{"id":47107,"date":"2018-05-08T05:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=47107"},"modified":"2018-05-08T05:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T05:15:04","slug":"innovfest-unbound-sea-biggest-innovation-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/innovfest-unbound-sea-biggest-innovation-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"innovfest unbound, Southeast Asia&#039;s biggest innovation opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Asia is taking centre stage as the laboratory of the world, where new trends, tech and behaviour are shaping the way business is done.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unbound.live\/innovfest-unbound-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">innovfest unbound<\/a>, happening from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>5 to 6 June 2018<\/strong><\/span> is the perfect opportunity to experience and understand these new developments emerging from Asia. As the flagship event of Smart Nation Innovations \u2014 a week-long series of events that highlight and showcase Asia\u2019s most innovative developments \u2014 it is set to <\/span><strong>welcome over 12,000 entrepreneurs, brands, corporates, investors and tech start-ups from more than 100 countries to meet and exchange new ideas, develop partnerships and accelerate digital disruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, three additional satellite events are happening alongside the Main Stage to enhance insights about Asia\u2019s latest innovations :<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47108\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-08-at-12.35.37-PM.png\" alt=\"innovfest unbound's 3 satellite events are convergence, futurenow and arise.\" width=\"1273\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>convergence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focused on marketing opportunities, it brings together brands, media owners, creative agencies and marketers to network and share insights. Set to also showcase innovation, the event enables the crossover of conversation amongst various stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>futurenow<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Led by NUS Enterprise, the innovation and entrepreneurship enabler started by the National University of Singapore (\u00ab\u00a0NUS\u00a0\u00bb), this event focuses on showcasing leading technologies launched by universities, corporates and startups. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>arise <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With artificial intelligence (\u00ab\u00a0AI\u00a0\u00bb) as one of the biggest disruptions set to impact a variety of businesses, <strong>arise<\/strong> explores key emerging developments in AI and will share about how it can transform everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What we are watching out for at innovfest unbound :<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Learnings from one of China\u2019s biggest tech giants <\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Steven Chang, Corporate Vice President at Tencent, who will be sharing more about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <strong>alignment of advertising across platforms like video, mobile and social in China. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Developments in Smart Cities<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights from Dr. Ayesha Khanna, Co-Founder and CEO at ADDO AI, who is currently advising on <strong>AI, smart cities and fintech with organisations like SMRT <\/strong><\/span><strong>\u2014 Singapore&rsquo;s largest public transport company \u2014 and SmartDubai, an initiative to transform the Dubai\u2019s governance and service delivery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>Retail Transformation<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developments in Wal-Mart\u2019s regional strategic ambitions (China, Japan and India) with Dalad Tantiprasongchai, Wal-Mart Vice-President of Asia Strategy on <strong>what is driving acceleration in Walmart Asia&rsquo;s strategic partnerships as well as corporate mergers &amp; acquisition (M&amp;A) strategy and execution.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>The Unilever Foundry Startup Battle <\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Bringing together 20 startups specialised in data and AI from across Asia, the startups offer a solution or product in the Marketing, Advertising, E-commerce, or Retail vertical.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only does the winning startup receive a cash prize of S$5,000 (US$3,700), they have the <strong>opportunity to collaborate with the Unilever Foundry and offer their solution to over 400 of Unilever\u2019s brands<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year\u2019s winner,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jumper.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jumper.ai<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0offered a solution enabling social commerce turning any post on social media as a point-of-sale where comments on a post prompt the customer for purchase via chat apps like Messenger and\/or LINE. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>With the assortment of opportunities available to transform your business, this is an event not to be missed!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia is taking centre stage as the laboratory of the world, where new trends, tech and behaviour are shaping the way business is done. innovfest unbound, happening from 5 to 6 June 2018 is the perfect opportunity to experience and understand these new developments emerging from Asia. 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