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. As the flagship event of Smart Nation Innovations — a week-long series of events that highlight and showcase Asia’s most innovative developments — it is set to 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.
This year, three additional satellite events are happening alongside the Main Stage to enhance insights about Asia’s latest innovations :
- convergence
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.
- futurenow
Led by NUS Enterprise, the innovation and entrepreneurship enabler started by the National University of Singapore (“NUS”), this event focuses on showcasing leading technologies launched by universities, corporates and startups.
- arise
With artificial intelligence (“AI”) as one of the biggest disruptions set to impact a variety of businesses, arise explores key emerging developments in AI and will share about how it can transform everyday life.
What we are watching out for at innovfest unbound :
Learnings from one of China’s biggest tech giants
- With Steven Chang, Corporate Vice President at Tencent, who will be sharing more about the alignment of advertising across platforms like video, mobile and social in China.
Developments in Smart Cities
- Insights from Dr. Ayesha Khanna, Co-Founder and CEO at ADDO AI, who is currently advising on AI, smart cities and fintech with organisations like SMRT — Singapore’s largest public transport company — and SmartDubai, an initiative to transform the Dubai’s governance and service delivery.
Retail Transformation
- Developments in Wal-Mart’s regional strategic ambitions (China, Japan and India) with Dalad Tantiprasongchai, Wal-Mart Vice-President of Asia Strategy on what is driving acceleration in Walmart Asia’s strategic partnerships as well as corporate mergers & acquisition (M&A) strategy and execution.
The Unilever Foundry Startup Battle
- 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.
- Not only does the winning startup receive a cash prize of S$5,000 (US$3,700), they have the opportunity to collaborate with the Unilever Foundry and offer their solution to over 400 of Unilever’s brands
- Last year’s winner, Jumper.ai, offered 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.
With the assortment of opportunities available to transform your business, this is an event not to be missed!