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Representatives from 18 local Innovation and Enterprise Offices (IEO) and supporting government agencies came together for the inaugural IEO Forum organised by IPI on 31 March 2017. The Innovation & Enterprise Offices, formerly known as Technology Transfer Offices, support IP management, commercialisation and start-up activities at the Universities, Research Institutes, Hospitals, Polytechnics and Institute of Technical Education in Singapore.The forum...

Imec, the international research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, and IPI co-organised the Imec Technology and Innovation Seminar on 28 March 2017. At the seminar, John Baekelmans, Managing Director of Imec Netherlands, introduced Imec’s broad spectrum of technology offerings. Peter Lemmens, General Manager of Imec Taiwan, shared Imec’s prototype engineering services and success cases of how innovative...

On 22 March 2017, Patrick Ng, Principal Technology Consultant from IPI, addressed an overseas delegation of 30 MBA students and faculty members from South Africa’s Wits Business School. Patrick shared with the audience about IPI and its role in enabling enterprises to grow their businesses through open innovation and technology partnerships in the Singapore innovation and enterprise ecosystem.The delegation was...

IPI exhibited at The Association of University Managers (AUTM) 2017 Annual Meeting held in Hollywood, Florida from 12 to 15 March 2017. Attended by over 1,700 experienced technology transfer professionals from global research institutions and industry, the event provided a conducive platform for IPI to engage new technology partners and reconnect with existing ones. IPI shared with delegates how it...

IPI co-organised a Tech Forum on Electrocardiogram (ECG) Sensing Solution with NeuroSky, Inc. on 23 February 2017. Based in Silicon Valley, NeuroSky is the developer of several biosensor technologies involving ECG and Electroencephalogram (EEG). The highlighted technology was NeuroSky's CardioChipTM ECG biosensor, an integrated chip capable of measuring ECG signals and translating them into insightful health performance metrics for mobile...

Dr Sze Tiam-Lin, Director of IPI, was a guest speaker at the Norway-Singapore Energy Research workshop organised by the Norwegian Energy Collaboratorium (NEC) on 20 February 2017. Focusing on the topic of ‘Connecting Businesses to Research’, Dr Sze shared with the attendees IPI’s role in helping companies overcome their challenges when embarking on open innovation. In addition, he showcased various...