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Understand, Innovate, Implement

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Expert advice for tailor-made innovations

Over five decades of innovation and commercialisation experience has equipped IPI Innovation Advisor Dr Loh Wah Sing with the tools to help SMEs in accessing new target markets.

 

Apple, Facebook, Razer and more—numerous well-known companies started out as SMEs and gained access to international markets by addressing consumers’ ever-changing needs. While international expansion remains the objective of many of Singapore’s SMEs, it is no easy feat.

In Touch with Tech Trends

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Featuring IPI’s top tech offers and trending tech areas
Exciting innovation in robotics, health and sustainability lie on the horizon for Singapore’s technology landscape.

From cleaning robots that rove around universities and airport terminals to health monitoring wearables that measure a variety of physical parameters, 2021 saw a host of innovative solutions emerging from Singapore.

Open Calls for Technology and Creative Collaborations

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Why together is better for innovation
At TechInnovation 2021, enterprises went digital in search of innovative solutions and valuable partnerships globally.

While trade secrets and confidential recipes remain a part of commercial success, in recent years, companies have become more open to collaboration and sharing information.

Designing a Menu for the Future

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An appetite for change
Technological advances and design thinking approaches offered food for thought at TechInnovation 2021 as experts discussed the future of Asia’s agricultural sector.

Humans have an inseparable relationship with food that is deeply embedded in our culture, health and environmental footprint. However, mass producing an extensive array of fresh produce or processed food for billions of people worldwide comes with a steep resource cost.

Future Food Today

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Fancy eating insects for lunch? Though many people will understandably be sceptical and quite hesitant to eat such food products, the team at SPACE10 succeeded in crafting an alternative to traditional meatballs that is not only delicious but far more environmentally friendly. I described how during my talk at TechInnovation 2021 organised by IPI, where I presented a session on Future Food Today. Here’s a précis of that talk.


Rethinking what we eat

Extracting New Worth from Food Waste

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Food waste valorisation: challenges and opportunities
Novel valorisation technologies could help industrial food producers reduce waste and turn it into high-value products. Download our white paper to find out more.

Securing enough food has been a prerequisite for mankind’s survival. Although humanity has long evolved from hunting and gathering to agriculture to widespread urbanisation, the need for food has remained the same or even intensified.

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