUS Enterprise , the centre integrates its three main functions -- entrepreneurship education, research and outreach -- in a synergistic manner to inject an entrepreneurial dimension to NUS education, to mentor technology spin-offs by NUS professors, researchers and students, and to provide entrepreneurial thought leadership to the venture community of Singapore and beyond.

The Centre has made various educational innovations over the years, including initiating a new MSc (Management of Technology) Program in 1992, launching a Technopreneurship Minor Program for NUS undergraduates in 1999, and expanding the program internationally to support students on high tech internships in NUS Overseas Colleges in 2002. Summer courses on technology entrepreneurship were also initiated to cater to overseas students, and technopreneurship workshops were introduced for working technical professionals. We also pioneered the first nation-wide business plan competition in Singapore (Start-Up@Singapore), and jointly organized with Stanford the first Global Entrepreneurs Challenge outside the US . We are now recognized as a leading research centre in Asia focusing on technology entrepreneurship and innovation management, with active research collaboration with leading entrepreneurship and innovation researchers worldwide.

For more information, visit us at: http://www.nus.edu.sg/nec

Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES)

The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES), established in 1966, is the national society of engineers in Singapore. For the past 36 years, the institution has been working in line with its mission to advance and promote the science, art and the profession of engineering for the well-being of mankind while providing engineers with the recognition and honour that they deserve.

IES is a mutual fairground for engineers to meet and share new ideas of innovation and research. Working with a set of strong objectives, the institution continuously strives to increase the membership of recognized engineers by providing them with opportunities to improve their expertise and learn outside their field of work by organizing courses, conferences and seminars, publishing journals and magazines.

Its objectives are:

1. to enhance the character and status and to advance the interest of the profession of engineering and those engaged therein;
   
2. to promote honourable practice and mutual respect, and to decide all questions of engineering practice and etiquette affecting members of the Institution;
   
3. to provide quality service to its members and the nation; and
   
4. to provide opportunity for continuing professional development and promote fellowship among members.

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