IPI Collaborates with HDB on Cool Ideas Enterprise Initiative
The Cool Ideas Enterprise, an open innovation programme targeted at aspiring entrepreneurs and enterprises with solutions that improve the HDB living environment was announced at the inaugural Housing & Development Board (HDB) Innovation Festival on 28 November 2018. HDB in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and supported by Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and IPI, will provide innovators with mentorship,...
Canadian Cleantech Companies and Singapore Enterprises Discuss Partnership Opportunities
The High Commission of Canada, together with IPI and Enterprise Singapore held a networking session on 15 November 2018 to create and promote new opportunities for technology and business collaboration between Canadian cleantech companies and Singapore enterprises. Both countries made it to the top 20 rankings of the Global Cleantech Innovation Index (GCII) in 2017, which scans which countries are most likely...
IPI Shares Open Innovation Practices for IP Creation
IPI was invited to present at the Intangible Assets Workshop organised by IP ValueLab on 16 November 2018. Targeted at in-house employees working with Intellectual Property (IP) assets, the session aimed to equip participants with a basic understanding of identifying, auditing and managing intangible assets to drive business value and growth. Patrick Ng, Principal Technology Manager of IPI, was one...
Singapore SMEs and Finnish Smart Building Companies Explore Partnership Opportunities
The Finnish smart building technology matchmaking event on 29 October 2018 co-organised by IPI and the Helsinki Business Hub brought together Singapore enterprises and Finland’s innovative companies operating in the smart building sector for an afternoon of insight sharing and networking.10 Finnish companies introduced the latest trends and technologies focusing on smart buildings, energy efficiency and digitalisation for the construction...
Introducing Singapore's Open Innovation Platforms at the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Annual Conference 2018
A partner of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Singapore, IPI presented its best practices in using open innovation platforms to catalyse the adoption of technology by SMEs at the annual EEN Conference held in Vienna, Austria on 23 October 2018. Lim Ming Khai, Deputy Director of IPI, shared how SMEs have benefitted from its various open innovation platforms and initiatives....
Emerging Technologies Forum on Printable Cold Plasma
Cold plasma, a non-thermal technology has garnered considerable interest for its potential applications in surface modification, decontamination and even wound treatment. In a recent Emerging Technologies Forum on Printable Cold Plasma organised by IPI on 5 October 2018, participants had the opportunity to gain a better understanding of this upcoming technology. Dr Min Kwan Kim, a lecturer in Astronautics from...